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Grassland, Savanna and Shrubland Biomes
Savanna

A biome of tropical and subtropical grassland dotted with scattered trees and shrubs, found within about thirty degrees of the equator between the tropical rainforest and the desert. Savanna carries a long dry season and a shorter wet season, with mean monthly temperatures above 18C year round and highly seasonal rainfall that sustains grass but not a closed forest canopy.

Facts
Climate
Annual Precipitation (mm)
1200 1
WorldAtlas gives a global savanna range of 800 to 1,600mm annually with under 60mm in the driest month; 1,200mm is the midpoint of that range, not a single measured site.
Typical Low Temperature (C)
18 1
Year-round mean monthly low per WorldAtlas; wet-season means run 25 to 30C and dry-season means 20 to 25C.
Typical High Temperature (C)
30 1
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Savanna: The Grassland That Rain Builds, Not Heat

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

The savanna is often mistaken for a simpler cousin of the desert, a place that is merely hot and dry. It is neither. What actually draws the boundary of a savanna is not temperature at all, since mean monthly temperatures sit above 18C year round with only a modest swing between wet and dry seasons, but rainfall, and specifically the shape of rainfall over a year. A savanna gets real rain, 800 to 1600mm a year by some measures, enough to grow grass tall enough to hide a lion. What it does not get is rain spread evenly through the year. Almost all of it falls in a single wet season, and for months at a stretch, sometimes with under 60mm falling in the driest month, almost none falls at all.

That seasonal whiplash is what keeps a savanna from becoming a forest. Trees can survive the dry season, but not enough of them can establish fast enough during the brief wet season to close a canopy before the rain shuts off again, so the biome settles into an equilibrium of scattered trees standing over a nearly continuous grass layer, rather than tipping all the way to forest or all the way to bare ground. Fire is part of what holds that balance in place. Grass that cures out in the long dry season burns readily, and fire on savanna, including the African savanna, is common enough to count as an ordinary feature of the biome, one that keeps woody growth from closing back over the grass rather than a rare event.

The biome forms a band on both sides of the equator, sitting between the closed canopy tropical rainforest nearer the equator and the true desert farther away, on every continent that reaches those latitudes: East Africa's open plains, Brazil's Cerrado, northern Australia's tropical savanna. Two ecosystems already on this atlas, the Serengeti and the Cerrado, were classified under the temperate Grassland biome before this entry existed; both are correctly savanna, and the record now reads that way.

Why the Serengeti Was Never Really Grassland

This article records tradition as it has been passed down and reported. Its sources are not yet part of the atlas's verified catalogue.

Two of this atlas's best known ecosystems, the Serengeti and Brazil's Cerrado, were filed under the Grassland biome from the founding wave onward, and by the ordinary meaning of the word, that was not unreasonable: both are open, sun struck expanses of grass stretching to the horizon. But ecology draws its categories from climate and structure, not appearance, and by that measure both places have always been something more specific than grassland. The Cerrado's own description already called it, without qualification, the most biodiverse savanna ecosystem on Earth, and carried the alias Brazilian Savanna. The Serengeti's own description already called it a savanna grassland ecosystem. The biome record simply had not caught up to what the entities themselves already said.

The distinction matters because temperate grassland and tropical savanna form under different climates. A savanna stays warm to hot year round and has a rainy season and a dry season, with most of its rain falling in just a few months; that long dry season is what keeps the grassland from closing over into forest. A temperate grassland, the prairie of the American Midwest or the steppe of Central Asia, is instead defined by real seasonal swings in both temperature and precipitation across the year, a different climate pattern that produces a superficially similar grass dominated landscape by a different route.

The Serengeti's own wildfire, nitrogen cycle and decomposition facts, and the Cerrado's own wildfire demonstration, already described exactly this savanna dynamic before either was reclassified: seasonal drought curing the grass into fuel, fire recycling nutrients and holding back tree cover, a new flush of growth on the next rain. Reclassifying both ecosystems under the newly minted Savanna biome does not change a single fact already on either page. It corrects the shelf they sit on to match what was already written on the label.

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savannas are mostly located in areas having warm to hot climates, such as in Africa, Australia, South America, and India

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Source Savanna (Wikipedia)Lead section
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savannas are mostly located in areas having warm to hot climates, such as in Africa, Australia, South America, and India

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Source Savanna (Wikipedia)Lead section
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savannas are mostly located in areas having warm to hot climates, such as in Africa, Australia, South America, and India
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1. What Are The Characteristics Of A Tropical Savanna Type Of Climate? (WorldAtlas)
WorldAtlas
  • Precipitation section
    On average, this climatic zone receives between 800 and 1,600 millimeters of rain annually.
  • Introduction
    During the wet season, temperatures are between 78 to 86 °F (25 - 30 °C).
  • Introduction
    Throughout the year, mean monthly temperatures soar above 64 °F (18 °C).
  • WorldAtlas, tropical savanna climate characteristics, precipitation section
    On average, this climatic zone receives between 800 and 1,600 millimeters of rain annually.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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  • Demonstrates: Wildfire
  • Home To: Serengeti
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World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
  • Home To: Cerrado
  • Home To: Gran Chaco
  • Home To: Sahel
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Lion (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteHome To: African LionView the Source
Kalahari Desert (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Kalahari Desert, lead sectionView the Source
Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Kruger National Park, lead sectionView the Source
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDemonstrates: DroughtView the Source
Arthrocereus rondonianus (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Arthrocereus rondonianus, Wikipedia intro states: "a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas, and it is currently threatened by habitat loss."
  • Home To: Arthrocereus rondonianus, Wikipedia intro: "a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas, and it is currently threatened by hab..."
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Uebelmannia pectinifera (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Uebelmannia pectinifera, Wikipedia intro states: "cactus subshrub endemic to Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss."
  • Home To: Uebelmannia pectinifera, Wikipedia intro: "cactus subshrub endemic to Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss."
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Chionanthus virginicus (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Chionanthus virginicus, Wikipedia intro states: "Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree) is a tree native to the savannas and lowlands of the northeastern and southeastern United States, from Massachusetts south to Flori"
  • Home To: Chionanthus virginicus, Wikipedia intro: "Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree) is a tree native to the savannas and lowlands of the northeastern and southeastern United States, from Massachusetts s..."
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Cheetah (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Cheetah, Wikipedia intro: "rthwestern, eastern and southern Africa and central Iran. It lives in a variety of habitats such as savannahs in the Serengeti, arid mountain ranges in the Saha..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Giraffe
Home To: Giraffe, Wikipedia intro: "uth Africa in the south and from Niger in the west to Somalia in the east. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits..."View the Source
Chimpanzee (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Chimpanzee, Wikipedia intro: "dytes), commonly abbreviated to chimp, is a medium-sized great ape species found in the forests and savannas of equatorial Africa. It has four confirmed subspec..."View the Source
Impala (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Impala, Wikipedia intro: "ck. The impala is found in woodlands and sometimes on the interface (ecotone) between woodlands and savannahs; it inhabits places near water. While the black-fa..."View the Source
Blue Wildebeest (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Blue Wildebeest, Wikipedia intro: "oins a juvenile herd. Blue wildebeest are found in short-grass plains bordering bush-covered acacia savannas in southern and eastern Africa, thriving in areas t..."View the Source
Olive Baboon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Olive Baboon, Wikipedia intro: "zania. Isolated populations are also present in some mountainous regions of the Sahara. It inhabits savannahs, steppes, and forests. The common name is derived..."View the Source
Black Mamba (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Black Mamba, Wikipedia intro: "threatened. The species is both terrestrial (ground-living) and arboreal (tree-living); it inhabits savannah, woodland, rocky slopes and in some regions, dense..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Emperor Scorpion
WikipediaHome To: Emperor Scorpion, Wikipedia intro: "The emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) is a species of scorpion native to rainforests and savannas in West Africa. It is one of the largest scorpions in the..."View the Source
Gaboon viper - Wikipedia
Home To: Gaboon Viper, Wikipedia intro: "lled the Gaboon adder, is a large and highly venomous species of viper found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest member of..."View the Source
Sable antelope, Wikipedia
Home To: Sable Antelope, Wikipedia intro: "The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, w..."View the Source
Rubber Eel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rubber Eel, Wikipedia intro: "ctidae found in Colombia, Venezuela, and possibly Trinidad and Tobago. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Argentine Black and White Tegu
WikipediaHome To: Argentine Black and White Tegu, Wikipedia intro: "rgest of the "tegu" lizards. It is an omnivorous species, which inhabits the tropical rain forests, savannas, and semideserts of eastern and central South Ameri..."View the Source
Adansonia digitata (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: African Baobab, Wikipedia intro: "ating has shown at least one individual to be 1,275 years old. They are typically found in dry, hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the land..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Reticulated flatwoods salamander
Home To: Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander, Wikipedia intro: "ed flatwoods salamander (A. cingulatum). A. bishopi inhabits seasonally wet pine flatwoods and pine savannas west of the Apalachicola River-Flint River system...."View the Source
Wikipedia: Mabee's salamander
WikipediaHome To: Mabee's Salamander, Wikipedia intro: "found in tupelo and cypress bottoms in pinewoods, open fields, and lowland deciduous forests, pine savannahs, low wet woods, and swamps. It usually burrows near..."View the Source
Ardipithecus kadabba (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ardipithecus kadabba, Wikipedia intro: "species from A. ramidus. Ardipithecus kadabba lived in a habitat that consisted of forests, wooded savannas, and open water areas, as had been described for Sah..."View the Source
Goldeneye cichlid (Wikipedia)
Home To: Goldeneye cichlid, Wikipedia intro: "ater from the Aruka River in Guyana, to the Maroni River in Suriname. It is often found on flooded savannas near the coast. The male grows to a length of about..."View the Source
Greater Kudu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Greater Kudu, Wikipedia 'Greater kudu': large woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa's savanna/woodland rangeView the Source
Common Warthog (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Common Warthog, Wikipedia 'Common warthog': found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan AfricaView the Source
Wikipedia: Toco Toucan
WikipediaHome To: Toco Toucan, Wikipedia 'Toco Toucan': especially common in the Brazilian cerrado and the wetlands of the PantanalView the Source
Wikidata: Feral Cat
Home To: Feral Cat, IntroductionView the Source
Savannah Monitor (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Savannah Monitor, IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Blue Poison Dart Frog
Home To: Blue Poison Dart Frog, IntroductionView the Source
White-bellied goshawk (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: White-bellied goshawk, IntroductionView the Source
The Reptile Database: Coastal Taipan
The Reptile DatabaseHome To: Coastal Taipan, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Coastal Taipan, Habitat
Habitat: sugarcane fields and woodlands , savannah
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Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikipedia)
Home To: Yellow-footed tortoise, Natural habitat
Quote, Home To: Yellow-footed tortoise, Natural habitat
Regardless, they are found in drier forest areas, grasslands, and the savanna, or rainforest belts adjoining more open habitats.
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Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Panamanian spiny pocket mouse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Panamanian spiny pocket mouse, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits hilly scrubland, secondary forests and semi-arid savannah country below about 600 metres (2,000 ft).
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Archer's buzzard (Wikipedia)
Home To: Archer's buzzard, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Archer's buzzard, Habitat
In its restricted range it is found in mountains and adjacent savanna and grassland.
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Wikipedia: White-bellied pangolin
Home To: White-bellied Pangolin, Section: Range and habitat; begins "It is found in lowland tropical moist forests (b"
Quote, Home To: White-bellied Pangolin, Section: Range and habitat; begins "It is found in lowland tropical moist forests (b"
It is found in lowland tropical moist forests (both primary and secondary), as well as savanna/forest mosaics.
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Yellow-headed caracara (Wikipedia)
Home To: Yellow-headed caracara, Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly"
Quote, Home To: Yellow-headed caracara, Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly"
The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly treed open landscapes, like savannas with palms and scattered trees, ranchlands and pastures, gallery forests, and the edges of denser forests.
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Leopardus guttulus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Southern tigrina, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Southern tigrina, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits dense tropical and subtropical rainforests, deciduous and mixed pine forests, open savannahs, and beach vegetation.
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Wikipedia: Crab-eating fox
Home To: Crab-eating fox, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Crab-eating fox, Habitat
The crab-eating fox is a canid that ranges in savannas; woodlands; subtropical forests; prickly, shrubby thickets; and tropical savannas such as the caatinga, plains, and campo, from Colombia and southern Venezuela in the north to Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina at the southernmost reaches of its range.
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Bush dog (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bush dog, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Bush dog, Distribution and habitat
They primarily inhabit lowland forests up to 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) elevation, wet savannas and other habitats near rivers, but may also be found in drier cerrado and open pasture.
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African striped weasel
Home To: African striped weasel, Lead
Quote, Home To: African striped weasel, Lead
The African striped weasel is most commonly seen in savanna and veld grasslands with termite mounds, but has also been recorded in semideserts, rainforests, fynbos and even areas used by humans such as pine plantations and agricultural land.
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Pale fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pale fox, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Pale fox, Habitat, savanna
Typically found in stony deserts and semi-deserts, it sometimes wanders into the savanna.
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Wikipedia: Bat-eared fox
WikipediaHome To: Bat-eared fox, Lead, savanna
Quote, Home To: Bat-eared fox, Lead, savanna
The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) is a species of fox found on the African savanna.
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Black-backed jackal (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-backed jackal, Habitat, savannas
Quote, Home To: Black-backed jackal, Habitat, savannas
It also occurs in farmlands, savannas, open savanna mosaics, and alpine areas.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Alouatta caraya (Animal Diversity Web account)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Black howler, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Black howler, Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
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Chacma baboon (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chacma baboon, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Chacma baboon, Habitat and distribution
The chacma baboon inhabits a wide array of habitats including woodland, savanna, steppes, and sub desert
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Yellow baboon (Wikipedia)
Home To: Yellow baboon, Lead
Quote, Home To: Yellow baboon, Lead
Yellow baboons inhabit savannas and light forests in eastern Africa
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Guinea baboon (Wikipedia)
Home To: Guinea baboon, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Guinea baboon, Habitat and distribution
Generally found in woodland savannas, Guinea baboons
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Drill (animal) (Wikipedia)
Home To: Drill, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Drill, Habitat
Other populations can be found in forests, savanna, mountain peaks, and inland cliffs.
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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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Bronze quoll (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bronze quoll, Status, habitat
Quote, Home To: Bronze quoll, Status, habitat
A nocturnal predator, it inhabits savanna woodlands.
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Lycus trabeatus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lycus trabeatus, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Lycus trabeatus, Range and habitat
It inhabits subtropical forests, savannahs and grasslands.
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Savanna glider (Wikipedia)
Home To: Savanna Glider, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Savanna Glider, Distribution
The species lives in the wooded savannas of northern Australia.
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Animal Diversity Web: Furcifer lateralis
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Carpet chameleon, Terrestrial Biomes, savanna
Quote, Home To: Carpet chameleon, Terrestrial Biomes, savanna
savanna or grassland
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Great lizard cuckoo (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great lizard cuckoo, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Great lizard cuckoo, Distribution and habitat
savanna, scrublands, and the undergrowth of pine forest
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Ovambo sparrowhawk (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ovambo sparrowhawk, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Ovambo sparrowhawk, Habitat
moving into surrounding savanna and tall woodland with patches of open ground
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Malbrouck (Wikipedia)
Home To: Malbrouck, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Malbrouck, Distribution and habitat
It lives in marshy forest, savanna-forest and montane forest up to an altitude of 4,500 m (14,750 ft).
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Southern patas monkey (Wikipedia)
Home To: Southern patas monkey, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Southern patas monkey, Habitat
This species inhabits semi-arid acacia woodland, primarily whistling thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium) woodland.
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Greater spot-nosed monkey (Wikipedia)
Home To: Greater spot-nosed monkey, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Greater spot-nosed monkey, Lead, habitat
the transition zone between rain forest and savannah
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Grivet (Wikipedia)
Home To: Grivet, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Grivet, Habitat and distribution
The main habitat of the grivet is savanna woodlands.
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Homo antecessor (Wikipedia)
Home To: Homo antecessor, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Homo antecessor, Habitat and environment
Groups may have been dispatching hunting parties, which mainly targeted deer in their savannah and mixed woodland environment.
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Homo ergaster (Wikipedia)
Home To: Homo ergaster, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Homo ergaster, Habitat and environment
ergaster lived on the savannah in Africa
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Ardipithecus ramidus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ardipithecus ramidus, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Ardipithecus ramidus, Habitat and environment
ramidus appears to have inhabited woodland and bushland corridors between savannas
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Chororapithecus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chororapithecus abyssinicus, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Chororapithecus abyssinicus, Habitat and environment
The Chorora Formation represents a braided river system, possibly a forested area alongside a lake in a forest-savanna mosaic environment.
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Morotopithecus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Morotopithecus bishopi, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Morotopithecus bishopi, Habitat and environment
It appears to have lived in wooded grassland
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Samburupithecus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Samburupithecus kiptalami, Habitat and environment
Quote, Home To: Samburupithecus kiptalami, Habitat and environment
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions indicate that Samburupithecus most likely lived in a wooded habitat surrounded by savannah.
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Tantalus monkey (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tantalus monkey, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Tantalus monkey, Distribution and habitat
It is an adaptable species able to inhabit open woodland, savannah
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Animal Diversity Web: Patas monkey
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Patas monkey, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Patas monkey, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web: Green monkey
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Green monkey, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Green monkey, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web: Gee's golden langur
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Gee's golden langur, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Gee's golden langur, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
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Black-striped capuchin (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-striped capuchin, Lead
Quote, Home To: Black-striped capuchin, Lead
mostly live in dry forests, and savannah landscapes
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Homo erectus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Homo erectus, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Homo erectus, Habitat
Populations spread out via open grassland and woodland savannas
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Australopithecus sediba (Wikipedia)
Home To: Australopithecus sediba, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Australopithecus sediba, Habitat
in their mixed savanna environment
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Ouranopithecus turkae (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ouranopithecus turkae, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Ouranopithecus turkae, Habitat
lived in either open woodland or an open savannah type environment
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Hylambates maculatus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hylambates maculatus, Habitat, natural habitats
Quote, Home To: Hylambates maculatus, Habitat, natural habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna
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Egyptian mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: Egyptian mongoose, Lead
Quote, Home To: Egyptian mongoose, Lead
native to the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands of Africa
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Common slender mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common slender mongoose, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Common slender mongoose, Distribution and habitat
where it is most common in the savannah and semiarid plains, but rarely recorded in densely forested areas and deserts
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White-tailed mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: White-tailed mongoose, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: White-tailed mongoose, Distribution and habitat
It lives in a wide range of habitats, from semi-desert to savanna woodland
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Meller's mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: Meller's mongoose, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Meller's mongoose, Distribution and habitat
It lives in savannas and is associated mainly with open woodland and grassland and marshy areas with termitaria.
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Flat-headed kusimanse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Flat-headed kusimanse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Flat-headed kusimanse, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits dense lowland rainforests and damp savannah landscapes.
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Gambian mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gambian mongoose, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Gambian mongoose, Distribution and habitat
where it can be found in the mesic savannas and woodlands from Senegal and Gambia in the west east to Nigeria
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Angolan genet (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angolan genet, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Angolan genet, Distribution and habitat
It lives in a variety of environments in its range, including both the local miombo woodlands and plains.
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Common genet (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common genet, Lead
Quote, Home To: Common genet, Lead
It is widely distributed north of the Sahara, in savanna zones south of the Sahara to southern Africa and along the coast of Arabia, Yemen and Oman.
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Hausa genet (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hausa genet, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Hausa genet, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
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African civet (Wikipedia)
Home To: African civet, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: African civet, Distribution and habitat
It often inhabits savannahs, forests, and sometimes near rivers as the tall grasses and thickets present provide them with necessary cover during the day.
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Pousargues's mongoose (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pousargues's mongoose, Lead
Quote, Home To: Pousargues's mongoose, Lead
Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii), also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa.
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South African small-spotted genet (Wikipedia)
Home To: South African small-spotted genet, Distribution
Quote, Home To: South African small-spotted genet, Distribution
It lives in woodland savanna, grassland, thickets, and dry vlei areas that border deserts.
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Animal Diversity Web: Helogale hirtula (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Ethiopian dwarf mongoose, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Ethiopian dwarf mongoose, Habitat
Ethiopian dwarf mongooses are found in savannahs, woodlands, brush country and mountain scrub
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Columbian mammoth (Wikipedia)
Home To: Columbian mammoth, Distribution and habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Columbian mammoth, Distribution and habitat, savanna
included grassland, savanna, and aspen parkland habitats
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Hirola (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hirola, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Hirola, Ecology
Their habitats range from open grassland with light bush to wooded savannahs with low shrubs and scattered trees, most often on sandy soils.
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Western Saharan spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Western Saharan spiny mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Western Saharan spiny mouse, Habitat
This species occurs in the Sahel savanna biogeographical zone
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Natal multimammate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Natal multimammate mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Natal multimammate mouse, Habitat
dry savanna, moist savanna
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Royal antelope (Wikipedia)
Home To: Royal Antelope, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Royal Antelope, Habitat and distribution
The royal antelope may also be found in the region north to the forested areas of western Africa, which is marked by the interface of forest and savannah habitats.
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Oribi (Wikipedia)
Home To: Oribi, Lead
Quote, Home To: Oribi, Lead
The oribi occurs in a variety of habitats, from savannahs, floodplains and tropical grasslands with 10-100 centimetres (3.9-39.4 in) tall grasses to montane grasslands at low altitudes, up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above the sea level.
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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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Common eland (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common Eland, Lead
Quote, Home To: Common Eland, Lead
The common eland (Tragelaphus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa.
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Kirk's dik-dik (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kirk's Dik-Dik, Lead
Quote, Home To: Kirk's Dik-Dik, Lead
Dik-diks are herbivores, typically of a fawn color that aids in camouflaging themselves in savannah habitats.
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Red-flanked duiker (Wikipedia)
Home To: Red-Flanked Duiker, Lead
Quote, Home To: Red-Flanked Duiker, Lead
The adults are territorial, living in savannah and lightly wooded habitats, and the females usually produce a single offspring each year.
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Common duiker (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common Duiker, Lead
Quote, Home To: Common Duiker, Lead
Generally, they are found in habitats with sufficient vegetation cover to allow them to hide-savannah and hilly areas, including the fringes of human settlements.
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Roan antelope (Wikipedia)
Home To: Roan Antelope, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Roan Antelope, Ecology
Roan antelopes can be found in woodland, grassland, and savannah; mainly in the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, which range in tree density from forest with a grassy
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Animal Diversity Web: Equus caballus (Horse)
Home To: Horse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Horse, Habitat
Preferred habitats are cool, temperate grasslands, steppes, and savannahs, but they also occupy semi-deserts, swamps, marshes, and woodlands.
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Animal Diversity Web: Equus grevyi (Grevy's zebra)
Home To: Grevy's Zebra, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Grevy's Zebra, Habitat
They usually prefer arid grasslands or acacia savannas.
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White-sided jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Home To: White-sided jackrabbit, Lead
Quote, Home To: White-sided jackrabbit, Lead
The hare is also found in savanna and pasture habitats
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Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lead
Quote, Home To: Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lead
living on grassy dunes and savannas
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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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Cape scrub hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Scrub hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Scrub hare, Lead
The Cape scrub hare is largely restricted to savanna, woodland, and scrubland habitats
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Giant forest hog (Wikipedia)
Home To: Giant forest hog, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Giant forest hog, Distribution
They are mainly found in forest-grassland mosaics, but can also be seen in wooded savanna and subalpine habitats at altitudes up to 3,800 m (12,500 ft).
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Red river hog (Wikipedia)
Home To: Red river hog, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Red river hog, Distribution and habitat
The red river hog lives in rainforests, wet dense savannas, and forested valleys, and near rivers, lakes, and marshes.
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African savanna hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: African savanna hare, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: African savanna hare, Distribution and habitat
It is native to diverse regions and habitats of Africa, including savannas and the Sahel.
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Bunyoro rabbit (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bunyoro rabbit, Lead
Quote, Home To: Bunyoro rabbit, Lead
Its typical habitat is damp savannah, often with rocky outcrops
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Awash multimammate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Awash multimammate mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Awash multimammate mouse, Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and arable land.
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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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Southern African spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Southern African spiny mouse, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Southern African spiny mouse, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are moist savanna and rocky areas.
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Boehm's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Boehm's gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Boehm's gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.
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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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Louise's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Louise's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Quote, Home To: Louise's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and rocky areas.
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Percival's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Percival's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Quote, Home To: Percival's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.
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Wilson's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Wilson's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Quote, Home To: Wilson's spiny mouse, Lead, natural habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.
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Kemp's spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kemp's spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Kemp's spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.
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Red rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Red rock rat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Red rock rat, Distribution and habitat
red rock rats inhabit savannah or woodland areas with dense vegetation or rocky cover
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Dunn's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dunn's gerbil, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Dunn's gerbil, Distribution
Its typical habitat is bare or scantily-vegetated, rocky plains, dry grassland and dry savannah.
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Black-footed tree-rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-footed tree-rat, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Black-footed tree-rat, Distribution
range extending from the savannahs of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland westward
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Black-tailed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-tailed gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Black-tailed gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.
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Congo gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Congo gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Congo gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Savanna gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Savanna gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Savanna gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and arable land.
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Angoni vlei rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angoni vlei rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Angoni vlei rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and pastureland.
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African marsh rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: African marsh rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: African marsh rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
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Fiery spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fiery spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Fiery spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.
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Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Habitat
These rodents are also Savannah dwellers that prefer habitat with some brushes.
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Rudd's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rudd's mouse, Natural history
Quote, Home To: Rudd's mouse, Natural history
They are usually taken in savannah habitat.
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Black-tailed tree rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-tailed tree rat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Black-tailed tree rat, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits dry savanna, and thorny scrubland with dense patches of woodland or scattered trees
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Guinean gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Guinean gerbil, Lead, habitat (savanna)
Quote, Home To: Guinean gerbil, Lead, habitat (savanna)
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, rocky areas and arable land
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Gracile tateril (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gracile tateril, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Gracile tateril, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.
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Bell groove-toothed swamp rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bell groove-toothed swamp rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Bell groove-toothed swamp rat, Lead, habitat
moist savanna
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Bellier's striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bellier's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Bellier's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
typically a dry savanna region
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African wading rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: African wading rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: African wading rat, Lead, habitat
this rat is found in and around streams and pools in rainforest habitat, and sometimes in grassland and savanna regions.
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Bocage's rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bocage's rock rat, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Bocage's rock rat, Lead, habitat savanna
dry savanna, and moist savanna
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Gray spiny mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gray spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Gray spiny mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, rocky areas, arable land, and rural gardens.
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Buffoon striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Buffoon striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Buffoon striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savannah and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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Animal Diversity Web: Thallomys paedulcus (acacia rat)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Acacia rat, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
Quote, Home To: Acacia rat, Habitat, terrestrial biomes
savanna or grassland
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Hairy-footed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat savanna
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 savanna
Quote, Home To: Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil, Lead, habitat savanna
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, temperate grassland, and hot deserts.
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Emin's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Emin's gerbil, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Emin's gerbil, Lead, habitat savanna
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land.
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Guinean grass rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Guinean grass rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Guinean grass rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna
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Fox's shaggy rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fox's shaggy rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Fox's shaggy rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna
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Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse, Distribution and habitat
Its typical habitat is moist savanna, tall grassland and scrub, often at the edge of swamps or forests.
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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
savanna or grassland
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Guinea multimammate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Guinea multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Guinea multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat
dry savanna, moist savanna
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Mesic four-striped grass rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mesic four-striped grass rat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mesic four-striped grass rat, Habitat
Rhabdomys dilectus lives in the wetter mountain savannas up to 2,300 meters above sea level.
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Pouched gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Pouched gerbil, Range paragraph, habitat
Quote, Home To: Pouched gerbil, Range paragraph, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Hinde's rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hinde's rock rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Hinde's rock rat, Lead, habitat
moist savanna
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Angolan vlei rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angolan vlei rat, Habitat sentence
Quote, Home To: Angolan vlei rat, Habitat sentence
dry savanna, moist savanna
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Delicate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Delicate mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Delicate mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Dwarf multimammate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dwarf multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Dwarf multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is savanna, such as that present in the famous Serengeti National Park, which gave the genus its name.
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Hausa mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hausa mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Hausa mouse, Lead
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.
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Dalton's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dalton's mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Dalton's mouse, Lead
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rocky areas, and urban areas.
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Baoule's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Baoule's mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Baoule's mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Brockman's rock mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Brockman's rock mouse, Habitat sentence
Quote, Home To: Brockman's rock mouse, Habitat sentence
dry savanna
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Callewaert's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Callewaert's mouse, Habitat sentence
Quote, Home To: Callewaert's mouse, Habitat sentence
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Desert pygmy mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Desert pygmy mouse, Habitat sentence
Quote, Home To: Desert pygmy mouse, Habitat sentence
dry savanna
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GBIF: Aethomys kaiseri (GBIF species record)
GBIFHome To: Kaiser's rock rat, Descriptions, habitat
Quote, Home To: Kaiser's rock rat, Descriptions, habitat
inhabiting anthills in savannas, woodlands
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GBIF: Gerbilliscus kempi (GBIF species record)
GBIFHome To: Kemp's gerbil, Descriptions, habitat
Quote, Home To: Kemp's gerbil, Descriptions, habitat
Northern Savanna Gerbils prefer grasslands or dense shrubs in sandy and soft soil of savannas.
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Fringe-tailed gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fringe-tailed gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Fringe-tailed gerbil, Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land and urban areas.
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Gorongoza gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gorongoza gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Gorongoza gerbil, Habitat
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
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Harrington's gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Harrington's gerbil, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Harrington's gerbil, Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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Heuglin's striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Heuglin's striped grass mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Heuglin's striped grass mouse, Habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, and plantations.
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Hubert's multimammate mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hubert's multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Hubert's multimammate mouse, Lead, habitat savanna
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
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Gounda mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gounda mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Gounda mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
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Lake Chad gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lake Chad gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Lake Chad gerbil, Lead, habitat
dry savanna
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Deroo's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Deroo's mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Deroo's mouse, Lead, habitat
dry savanna
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Rupicolous gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rupicolous gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Rupicolous gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.
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Loring's rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Loring's rat, Lead, savanna
Quote, Home To: Loring's rat, Lead, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
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Four-striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Four-striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Four-striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
savannas, shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas
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Senegal gerbil (Wikipedia)
Home To: Senegal gerbil, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Senegal gerbil, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.
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Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Hoogstraal's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Its descriptive common name is based on its striped markings and its natural habitat in moist savanna.
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Little native mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Little native mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Little native mouse, Habitat
The species is found in sandy, well drained, sparsely covered savanna.
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Least groove-toothed swamp rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Least groove-toothed swamp rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Least groove-toothed swamp rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
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Lakeland Downs mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lakeland Downs mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Lakeland Downs mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Creek groove-toothed swamp rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Creek groove-toothed swamp rat, Habitat statement
Quote, Home To: Creek groove-toothed swamp rat, Habitat statement
Its natural habitats are moist savanna and pastureland.
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Griselda's striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Griselda's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Griselda's striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Single-striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Single-striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Single-striped grass mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.
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Neumann's grass rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Neumann's grass rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Neumann's grass rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Oubangui mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Oubangui mouse, Lead
Quote, Home To: Oubangui mouse, Lead
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Setzer's pygmy mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Setzer's pygmy mouse, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Setzer's pygmy mouse, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, rivers, freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater lakes.
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Matthey's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Matthey's mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Matthey's mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
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Neave's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Neave's mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Neave's mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Animal Diversity Web: Aotus trivirgatus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Three-striped night monkey, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Three-striped night monkey, Habitat
in habitats ranging from rain forests and cloud forests to bordering savanna
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Ricefield rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ricefield rat, Habitat, Biomes
Quote, Home To: Ricefield rat, Habitat, Biomes
Savanna or grassland.
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Mohol bushbaby (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mohol bushbaby, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mohol bushbaby, Habitat
The species is naturally found in savanna, miombo, and mopane woodland
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GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Descriptions of Galago senegalensis (Handbook of the Mammals of the World text)
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Home To: Senegal bushbaby, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Senegal bushbaby, Habitat
Acacia woodland, thorn scrub, wooded savanna, gallery forest, and forest edge.
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Brown greater galago (Wikipedia)
Home To: Brown greater galago, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Brown greater galago, Distribution and habitat
it can also be found in the woodland savannah
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Peters's mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Peters's mouse, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Peters's mouse, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
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Namaqua rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Namaqua rock rat, Lead, habitats, savanna
Quote, Home To: Namaqua rock rat, Lead, habitats, savanna
dry savanna
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Somalian trident bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Somalian trident bat, Biology and ecology, savanna
Quote, Home To: Somalian trident bat, Biology and ecology, savanna
It inhabits arid areas such as savanna, shrubland, grassland, and desert.
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Trident bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Trident bat, Lead, dry savanna
Quote, Home To: Trident bat, Lead, dry savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves and hot deserts.
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Aba roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Aba roundleaf bat, Lead, savannas
Quote, Home To: Aba roundleaf bat, Lead, savannas
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry and moist savannas, and caves.
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Sundevall's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sundevall's roundleaf bat, Distribution and habitat, savannah
Quote, Home To: Sundevall's roundleaf bat, Distribution and habitat, savannah
The bat is most commonly found in savannah habitats, and avoids the dense rainforests of central Africa.
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Fawn leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fawn leaf-nosed bat, Ecology and behaviour, savannah
Quote, Home To: Fawn leaf-nosed bat, Ecology and behaviour, savannah
They forage in a variety of habitat, from dense rainforest to open woodland in savannah landscapes.
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Sooty roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sooty roundleaf bat, Lead, moist savanna
Quote, Home To: Sooty roundleaf bat, Lead, moist savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
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Jones's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Jones's roundleaf bat, Lead, savanna
Quote, Home To: Jones's roundleaf bat, Lead, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rocky areas, and caves and other subterranean habitats.
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Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, Lead, dry savanna
Quote, Home To: Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, Lead, dry savanna
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts.
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Straw-coloured fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Straw-coloured fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Straw-coloured fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
It is quite common throughout its area ranging from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, across forest and savanna zones of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Noack's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Noack's roundleaf bat, Lead, moist savanna
Quote, Home To: Noack's roundleaf bat, Lead, moist savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and caves and other subterranean habitats.
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Hipposideros tephrus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Maghreb leaf-nosed bat, Lead, forest and savanna
Quote, Home To: Maghreb leaf-nosed bat, Lead, forest and savanna
It is found in forest and savanna in Morocco, Yemen, and Senegal.
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Striped leaf-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Striped leaf-nosed bat, Distribution and habitat, woodland savannas
Quote, Home To: Striped leaf-nosed bat, Distribution and habitat, woodland savannas
The species is most likely to appear in woodland savannas.
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African striped ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: African striped ground squirrel, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: African striped ground squirrel, Distribution and habitat
They inhabit open or disturbed forests and savannah country, often near cultivated land
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Angolan rousette (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angolan rousette, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Angolan rousette, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, and rocky areas.
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Pteropus alecto (Animal Diversity Web)
Home To: Black flying fox, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Black flying fox, Habitat, savanna
Their habitat consists of rainforest, eucalyptus open forest, and savanna woodland.
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Great flying fox (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great flying fox, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Great flying fox, Habitat, savanna
It is found in forested and savanna habitats.
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Nairobi grass rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Nairobi grass rat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Nairobi grass rat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitat is savanna.
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Dobson's epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Dobson's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitat is savanna.
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Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gambian epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Gambian epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and savanna.
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Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and moist savanna.
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Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry and moist lowland forest, and savanna.
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Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
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Gambian sun squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Gambian sun squirrel, Lead
Quote, Home To: Gambian sun squirrel, Lead
Its natural habitat is wooded savanna.
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Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat is found across southern Africa in forest, shrubland, and savanna habitats at altitudes from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,560 ft).
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Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and savanna.
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Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Franquet's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Franquet's epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitat are subtropical or tropical dry, moist lowland, and mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and dry savanna.
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Hammer-headed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hammer-headed bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Hammer-headed bat, Habitat, savanna
While it has been documented in savanna habitats, these records are rare, and it has been speculated that these individuals are vagrants.
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Woermann's bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Woermann's bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Woermann's bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
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East African little collared fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: East African little collared fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: East African little collared fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist savanna.
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Little collared fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Little collared fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Little collared fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
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Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist, mangrove and montane forests, and savanna.
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D'Anchieta's fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: D'Anchieta's fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
Quote, Home To: D'Anchieta's fruit bat, Habitat, savanna
It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, where it lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna.
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Fire-footed rope squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fire-footed rope squirrel, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Fire-footed rope squirrel, Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and plantations.
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Zenker's fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Zenker's fruit bat, Article text, habitat
Quote, Home To: Zenker's fruit bat, Article text, habitat
It sometimes occurs in forest-savanna mosaic zones but avoids large clear-felled areas.
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Egyptian tomb bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Egyptian tomb bat, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Egyptian tomb bat, Range and habitat
Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Hamilton's tomb bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Hamilton's tomb bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Hamilton's tomb bat, Lead
Its natural habitat is savanna.
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Animal Diversity Web: Taphozous mauritianus (Mauritian tomb bat)
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Mauritian tomb bat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mauritian tomb bat, Habitat
can also be found in savanna regions south of the Sahara that receive at least 500 mm of rainfall each year
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Cyclops roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Cyclops roundleaf bat, Article text, habitat
Quote, Home To: Cyclops roundleaf bat, Article text, habitat
In addition to dense forest, the bat is also found in isolated forest patches on the edges of the savannah, and in artificial plantations.
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Lamotte's roundleaf bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lamotte's roundleaf bat, Article text, habitat
Quote, Home To: Lamotte's roundleaf bat, Article text, habitat
It has been recorded in two sites on Mount Nimba: one a lowland tropical rainforest, the other an afromontane savanna.
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Lesser bulldog bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lesser bulldog bat, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Lesser bulldog bat, Habitat
The lesser bulldog bat inhabits lowlands with tropical dry forests, rainforests, and savannahs, residing in both rural and urban areas.
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Boehm's bush squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Boehm's bush squirrel, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Boehm's bush squirrel, Lead, habitat savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and moist savanna.
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Heliosciurus mutabilis (Animal Diversity Web)
Home To: Mutable sun squirrel, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Mutable sun squirrel, Habitat
moist savanna and grasslands
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De Vivo's disk-winged bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: De Vivo's disk-winged bat, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: De Vivo's disk-winged bat, Range and habitat
It is known from the Cerrado of Brazil and other savanna ecosystems.
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Percival's trident bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Percival's trident bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Percival's trident bat, Lead
Its natural habitats are savannas where there are suitable caves and mine tunnels that it can use for roosting.
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Sandy long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sandy long-fingered bat, Distribution and ecology
Quote, Home To: Sandy long-fingered bat, Distribution and ecology
and also forest-savanna mosaics up to 1,400 m
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Natal long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Natal long-fingered bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Natal long-fingered bat, Lead
It is found in dry savanna, moist savanna
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Angolan free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Angolan free-tailed bat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Angolan free-tailed bat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna
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Robbins's tateril (Wikipedia)
Home To: Robbins's tateril, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Robbins's tateril, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna
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Tinfields rock rat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tinfields rock rat, Lead, habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Tinfields rock rat, Lead, habitat savanna
Its natural habitats are dry savanna
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Tranier's tateril (Wikipedia)
Home To: Tranier's tateril, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Tranier's tateril, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and arable land.
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Miniopterus sororculus (Wikipedia)
Home To: Sororcula long-fingered bat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Sororcula long-fingered bat, Distribution and habitat
the species is also recorded at open habitat at Ihosy, a dry savannah of the central west region
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Typical striped grass mouse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Typical striped grass mouse, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Typical striped grass mouse, Habitat
This species lives in deforested areas, grasslands, secondary forest and savanna up to 1,700 metres (5,580 ft) above sea level.
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Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, Lead, savanna
Quote, Home To: Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, Lead, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.
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Grandidier's free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Lead, savanna
Quote, Home To: Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Lead, savanna
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
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Bokermann's nectar bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bokermann's nectar bat, Range and habitat
Quote, Home To: Bokermann's nectar bat, Range and habitat
It is only found in the Cerrado of Brazil.
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Fernandez's sword-nosed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fernandez's sword-nosed bat, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Fernandez's sword-nosed bat, Distribution
This area, the Llanos, is characterized by open savanna with rocky, granite outcrops.
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Lappet-eared free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lappet-eared free-tailed bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Lappet-eared free-tailed bat, Lead
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.
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Red-legged sun squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Red-legged sun squirrel, Lead
Quote, Home To: Red-legged sun squirrel, Lead
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
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African giant free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: African giant free-tailed bat, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: African giant free-tailed bat, Lead, habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Mongalla free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mongalla free-tailed bat, Lead
Quote, Home To: Mongalla free-tailed bat, Lead
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna
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Unstriped ground squirrel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Unstriped ground squirrel, Lead
Quote, Home To: Unstriped ground squirrel, Lead
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Chapin's free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Chapin's free-tailed bat, Biology and habitat
Quote, Home To: Chapin's free-tailed bat, Biology and habitat
Within this region it inhabits savannah habitats, river valleys and woodland.
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Large-eared free-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Large-eared free-tailed bat, Lead, habitats
Quote, Home To: Large-eared free-tailed bat, Lead, habitats
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, arable land, and plantations.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Glossophaga longirostris (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Miller's long-tongued bat, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Miller's long-tongued bat, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
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White Rhinoceros (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: White Rhinoceros, Behavior and ecology
Quote, Home To: White Rhinoceros, Behavior and ecology
They are found in grassland and savannah habitat.
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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
The species dwells in semi-deserts, savannah, open woodland, dense dry woodland, and mountainous forests up to 4,000 m in altitude.
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Sloth Bear (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Sloth Bear, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Sloth Bear, Distribution and habitat
It occurs in a wide range of habitats including moist and dry tropical forests, savannahs, scrublands and grasslands below 1,500 m (4,900 ft) on the Indian subcontinent, and below 300 m (980 ft) in Sri Lanka's dry forests.
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Wikipedia: Frilled lizard
Wikipedia
  • Home To: Frilled-necked Lizard, Distribution and habitat
    The species mainly inhabits savannahs and sclerophyll woodlands.
  • Home To: Chlamydosaurus Kingii, Distribution and habitat
    The species mainly inhabits savannahs and sclerophyll woodlands.
  • Home To: Frilled-neck Lizard, Distribution and habitat
    The species mainly inhabits savannahs and sclerophyll woodlands.
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Wikipedia: Juniperus virginiana
Home To: Eastern Redcedar, Description
Quote, Home To: Eastern Redcedar, Description
It is found in eastern North America, from Maine, west to southern Ontario and South Dakota, south to northernmost Florida and southwest into the post oak savannah of east-central Texas.
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Wikipedia: Boomslang
WikipediaHome To: Boomslang, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Boomslang, Habitat
D. typus lives in karoo shrubs, savannahs, lowland forests, and in grasslands.
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Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dark fruit-eating bat, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Dark fruit-eating bat, Distribution and habitat
They inhabit rainforests from sea level to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and, in the southern part of their range, savannah and patchy semi-deciduous forests.
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Asilidae
Home To: Robber Fly, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Robber Fly, Habitat
Typical habitats include savannah, forest steppe, open steppe, semidesert, maquis shrubland, and related shrubland types such as fynbos and chaparral.
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Wikipedia: Vervet monkey
Home To: Vervet Monkey, habitat statement
Quote, Home To: Vervet Monkey, habitat statement
The vervet monkey inhabits savanna, riverine woodland, coastal forest, and mountains up to 4000 m (13,100 ft).
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Wikipedia: Morpho menelaus
Home To: Blue Morpho, habitat statement
Quote, Home To: Blue Morpho, habitat statement
This neotropical butterfly is found in Central and South America, including the Cerrado which is a vast tropical savanna in Brazil.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Psittacus erithacus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: African Grey Parrot, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: African Grey Parrot, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes 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): Manis javanica
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)Home To: Sunda Pangolin, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Sunda Pangolin, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ardeotis kori
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Kori Bustard, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Kori Bustard, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Hyacinth Macaw, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Hyacinth Macaw, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Tolypeutes tricinctus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Brazilian three-banded armadillo, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Brazilian three-banded armadillo, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes 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: Aethina tumida
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Small hive beetle, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Small hive beetle, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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NatureServe Explorer: Anolis sagrei
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Brown Anole, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Brown Anole, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Danaus plexippus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Danaus Plexippus, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Danaus Plexippus, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pteridium aquilinum
NatureServe Explorer
  • Home To: Bracken, Species characteristics: Savanna
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
  • Home To: Pteridium Aquilinum, Species characteristics: Savanna
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Archilochus colubris
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Crotalus adamanteus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: American Robin, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: American Robin, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Boselaphus tragocamelus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Nilgai, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Nilgai, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pantherophis guttatus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Corn Snake, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Corn Snake, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Micrurus fulvius
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Coral Snake, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Coral Snake, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Mus musculus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: House Mouse, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: House Mouse, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Red Admiral, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Red Admiral, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Agave americana
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Century Plant, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Century Plant, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Euphydryas chalcedona
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Variable Checkerspot, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Variable Checkerspot, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pinus palustris
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Longleaf Pine, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Longleaf Pine, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pluvialis squatarola
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Grey plover, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Grey plover, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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NatureServe Explorer: Hemaris thysbe
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Hemaris thysbe, Species characteristics: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Hemaris thysbe, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
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Wikipedia: Eastern Blue-tongued Skink
WikipediaHome To: Eastern Blue-tongued Skink, Habitat: Savanna
Quote, Home To: Eastern Blue-tongued Skink, Habitat: Savanna
They can also be found habituating in terrestrial biomes, such as scrub forests, grasslands, or savanna.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Naja naja (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Naja Naja, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Naja Naja, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ophiophagus hannah account
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: King Cobra, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: King Cobra, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Cuculus canorus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common Cuckoo, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Common Cuckoo, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Periplaneta americana (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: American Cockroach, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: American Cockroach, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Aglais io
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)Home To: Peacock Butterfly, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Peacock Butterfly, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ceratitis capitata
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes 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: Animal Diversity Web: Pholcus phalangioides
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Daddy Long-Legs Spider, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Daddy Long-Legs Spider, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Vipera berus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: European Adder, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: European Adder, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ambystoma californiense
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: California Tiger Salamander, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: California Tiger Salamander, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Eudyptes chrysocome (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Manis crassicaudata (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Indian Pangolin, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Indian Pangolin, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest rainforest rainforest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Hyaena hyaena account
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Striped Hyena, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Striped Hyena, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Martes martes (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: European Pine Marten, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: European Pine Marten, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Arion ater (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Arion ater, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Arion ater, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Giraffa camelopardalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Northern giraffe, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Northern giraffe, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Perdix perdix (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Grey partridge, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Grey partridge, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Melolontha melolontha (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Cockchafer, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Cockchafer, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Chaerephon pumilus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Little free-tailed bat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Little free-tailed bat, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Coturnix coturnix (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common quail, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Common quail, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
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GBIF: Petaurus breviceps
GBIFHome To: Sugar Glider, Descriptions: biology_ecology
Quote, Home To: Sugar Glider, Descriptions: biology_ecology
In New Guinea this glider inhabits most forest types, from floodplain-forest to savanna woodland and to lower montane forest, and even secondary regrowth in disused garden areas
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Plants For A Future: Dalbergia melanoxylon
Plants For A FutureHome To: Dalbergia melanoxylon, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Dalbergia melanoxylon, Habitats
It is often found on dry, rocky sites but is most frequent in the mixed deciduous forests and savannahs of the coastal region
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Plants For A Future: Aloe maculata
Plants For A FutureHome To: Aloe maculata, Habitats: bushveld and savanna, dry shrublands
Quote, Home To: Aloe maculata, Habitats: bushveld and savanna, dry shrublands
Bushveld and savanna: Common in dry shrublands and savanna ecosystems.
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Alstonia scholaris (Wikipedia)
Home To: Alstonia scholaris, Habitat savanna
Quote, Home To: Alstonia scholaris, Habitat savanna
in a range of forest types from rainforest to savannah
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Plants For A Future: Ananas comosus Plants For A Future account
Plants For A FutureHome To: Pineapple, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Pineapple, Habitats
Habitats Savannahs[416].
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance: Malacochersus tornieri
San Diego Zoo Wildlife AllianceHome To: Pancake Tortoise, Habitat and Diet: range
Quote, Home To: Pancake Tortoise, Habitat and Diet: range
Pancake tortoises live in arid savannas and scrublands of East Africa.
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