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Biomes - Habitats
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Arctic Desert Chaparral or Scrub Taiga = Coniferous Forests Grassland Tropical Rainforest Pond Ocean
Antarctic Tundra Cave City Temperate Deciduous Forest Savanna Prairie Freshwater Marsh Swamp Intertidal Zone Coral Reef Sunlit (Euphotic) Zone Twilight (Disphotic) Zone


Grasslands and Grasslands Animals

What is a Grassland? A grassland is a grassy, windy, partly-dry biome, a sea of grass. Almost one-fourth of the Earth's land area is grassland. In many areas, grasslands separate forests from deserts. Deep-rooted grasses dominate the flora in a grassland; there are very few trees and shrubs in a grassland, less than one tree per acre. There are many different words for grassland environments around the world, including savannas, pampas, campos, plains, steppes, prairies and veldts.

There are two types of grasslands, including:

Animal Adaptations: The animals that live in grasslands have adapted to dry, windy conditions. There are grazing animals (that eat the grass), burrowing animals, and their predators; insects are abundant. A moderate of level species diversity exists on a grassland.

Where are Grasslands? Grasslands are located in North America's interior (called prairies), in southeastern South America (Argentina's pampas and the campos of Uruguay and Brazil), in Eurasia (the Eurasian steppe in Mongolia and parts of the former Soviet Union), in Africa (the semi-arid steppes of the Sahel of north-central Africa and the wetter grasslands, veldts, of East Africa and Madagascar), and in Australia and New Zealand (called rangelands).

Animals that Live in Grasslands: Many animals live in grasslands, from invertebrates (like grasshoppers and beetles) to large mammals (like antelopes and bison). The different grasslands of the world support different populations of animals.

Printouts on Grasslands and Grassland Animals:
Grasslands

Grasslands Quiz
A Worksheet to Print

A short, printable worksheet quiz about grasslands. The short-answer worksheet asks 15 general questions about grasslands, for example, "The dominant plants in grasslands are grasses and ______." Select the answers from a word bank. Or go to the answers.


Aardvark

Aardvarks are large mammals that eat ants.


African Elephant

The African Elephant is the largest land animal.


African Wild Cat

African Wild Cats are fierce, solitary hunters.


Anteater

Anteaters are mammals with very long snouts from South and Central America.


Antelope

Antelopes are graceful mammals with beautiful horns.


Ant

Ants are social insects.


Asian Elephant

The Asian Elephant is an endangered species.


Baboon

The baboon is a large monkey with a long snout and large cheek pouches.


Bactrian Camel

Bactrian Camels are two-humped camels from deserts and steppes of Asia.


Badger

The badger is a nocturnal mammal with a black-and-white striped face.


Bison

The American Buffalo (which is actually a Bison) is the heaviest land animal in North America.


Black-Footed Ferret

The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered type of ferret from North America.


Blue-tongued Skink

An Australian lizard with a long, blue tongue.

Boa Constrictor

A large constricting snake from South and Central America.


Bobcat

A fierce, short-tailed wild cat from North America.


Bull Snake

Also known as the gopher snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.


Camel

Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas of the Middle East.

Cape Hunting Dog

The Cape Hunting Dog hunts in packs in Africa.


CHEETAH

The cheetah is the fastest land animal. Or go to a simple cheetah coloring printout (just the image).


Coati (Coatimundi)

Coatimundi (also called coati) are long-nosed, long-tailed mammals from the Americas.

Coyote

Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.
Nutria

Coypu

Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.
cricket

Cricket

Crickets are jumping insects.


Deer

The deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.


Dhole

The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.


Dingo

The dingo is a wild dog from Australia.


Donkey

Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to environments with little water.


Dragonfly

The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.


Earthworm

An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs. They are found worldwide


Emu

The emu is a large Australian bird that cannot fly.


Fox

The fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.


Gecko

Geckos are the only lizards that make noise. Some geckos live in grasslands.

Giraffe

The giraffe is the tallest land animal; it is found in Africa.


Giraffe and Baby

A mother and baby to color.


Gopher Snake

Also known as the bull snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.


Gnu

The gnu is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the wildebeest.


Goat

Goats are sure-footed, hoofed mammals.


Golden Eagle

Golden Eagles are large birds of prey.


Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers worldwide.


Gray Wolf

Gray wolves are carnivores that live in packs and howl.


Great Horned Owl

A large bird of prey from North and South America.


Hippopotamus

The hippopotamus is a large African mammal that stays in the water a lot.


Hyena

A meat-eating mammal that hunts and scavenges prey.


Impala

A high-jumping, lightly-built antelope from southern Africa.


Jack Rabbit

Jack rabbits are hares; they have very long legs and long ears.


Jaguar

The jaguar is a large, spotted wild cat from South and Central America.


Kakapo

A large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.


Kangaroo

Kangaroos hop and have pouches. Their babies are called joeys.


Leopard

Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.


Lion

A group of lions is called a pride.


Llama

Llama are woolly mammals from South America.


Meerkat

Meerkats (also known as suricates) are a type of African mongoose that can stand upright.


Mole

Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals.
Life cycle

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

See how a Monarch Butterfly starts out as an egg, hatches into a caterpillar, becomes a pupa, then emerges as a fully-grown adult.


Mongoose

Mongooses are sleek, meat-eating mammals.


Mosquito

Mosquitos are flying insects that live in moist areas and can often carry diseases.


Mouse

Mice are small rodents with long, scaly tails.
Nutria

Nutria

Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.


Oropendola, Crested

The crested oropendola is a tropical black bird that builds long, pendulous nests.
oryx

Oryx

Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa.


Ostrich

The ostrich is the largest bird. Although it can't fly, it runs very fast. It is from Africa.
Painted Lady Butterfly
Painted Lady Butterfly

A very widespread and common butterfly.
Painted Lady Butterfly

Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle

The life cycle of this common butterfly.


Pika

Pikas are small, furry mammals who stockpile food for winter.


Prairie Chicken

Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.


Prairie Dog

The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.


Pronghorn

Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.


Puma

A long-tailed American wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the catamount, panther, mountain lion, and cougar.


Quagga

The Quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra from Africa.


Quoll

The Quoll is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial from the island of Tasmania and mainland Australia.


Rabbit

A fast-moving mammal with long ears.


Redbilled Oxpecker

Redbilled Oxpeckers are birds that perch on large mammals in southern Africa.


Red Fox

The Red Fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.


Red-Tailed Hawk

The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.


Rhea

The common rhea or nandu is a large, flightless bird from South America.


Rhinoceros

The rhinoceros is a large, thick-skinned African mammal with one or two horn-like spikes on its head.


Roadrunner

Also known as the Ground Cuckoo, this bird is a fast runner that rarely flies.


Scorpion

A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.


Serval

A long-legged African wild cat.


Sheep

Sheep are mammals with thick, furry fur and hoofed feet.


Shrew

Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are found worldwide.


Skunk

Skunks are black and white mammals that can produce a terrible odor.


Snow Leopard

Snow Leopards are rare, pale leopards from the snowy central mountains of Asia.


Tapir

A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.
Tasmanian Tiger

Tasmanian Tiger

The Tasmanian Tiger was a large, meat-eating marsupial from Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea. It is probably extinct.


Tiger

Tigers are large, fierce cats that have stripes.
tiger swallowtail

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black markings (females are sometimes brown and black).
Nabarlek

Wallaby

Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos.
Warthog

Warthog

The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.
Western Meadowlark

Western Meadowlark

A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.


White Rhinoceros

The White rhinoceros is a large rhino with gray skin and two horn-like spikes on its head.


White-Tailed Deer

The white-tailed deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.


Wildebeest

The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. Also known as the gnu.


Wombat

The wombat is a rare, burrowing marsupial from mainland Australia and Tasmania.


Zebra

Zebras have black and white stripes;they are from Africa.

Zorilla

The Zorilla is a skunk-like mammal that lives in Africa.

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