Pawpedia · Nature and conservation
Biodiversity
The variety of living things in a place: animals, plants, fungi and microbes.
What is biodiversity?
The more kinds of life there are, the stronger nature is. Each species gives others food, shelter or help — bees carry pollen, toucans spread seeds.
Rainforests are the richest places on Earth for biodiversity. Türkiye, where three continents meet, is very rich too.
Examples in the zoo
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Rainforest · Bird
Toco toucan
Ramphastos toco
Least concern
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Rainforest · Mammal
Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Critically endangered
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Rainforest · Mammal
Jaguar
Panthera onca
Near threatened
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Türkiye · Mammal
Wild goat
Capra aegagrus
Near threatened
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Türkiye · Bird
Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Least concern