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
Chiru
Elk
Goa
Cuvier's gazelle
Dzeren
Goitered gazelle
Bharal
Saiga antelope
Himalayan tahr
Guanaco
Carnivores
African caracal
Racoon dog
Asiatic wild dog
Pallas's cat
California channel island fox
Corsac fox
Argentine gray fox
Swift fox
Leopard
Azara's fox
Sand fox
Andean fox
Cross fox
Chinese desert cat
Wolverine
Cheetah
Bush dog
American jackal
Arctic wolf
Bats
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Canary big-eared bat
Hares, pikas, and rabbits
Muli pika
Steppe pika
Arctic hare
Hainan hare
Elephants
African elephant
Rodents
Menzbier's marmot
Vancouver island marmot
Bobak marmot
Beach vole
Caucasian snow vole
Idaho ground squirrel
Townsend's vole
European snow vole
Washington ground squirrel
Algerian mouse
Robert's snow vole
Townsend's ground squirrel
White-tailed mouse
Russet ground squirrel
Speckled ground squirrel
Utah prairie dog
Highveld gerbil
Arizona black-tailed prairie dog
Idaho pocket gopher
African marsh rat
Mazama pocket gopher
Angoni vlei rat
Stephens' kangaroo rat
Alai mole vole
Pacific jumping mouse
Florida mouse
Franklin's ground squirrel
Bushy-talied woodrat
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
Edentates
Screaming hairy armadillo
Large hairy armadillo
Lesser fairy armadillo
Common long-nosed armadillo
Six-banded armadillo
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