Characteristics of the Temperate Grassland:
- Temperature: warm to hot season (usually with a cold to freezing season in winter)
- Soil: fertile with rich nutrients and minerals
- Plants: grass
- Animals: large, grazing mammals; birds
Image of the Altyn Emeil National Park, Kazakhstan, by Walton Lloyd Burns, This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License v. 2.5: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
Even-toed ungulates
Argali
Bighorn sheep
Elk
Chiru
Goa
Cuvier's gazelle
Dzeren
Goitered gazelle
Bharal
Saiga antelope
Himalayan tahr
Guanaco
Carnivores
Racoon dog
California channel island fox
Asiatic wild dog
Corsac fox
Swift fox
Pallas's cat
Sand fox
Cross fox
Argentine gray fox
Leopard
Azara's fox
Andean fox
Chinese desert cat
Wolverine
Cheetah
Bush dog
American jackal
Arctic wolf
African caracal
Bats
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Canary big-eared bat
Hares, pikas, and rabbits
Muli pika
Steppe pika
Arctic hare
Hainan hare
Elephants
African elephant
Rodents
Speckled ground squirrel
Townsend's vole
European snow vole
Highveld gerbil
Algerian mouse
Robert's snow vole
Idaho pocket gopher
White-tailed mouse
Mazama pocket gopher
Utah prairie dog
Arizona black-tailed prairie dog
African marsh rat
Angoni vlei rat
Stephens' kangaroo rat
Pacific jumping mouse
Franklin's ground squirrel
Alai mole vole
Bushy-talied woodrat
Florida mouse
Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Pouched mouse
Greater short-tailed gerbil
Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa
Namaqua rock rat
Armenian birch mouse
Gobi jerboa
Long-tailed birch mouse
Plateau vole
Iranian jerboa
Southern birch mouse
Nelson's antelope squirrel
Barbary ground squirrel
European ground squirrel
Long-tailed marmot
Idaho ground squirrel
Menzbier's marmot
Washington ground squirrel
Vancouver island marmot
Townsend's ground squirrel
Bobak marmot
Russet ground squirrel
Beach vole
Caucasian snow vole
Edentates
Lesser fairy armadillo
Common long-nosed armadillo
Six-banded armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo
Large hairy armadillo
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