Agoutis are quick tropical American rodents with long legs, small ears, shiny brown fur, and tiny tails. They live in forests and are famous for burying seeds, which can help new rainforest trees grow.

Binturongs are shaggy rainforest mammals with black fur, tufted ears, long whiskers, and a gripping tail. They are also called bearcats, even though they are not bears or cats.

Cassowaries are large flightless rainforest birds with black feathers, bright blue necks, strong legs, and a helmet-like casque on the head. They live in New Guinea, nearby islands, and northern Australia.

Giant anteaters are large mammals from Central and South America with long snouts, huge claws, bushy tails, and very long sticky tongues. They do not have teeth, so they use their tongues to slurp ants and termites.

Glass frogs are small tropical tree frogs from Central and South America. Many are bright green on top but have translucent bellies, so you may be able to see organs like the heart through the skin.

Harpy eagles are powerful rainforest birds of prey with broad wings, sharp eyes, strong talons, and a bold feather crest. They live in tropical forests from southern Mexico through Central and South America.

Hercules beetles are giant rhinoceros beetles famous for their huge size and dramatic horns on males. They live in tropical forests, start life as grubs in rotting wood, and grow into armored beetles with hard wing covers.

Jaguars are powerful spotted cats that live in the Americas. They are excellent swimmers, strong climbers, quiet hunters, and the largest big cats found in the Western Hemisphere.

Kinkajous are small rainforest mammals with golden-brown fur, big eyes, sharp claws, and long prehensile tails. They live mostly in trees at night and are sometimes called honey bears because they enjoy sweet foods such as nectar and fruit.

Poison dart frogs are tiny, colorful amphibians that live in rainforests of Central and South America. Their bright colors warn predators that they may be poisonous, so these frogs are beautiful but should never be touched in the wild.

Red-eyed tree frogs are colorful amphibians from Central American rainforests. They are famous for bright red eyes, green bodies, orange feet, sticky toe pads, and eggs laid on leaves above water.

Sloths are slow-moving mammals that live mostly in trees in Central and South America. They hang from branches with long claws, eat leaves and fruit, sleep a lot, and move slowly to save energy.

Tapirs are shy hoofed mammals with heavy bodies, short legs, small tails, and flexible snouts that work like tiny trunks. They live in forests and wet places in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.

Uakaris are unusual New World monkeys from the Amazon region. They are known for shaggy fur, short tails, bald-looking faces, and in some species, bright red faces that stand out in the green rainforest.