Stumble this page!Mammals living in the Subtropical/Tropical Dry Grassland
Grasslands that occur within the Subtropical and Tropical zone stradle a key zone of habitat on Earth. Most such grasslands are present to the immediate north and south of the tropical/equator belt. Due to the low amount of rainfall, grasses dominate the landscape, but a few scattered trees may be present. Animals that live on the tropical/subtropical grasslands must adapt to this environment. Most migrate through this region, in constant search of food and water. Mammals will be the largest group of species that live in the grasslands. In Africa, large herds of zebra, gazelle, and wildebeest migrate throughout the dry region in constant search of grass. This migration accounts for the few trees that are present on the African savanna. Other mammals that are present in the world's grasslands include kangaroo-like marsupials in Southern New Guinea, armadillos in South America, and bisons of America. In order to live in the dry tropical/subtropical grasslands, the animals present will have to migrate in order to survive. Large herds of four-hooved animals dominate the African savanna, migrating hundreds of miles each year to find food and water holes in the dry season. Bisons also display this behavior, and will seek to migrate throughout the year. To survive in the dry land, animals will adapt in order to continue the life cycle.
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Even-toed ungulates
African buffalo
Oribi
Pampas deer
Addax
Impala
Silver dik-dik
Blue & white-bearded wildebeest
Common hartebeest
Mountain nyala
Common rhebok
Addra gazelle
Nyala
Dorcas gazelle
Greater kudu
Aoudad
Grant's gazelle
Red-fronted gazelle
Speke's gazelle
Springbok
Thomson's gazelle
Blackbuck
Lechwe
Nile lechwe
Grey ox
Waterbuck
Nilgai
Southern reedbuck
Kob
Asian buffalo
Mountain reedbuck
Giraffe
Puku
Takin
Bohar reedbuck
Tsessebe
Blesbok
Nilgiri tahr
Red goral
Nubian ibex
Goral
Walia ibex
Roan antelope
Sable antelope
Klipspringer
Carnivores
Striped hyaena
Bat-eared fox
Cheetah
African wild dog
Common fox
Brown palm civet
African lion
Jaguar
Leopard
Peruvian desert fox
Maned wolf
Nilgiri marten
Black-footed cat
Sloth bear
Andean bear
Bengal fox
African sand fox
Cape fox
Asiatic wild dog
Asiatic jackal
American jackal
Palawan stink badger
Black-backed jackal
Eyra cat
Ocelot
Serval
African caracal
Bats
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Horn-skinned bat
Jones's roundleaf bat
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Dasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores
Eastern quoll
Bronze quoll
Tasmanian tiger
Red-tailed phascogale
New guinean planigale
Kowari
Julia creek dunnart
Mulgara
Large desert marsupial-mouse
American marsupials
Three-striped short-tailed opossum
Southern short-tailed opossum
Emilia's short-tailed opossum
Ihering's short-tailed opossum
Pygmy short-tailed opossum
Marajó short-tailed opossum
Osgood's short-tailed opossum
Chestnut-striped short-tailed opossum
Long-nosed short-tailed opossum
Shrewish short-tailed opossum
Theresa's short-tailed opossum
One-striped short-tailed opossum
Patagonian opossum
Kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives
Bernard's wallaroo
Dusky pademelon
Boodie
Mala
Hares, pikas, and rabbits
White-sided jackrabbit
Elephant-shrews
Round-eared elephant shrew
Short-snouted elephant shrew
Dusky-footed elephant shrew
Eastern rock elephant shrew
Monotremes
Long-beaked echidna
Bandicoots and bilbies
Pig-footed bandicoot
Bilby
Lesser bilby
Barred bandicoot
Desert bandicoot
Eastern barred bandicoot
Golden bandicoot
Horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs
Square-lipped rhinoceros
Great indian rhinoceros
Burchell's zebra
Elephants
African elephant
Rodents
Owl's spiny rat
Montane long-nosed squirrel
Bushveld gerbil
Lowland long-nosed squirrel
Louise's spiny mouse
Gray glimbing mouse
Fring-tailed gerbil
Crested porcupine
Banana climbing mouse
Emin's gerbil
Patagonian cavy
Harrington's gerbil
Tinfields rock rat
Chacoan mara
Lesser cane rat
Greater cane rat
Mountain paca
Alcorn's pocket gopher
Lindbergh's grass mouse
Smoky pocket gopher
White-toothed brush mouse
Rabbit-eared tree-rat
Sao paulo grass mouse
Black and red bush squirrel
Speke's pectinator
Ghana mole rat
Euphrates jerboa
Spring hare
Felou gundi
Kondana soft-furred rat
Bocage's mole rat
Ammodile
Damara mole rat
Nelson's antelope squirrel
Bell groove-toothed swamp rat
Nigerian mole rat
African mole rat
Aquatic rat
Mechow's mole rat
Cape porcupine
Ochre mole rat
Plains viscacha rat
Arizona pocket mouse
Mottled tuco-tuco
Lesser egyptian jerboa
Little pocket mouse
Harwood's gerbil
Magellanic tuco-tuco
Candango mouse
Julian's gerbil
Natterer's tuco-tuco
Torres's crimson-nosed rat
Principal gerbil
Social tuco-tuco
Kerala rat
Least gerbil
Little red gerbil
Mexican prairie dog
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
Servant mouse
Woodland thicket rat
Pygmy mouse
Silvery mole rat
Phillips's mouse
Forrest's mouse
Typical lemniscomys
Naked mole rat
Sierra madre ground squirrel
Perote ground squirrel
Tiny fat mouse
Fat mouse
Edentates
Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo
Large hairy armadillo
Burmeister's armadillo
Six-banded armadillo
Southern long-nosed armadillo
Common long-nosed armadillo
Llanos long-nosed armadillo