A dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground. Teeming with animal life, especially insects. The largest animals in the rainforest generally live here. An incredible number of animals live in rainforests . Millions of insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals call them home.
Insects are the most numerous animals in rainforests.
Tropical rainforests have a greater diversity of plants and animals than temperate rainforests or any other biome. In temperate rainforests, most of the animals are ground dwellers and there are fewer animals living in the forest canopy. Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the equator of the Earth. Click here for more information . They are less abundant than tropical rainforests.