BIODIVERSITY
General Statistics:
6.460
2023: 6.460 species of Mammals
Brazil: 775 species of Mammals (223 endemic)
560
Indonesia: 560 species of Mammals (201 endemic)
544
Mexico: 544 species of Mammals (170 endemic)
600
China: 600 species of Mammals (77 endemic)
282
Australia: 282 species of Mammals (210 endemic)
219
Madagascar: 219 pecies of Terrestrial Mammals (212 endemic).
247
Borneo: 247 species of land mammals
473
Primates: 473 species, 139 species and subspecies in Brazil
(country with the greatest diversity of primates in the world (60% are endemic)
1.026
Brazil: Greatest biodiversity of amphibians in the world (1.026 species).
87
Brazil has 87 species of psittacines.
719
Atlantic Forest:
719 species of amphibians
350 species of fish
517 species of reptiles
384 species of mammals.
334
Marsupials:
334 species, 70% in Australia; 30% in the Americas (most in South America, 13 species in Central America and 1 species in North America).
Biodiversity Facts:
- Aye-Aye: World’s largest nocturnal primate.
- Orangutan: Largest animal arboreal primate in the world.
- Ethiopian Gelada Baboon The world’s only herbivorous primate. World’s most terrestrial primate species.
- Pink Dolphin: The world’s largest river dolphin, up to 2.60 m long and weighing up to 160 kg.
- Pirarucu: The world’s largest freshwater scaled fish.
- Numbat: Australia’s only diurnal marsupial.
- Chinese Giant Salamander: World’s largest amphibian. Weighting up to 50 kg.
- African Crested Rat: World’s only poisonous rodent.
- Reticulated Python: Can lay in one clutch up to 100 eggs.
- Tailless Tenrec: Has the largest litter in the world, reaching up to 32 offspring.
- Caatinga Guigó (Callicebus barbarabrownae): The only primate endemic to the Caatinga.
- Bat-Eared Fox: Is the only truly insectivorous canid Species.
- Baikal Seal: The only exclusively freshwater pinniped Species.
- Jequitibá: Largest tree in the Atlantic Forest, reaching 50 meters in height.
- Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur: Only primate and tropical mammal in which hibernation has been demonstrated.
- Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus): The only marsupial with semiaquatic habits in the world.
- Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkey: Can live up to 4,000 meters in altitude (the highest altitude among primates).
- Pavó: Largest passerine in Brazil.
- Arctir Ground Squirrel: World Champion hibernator. They sleep eight months out of the year.
- Pato-Ferrão: Largest aquatic bird in Africa.
- Bowhead Whale: Maior período de gestação entre os mamíferos: Até 23 meses.
- Musky Rat Kangaroo: Smallest kangaroo species.
- Rusty-Spotted Cat: Smallest feline in the world.
- Golden Arrow Frog: Most venomous vertebrate in the world.
- Raccoon-Dog: Only canid species known to hibernate.
- Least Weasel: Smallest carnivore in the world.
- Bororó Deer (Mazama jacunda): Largest endemic species in Brazil.
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