{"id":85219,"date":"2020-09-24T23:27:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/?p=75999"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:14:57","slug":"rios-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/rios-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauna and Flora of Rio de Janeiro: Explore Rio’s Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Atlantic Forest<\/a> (Mata Atl\u00e2ntica in Portuguese) is responsible for the majority of Rio\u2019s nature. It is one of the richest biomes in the world in terms of biodiversity. Among the ecosystems present in Rio de Janeiro are tropical moist forests, mangroves, highland fields, and a large set of forest formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though animal and plant life has been greatly altered by human occupation in Rio de Janeiro, sections of the Atlantic Forest and mangrove remain untouched. According to the Brazilian Forestry Institute, the Atlantic Forest corresponds to 13.04% of the national territory along the coast, extending from Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul. In Rio de Janeiro, studies indicate that in the 16th century, the forest used to cover 97% of the territory of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the Atlantic Forest is spread all over the city, the mangroves thrive in regions where river water mixes with the sea, such as along the Guanabara bay. The animal life of mangroves includes crabs, charru mussels, oysters, and different kinds of fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wide variety of species cover the predominant vegetation in Rio de Janeiro, such as purple glory trees, tabebuia trees, palms trees, jequitibas, cecropia trees, orchids, and bromeliads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, among the animals common in the region are the capuchin monkeys, wild pigs, sloths, ferrets, crab-eating foxes, agoutis, different species of bats, black-billed toucans, hawks, parrots, jararacas, and boa snakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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