Forest Wildlife

Maddie is playing a game. She’s matching animals and plants with the type of forest where they live. She has learned about tropical forests and temperate forests. Let’s play too!

This is a macaw. Where do you think it lives?

Did you say a tropical rainforest? That’s right! A macaw is the largest parrot in the world. Some of them even make noises that sound like humans.

This is an oak tree. Where do you think it lives?

That’s right! The oak tree is an important part of a temperate forest. Oak trees make acorns and lose their leaves in the autumn.

What about this animal. Do you know what it is and where it lives?

It’s a monkey, and it lives in a tropical rainforest! Monkeys eat different kinds of fruit, and they swing through the trees.

Here’s another animal. Do you know the name of this animal and where it lives?

It’s a bear, and it lives in a temperate forest! Bears hibernate in the winter when it gets too cold to find food.

You and Maddie are learning so much about the animals and plants that live in tropical rainforests and temperate forests. What other animals and plants do you know that live in these habitats?