Grassland Animals List: What animals live in grasslands
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Mammals
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- Wolf (Ethiopian, Grey, Maned)
- Rhinoceros (Sumatran, White, Black, Javan, Indian)
- Hyena (Spotted, Brown)
- Tiger (Sumatran, Malayan)
- Bison (American, European)
- Jaguar (Pantanal, Bolivian, Paraguayan)
- Lion (Asiatic, African)
- Leopard (African, Indian, Persian)
- Deer (White-tailed, Fallow)
- Fox (Swift, Cape, Pampas)
- Armadillo (Nine-banded, Giant)
- Hare (African savanna, Ethiopian)
- Rat (Kangaroo, Papua grassland mosaic-tailed, African wading, Grassland mosaic-tailed rat, Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed, Sloggett’s vlei, Sudanian grass, Angoni vlei)
- Golden mole (Highveld, Sclater’s, Hottentot, Fynbos, Arends’s, Rough-haired, Robust, Stuhlmann’s, Duthie’s, Sclater’s)
- Vole (Meadow, Prairie, Günther’s, Alai mole, Afghan, Montane, Beach, Caucasian snow, Robert’s snow, Creeping, Bank, Townsend’s)
- Shrew (Least dwarf, Elliot’s short-tailed, lesser Ryukyu, Fraser’s musk, Prairie, Cinereus, Common, Lucina’s, Mount Kenya mole, greater white-toothed, short-snouted elephant, Savanna)
- Hedgehog (Amur, European, Somali, Daurian, Long-eared)
- Weasel (African striped, Long-tailed)
- Hyrax (Yellow-spotted rock, Southern tree, Western tree)
- Elephant (African, Asian)
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Birds
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- Duck (Northern pintail, Mallard, Northern shoveler, Garganey)
- Macaw (Scarlet, Hyacinth)
- Owl (Burrowing, African grass)
- Goose (Greater white-fronted, Greylag, Barnacle)
- Woodpecker (Red-headed, European green)
- Grouse (Sharptail, Greater prairie)
- Cockatoo (Sulpher-crested, Red-tailed black)
- Hawk (Ferruginous, White-tailed)
- Courser (Temminck’s, Three-banded)
- Crane (Black-crowned, Common, Blue, Demoiselle, Red-crowned)
- Dove (Mourning, White-winged, Long-tailed ground, Plain-breasted ground)
- Eagle (Chaco, Bald, Martial, Wedge-tailed, Golden, Short-toed snake, Long-crested)
- Whydah (Pin-tailed, Shaft-tailed)
- Flycatcher (Tyrant, Black-and-orange, African paradise, White-tailed blue, Marico, Pale, Chat, Suiriri, Ashy, African blue, Fiscal)
- Falcon (Prairie, Saker, Amur, Aplomado, Black, Altai, Grey, Lanner, White-rumped)
- Heron (Little-blue, Whistling, Capped, Black, White-necked, Rufous-bellied, Pied, White-faced, Indian pond)
- Bushshrike (Green-breasted, Orange-breasted)
- Ostrich (North African, Common, Somali)
- Pheasant (Green, Common)
- Starling (Superb, Emerald, Wattled, Common, Cape, Golden-breasted, Pied, Red-winged, White-collared)
- Stork (White, Wooly-necked, Maguari, Black-necked, Storm’s)
- Finch (Zebra, Star, Grassland yellow, White-winged diuca, Puna yellow, White-bridled, Wedge-tailed grass, Pampa, Yellow-bridled, Short-tailed)
- Caracara (Northern crested, White-throated, Chimango)
- Bustard (Great Indian, White-bellied, Kori, Denham’s, Little brown, Black-bellied, Great, Australian, Little)
- Bowerbird (Yellow-breasted, Fawn-breasted)
- Barbet (Usambiro, Acacia pied, Red-faced, Chaplin’s)
- Hornbill (Southern ground, Red-billed, Abyssinian ground)
- Harrier (Spotted, Marsh, Montagu’s, Northern, Hen, Long-winged, Réunion, Papuan, Malagasy)
- Kestrel (Nankeen, Spotted, American, Greater, Fox, Dickinson’s, Common)
- Swan (Tundra, Trumpeter)
- Turkey (Wild, Ocellated)
- Vulture (Rüppell’s, King, Cinereous, Black, Turkey, White-backed)
- Warbler (Pale-footed bush, Grass, Lanceolated, Chestnut-backed bush, Taiwan bush, Oriental reed, Rufous-eared, Cricket, Red-fronted, Buff-bellied, Arabian, Red-winged grey)
- Thrush (Nilgiri, Alpine, Mistle, Sentinel rock, Tristan, Groundscraper)
- Roller (Indian, Lilac-breasted, European)
- Quail (Common, Himalayan, Rain, Stubble, Scaled, New Zealand, Manipur bush, Rock bush, Northern bobwhite, Crested bobwhite)
- Buzzard (Grey-faced, Augur, Archer’s, Jackal, Mountain, Rufous-winged, Red-necked, Lizard, Long-legged)
- Shrike (White-tailed, Mackinnon’s, Emin’s, long-tailed, Great grey, Loggerhead, Magpie)
- Shrike-tyrant (White-tailed, Black-billed, Grey-bellied)
- Bee-eater (Green, Somali, Olive, Blue-cheeked)
- Thrasher (Long-billed, Curve-billed)
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- Yellow cardinal
- Ruddy shelduck
- Secretary bird
- Bluebird
- Cape crow
- Raven
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Reptiles
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- Snakes: Boa (Rubber, Constrictor), Cobra (Chinese, Forest), Python (Indian, Ball, Reticulated, African Rock), Mamba (Jameson’s, Black), Garter snake (Butler’s, Aquatic, Blackneck, Western terrestrial, Butler’s, Blackneck), Rattlesnake (Western diamondback, Prairie, Eastern diamondback, Massasauga, Tiger, Grand Canyon), Fox snake (Eastern, Western), Kingsnake (Prairie, California), Glossy snake (Texas, faded), Adder (Common death, Mountain), Brown snake (Eastern, Ringed), Western hognose snake, Texas indigo snake, Egg-eating snake, Gaboon viper, Aurora house snake, Night snake, Eastern worm snake, Brown tree snake, Andean milk snake, Red-naped snake, Mole snake, Mulga snake, Texas rat snake, Western black-headed snake, Long-nosed snake, Coral snake, Thickhead ground snake, Kirtland’s snake, Ring-necked snake, Smooth green snake, Slowinski’s corn snake, Aesculapian snake, Arafura file snake
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- Crocodiles: Nile crocodile, Dwarf crocodile, West African, Slender-snouted crocodile, Orinoco crocodile
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- Turtles: Box turtle (Ornate, Common, Eastern, Three-toed, Desert) African helmeted turtle, Arizona mud turtle, Wood turtle, Savanna side-necked turtle
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- Lizards: Whiptail lizard (Desert grassland, Texas spotted, New Mexico, Chihuahuan spotted, Little striped), Grass lizard (Transvaal, Cape, Large-scale), Girdled Lizard (Giant, Mozambique, Rhodesian, Transvaal), Glass lizard (Slender, Koelliker’s), Rock lizard (Aurelio’s, Aran), Fence lizard (Western, Eastern, Southwestern), Lebombo flat lizard, Sicilian wall lizard, Western blue-tongued lizard, Southern alligator lizard, Checkerboard worm lizard, Plated lizard, Earless lizard, Western green lizard, Tyrrhenian wall lizard, Monitor lizard (Nile, Savanna), Emperor flat lizard, Spiny lizard, Desert horned lizard, Sagebrush lizard
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- Skinks: Three-toed skink (Western, Algerian, Moroccan), Blue tongue skink (Merauke, Adelaide pygmy), Grand skink, Prairie skink, Chatham Islands skink, Gran Canaria skink, Western skink, Wedge-snouted skink, Copper skink, McCann’s skink, West Canary skink, Shingleback Skink
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- Geckos: Common leopard gecko, Afghan leopard gecko, Okavango dwarf gecko, Transvaal rock gecko
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- Chameleons: Flap-necked chameleon, Coarse chameleon, Marshall’s pygmy chameleon, Black-headed dwarf chameleon, Jewelled chameleon, African chameleon, Graceful chameleon, Senegal chameleon, Antimena chameleon, Meller’s chameleon
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Amphibians
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- Frogs: Tree frogs, Rubber frogs, Sand frogs, Rain frogs, River frogs, Ridged frogs, Grass frogs, Puddle frogs, Pygmy frogs, Booroolong frogs, Painted frogs, Cascades frogs, Plateau frogs, Burrowing frogs, Brown frogs, Darwin’s frogs, Tusked frogs, Wood frogs
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- Toads: Cane toads, Guttural toads, Tibetan toads, Amatola toads, African red toads, Iranian earless toads, Gulf Coast toads, Western giant toads, American toads, Great Plains toads, Inyanga toads, Asiatic toads, Texas toads, African red toads, Douglas’ toads, Canadian toads, Oak toads, European green toads, Spadefoot toads
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- Salamanders: Northwestern salamander, Gregarious slender salamander, Plateau tiger salamander, Lanza’s alpine salamander, Blunt-headed salamander, Sacramento Mountain salamander, California slender salamander, Black salamander, California tiger salamander, Granular salamander, Tarahumara salamander, Paramo Frontino salamander
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- Newt: Coastal Range newt, Anderson’s crocodile newt, Wanggao warty newt, Southern banded newt
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Insects
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- Ants
- Beetles
- Cockroaches
- Bees
- Crickets
- Caterpillars
- Crane flies
- Stick bugs
- Wasps
- Fleas
- Worms
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