Stumble this page!Mammals living in the Temperate forest
Temperate forests are located between the tropics and polar regions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Although the climate in these areas is moderate, the weather changes every few months with the arrival of each new season - autumn, winter, spring and summer. There are three main layers in temperate forests - the canopy, understory and forest floor. And it is here that we find a great diversity in animal life.
Countries with temperate forests are famous for their signature wildlife. Australia is home to koalas, possum, kookaburras, wallabies, wombats and other kinds of marsupials. Giant and red pandas can be found in China's forest region. In Canada and the United States there are rabbits, bobcats, mountain lions, deer, bears and many species of birds - owls, cardinals, hawks and woodpeckers being the most common. But don't overlook the littlest residents in these areas as well. There are a great varieties of insects, slugs, salamanders, frogs and turtles that all play an important part in the temperate forest dynamic.
Every species uses its unique traits to survive in this habitat. This can be anything from markings or coloring that help them stay camouflaged to being nocturnal. More importantly though, animals living in the temperate forest must adapt to the changing seasons. Depending on the availability of food, they either hibernate or migrate to a warmer place. This usually happens during winter.
Of all biomes, the temperate forest is the one that changes most, making for a very interesting natural habitat.
Even-toed ungulates
Chinese goral
Elk
Argali
Bighorn sheep
Snow sheep
Pampas deer
Cuvier's gazelle
Himalayan tahr
Markhor
West caucasian tur
East caucasian tur
Dwarf bharal
Spanish ibex
Bharal
Black muntjac
Carnivores
Asiatic black bear
Back-striped weasel
Cross fox
Racoon dog
Argentine gray fox
Andean fox
Giant panda
Lesser panda
Jaguar
Jungle cat
Tiger
Wild cat
Wolverine
American jackal
Arctic wolf
Red wolf
Leopard cat
Eurasian lynx
Iberian lynx
Bay lynx
African caracal
Cougar
Gray fox
California channel island fox
Bats
New zealand lesser short-tailed bat
Asian barbastelle
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Lesser great leaf-nosed bat
Common pipistrelle
Greater long-nosed bat
Endo's pipistrelle
Canary big-eared bat
Bonin flying fox
Little japanese horseshoe bat
Lesser long-fingered bat
Imaizumi's horseshoe bat
Dasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores
Brush-tailed phascogale
Kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives
Long-footed potoroo
Hyraxes
Eastern tree dassie
Hares, pikas, and rabbits
Volcano rabbit
Arctic hare
Yarkland hare
Omilteme cottontail
Mexican cottontail
Monito del monte
Monito del monte
Shrew opossums
Chilean shrew opossum
Primates
Aye-aye
Crab-eating macaque
Rhesus macaque
Barbary ape
Elephants
African elephant
Rodents
Robert's snow vole
Caucasian squirrel
Michoacan pocket gopher
Arizona gray squirrel
Eurasian red squirrel
Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat
Northern birch mouse
Bushy-talied woodrat
Alfaro's rice rat
Long-tailed birch mouse
Asia minor spiny mouse
Golden mouse
Talamancan rice rat
Kazbeg birch mouse
Crete spiny mouse
Gray birch mouse
Cyprus spiny mouse
Asian garden dormouse
Groove-toothed flying squirrel
Chinese jumping mouse
Namaqua rock rat
Woolly flying squirrel
Long-tailed field mouse
White-footed vole
White-eared pocket mouse
Cape mole rat
California red tree mouse
Hodgson's giant flying squirrel
Japanese dormouse
Bhutan giant flying squirrel
Hairy-footed flying squirrel
Kluchor birch mouse
Idaho ground squirrel
Palmer's chipmunk
Gray-footed chipmunk
Russian flying squirrel
Idaho pocket gopher
Muennink's spiny rat
Ryukyu spiny rat
Eurasian beaver
Complex-toothed flying squirrel
Caucasian snow vole
European snow vole
Edentates
Common long-nosed armadillo
Six-banded armadillo
Large hairy armadillo