Xeric Shrubland

Ecoregions in this habitat type vary greatly in the amount of annual rainfall they receive, usually less than 250 millimetres (10 in) annually except in the margins.

In hot deserts, the temperature during daytime can exceed 45 °C (113 °F) in summer and plunge below freezing point at night during winter.

It inhabits open ground areas, with scrub and thorny bushes.

dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar and the spiny thickets of the south

the duller eastern race T. i. sigmani frequents arid areas of thorn-scrub and cacti

The Madagascar succulent woodlands are a xeric shrublands ecoregion

The bushy-tailed mongoose inhabits foremost open shrubland and multilayered forest.

It lives in open country, semi-desert scrubland and grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

This mongoose inhabits dry, rocky habitats

It inhabits macchia-type vegetation (fynbos), semi-desert scrub (Karoo), thicket and forest.

It inhabits the dry areas across the region.

The Selous's mongoose lives primarily in open scrub and woodland.

The grey mongoose inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation.

The ruddy mongoose is found in forests and shrub lands in India and Sri Lanka.

native to forests and shrublands from southern India to Sri Lanka

It inhabits xerophytic areas and oak forest

Its habitat includes grassland, shrubland, semi-deserts, open savanna and mountain plateaus.

Grant's gazelle prefer living on short, grassy plains where they can graze, but can also be found browsing and foraging in more sparse, arid scrublands; they avoid areas with excessively high, untrimmed grass with compromised visibility of predators.

It inhabits flat open valleys and steppeland between mountains, and the sand dunes and semi-desert zones around lakes.

Steenbok live in a variety of habitats from semi-desert, such as the edge of the Kalahari Desert and Etosha National Park, to open woodland and thickets, including open plains, stony savannah, and Acacia-grassland mosaics.

Their habitat consists of a mixture of high altitude steppe, alpine meadows, and regions of semidesert.

Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan.

It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania.

The scimitar oryx once inhabited grassy steppes, semideserts and deserts in a narrow strip of central north Africa (especially in Niger and Chad).

Pygmy rabbits are normally found in areas on deep soils with tall, dense sagebrush which they use for shelter and food.

lives among patches of thick vegetation in the Karoo of South Africa's Western and Northern Cape provinces

Black-tailed jackrabbits occupy mixed shrub-grassland terrains.

The habitat of the desert warthog is open, arid countryside including thin woodland with scattered trees, xerophytic scrubland, and sandy plains, but not upland areas.

It is found in a range of vegetation communities within the arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.

living in dry spiny forests and some gallery forests

inhabiting the southern subtropical or tropical dry shrubland

Its habitat lies in a transitional zone between three ecoregions: dry spiny bush, humid littoral forest, and humid forest.

Typical habitat for N. mitchellii appears to be mallee shrublands on sandy dune systems.

Semi-arid country (Acacia woodland and thorn scrub)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and caves.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves and hot deserts.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.

It is found in desert shrubland and open mountain forests in areas of volcanic origin.

only live in alkaline grasslands, arid scrubs and hilly, rocky areas

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

inhabit semi-arid grassland, scrub, or forest habitats below about 550 metres (1,800 ft)

semi-arid thorn scrub

Its habitat includes desert scrub and open woodlands

Crotalus scutulatus salvini is found in mostly arid scrub habitat, as well as adjacent grassland and foothills, from the State of Hidalgo, south through Tlaxcala and Puebla, to southwestern Veracruz, Mexico.

Its range encompasses scrubland, grassland, and desert habitats.

Budgerigars are found in open habitats, primarily in scrublands, open woodlands, and grasslands of Australia.

They inhabit scrubland, succulent desert, and oak woodland, seeking shelter in burrows, thickets, and under rocks in locations with a favorable microclimate and adequate humidity.

The aardwolf lives in the shrublands of Eastern and Southern Africa, open lands covered with stunted trees and shrubs.

It lives in a wide variety of habitats, including primary lowland rainforests, disturbed and secondary rainforests, shrubland, and riverine and coastal forests of nipa palm and mangrove.

Tropical forests harbor the most species, but they are also found in temperate forests, scrubland, deserts, intertidal zones, and mountainous regions.

In Central Europe, it occurs in forests and shrubland, as well as in various synanthropic habitats.

As visual hunters, tiger beetles tend to hunt in open, relatively flat habitats, such as sand bars, woodland paths, and barren ground scrubland.

The natural habitat of the African bullfrog is moist to dry savanna, subtropical to tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, canals, and flooded ditches.

The species is highly adaptable to a variety of forested environments such as tropical and subtropical moist evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, and occasionally more open habitats like bamboo thickets and shrublands.

Feral cats can live in forests, grasslands, tundra, coastal areas, agricultural land, scrublands, urban areas, and wetlands.

Wolves live in forests, inland wetlands, shrublands, grasslands (including Arctic tundra), pastures, deserts, and rocky peaks on mountains.

Its habitat is maquis shrubland from 150 m (500 ft) to 550 m (1,800 ft) altitude.

Riverine woodlands of willows, poplars are among the habitats of the Turkestan subspecies, as well as low scrubland, oases; at higher altitudes it occupies habitats ranging from dense deciduous and coniferous forests to open areas with scattered trees.

These long-lived tarantulas prefer burrowing and hiding in dry scrubland.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subsaharic shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.

The habitat consists of forests and scrubland.

The species also inhabits a range of habitats, mainly within arid regions, occurring in low shrublands containing saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and bluebush (Maireana spp.), in spinifex grasslands on sandy soils, among sparse Acacia shrublands, in tussock grasslands on clay, sandy or stony soils, on open salt lakes, and on low, shrubby, rocky ridges.

It is found in dry shrubland at altitudes of up to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).

It inhabits a variety of semi-open landscapes including scrublands, savanna, grassland, and gardens and parks.

It thrives in a wide variety of ecosystems, from high altitude temperate forests and tropical deciduous and evergreen forests, to xerophilous scrub and the intertropical littoral.