Stumble this page!Mammals living in the Temperate Grassland
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
Cuvier's gazelle
Goitered gazelle
Himalayan tahr
Guanaco
Argali
Bighorn sheep
Chiru
Goa
Dzeren
Bharal
Saiga antelope
Black wildebeest
Carnivores
Argentine gray fox
Azara's fox
Andean fox
Chinese desert cat
Wolverine
Racoon dog
Pallas's cat
Leopard
Cheetah
Bush dog
American jackal
Arctic wolf
African caracal
California channel island fox
Asiatic wild dog
Corsac fox
Swift fox
Sand fox
Cross fox
Bats
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Canary big-eared bat
Hares, pikas, and rabbits
Arctic hare
Hainan hare
Muli pika
Steppe pika
Elephants
African elephant
Rodents
Franklin's ground squirrel
Bushy-talied woodrat
Alai mole vole
Bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Greater short-tailed gerbil
Plateau vole
Long-tailed marmot
Menzbier's marmot
Vancouver island marmot
Bobak marmot
Beach vole
Townsend's vole
Algerian mouse
White-tailed mouse
Angoni vlei rat
Florida mouse
Pouched mouse
Namaqua rock rat
Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa
Gobi jerboa
Armenian birch mouse
Iranian jerboa
Long-tailed birch mouse
Nelson's antelope squirrel
Southern birch mouse
Barbary ground squirrel
European ground squirrel
Idaho ground squirrel
Washington ground squirrel
Townsend's ground squirrel
Russet ground squirrel
Caucasian snow vole
Speckled ground squirrel
European snow vole
Highveld gerbil
Robert's snow vole
Idaho pocket gopher
Mazama pocket gopher
Utah prairie dog
Arizona black-tailed prairie dog
African marsh rat
Pacific jumping mouse
Stephens' kangaroo rat
Edentates
Six-banded armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo
Large hairy armadillo
Lesser fairy armadillo
Common long-nosed armadillo