Desert Habitat Animals Information
A wide variety of animals including the Sand Cat Houbara Barbary Falcon Rupells Fox Sand Gazelle Arabian Oryx Arabian Sand Gecko Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard Dhub Desert Monitor Arabian Horned Viper and the Yellow-Spotted Agama.
Desert habitat animals information. Generally desert animals are Nocturnal Animals. Their extra-long ears help to transfer out excess heat from their body into the air. True deserts have very few plants.
Camels can go for weeks without water and their nostrils and. Many desert plants like cacti in the Americas are able to absorb and store water letting them survive long periods of drought. The kit fox Arabian camel caracal gemsbok roadrunner onager sidewinder antelope jackrabbit addax and ringtail.
How animals adapt to the desert. 6 - 9 ft. To avoid daytime heat many desert animals are nocturnal.
These videos are found in our library. There are also semideserts which are desert like but get more rain up to 16 inches per year. In the desert various animals like Spiders Reptiles Birds and Mammals are present.
Semidesert habitats have enough rainfall to support more plant and animal life. Many of them come out to hunt for food at night when its cool. Try the activity and quiz below to test what.
Approximate size of an Ostrich. Desert animal How it survives at night A lot of desert animals are. This sample is focused on the rainforest and desert.