Tropical coniferous forest
Tropical coniferous forests may sound like an odd concept to northern Europeans who associate conifers with cooler northern climes. However, their ability to conserve moisture is the perfect adaptation for certain areas of the tropics and subtropics where conditions are drier year round. Parts of Asia and Central and North America have such conditions, with some of the most diverse examples of this kind of forest found in Mexico.
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What lives here?
Birds
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American black vulture
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Golden eagle
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Lammergeier
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Peregrine falcon
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Pied kingfisher
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Great spotted woodpecker
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Knot
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Wood stork
Insects
Monarch butterfly Mammals
Brown-throated sloth 
Giant anteater 
Black bear 
Brown bear 
Jaguar 
Leopard 
Otter 
Puma 
Raccoon 
Red fox 
Snow leopard 
Striped Skunk 
Tiger 
Asian elephant About Tropical coniferous forest
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests are a forest biome. They are located in regions of semi-humid climate at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Most tropical and subtropical coniferous forest ecoregions are found in the Nearctic and Neotropic ecozones, from Mexico to Nicaragua and on the Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Bermuda. Other tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregions occur in Asia.
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Other Terrestrial Habitats
- Broadleaf forest
- Coastal
- Coniferous forest
- Desert
- Flooded grassland
- Mangroves
- Mediterranean forest
- Mountain grassland
- Polar
- Rainforest
- Taiga
- Temperate grassland
- Tropical coniferous forest
- Tropical dry forest
- Tropical grassland
- Tundra
Ecozones where this habitat is found
Useful adaptations for this habitat
Where you find Tropical coniferous forest
Elsewhere on the web
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests (wikipedia.org)
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