Primates and Plants
Brazil holds the world record for the variety of primate species with 77 in total. Of these 26 are in the Atlantic Forest and 21 of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Three primate species are endemic in the region of cocoa: the golden-headed lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), the yellow-breasted capuchin monkey (Cebus Apella xantosthernos) and Weid's black-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix kühl). Although the Atlantic Forest is now reduced by 8% of its original extension, is one of the richest forests on the planet in terms of biodiversity. Many of these animals and 8,000 out of the 20,000 plant species are endemic, making the Atlantic Forest exclusive and unique. Looking at groups becomes even more striking: 53.5% of trees, 64% of palms and 74.4% of Bromelia are endemic. In the Atlantic Forest biome, there are 1,600,000 species of animals (this includes insects). It is also the habitat for 261 different species of mammals (55 of which are endemic), including 21 species and sub-species of endemic primates, 340 species of amphibians (253 of which are endemic), 200 species of reptiles (60 of which are endemic) and 1020 species of birds (188 of which are endemic).
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