Species Diversity

Grasslands lack the trees and heavy bush to hide many creatures.  Because of the open landscape and the widely spaced trees, grasslands are home to large herds of grazing mammals such as the zebra and bison.  Annual rainfall in the grasslands is between 10 to 30 inches, there is a seasonal drought every year.  Many animals are active only during the rainy season.

                                                                                                    

       

            Animals of the Grassland Biome

 

Common Name

 

Scientific Name

 

Biome

"African" Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Grasslands

American Bison

Bison bison

Grasslands

American Kestrel

Falco sparvenus

Deciduous Forest, Coniferous Forest, Desert, Grasslands

Burrowing Owl

Speotyto cunicularia

Grasslands

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

Deciduous Forest, Rain Forest, Grasslands

Domestic Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Deciduous Forest, Grasslands

Eastern Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum

Deciduous Forest, Grasslands, Coniferous Forest

European Ferret

Mustela putorius

Grasslands

Florida King Snake

lampropeltis

Grasslands, Coniferous Forest

Llama

Llama glama glama

Grasslands

Mouflon (wild sheep)

Ovis musimon

Grasslands

Rhea

Rhea americana

Grasslands

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Grasslands

Snowy Owl

Nyctea scandiac

Tundra

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

Coniferous Forest /Grassland

                            Bison

 

        "African" Elephant