Edited sentence: According to the INBio, about 4.5% of the world's biodiversity can be found in Costa Rica.According to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 209 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants are endangered.Almost a half of the country's land is covered by forests, though only the 3.5% is covered by primary forests.Costa Rica has high levels of endemism; 81 species of amphibians and reptiles, 17 species of birds and 7 species of mammals are endemics to the country.Deforestation is a devasting process, more than 8,100 ha of forest are deforested annually.However, many species are endangered.IUCNreports the Golden toad as "extinct".In Costa Rica are 12,119 species of plants, of which 950 are endemic.Like all Central American countries, Costa Rica is considered part of a biodiversity hotspot.Some of the country's most endangered species are the Harpy eagle, the Giant anteater, the Golden toad and the Jaguar.The main reason of the high deforestation levels in Costa Rica is to make plains for cattle ranching.The wildlife diversity is very high; there are 441 species of amphibians and reptiles, 838 species of birds, 232 species of mammals and 181 species of fresh water fish.There are 117 native trees and more than 1,400 types of orchids, a third of them can be found in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve