Animals In The Desert Region

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Animals in the desert region. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features. It has particularly extensive desert in the southern part of the state near the Mexican border. Here on our list of What Animals Live In The Sahara Desert.

These animals have to overcome various challenges including excessive heat and lack of water to thrive in the desert. Others live along the edges of deserts where there are more plants and shelter. Reptiles such as the thorny devil Gila monster and sidewinder rattlesnake.

Along with these animals there are a lot of scorpions sand cats dung beetles that are found widely in the desert region. Although deserts are thought to hold very little life there is in fact a great diversity of both plants animals that inhabit desert regions. The Addax Antelope is found in isolated pockets of the Sahara Desert.

Because of this specialization a desert can appear to be lifeless to the untrained eye. Other animals come out only at night. As such compared to animals in the other parts of the world obviously their diet and way of living also differs.

This animal is found in sandy as well as semi-arid desert regions. Apart from the dromedary camel and goats the desert hosts the highly feared deathstalker scorpion the extremely venomous sand viper the elegant and fierce cheetah the graceful gazelles the swift-footed red-necked ostrich and other unique and magnificent species. They are also known as the gold-wolf common jackal and Asiatic jackal.

Some creatures get the moisture they need from their food so they dont need to drink much water if any. Desert animals also known as Xerocoles are the mammals which are adapted to living in the desert. Most of these animals are either crepuscular or nocturnal.