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Desert and Tundra Biomes

A biome defined by scarcity of water rather than by heat: any region receiving very little annual precipitation qualifies, which is why deserts range from the scorching Sahara to the frigid Gobi and the polar ice deserts of Antarctica. Plants and animals here carry specialized adaptations for conserving water and tolerating extreme daily temperature swings, since clear skies and thin vegetation let deserts lose heat rapidly after sunset even when daytime temperatures are severe. Hot deserts cover roughly a fifth of the Earth's land surface, concentrated in belts near 30 degrees north and south latitude where descending dry air suppresses rainfall.

Facts
Climate
Annual Precipitation (mm)
150 1
Desert precipitation varies hugely by subtype, from well under 25mm a year in hyper-arid cores to close to the roughly 250mm ceiling most definitions use; 150mm is a representative mid-range figure, not a single measured site.
Typical Low Temperature (C)
-4 1
A hot desert's own night low can fall well below freezing; the figure recorded here is a representative hot-desert winter night low, not the extreme reached in a cold desert such as the Gobi.
Typical High Temperature (C)
45 1
45C is a representative hot-desert summer day figure; the most extreme deserts reach as high as 54C.
Annual Precipitation Band
Arid 2
Realm
Terrestrial 2
Desert
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Addax, Species
Source Addax (Wikipedia)
Source African sheath-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: African spurred tortoise
Source African wild ass (Wikipedia)
Agave parryi, Species
Source Agave parryi (Wikidata)
Source Agave victoriae-reginae (Wikipedia)
Source Alashan ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Source GBIF Secretariat: Gerbillus garamantis (GBIF)
Source NatureServe Explorer: Conepatus leuconotus
Amur Leopard, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Panthera pardus
Source Anderson's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Source Antelope jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Apis mellifera
Source World Wildlife Fund
Source Arabian gazelle (Wikipedia)
Arabian jird, Species
Source Arabian jird (Wikipedia)
Arabian Oryx, Species
Source Arabian oryx, Wikipedia
Source Arabian sand gazelle (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Argali, Species
Source Argali (Wikipedia)
Source Ariocarpus scaphirostris (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Arizona Bark Scorpion
Source Asclepias eriocarpa (Wikipedia)
Source Astrophytum capricorne (Wikipedia)
Source World Wildlife Fund
Source Equisetum xylochaetum (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra americana
Bald Eagle, Species
Source Wikipedia: Bald Eagle
Source Balochistan gerbil (Wikipedia)
Barbary Sheep, Species
Source Barbary sheep (Wikipedia)
Barn Owl, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Tyto alba
Source Wikipedia: Pogona
Bezoar ibex, Species
Source Bezoar ibex (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Diceros bicornis (Animal Diversity Web)
Source Black-backed jackal (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Odocoileus hemionus (Animal Diversity Web)
Bobcat, Species
Source Bobcat (Wikipedia)
Source Bohemian waxwing (Wikidata)
Source Bolson Tortoise (Wikipedia)
Bristletail, Species
Source Archaeognatha - Wikipedia
Brown Hyena, Species
Source Brown Hyena (Wikidata)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Loxosceles reclusa (Animal Diversity Web)
Source Bushveld gerbil (Wikipedia)
Source Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Source Bushy-tailed jird (Wikipedia)
Buxton's jird, Species
Source Buxton's jird (Wikipedia)
Source Cairo spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Source California leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Camel Spider, Species
Source Solifugae (Wikipedia)

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1. Desert (National Geographic Education)
National Geographic Education
  • Desert - Introduction
    Most experts agree that a desert is an area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year.
  • Introduction
    Although some deserts are very hot, with daytime temperatures as high as 54°C (130°F), other deserts have cold winters or are cold year-round.
  • Introduction
    Daytime temperatures in the Chihuahua can climb beyond 37°C (100°F), while nighttime temperatures can dip below freezing (0°C or 32°F).
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2. NASA Science (Mission: Biomes): Mission: Biomes - Desert
NASA Science (Mission: Biomes)
  • Precipitation
    Deserts get about 250 millimeters (10 inches) of rain per year
  • Vegetation
    Cacti, small bushes, short grasses
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/science/desert, opening definition paragraph
    desert, any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems, supporting a community of distinctive plants and animals specially adapted to the harsh environment.
  • Home To: Saguaro Cactus
  • Demonstrates: Photosynthesis
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Sahara (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Sahara Desert, lead sectionView the Source
Gobi Desert (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Gobi Desert, lead sectionView the Source
Sonoran Desert (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Sonoran Desert, lead sectionView the Source
Chihuahuan Desert (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Chihuahuan Desert, lead sectionView the Source
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
  • Home To: Arabian Desert
  • Home To: Atacama Desert
  • Home To: Great Victoria Desert
  • Home To: Karakum Desert
  • Home To: Mojave Desert
  • Home To: Namib Desert
  • Home To: Simpson Desert
  • Home To: Taklamakan Desert
  • Home To: Thar Desert
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Demonstrates: Dust Storm
  • Demonstrates: Haboob
  • Demonstrates: Heat Wave
  • Demonstrates: Mirage
  • Demonstrates: Dust Devil
  • Demonstrates: Flash Flood
  • Demonstrates: Microburst
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Fennec Fox (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Home To: Fennec Fox, Wikipedia intro states: "The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most disti"
  • Home To: Fennec Fox, Wikipedia intro: "The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most..."
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Wikipedia: Pogona
  • Home To: Bearded Dragon, Wikipedia intro states: "tion and some insects. They are found throughout much of Australia and inhabit environments such as deserts and shrublands."
  • Home To: Bearded Dragon, Wikipedia intro: "tion and some insects. They are found throughout much of Australia and inhabit environments such as deserts and shrublands."
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Wikipedia: Hadrurus arizonensis
  • Home To: Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion, Wikipedia intro states: "Hadrurus arizonensis, the giant desert hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion, or Arizona Desert hairy scorpion is a large scorpion found in"
  • Home To: Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion, Wikipedia intro: "Hadrurus arizonensis, the giant desert hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion, or Arizona Desert hairy scorpion is a large scorpion found in"
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Wikipedia: Hogna carolinensis
Wikipedia
  • Home To: Carolina Wolf Spider, Wikipedia intro states: "ensis is able to thermoregulate quite well. This is particularly important for animals that inhabit desert ecosystems or other locations with large temperature swings."
  • Home To: Carolina Wolf Spider, Wikipedia intro: "ensis is able to thermoregulate quite well. This is particularly important for animals that inhabit desert ecosystems or other locations with large temperature..."
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Astrophytum capricorne (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Astrophytum capricorne, Wikipedia intro states: "ecies is designated as of "least concern" by the IUCN as it is widely distributed in the Chihuahuan desert."
  • Home To: Astrophytum capricorne, Wikipedia intro: "ecies is designated as of "least concern" by the IUCN as it is widely distributed in the Chihuahuan desert."
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Bolson Tortoise (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Bolson Tortoise, Wikipedia intro: "he largest, having a carapace length of about 46 cm (18 in). It lives in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bolsón de Mapimí, which is located in no..."View the Source
Welwitschia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Welwitschia, Wikipedia intro: "onyanga. It is native to Angola and Namibia, where it grows in the extreme conditions of the Namib desert, tolerating high heat and low precipitation. Welwitsch..."View the Source
Red Fox (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Red Fox, Wikipedia intro: "ich can be divided into two categories: the large northern foxes and the small, basal southern grey desert foxes of Asia and North Africa. The red fox usually o..."View the Source
Addax (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Addax, Wikipedia intro: "imorphic, as the females are generally smaller than the males. The addax lives in arid regions, semideserts, and sandy and stony deserts in North Africa. It mai..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Crotalus cerastes
Home To: Sidewinder, Wikipedia intro: "per, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to desert regions of the Southwestern United States and adjacen..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Nematode
Home To: Roundworm, Wikipedia intro: "animals in both individual and species counts, and are found in locations as diverse as mountains, deserts, and oceanic trenches. They are found in every part o..."View the Source
Wikipedia: African spurred tortoise
Home To: African Spurred Tortoise, Wikipedia intro: "e sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It is the largest mainland species of..."View the Source
Sonoran Desert Toad (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sonoran Desert Toad, Wikipedia intro: "The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), (previously Bufo alvarius) also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico an..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Ephedra nevadensis
Home To: Mormon Tea, Wikipedia intro: "h to Oregon, and south to Baja California, including areas of the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau and desert Southwest. It is found in rocky and sandy soils, gene..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Selaginella lepidophylla
Wikipedia
  • Home To: Selaginella Lepidophylla, Wikipedia intro: "sometimes as the rose of Jericho (although distinct from the true rose of Jericho) is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family (Selaginellaceae). It is..."
  • Home To: Resurrection Plant, habitat statement
    It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the United States and Mexico.
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Wikipedia: Sand cat
Home To: Sand Cat, Wikipedia intro: "The sand cat (Felis margarita) is a small wild cat that inhabits sandy and stony deserts far from water sources. With its sandy to light grey fur, it is well ca..."View the Source
Tecopa pupfish (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tecopa pupfish, Wikipedia intro: "The small, heat-tolerant pupfish was endemic to the outflows of a pair of hot springs in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California. Habitat modifications, th..."View the Source
Echinocereus engelmannii (Wikipedia)
Home To: Echinocereus engelmannii, Wikipedia intro: "annii, the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjac..."View the Source
Agave victoriae-reginae (Wikipedia)
Home To: Agave victoriae-reginae, Wikipedia intro: "wers are borne in erect racemes up to 4m in length. A. victoriae-reginae is found in the Chihuahuan Desert in the Mexican States of Coahuila, Durango and Nuevo..."View the Source
Echinocactus horizonthalonius (Wikipedia)
Home To: Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Wikipedia intro: ". It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert habitats, particularly on limeston..."View the Source
Wild Bactrian Camel (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Wild Bactrian Camel, Wikipedia 'Wild Bactrian camel': lives in the Gobi Desert region (Lop Nur / Great Gobi A protected areas)View the Source
Meerkat (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Meerkat, Wikipedia 'Meerkat': commonly living in arid, open habitats with little woody vegetationView the Source
Red-tailed Hawk (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Red-tailed Hawk, Wikipedia 'Red-tailed hawk': occupies a wide range of habitats including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forestsView the Source
Turkey Vulture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Turkey Vulture, Wikipedia 'Turkey vulture': inhabits subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and desertsView the Source
Desert Locust (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Desert Locust, Wikipedia 'Desert locust': found primarily in the deserts and dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, Arabia, and southwest AsiaView the Source
Wikipedia
Home To: Prickly Pear, Wikipedia 'Opuntia': cacti are native to the Americas, well adapted to arid climatesView the Source
Leopard Gecko (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Leopard Gecko, Wikipedia 'Leopard gecko': native to the rocky dry grassland and desert regions of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, and NepalView the Source
Bobcat (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Bobcat, Wikipedia 'Bobcat': inhabits wooded areas, semidesert, urban edge, forest edge, and swampland environmentsView the Source
Caracal (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Caracal, Wikipedia 'Caracal': native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern IndiaView the Source
Wikidata: Springbok
Home To: Springbok, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Deathstalker Scorpion
Home To: Deathstalker Scorpion, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Giant Desert Centipede
Home To: Giant Desert Centipede, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Arizona Bark Scorpion
Home To: Arizona Bark Scorpion, IntroductionView the Source
Pea (Wikipedia)
Home To: Garden Pea (Pisum sativum), IntroductionView the Source
Dromedary (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius), IntroductionView the Source
Brown Hyena (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Brown Hyena, IntroductionView the Source
Bohemian waxwing (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Bohemian waxwing, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Pea
Home To: Pea, IntroductionView the Source
Desert rosy boa (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Desert rosy boa, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Peganum harmala
Home To: Peganum harmala, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Hoodia gordonii
Home To: Hoodia gordonii, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Home To: Araucarioxylon arizonicum, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Desert bighorn sheep
Home To: Desert bighorn sheep, IntroductionView the Source
Fouquieria columnaris (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Fouquieria columnaris, IntroductionView the Source
Agave parryi (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Agave parryi, IntroductionView the Source
Helmethead Gecko (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Helmethead Gecko, IntroductionView the Source
Mountain Cottontail (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Mountain Cottontail, IntroductionView the Source
Eupackardia (Wikipedia)
Home To: Eupackardia, Habitat, season and distribution
Quote, Home To: Eupackardia, Habitat, season and distribution
They normally make their habitats in thorn scrubs, foothills and canyons of desert mountain ranges and dry deserts.
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Kleinmann's Tortoise (Wikipedia)
Home To: Egyptian tortoise, Habitat and ecology
Quote, Home To: Egyptian tortoise, Habitat and ecology
Kleinmann's tortoise lives in deserts and semiarid habitats, usually with compact sand and gravel plains, scattered rocks, shallow, sandy wadis, dry woodlands, shrubby areas, and coastal salt marsh habitats.
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Plants For A Future: Ferula assa-foetida - Useful Temperate Plants
Plants For A FutureHome To: Ferula assa-foetida, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Ferula assa-foetida, Habitat
Deserts
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Wikipedia: Inland Taipan
WikipediaHome To: Inland Taipan, Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "In South Australia it has been observed in the M"
Quote, Home To: Inland Taipan, Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "In South Australia it has been observed in the M"
In South Australia it has been observed in the Marree-Innamincka NRM district, including Goyder Lagoon, the Tirari Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Coongie Lakes, Innamincka Regional Reserve and near Oodnadatta.
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Animal Diversity Web: Ambystoma (Animal Diversity Web account)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Mole Salamander, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Mole Salamander, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune forest forest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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Saharan striped polecat
Home To: Saharan striped polecat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Saharan striped polecat, Lead
It mainly inhabits dry, steppe-like environments with sparse bush cover along the edges of the Sahara desert and on its mountains, avoiding the most arid regions in its center.
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Culpeo (Wikipedia)
Home To: Culpeo, Habitat, deserts
Quote, Home To: Culpeo, Habitat, deserts
They are found in broadleaf Nothofagus temperate rainforest, sclerophyllous matorral, deserts, chaparrals, and plateaus, like the Altiplano, up to the tree line (4,800 metres (15,700 ft)).
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Sechuran fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sechuran fox, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Sechuran fox, Distribution and habitat
Within this region it has been reported from the western foothills of the Andes down to the coast, inhabiting deserts, dry forests, and beaches.
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Corsac fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Corsac fox, Distribution and habitat, semideserts
Quote, Home To: Corsac fox, Distribution and habitat, semideserts
These foxes inhabit open grassy steppes and semideserts, and avoid dense vegetation and mountainous regions.
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Kit fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kit fox, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Kit fox, Habitat
Kit foxes inhabit arid and semi-arid regions encompassing desert scrub, chaparral, halophytic regions, and grasslands.
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Swift fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Swift fox, Habitat, deserts
Quote, Home To: Swift fox, Habitat, deserts
The swift fox lives primarily in short-grass prairies and deserts.
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Pale fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pale fox, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Pale fox, Habitat
Typically found in stony deserts and semi-deserts, it sometimes wanders into the savanna.
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Rüppell's fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rüppell's fox, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Rüppell's fox, Distribution
it prefers sandy or rocky deserts, but lives also in semiarid steppes and sparse scrub
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Black-backed jackal (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-backed jackal, Habitat, deserts
Quote, Home To: Black-backed jackal, Habitat, deserts
The black-backed jackal is relatively unspecialised, and can thrive in a wide variety of habitats, including deserts, as its kidneys are well adapted for water deprivation.
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Little owl (Wikipedia)
Home To: Little owl, Lead, semi-deserts
Quote, Home To: Little owl, Lead, semi-deserts
is found in a range of habitats including farmland, woodland fringes, steppes and semi-deserts
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Fog desert (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fog desert, Lead, desert type
Quote, Home To: Fog desert, Lead, desert type
A fog desert is a type of desert where fog drip supplies the majority of moisture needed by animal and plant life.
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Salvadora persica (Wikipedia)
Home To: Salvadora persica, Distribution and ecology
Quote, Home To: Salvadora persica, Distribution and ecology
is found on desert floodplains, riverbanks, and grassy savannahs
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Namaqua sandgrouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Namaqua sandgrouse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Namaqua sandgrouse, Distribution and habitat
It favours deserts and other arid areas.
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Goldman's woodrat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Goldman's woodrat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Goldman's woodrat, Habitat
N. goldmani is restricted to rocky and desert habitats and shelters itself in crevices.
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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus, Distribution
Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
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Peniocereus greggii (Wikipedia)
Home To: Peniocereus greggii, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Peniocereus greggii, Distribution
Plants grow in silty soil with desert scrub and plants such as Larrea divaricata and Neltuma glandulosa.
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Pelecyphora sneedii (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pelecyphora sneedii, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Pelecyphora sneedii, Distribution and habitat
It is usually found in broken, rocky terrain and steep slopes of Silurian-Ordovician-Cambrian limestone, usually in Chihuahuan desert scrub and sometimes in coniferous woodlands in the Trans-Pecos region.
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Mammillaria bocasana (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mammillaria bocasana, Habitat, semi-desert
Quote, Home To: Mammillaria bocasana, Habitat, semi-desert
It grows on canyon walls, in volcanic rock and in semi-desert environs, often under bushes of native plants.
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Mammillaria luethyi (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mammillaria luethyi, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Mammillaria luethyi, Distribution and habitat
Mammillaria luethyi is found in the Chihuahuan Desert in the north of the Mexican state of Coahuila
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Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Distribution
Cylindropuntia bigelovii grows in desert regions at elevations to about 3,000 ft (900 m)
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Galidictis grandidieri
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Grandidier's mongoose, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Grandidier's mongoose, Habitat
Giant-striped mongooses are found in the spiny desert region of southwestern Madagascar
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Wikipedia: Ring-tailed Cat
WikipediaHome To: Ringtail, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Ringtail, Range and habitat
The ringtail is commonly found in rocky desert habitats
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Rory Cooper's false antechinus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rory Cooper's false antechinus, Lead
Quote, Home To: Rory Cooper's false antechinus, Lead
from the Pilbara into the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts
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Physalis crassifolia (Wikipedia)
Home To: Physalis crassifolia, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Physalis crassifolia, Lead, habitat
rocky, dry desert and mountain habitat
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Turbinicarpus valdezianus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Turbinicarpus valdezianus, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Turbinicarpus valdezianus, Distribution
This species thrives in the Chihuahuan Desert and Meseta Central matorral of Mexico, ranging from Saltillo in the state of Coahuila to nearly Matehuala in San Luis Potosí, at 1400 to 1600 meters elevation.
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Ariocarpus scaphirostris (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ariocarpus scaphirostris, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Ariocarpus scaphirostris, Distribution
Ariocarpus scaphirostris is endemic to hot deserts gowning on shaly limestone in a single valley in Nuevo León, Mexico, at elevations between 950 and 1,400 meters.
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Cairo spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cairo spiny mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Cairo spiny mouse, Lead
where its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts
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Eastern spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Eastern spiny mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Eastern spiny mouse, Lead
having been found in Middle Eastern deserts
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Great gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Great gerbil, Distribution and habitat
predominantly in sandy or clay deserts
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Mongolian gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mongolian gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mongolian gerbil, Habitat
Mongolian gerbils inhabit grassland, shrubland and desert, including semidesert and steppes in China, Mongolia, and Russia
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Fat sand rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fat sand rat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Fat sand rat, Lead
This species usually lives in sandy deserts
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Arabian gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Arabian Gazelle, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Arabian Gazelle, Ecology
The Arabian gazelle lives in grassland, shrubland, and desert habitat types.
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Arabian sand gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Arabian Sand Gazelle, Lead
Quote, Home To: Arabian Sand Gazelle, Lead
The Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) or reem (Arabic: ريم) is a species of gazelle native to the Arabian and Syrian Deserts.
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Chinkara (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chinkara, Taxonomy
Quote, Home To: Chinkara, Taxonomy
The following six subspecies are considered valid: Deccan chinkara (G. b. bennettii) (Sykes 1831), ranges from South India, from the Ganges Valley (east to the borders of West Bengal) south at least to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Deccan Plateau; Gujarat chinkara (G. b. christii) (Blyth,
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Dorcas gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dorcas Gazelle, Description
Quote, Home To: Dorcas Gazelle, Description
Currently, large populations of dorcas gazelles are found in the Negev and the Arava, with other large populations in Sudan, and the southern part of the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
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Rhim gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rhim Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Rhim Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
The rhim gazelle is found in isolated pockets across the central Sahara Desert.
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Speke's gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Speke's Gazelle, Lead
Quote, Home To: Speke's Gazelle, Lead
It is confined to the Horn of Africa, where it inhabits stony brush, grass steppes, and semi deserts.
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Dama gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dama Gazelle, Lead
Quote, Home To: Dama Gazelle, Lead
It lives in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel.
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Mongolian gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mongolian Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Mongolian Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
They thrive in flat or undulating steppes and dry grasslands, with a preference for steppe and desert steppe habitats adorned with clusters of vegetation.
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Przewalski's gazelle (Wikipedia)
Home To: Przewalski's Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Przewalski's Gazelle, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits flat open valleys and steppeland between mountains, and the sand dunes and semi-desert zones around lakes.
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Steenbok (Wikipedia)
Home To: Steenbok, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Steenbok, Habitat
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.
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Giant eland (Wikipedia)
Home To: Giant Eland, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Giant Eland, Habitat and distribution
They also live in forests as well as on the fringes of deserts.
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Barbary sheep (Wikipedia)
Home To: Barbary Sheep, Taxonomy
Quote, Home To: Barbary Sheep, Taxonomy
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827 (Egyptian Barbary sheep, thought to be extinct in the wild, but still found in the eastern desert of Egypt) A. l. sahariensis Rothschild, 1913 (vulnerable) A. l. blainei Rothschild, 1913 (vulnerable) A. l. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (vulnerable) A. l. fassini Lepri, 1930 (vulnerable)
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Nubian ibex (Wikipedia)
Home To: Nubian Ibex, Lead
Quote, Home To: Nubian Ibex, Lead
The Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is a desert-dwelling species of goat (genus Capra) found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle East.
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Siberian ibex (Wikipedia)
Home To: Siberian Ibex, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Siberian Ibex, Habitat and distribution
In the Gobi Desert, they may be found on hills as low as 700 m (2,300 ft), but they are more commonly found between about 2,000 and 5,000 metres (6,600 and 16,400 ft) in summer, descending to lower, sometimes sparsely forested, slopes during the winter.
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Argali (Wikipedia)
Home To: Argali, Behaviour and ecology
Quote, Home To: Argali, Behaviour and ecology
In the lowest ranges and the spurs of deserts, grasses and sedges again predominate, but often of different species than the high-elevation ones.
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Mouflon (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mouflon, Subspecies
Quote, Home To: Mouflon, Subspecies
Laristan mouflon, O. g. laristanica (Nasonov, 1909): a small subspecies, its range is restricted to some desert reserves near Lar in southern Iran.
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Gemsbok (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gemsbok, Lead
Quote, Home To: Gemsbok, Lead
It is endemic to the dry and barren regions of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and (parts of) Zimbabwe, mainly inhabiting the Kalahari and Namib Deserts, areas in which it is supremely adapted for survival.
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Scimitar oryx (Wikipedia)
Home To: Scimitar Oryx, Diet
Quote, Home To: Scimitar Oryx, Diet
The habitat of scimitar oryxes in the wild is steppe and desert, where they eat foliage, grass, herbs, shrubs, succulent plants, legumes, juicy roots, buds, and fruit.
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Syrian camel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Camelus moreli, Lead, locality
Quote, Home To: Camelus moreli, Lead, locality
the Hummal area of the western Syrian Desert
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Animal Diversity Web: Equus zebra (Mountain zebra)
Home To: Mountain Zebra, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mountain Zebra, Habitat
they occupy an arid region in a mountainous transition zone on the edge of the Namib Desert.
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Animal Diversity Web: Equus hemionus (Onager)
Home To: Onager, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Onager, Habitat
It primarily grazes and rests on highland or lowland desert, semidesert or steppe.
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Animal Diversity Web: Equus kiang (Kiang)
Home To: Kiang, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Kiang, Habitat
They prefer dry open areas including desert, semidesert, or steppe.
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African wild ass (Wikipedia)
Home To: African Wild Ass, Habitat
Quote, Home To: African Wild Ass, Habitat
African wild asses are found in desert or semidesert environments.
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Antelope jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Home To: Antelope jackrabbit, Lead
Quote, Home To: Antelope jackrabbit, Lead
it occupies dry desert areas
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Cape hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cape hare, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Cape hare, Distribution and habitat
The Cape hare inhabits macchia-type vegetation, grassland, bushveld, the Sahara Desert and semi-desert areas.
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Abyssinian hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Abyssinian hare, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Abyssinian hare, Distribution and habitat
It occurs in savannah, grassland and steppe, as well as desert and semi-arid conditions where some scrubby vegetation is present to provide cover.
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Desert hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Desert hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Desert hare, Lead
It inhabits grassland, scrub areas of desert and semi-desert, and steppe habitats.
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Tolai hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tolai hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Tolai hare, Lead
It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, grasslands, and river valleys.
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Desert cottontail (Wikipedia)
Home To: Desert cottontail, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Desert cottontail, Distribution and habitat
It is particularly associated with the dry near-desert grasslands of the American southwest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Odocoileus hemionus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Mule deer, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: Black-tailed deer, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest mountains mountains
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Arabian jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Arabian jird, Distribution, ecology, and conservation status
Quote, Home To: Arabian jird, Distribution, ecology, and conservation status
It has been found in the Rub al Khali desert in Oman and Saudi Arabia
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Bushy-tailed jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bushy-tailed jird, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Bushy-tailed jird, Distribution and habitat
Its natural habitat is arid and semiarid localities where the rainfall is typically less than 100 millimetres (4 in) per year.
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Cape short-eared gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cape short-eared gerbil, Lead
Quote, Home To: Cape short-eared gerbil, Lead
Its natural habitats are hot deserts and temperate desert.
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Highveld gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Highveld gerbil, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Highveld gerbil, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, and temperate desert.
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Bushveld gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bushveld gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Bushveld gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.
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Anderson's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Anderson's gerbil, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Anderson's gerbil, Habitat and distribution
Anderson's gerbil usually occupies sandy dunes of deserts
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Cheesman's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cheesman's gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Cheesman's gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Its natural habitat is arid plains with sandy soils, deserts and sabkha
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Chudeau's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chudeau's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Quote, Home To: Chudeau's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts.
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Buxton's jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Buxton's jird, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Buxton's jird, Distribution and habitat
its habitat consists primarily of coastal dunes, deserts, and arid steppes
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Dune hairy-footed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dune hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Dune hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is temperate desert
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Indian desert jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Indian desert jird, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Indian desert jird, Habitat
Jirds inhabit desert and barren areas preferring firm soil.
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Balochistan gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Balochistan gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Balochistan gerbil, Distribution and habitat
The typical habitat of this gerbil is desert and semi-desert
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Cape gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cape gerbil, Lead
Quote, Home To: Cape gerbil, Lead
temperate desert
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GBIF Secretariat: Gerbillus garamantis (GBIF)
GBIF SecretariatHome To: Algerian gerbil, Descriptions, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Algerian gerbil, Descriptions, Habitat
Habitat. Arid zones of southern Algeria.
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Sundevall's jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sundevall's jird, Lead
Quote, Home To: Sundevall's jird, Lead
Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
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Golden spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Golden spiny mouse, Environment
Quote, Home To: Golden spiny mouse, Environment
The golden spiny mouse thrives in dry, hot deserts
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Libyan jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Libyan jird, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Libyan jird, Distribution and habitat
Its typical habitat includes deserts and semi-deserts, river floodplains, wadis and areas with stable sand-dunes.
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Hairy-footed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat desert
Quote, Home To: Hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat desert
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate shrubland, hot deserts, sandy shores, and urban areas.
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Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat desert
Quote, Home To: Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat desert
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate grassland, and hot deserts.
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Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Distribution and habitat
It prefers sandy locations and is found among dunes, in dune slacks with sparse vegetation, and in areas of wind-blown sand in wadis, palm groves and oases.
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Greater Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Greater Egyptian gerbil, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Greater Egyptian gerbil, Distribution and habitat
It typically inhabits sandy deserts and other arid or semi-arid areas
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Animal Diversity Web: Tatera indica (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Indian gerbil, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
Quote, Home To: Indian gerbil, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
desert or dune
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North African gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: North African gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: North African gerbil, Lead, habitat
and hot Saharan deserts
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Midday jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Midday jird, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Midday jird, Distribution and habitat
Its lives in sandy deserts, alluvial plains and especially arid sandy areas in hilly deserts
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Animal Diversity Web: Gerbillurus setzeri (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Namib brush-tailed gerbil, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
Quote, Home To: Namib brush-tailed gerbil, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
desert or dune
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Fawn hopping mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fawn hopping mouse, Distribution and habitat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Fawn hopping mouse, Distribution and habitat, Habitat
The preferred habitat of the fawn hopping mouse is open gibber and clay plains in arid environments.
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Spotted skunk (Wikipedia)
Home To: Desert Spotted Skunk, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Desert Spotted Skunk, Habitat
The Desert spotted skunk occurs in deserts and semideserts.
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Flower's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Flower's gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Flower's gerbil, Habitat
This species is found in rocky desert, sandy coastal plains, grass valleys, palm tree groves and cultivated areas.
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Desert mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Desert mouse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Desert mouse, Distribution and habitat
Widespread throughout the arid zone of Australia
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Dusky hopping mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dusky hopping mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Dusky hopping mouse, Lead, habitat
inhabiting desert regions characterised by sand dunes
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Mackilligin's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mackilligin's gerbil, Lead, range
Quote, Home To: Mackilligin's gerbil, Lead, range
It occurs in the southeastern deserts of Egypt and Sudan, around the area of the Halaib Triangle.
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Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tarabul's gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Tarabul's gerbil, Habitat
Tarabul's gerbil occurs in sandy desert and semi-desert areas, as well as coastal steppe
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Four-striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Four-striped grass mouse, Lead, deserts
Quote, Home To: Four-striped grass mouse, Lead, deserts
savannas, shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas
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Seurat's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Seurat's spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Seurat's spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts.
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Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tristram's jird, Distribution and ecology, semi-deserts
Quote, Home To: Tristram's jird, Distribution and ecology, semi-deserts
It lives in semi-deserts and steppes
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Littledale's whistling rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Littledale's whistling rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Littledale's whistling rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and temperate desert.
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Plains rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Plains rat, Lead, arid habitat
Quote, Home To: Plains rat, Lead, arid habitat
is a conilurine rodent native to arid and semi-arid Australia
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Phillips's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Phillips's mouse, Lead, habitat, desert
Quote, Home To: Phillips's mouse, Lead, habitat, desert
and hot deserts
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Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Namaqua rock rat, Lead, habitats, desert
Quote, Home To: Namaqua rock rat, Lead, habitats, desert
hot desert, temperate desert
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Somalian trident bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Somalian trident bat, Biology and ecology, desert
Quote, Home To: Somalian trident bat, Biology and ecology, desert
It inhabits arid areas such as savanna, shrubland, grassland, and desert.
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Trident bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Trident bat, Lead, hot deserts
Quote, Home To: Trident bat, Lead, hot deserts
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves and hot deserts.
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Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, Lead, hot deserts
Quote, Home To: Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, Lead, hot deserts
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.
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Daurian ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Daurian ground squirrel, Biology, habitat
Quote, Home To: Daurian ground squirrel, Biology, habitat
This ground squirrel lives in open plains and on the fringes of desert areas such as the northern edge of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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Alashan ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Alashan ground squirrel, Habitat paragraph, China
Quote, Home To: Alashan ground squirrel, Habitat paragraph, China
In China it can be found in desert habitat.
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Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel, Biogeography
Quote, Home To: Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel, Biogeography
A. insularis inhabits rocky desert environments in Baja California Sur, Mexico including Isla Espiritu Santo and Isla San Marcos.
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Harris's antelope squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Harris's antelope squirrel, Taxonomy and description, heat
Quote, Home To: Harris's antelope squirrel, Taxonomy and description, heat
In order to protect itself from the heat of the Sonoran Desert
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Mohave ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mohave ground squirrel, Lead
Quote, Home To: Mohave ground squirrel, Lead
found only in the Mojave Desert in California
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Animal Diversity Web: Tamias rufus, Hopi chipmunk (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Hopi chipmunk, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Hopi chipmunk, Habitat
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune
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Lesser mouse-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lesser mouse-tailed bat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Lesser mouse-tailed bat, Habitat
The lesser mouse-tailed bat is typically found in arid or semi-arid desert habitat
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Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat, Lead
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and hot and temperate deserts.
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Yemeni mouse-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Yemeni mouse-tailed bat, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Yemeni mouse-tailed bat, Range and habitat
consists of arid and semi-desert climate
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Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat, Distribution and habitat
This species occupies most wooded habitats, including both wet and dry sclerophyll forest, mallee and Acacia shrubland, desert, and open woodland.
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Hill's sheath-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hill's sheath-tailed bat, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Hill's sheath-tailed bat, Ecology
it is a specialist in desert environs.
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Animal Diversity Web: Taphozous nudiventris (naked-rumped tomb bat)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Naked-rumped tomb bat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Naked-rumped tomb bat, Habitat
Naked-rumped tomb bats are found in arid habitats, including dry grasslands, deserts, and scrub forests.
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Panamint chipmunk (Wikipedia)
Home To: Panamint chipmunk, Lead
Quote, Home To: Panamint chipmunk, Lead
It is endemic to desert mountain areas of southeast California and southwest Nevada in the United States.
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Animal Diversity Web: Rhinopomatidae
Animal Diversity Web
  • Home To: Egyptian mouse-tailed bat, Family account, habitat
    Rhinopomatids live in treeless arid regions and roost in caves, rock clefts, wells, houses, and pyramids.
  • Home To: Small mouse-tailed bat, Family account, habitat
    Rhinopomatids live in treeless arid regions and roost in caves, rock clefts, wells, houses, and pyramids.
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Natal long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Natal long-fingered bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Natal long-fingered bat, Lead
and hot deserts
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California leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: California leaf-nosed bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: California leaf-nosed bat, Lead
Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
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Short-tailed hopping mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Short-tailed hopping mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Short-tailed hopping mouse, Lead
The short-tailed hopping mouse (Notomys amplus) is an extinct species of mouse in the family Muridae, endemic to the central and western arid zones of Australia.
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Arabian oryx, Wikipedia
Home To: Arabian Oryx, Lead section
Quote, Home To: Arabian Oryx, Lead section
It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
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Asclepias eriocarpa (Wikipedia)
Home To: Asclepias eriocarpa, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 365989, target B16266
Quote, Home To: Asclepias eriocarpa, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 365989, target B16266
It grows in many habitat types such as rocky hillsides, woods, deserts, and especially dry areas.
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Wikipedia: Chilean rose tarantula
WikipediaHome To: Chilean Rose Tarantula, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 317666, target B16266
Quote, Home To: Chilean Rose Tarantula, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 317666, target B16266
The natural habitat of Grammostola rosea is the high desert and scrub regions of northern Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Erethizon dorsatum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: North American Porcupine, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: North American Porcupine, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dromaius novaehollandiae
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Emu, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Emu, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Falco peregrinus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Peregrine Falcon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Peregrine Falcon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mimus polyglottos
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Northern Mockingbird, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Northern Mockingbird, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Bubo virginianus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Great Horned Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Great Horned Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Tyto alba
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Barn Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Barn Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Anax junius
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common Green Darner, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Common Green Darner, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Panthera pardus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Amur Leopard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Amur Leopard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Papio hamadryas
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Hamadryas Baboon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Hamadryas Baboon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Litocranius walleri
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Gerenuk, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Gerenuk, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Macrotis lagotis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Greater Bilby, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Greater Bilby, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Painted Lady, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Painted Lady, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Capra hircus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Feral Goat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Feral Goat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Apis mellifera
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Western Honey Bee, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: European dark bee, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: Apis mellifera cecropia, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Latrodectus hasselti
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Redback Spider, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Redback Spider, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mastigoproctus giganteus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Vinegaroon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: Giant Vinegaroon, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Spea bombifrons
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Plains Spadefoot, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Plains Spadefoot, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ophisaurus ventralis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Eastern Glass Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Eastern Glass Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Drymarchon couperi
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Eastern Indigo Snake, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Eastern Indigo Snake, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Gopherus polyphemus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Gopher Tortoise, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Gopher Tortoise, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Moloch horridus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Thorny Devil, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Thorny Devil, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Heloderma horridum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Mexican Beaded Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Mexican Beaded Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mellivora capensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Phrynosoma cornutum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Texas Horned Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Texas Horned Lizard, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Cyclura cornuta
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Rhinoceros Iguana, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Rhinoceros Iguana, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trichinella spiralis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Trichinella Spiralis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Trichinella Spiralis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Merops apiaster
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: European Bee-eater, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: European Bee-eater, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ictonyx striatus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Striped Polecat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Striped Polecat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dasymutilla occidentalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Dasymutilla Occidentalis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Dasymutilla Occidentalis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Armadillidium vulgare
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common Pill Woodlouse, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Common Pill Woodlouse, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Porcellio scaber
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Common Rough Woodlouse, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: Porcellio scaber, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Spheniscus mendiculus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Galapagos Penguin, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Galapagos Penguin, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Bassariscus astutus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Ring-tailed Cat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Ring-tailed Cat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Nasua narica
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: White-nosed Coati, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: White-nosed Coati, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mephitis macroura
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Hooded Skunk, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Hooded Skunk, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Leopardus geoffroyi
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Geoffroy's Cat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Geoffroy's Cat, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Coenobita perlatus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Strawberry Hermit Crab, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Strawberry Hermit Crab, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mirounga angustirostris
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Northern Elephant Seal, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Northern Elephant Seal, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Asio otus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Long-eared owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Long-eared owl, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Arenaria interpres
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Ruddy turnstone, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Ruddy turnstone, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dipylidium caninum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Dipylidium caninum, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Dipylidium caninum, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Latrodectus hesperus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Latrodectus hesperus, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Latrodectus hesperus, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Latrodectus mactans
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Latrodectus mactans, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
    desert or dune desert or dune
  • Home To: Southern Black Widow, Terrestrial Biomes
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vulpes vulpes
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Cascade red fox, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Cascade red fox, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra americana
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Baja California pronghorn, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Baja California pronghorn, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Toxocara canis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Toxocara canis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Toxocara canis, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Fat-tailed false antechinus, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
Quote, Home To: Fat-tailed false antechinus, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
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Cougar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cougar, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Cougar, Distribution and habitat
The cougar lives in all forest types, lowland and mountainous deserts, and in open areas with little vegetation up to an elevation of 5,800 m (19,000 ft).
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Coyote (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Coyote, Description
Quote, Home To: Coyote, Description
Coyotes living at high elevations tend to have more black and gray shades than their desert-dwelling counterparts, which are more fulvous or whitish-gray.
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Cicada (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cicada, Taxonomy and diversity
Quote, Home To: Cicada, Taxonomy and diversity
Australian cicadas are found on tropical islands and cold coastal beaches around Tasmania, in tropical wetlands, high and low deserts, alpine areas of New South Wales and Victoria, large cities including Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and Tasmanian highlands and snowfields.
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Dingo (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Dingo, Hybrids, distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Dingo, Hybrids, distribution and habitat
The dingo's present distribution covers a variety of habitats, including the temperate regions of eastern Australia, the alpine moorlands of the eastern highlands, the arid hot deserts of Central Australia, and the tropical forests and wetlands of Northern Australia.
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Spotted Hyena (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Spotted Hyena, Range, habitat and population
Quote, Home To: Spotted Hyena, Range, habitat and population
In the Namib Desert, it occurs in riverine growth along seasonal rivers, the sub-desertic pro-Namib and the adjoining inland plateau.
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Red Kangaroo (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Red Kangaroo, Ecology and habitat
Quote, Home To: Red Kangaroo, Ecology and habitat
Its range encompasses scrubland, grassland, and desert habitats.
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Least Weasel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Least Weasel, Subspecies
Quote, Home To: Least Weasel, Subspecies
They inhabit Transcaucasia, from western Kazakhstan to Semirechye and in the flat deserts of Middle Asia.
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Wikipedia: Bald Eagle
WikipediaHome To: Bald Eagle, Range
Quote, Home To: Bald Eagle, Range
Occupying varied habitats from the bayous of Louisiana to the Sonoran Desert and the eastern deciduous forests of Quebec and New England, northern birds are migratory, while southern birds are resident, remaining on their breeding territory all year.
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Common Raven (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Common Raven, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Common Raven, Distribution and habitat
They range throughout the Holarctic from Arctic and temperate habitats in North America and Eurasia to the deserts of North Africa, and to islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Wikipedia: Common Ostrich
WikipediaHome To: Common Ostrich, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Common Ostrich, Distribution and habitat
In southwest Africa they inhabit the semi-desert or true desert.
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Gila Monster (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Gila Monster, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Gila Monster, Distribution and habitat
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.
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Solifugae (Wikipedia)
Home To: Camel Spider, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Camel Spider, Habitat and distribution
Most solifuges live in tropics and subtropical deserts in the Americas, Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
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Kangaroo rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kangaroo Rat, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Kangaroo Rat, Range and habitat
In contrast, banner-tailed kangaroo rats have more specific habitat requirements for desert grasslands with scattered shrubs; this species is also more threatened because of the decline in these grasslands.
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Wild Boar (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Wild Boar, Habitat and sheltering
Quote, Home To: Wild Boar, Habitat and sheltering
The wild boar inhabits a diverse array of habitats from boreal taigas to deserts.
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Wikipedia: Photinus pyralis
Home To: Common Eastern Firefly, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Common Eastern Firefly, Habitat
Some natural habitats of these fireflies include meadows, fields, wetlands, desert canyons, and dense forests, and while they can successfully thrive in all of these areas, they require moisture to survive at all life stages.
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Woodlouse - Wikipedia
Home To: Woodlouse, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Woodlouse, Ecology
Woodlice need moisture because they rapidly lose water by excretion and evaporation through their cuticle, and so are usually found in damp, dark places, such as under rocks and logs, although one species, the desert-dwelling Hemilepistus reaumuri, inhabits "the driest habitat conquered by any species of crustacean".
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Wikipedia: Jumping spider
Home To: Jumping Spider, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Jumping Spider, Habitat
Tropical forests harbor the most species, but they are also found in temperate forests, scrubland, deserts, intertidal zones, and mountainous regions.
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Wikipedia: Tarantula hawk
Home To: Tarantula Hawk, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Tarantula Hawk, Distribution
Eighteen species of Pepsis and three species of Hemipepsis are found in the United States, primarily in the deserts of the Southwestern United States, with Pepsis grossa (formerly P. formosa) and Pepsis thisbe being common.
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Tabanidae
Home To: Horse Fly, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Horse Fly, Distribution and habitat
They mostly occur in warm areas with suitable moist locations for breeding, but also occupy a wide range of habitats from deserts to alpine meadows.
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Archaeognatha - Wikipedia
Home To: Bristletail, Biology
Quote, Home To: Bristletail, Biology
While most species live in moist soil, others have adapted to chaparral, and even sandy deserts.
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Darkling beetle - Wikipedia
Home To: Darkling Beetle, Biology and ecology
Quote, Home To: Darkling Beetle, Biology and ecology
Some species live in intensely dry deserts such as the Namib, and have evolved adaptions by which they collect droplets of fog that deposit on their elytra.
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Wikipedia: Marsh Frog
WikipediaHome To: Marsh Frog, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Marsh Frog, Distribution and habitat
Marsh frogs inhabit water bodies in many types types of habitat up to an altitude of 2,500 m (8,200 ft), including forests, grasslands, steppes and even deserts, colonising dry areas via river channels and valleys.
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Takakia ceratophylla (Wikipedia)
Home To: Takakia Ceratophylla, Geographic range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Takakia Ceratophylla, Geographic range and habitat
The natural habitats for this species are rocky areas (eg. inland or mountain cliffs) and cold desert that experiences late snow cover.
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Wolf (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Wolves live in forests, inland wetlands, shrublands, grasslands (including Arctic tundra), pastures, deserts, and rocky peaks on mountains.
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Long-eared hedgehog (Wikipedia)
Home To: Long-eared hedgehog, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Long-eared hedgehog, Distribution and habitat
The long-eared hedgehog inhabits a few different types of dry steppes, semi-deserts, and deserts.
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Bezoar ibex (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bezoar ibex, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Bezoar ibex, Distribution and habitat
In Iran, it is widely distributed and lives in rocky terrain, mountainous areas, on cliffs along the seashore, deciduous forests and in some areas in the Dasht-e Kavir desert.
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Fat-tailed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fat-tailed gerbil, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Fat-tailed gerbil, Distribution
There they live in sparsely vegetated sand sheets or rocky deserts.
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Kentish plover (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kentish plover, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Kentish plover, Distribution
They are known to reside and breed in multiple types of habitat, from desert with ground temperatures reaching 50 °C to tundra.
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African sheath-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: African sheath-tailed bat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: African sheath-tailed bat, Distribution and habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subsaharic shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.
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Spotted sandgrouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Spotted sandgrouse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Spotted sandgrouse, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits deserts and semi-arid countryside and is largely resident although there is some local movement of flocks.
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Wikipedia: Striped bark scorpion
WikipediaHome To: Striped Bark Scorpion, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Striped Bark Scorpion, Distribution and habitat
A wide geographic distribution allows C. vittatus to occupy desert, deciduous and coniferous forest, and temperate grassland [biomes], where they can be found in crevices under rock and surface debris, vegetation, old rural structures like sheds and barns, and houses during the day.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Loxosceles reclusa (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Brown Recluse Spider, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Brown Recluse Spider, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Crotalus atrox (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Crotalus Atrox, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Crotalus Atrox, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Myotis lucifugus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Little Brown Bat, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Little Brown Bat, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Diceros bicornis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Black Rhinoceros, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Black Rhinoceros, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Tachyglossus aculeatus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Short-beaked Echidna, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Short-beaked Echidna, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Columba livia (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: Rock Pigeon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
  • Home To: Domestic Pigeon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Chamaeleo calyptratus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Veiled Chameleon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Veiled Chameleon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Coccinella septempunctata (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Seven-spot Ladybird, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Seven-spot Ladybird, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Acridotheres tristis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common Myna, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Common Myna, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Procavia capensis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis), Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis), Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Canis aureus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Home To: European jackal, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest
  • Home To: Egyptian wolf, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ovis aries (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: European mouflon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: European mouflon, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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Dung beetle - Wikipedia
Home To: Dung Beetle, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Dung Beetle, Habitat
Dung beetles live in many habitats, including desert, grasslands and savannas, farmlands, and native and planted forests.
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Ferocactus pilosus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ferocactus pilosus, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Ferocactus pilosus, Habitat
The cactus is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert, located in northeastern Mexico.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Fancy rat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Fancy rat, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes taiga taiga desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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NatureServe Explorer: Mus musculus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: House Mouse, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: House Mouse, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Manduca sexta
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Tobacco Hornworm, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: Tobacco Hornworm, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Agave americana
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Century Plant, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: Century Plant, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Euphydryas chalcedona
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Variable Checkerspot, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: Variable Checkerspot, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Spilogale gracilis
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Western Spotted Skunk, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: Western Spotted Skunk, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Conepatus leuconotus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: American Hog-nosed Skunk, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: American Hog-nosed Skunk, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Northern wheatear, Species characteristics: Desert
Quote, Home To: Northern wheatear, Species characteristics: Desert
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
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Equisetum xylochaetum (Wikipedia)
Home To: Atacama Desert Giant Horsetail, Habitat: Desert
Quote, Home To: Atacama Desert Giant Horsetail, Habitat: Desert
Equisetum xylochaetum is a plant native to western South America, particularly the Atacama Desert.
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