Animals In The Desert Region

These Sahara Desert animals inhabit Africa Middle East Southeast Asia and Central Europe.

Animals in the desert region. The Addax Antelope is found in isolated pockets of the Sahara Desert. And birds such as the sandgrouse and lappet-faced vulture. Reptiles such as the thorny devil Gila monster and sidewinder rattlesnake.

About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features. Examples of desert animals include invertebrates such as scorpions and camel spiders. It weighs between 130 and 250 pounds and is 1m tall.

Others live along the edges of deserts where there are more plants and shelter. Below is a list of animals that live in the desert with links to additional information on each animal. As such compared to animals in the other parts of the world obviously their diet and way of living also differs.

Birds are active in the cool of the morning and evening and many animals are burrowers because burrowing allows them to escape from the heat. Desert animals have had to become very specialized in order to survive. Here on our list of What Animals Live In The Sahara Desert.

CamelThe camel is a large strong desert animal. Depending on the location of the desert animals and plants native to deserts are camels peccaries bats coyotes lizards snakes woodpeckers scorpions different types of cacti creosote bush black sage and ocotillo. Many of the animals that live in the desert have adapted to a nocturnal lifestyle only coming above ground at night when it is cooler.

Desert animals also known as Xerocoles are the mammals which are adapted to living in the desert. Of course most of them have undergone some level of adaptation so that they are able to survive in the harsh desert. Desert animals include coyotes and bobcats spiders such as the black widow scorpions rattlesnakes lizards and many kinds of birds all especially adapted to the desert biome.