5 Questions
What type of animal is the African lion?
Savanna animal
What is the leopard known for?
Hanging its prey from the limbs of trees
What is the orangutan native to?
Borneo and Sumatra
What is the main distributor of seeds for several fruit species?
The forest elephant
What type of understanding do non-human great apes, whales, and elephants share?
Understanding of self
Study Notes
- The African lion is not a jungle animal.
- All of the non-human great apes are native to African jungles, with the exception of the orangutan.
- The chimpanzee and the Eastern lowland gorilla live in the least heavily forested areas of the jungles, while chimps can be found ranging into savanna regions.
- Eastern mountain, and Western gorillas all live in the jungles.
- The leopard is a stealthy, quiet, incredibly powerful cat that can hunt in the trees and is agile enough to pursue monkeys and other arboreal creatures high above the jungle floor.
- The leopard is most well known for its somewhat gruesome habit of hanging its prey from the limbs of trees.
- The orangutan is the largest arboreal animal in the world and lives in jungles and rain forests in Borneo and Sumatra.
- The non-human great apes are some of the few animals, along with whales and elephants, that display an understanding of self similar to our own.
- The forest elephant is a smaller elephant that lives in the dense brush of the African jungle.
- The forest elephant is vital to the development of the shrubs and trees in the jungle as they spend most of their days distributing seeds. It is believed that they are the main distributor of seeds for several fruit species.
Test your knowledge about animals that inhabit the jungles of Africa and Southeast Asia. Learn fascinating facts about the behavior and characteristics of these diverse jungle-dwelling creatures.
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