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The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest at 1.6 million square miles in area. It sustains an overwhelming number of wildlife species, including 2.5 million insect varieties, tens of thousands of high-order plants, 2,000 fish, and 200 mammal species. It ranges over five countries: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru.