Animals In The Desert Ecosystem

Animals in the Desert Biome.

Animals in the desert ecosystem. The bubal hartebeest and desert rat-kangaroo. The desert fox wild dog and the wild donkey also are found in the desert. 70 mammalian species 90 species of birds 100 species of reptiles and other smaller forms of life are found in the sahara desert.

A desert is an ecosystem that is very dry and that gets hardly any rain. 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. An ecosystem includes all the life in a particular environment or location.

In short desert ecosystem is the community of living and non-living organisms living together and interacting in an environment which seems to be abandoned. Of the various forms of pollination the chapter will explore the yucca moth-yucca and senita moth-senita cactus mutualisms. Amphibians like spade foot toad dig burrow with the help of its spade-like feet and goes to sleep till the rains arrive.

In areas with a greater water supply the level of biodiversity increases as vegetation such as shrubs cacti and hardy trees form the foundation of a more extensive food web. Generally the desert consists of several kinds of species. Below is a list of animals that live in the desert with links to additional information on each animal.

The camel is another desert animal. A desert ecosystem is basically devoid of any rainfall or precipitation. Some of the other animals in the desert include the Mexican gray wolf or the famously called el lobo in the Sonaran desert Elora 2003.

The camel also has special eyelids and eyelashes that help to keep sand out of their eyes. It then moves on to some other important aspects of desert plantanimal interactions with a focus on pollination and seed dispersal. The desert habitat is home to a range of animals and plants that have actually adapted to make it through in extreme dry conditions.