Animals living in the Subtropical/Tropical Dry Grassland habitat

Glasslands 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.


Even-toed ungulates

Blue & white-bearded wildebeest
Common hartebeest
Aoudad
Lechwe
Nile lechwe
Waterbuck
Kob
Addra gazelle
Springbok
Puku
Dorcas gazelle
Blackbuck
Grant's gazelle
Mountain nyala
Common rhebok
Red-fronted gazelle
Nyala
Grey ox
Speke's gazelle
Greater kudu
Nilgai
Thomson's gazelle
Asian buffalo
Takin
Tsessebe
Gerenuk
Nubian ibex
Giraffe
Walia ibex
Southern reedbuck
Mountain reedbuck
Nilgiri tahr
Blesbok
Bohar reedbuck
Silver dik-dik
Red goral
Roan antelope
Goral
Addax
Sable antelope
Impala
Klipspringer
African buffalo
Oribi

Carnivores

African lion
Jaguar
Leopard
Black-footed cat
Ocelot
Asiatic wild dog
Serval
Andean bear
Asiatic jackal
Bengal fox
American jackal
African sand fox
Black-backed jackal
Cape fox
African wild dog
Brown palm civet
African caracal
Eyra cat
Palawan stink badger
Common fox
Cheetah
Nilgiri marten
Sloth bear
Striped hyaena
Bat-eared fox
Peruvian desert fox
Maned wolf

Bats

Jones's roundleaf bat
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Horn-skinned bat

Dasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores

Tasmanian tiger
Kowari
Red-tailed phascogale
Mulgara
New guinean planigale
Eastern quoll
Julia creek dunnart
Bronze quoll
Large desert marsupial-mouse

American marsupials

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
Three-striped short-tailed opossum
Southern short-tailed opossum
Emilia's short-tailed opossum
Ihering's short-tailed opossum

Kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives

Dusky pademelon
Boodie
Mala
Bernard's wallaroo

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

Golden bandicoot
Barred bandicoot
Desert bandicoot
Eastern barred bandicoot
Bilby
Lesser bilby
Pig-footed bandicoot

Horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs

Burchell's zebra
Great indian rhinoceros
Square-lipped rhinoceros

Elephants

African elephant

Rodents

Fring-tailed gerbil
Cape porcupine
Emin's gerbil
Ghana mole rat
Euphrates jerboa
Harrington's gerbil
Bocage's mole rat
Ammodile
Lesser egyptian jerboa
Lesser cane rat
Damara mole rat
Nelson's antelope squirrel
Candango mouse
Greater cane rat
Alcorn's pocket gopher
Nigerian mole rat
Smoky pocket gopher
African mole rat
Aquatic rat
Felou gundi
Black and red bush squirrel
Mechow's mole rat
Speke's pectinator
Ochre mole rat
Spring hare
Mottled tuco-tuco
Servant mouse
Magellanic tuco-tuco
Pygmy mouse
Torres's crimson-nosed rat
Forrest's mouse
Bell groove-toothed swamp rat
Natterer's tuco-tuco
Phillips's mouse
Typical lemniscomys
Social tuco-tuco
Mexican prairie dog
Harwood's gerbil
Julian's gerbil
Plains viscacha rat
Arizona pocket mouse
Principal gerbil
Little pocket mouse
Least gerbil
Little red gerbil
Kerala rat
Woodland thicket rat
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
Silvery mole rat
Owl's spiny rat
Naked mole rat
Sierra madre ground squirrel
Gray glimbing mouse
Louise's spiny mouse
Perote ground squirrel
Banana climbing mouse
Tiny fat mouse
Patagonian cavy
Kondana soft-furred rat
Fat mouse
Chacoan mara
Tinfields rock rat
Mountain paca
Montane long-nosed squirrel
White-toothed brush mouse
Lindbergh's grass mouse
Lowland long-nosed squirrel
Bushveld gerbil
Rabbit-eared tree-rat
Sao paulo grass mouse
Crested porcupine

Edentates

Six-banded armadillo
Southern long-nosed armadillo
Common long-nosed armadillo
Llanos long-nosed armadillo
Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo
Large hairy armadillo
Burmeister's armadillo

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