No matter where they are, all rainforests are in danger of destruction, and with them thousands and thousands of plants, animals, birds and insects will disappear. Mexico’s forests are home some of the most to endangered mammals in America. The tapir, the manatee, as well as wild cats such as jaguars, pumas, ocelots and jaguarundis live in the Sian Ka’an, an area made up of sea, tropical forests, flood jungles, marshlands, mangroves, lagoons, shallow ocean areas and a coral reef.
      There are spider monkeys, white-tailed deers and 300 species of birds such as the rare quetzal, stork, harpy eagle, humming bird, white ibis, the almost extinct jabiru, toucans and the Yucatan parrot. Reptiles like crocodiles and sea turtles also inhabit the area and many varieties of snake and, of course, a large variety of spiders and insects (including the leaf-cutter ant and the praying mantis). The 1,700,000 acre Calakmul rainforest in Chiapas, just north of the Guatemala border, is home to many of the same species and is one of the few places on earth where jaguars still run free.

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