Rainforest

The Malabar rose (or Pachliopta jophon), also known as the Ceylon rose, or Sri Lankan rose, is a swallowtail butterfly native to the rainforests of Southwestern Sri Lanka. It has white wings with black rims and veins, with red accents on the edge of the hindwing cells. Like many swallowtail butterflies, it has ‘tails’ extending from the hindwings. The body of the Malabar rose is black, with red stripes around the abdomen. Males and females look similar, though the female’s forewings are slightly larger with more visible patterns. The wingspan of the Malabar rose is 9cm to 13cm.

The Bornean elephant (or Elephas maximus borneensis), also known as the Borneo pygmy elephant, is a subspecies of Asian elephant that lives in the rainforests of the Island of Borneo, part of both Malaysia and Indonesia. It has grey-brown skin, large ears, a long trunk, small eyes and a long, tufted tail. Males measure from 2.5m to 3m tall and 3.1m to 3.8m long, with a weight of 2950kg to 5000kg. Females are 2m to 2.4m tall, 2.5m to 3.2m long, and weigh 2000kg to 3000kg.

The lion-tailed macaque (or Macaca silenus), also called the wanderoo, is a species of primate native to the montane forests of the Western Ghats in India. It has long black hair, with a large grey-white ruff around its face. The hair on its chest and stomach is lighter, and there are two patches of orange-tan hair under its long and tufted tail. The lion-tailed macaque measures 40cm to 61cm in head-body length, with a 24cm to 38cm long tail. Males are heavier than females, they weigh 5kg to 10kg and females weigh 3kg to 6kg.

The white-faced saki (or Pithecia pithecia) is a small primate native to the rainforests of Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela. It is sexually dimorphic, with males being larger than females and both sexes having a distinct appearance. The male white-faced saki has long black and coarse hair on its back and tail, with shorter paler hair ventrally. Coarse white hair forms an M-shape around their face. Their eyes are orange-brown, nose and mouth are black.

Found only in the Northwestern rainforests of Madagascar, Coquerel's sifaka (or Propithecus coquereli) is a Critically Endangered, medium-sized species of Lemur. Their body is covered in distinctly coloured fur that is white with dark red patches along the limbs, chest, and back, which may fade into grey fur along the tail. The face is black, with yellow eyes and a white stripe on the nose, and is framed by a short white ruff. No distinct sexual dimorphism occurs in this species, with both sexes looking alike, although females are sometimes reported to grow slightly larger than males.

Living in the tropical rainforests and grasslands of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal, the sloth bear (or Melursus ursinus) is a medium-sized bear. It has shaggy, black fur, a light grey muzzle, and a distinctive grey-white crescent marking across its upper chest. The head is broad, with an oblong snout and hairy, tufted ears. Males and females look alike, but males are 10% to 20% larger than females, measuring between 1.4m and 1.9m long, 60cm to 90cm tall at the shoulder, and weighing 80kg to 145kg.

The collared peccary (or Pecari tajacu) is a pig-like mammal adapted to living in a diverse array of environments. It’s native range spans across the rainforests, woodlands, semi-deserts, and grasslands of North, Central, and South America. Collared peccaries have coarse, grey hair that is slightly longer around the neck and spine. They are named after the ring of paler hair around their neck. They have a pig-like, round snout, short and straight tusks, and small, rounded ears. There is no sexual dimorphism in collared peccaries, meaning males and females look alike and are the same size.

The spectacled flying fox (or Pteropus conspicillatus) is a species of megabat that lives in the tropical rainforests and mangroves of New Guinea, as well as Northern Queensland in Australia. The spectacled flying fox is covered in black fur, with yellow-white colouration around the neck, scalp, and eyes, which gives it the appearance of wearing spectacles. It has large, black wings, pointed ears, and big round eyes. Its snout is long and ends in a blunt nose. It has an average body length of 22cm to 25cm, and a wingspan of up to 80cm, and weighs between 500g and 1,000g.

The brown-throated sloth (or Bradypus variegatus) is an arboreal mammal living in the rainforests of Central and South America. It is pale grey to brown in colour, has long gangly limbs, longer arms than legs, and a short, vestigial tail. The sloth has three long claws on both of its hands and feet, although the front claws are significantly longer. The brown-throated sloth has a round head with inconspicuous ears and dark brown markings going laterally from the eyes to the side of the head.

The lar gibbon (or Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is a primate that lives in the rainforests of Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. The fur of this animal can vary from dark brown to ginger, tan, or cream in colouration. Its face is black, with a distinct white ring of hair around it. Its hands and feet are also white. Male and female lar gibbons look alike, have a head-body length of 42cm to 59cm, and weigh between 4kg and 7.6kg.