What sort of animals live in the desert?

Answer 1

animals that can sustain a long period of time without water and in the heat with minimum to no-foodwith little shelter except desert shrubs and cacti.Chris.m. age.12

wolves,scorpion,moutin lions
yellow spotted lizard

Answer 2

The Fennec fox is one.

DIET: lizards,birds,bird eggs,rodents and berries

HABITAT:They make their homes in burrows underground and sleep during the day.

It is the smallest member of the Canidae family. Dogs,wolves,coyotes and foxes are also part of the Canidae family. The Fennec fox is about 15 inches long (not including its tail) and weighs 3 to 3.5 pounds.

Other mammals of the desert are the screwhorn antelope, the jerboa (a rodent), hyenas, and jackals. None of these actually live in the sand dunes, which only cover a small part of the rocky landscape.

Answer 3

Depending on the desert type hot or cold it might be mammals only or it might include reptiles. For example; a Mammal that can regulate it's own body temperature can live in a cold desert such as a tundra. A reptile can not survive in a tundra, but can survive in a hot desert. A region gets classified as a desert when it does not reach a certain rainfall minimum.

Answer 4

Deserts can be found around the world. Desert regions covers about 35 percent of the earth's surface. The animals vary from desert to desert. The following is a list of some of the deserts and a short list of some of the animals you would find there. For a more complete list of animals a further research of the specific desert is required.

Antarctica Desert: brown skua, dolphins, elephant seal, penguins, mites, sprintails, whales - blue, fin, sei, southern right, humpback, minke, sperm, killer.

Arabian Desert: dung beetle, camel, civet, Egyptian Vulture, fox, gazelle, hare, hedgehog, hyena, ibex, jackal, jerboa, lesser bustard, lizard, locust, oryx, sand cobra, scorpion, skink.

Gobi Desert: Bactrian camel, beetles, blue hill pigeon, gecko, jerboa, Gobi bear, jerboa, lizards, onager, Pallas cat, Pallas sandgrouse, Przewalski horse, short-toed larks, snow leopard, wild mountain sheep.

Great Basin Desert: bighorn sheep, jack rabbit, pocket mouse, pronghorn antelope.

Great Sandy Desert: bilby, dingo, kangaroo, marsupial mole, quokka, rabbit-eared banicoot.

Nambi Desert: fringe-toed lizard, golden mole, jackal, sidewinder, viper, web-footed gecko.

Sahara Desert: addax antelope, barn owls, cape hare, dama deer, fan-tailed raven, horned viper, jackal, jerboa, Nubian bustard, sand fox, spiny-tailed lizard, spotted hyena.

Sonoran Desert: barn owl, big free-tailed bat, chuckwallas, coati, elf owl, Gila monster, pack rat, mule deer, scorpion, sidewinder, turkey vulture, wild burros.

Answer 5

Deserts are hot and dry with very little water, so the animals that live there have to adapt. Mammals that are found living in the desert are Meerkats, hyenas, and the fennac fox.

Answer 6

There are a lot of desert living animals. Species including coyotes, a lot of different types of lizards and snakes, and Spiders also. Meerkats also live in cerain deserts.

Answer 7

Elephants

Giraffes

Lions

Zebras