Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Image credit: Creative Commons The Northern Andean Páramo ecoregion includes the high altitude wet grasslands that are above the tree line and below the snow line within the equatorial Andes.

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and the biomes of montane grasslands and shrublands, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.

The Nilgiri marten mainly inhabits the shola grasslands and South Western Ghats montane rain forests, and occasionally the adjacent South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests and commercial plantations, that span the Western Ghats in the South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

They are found in a wide range of habitats, although generally near water, including grasslands, forests, scrub, and mountain meadows.

Their core habitat is generally montane and cloud forests and tropical subalpine meadows between 200 and 2,600 metres (660 and 8,530 ft) above sea level.

The Abyssinian genet inhabits coastal plains, Afromontane grasslands, and mountain moorlands.

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.

The common eland prefers habitats with a wide variety of flowering plants such as savannah, woodlands, and open and montane grasslands; it avoids dense forests.

Mountain zebras inhabit slopes and plateaus in mountainous areas of South Africa and Namibia (South West Africa).

live in alpine grass lands of elevation range from 4000 m to 7000 m.

The woolly hare mainly inhabits high altitude grasslands.

it is known to inhabit restricted montane moorlands or grasslands, in open highland regions of its distribution

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

It is found only in Papua New Guinea, on Mount Giluwe and the subalpine grasslands of the Kaijende Highlands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland.

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland

subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland

subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps

subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland

higher altitude dwarf forest and montane scrubland

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

it is found in the montane grassland above the forest belt

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Gray marmots live in mountain meadows and steppes

Meadows, usually in sub-alpine zones, but also on stony slopes in the lower mountain zone