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Animals in the Daintree are enough to impress even the most avid nature spotter! This unique rainforest ecosystem is home to 430 bird species, 12,000 insect species and 30% of Australia's reptile, frog and marsupial species.
- What species live in the Daintree Rainforest?
- How many endangered species are in the Daintree Rainforest?
- Do monkeys live in the Daintree Rainforest?
- What endangered animals live in the Daintree Rainforest?
- Why is Daintree important?
- What is the size of the Daintree Rainforest?
- How has the Daintree Rainforest changed over time?
- Do bats live in the Daintree Rainforest?
- Do Koalas live in the Daintree Rainforest?
- How many species of plants are there in the Daintree Rainforest?
- How old is the Daintree Rainforest?
- How much pollution is in the Daintree Rainforest?
- Why is the Daintree Rainforest in danger?
- How many rivers are in the Daintree?
- What river runs through Daintree?
- How was the Daintree made?
What species live in the Daintree Rainforest?
The endemic species of the Daintree Rainforest include green and ringtail possums, tree kangaroos, the southern cassowary, buff breasted paradise kingfisher, ulysses butterfly, Boyd's forest dragon, and many more.
How many endangered species are in the Daintree Rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest is home to an amazing variety of plants and animals. It includes 142 rare, threatened and endangered species of plants and 44 rare, threatened or endangered species of animals.
Do monkeys live in the Daintree Rainforest?
Daintree Rainforest mammals include marsupials, monotremes, dasyurids, macropods, possums and a rich diversity of placentals, including primates, pigs, dingoes, bats, mice and rats.
What endangered animals live in the Daintree Rainforest?
Endangered species found in Daintree Rainforest include Bennett's tree kangaroo, the southern cassowary (a large flightless bird), and the spotted-tailed quoll. The spotted-tailed quoll and Bennetts tree kangaroo are rated 'Near Threatened' on the IUCN Red List. The southern cassowary is rated 'Vulnerable'.
Why is Daintree important?
The Daintree is one of the best biologically diverse rainforests in the world. Home to a huge percentage of the entire country's animal population. This includes 30% of Australia's frog population, 65% of butterfly and bats and around 12,000 different insect species. As well as being diverse, the animals are unique.
What is the size of the Daintree Rainforest?
FYI the Daintree Rainforest is 1,200 square kilometres. That's a whole lot of rainforest!
How has the Daintree Rainforest changed over time?
During this period of drifting, the landscape changed as global conditions became colder and drier. Rainforests contracted and became drier forests that evolved with the domination of the eucalypts. ... The Daintree is now acknowledged as the longest living, continuously growing rainforest on the planet.
Do bats live in the Daintree Rainforest?
Species in the Daintree area include three species of the horseshoe bats, genera Hipposideros and Rhinolophus, and the vespertilionid bats of genera Myotis, Nyctophilus and Murina. The bentwinged bat ( genus Miniopterus) is also common.
Do Koalas live in the Daintree Rainforest?
They are found in a range of habitats, from coastal islands and tall eucalypt forests to low inland woodlands. Today they do not live in rainforest, although it is thought that millions of years ago the ancestors from which today's Koalas evolved lived in the rainforests which covered much of Australia at that time.
How many species of plants are there in the Daintree Rainforest?
Around 3,000 plant species from over 210 families are found within the Daintree Rainforest and extended wet tropics region.
How old is the Daintree Rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest is at least 135 million years old – possibly even as old as 180 million years! It is the world's oldest tropical lowland rainforest.
How much pollution is in the Daintree Rainforest?
The Daintree Rainforest covers an area of 1200km2 so that's 107,330,400 tonnes of CO2 being absorbed every year!
Why is the Daintree Rainforest in danger?
The habitat of the Daintree Rainforest has gone through years of fragmentation caused by urban development, from residential development to clearing for farms. ... Overall, this leads to the entire region's species becoming more vulnerable to extinction, particularly in the small, isolated pockets of the Daintree.
How many rivers are in the Daintree?
There are three key rivers traversing the park. Mossman River is found in the lower southern part of the park with Bloomfield River and the Daintree River found further north.
What river runs through Daintree?
The Daintree is in the centre of the region bounded by the Mossman River in the south and the Bloomfield River 60 km (40 miles) to the north. Through it's heart flows the magnificent Daintree River and, a little further north, Coopers Creek.
How was the Daintree made?
The landscape of Daintree National Park (CYPAL) began to form under the sea about 400 million years ago, when Australia was still part of the great super-continent, Gondwana. Ancient rivers carried sediments to the coast, situated more than 100 km west of its present position.
