Animals In The Daintree Rainforest Forest Floor

Fly through the trees on a zip line for a bird s eye view.

Animals in the daintree rainforest forest floor. Arthropods spiders and insects are the largest group of animals on earth and some unique and to be fair downright scary examples can be found at the daintree discovery centre. 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. These include lace monitors snakes possums double eyed fig parrots spotted tailed quolls white tailed rats lesser sooty owls boyd s forest dragons tree frogs and a huge number of small local bats. Take nora the australian rainforest tarantula.

The daintree river ringtail possum is yet another of the animals in the daintree that can t be found elsewhere. Just like the species of plants there are a lot of rare extinct and endemic species of animals in the daintree rainforest. Interestingly these little guys only dwell in three specific mountains in the daintree. Included in the invertebrate family are beetles termites earthworms centipedes millipedes scorpions and leeches.

In particular it is believed that there are 430 species of birds in daintree. Endemic species are species that are found nowhere else on the planet. Animals that can be seen in the understory layers of the rainforest are jaguars red eyed tree frogs leopords and many types of insects. Here s an infographic we prepared earlier if you are after more facts about the daintree rainforest and the wet tropics world heritage area.

The world heritage listed daintree rainforest is so beautiful that its ancient ferns emerald green vines and lush canopy provided inspiration for the movie avatar here you can trek through jungle and discover plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet. Their preferred habitat is cooler mistier rainforest with high rainfall levels. They are used by up to 300 native creatures for shelter and for finding food. In all there are more than 3 000 unique species.

Ants are the most feared group of animals in the rainforest. The area is also home to one of australia s largest rodents the white tailed rat weighing 500 to 890 grams and often seen at night feeding on leftovers on the forest floor. Emergent layer canopy layer. Thornton peak mount windsor tableland and mount carbine tablelands.

On the menu for her are insects lizards frogs and other spiders.