Shihuahuaco milenario or cumaru (Dipteryx micrantha)

A myriad of amazing species share a home in the Amazon, from fish, mammals, reptiles and birds, to fungi and plants that need its warm, humid climate to survive. If you are wondering which plants are in danger of extinction in this rich ecosystem, one of the planet's green lungs that suffers most from global warming and lack of rainfall, you should know that, today, almost half of its trees are threatened. The thousand-year-old shihuahuaco or cumaru has been linked to the natural history of the Amazon rainforest for millennia, sheltering other species in its trunk and branches. It can live more than a thousand years and weigh up to 40 tons. When one of these trees is felled, a large hole is opened in the ground that damages the entire forest.