Animals In The Desert Region
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Animals in the desert region. These animals concentrate excretions while avoiding evaporations to conserve water. Only 15 of the world s desert surface is pure sandPrevious Next 3. Because of this specialization a desert can appear to be lifeless to the untrained eye.
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. Different types of animals and plants exist in the different desert types of the world that include hot coastal. The adult female weighs 7 to 11 kilograms and the adult male weighs 6 to 13 kilograms.
Other animals come out only at night. Others live along the edges of deserts where there are more plants and shelter. It has particularly extensive desert in the southern part of the state near the Mexican border.
Desert animals have had to become very specialized in order to survive. Below is a list of animals that live in the desert with links to additional information on each animal. It weighs between 130 and 250 pounds and is 1m tall.
About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features. CamelThe camel is a large strong desert animal. Here the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts merge to form an area thats home to hundreds of different plant and animal species.
California is home to a wide range of different landscapes and ecosystems including desert. Mammals such as the fennec fox meerkat dromedary and Bactrian camel. 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.