Grassland animals! A variety of animals live in the grasslands. These include cheetahs, elephants, prairie dogs, tigers, brown bears, jackals, foxes, bobcats, weasels, etc. Below is the list of over 160 grassland animals around the world.
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Grassland Animals
Many animals live in grasslands, different animals in different countries. Many grasslands animals live in large groups, often called herds.
List of Grassland Animals
Here is a very big list of common names of grassland animals around the world.
- Elephant
- Zebra
- Bison
- Aardvark
- Cheetah
- Beetle
- Gazelle
- Worm
- Lion
- Tiger
- African Buffalo
- Rabbit
- Gopher
- Prairie dog
- Aardwolf
- Yellowjacket
- Bird
- Accentor
- Yak
- Death Adder
- Brown Bear
- Clouded Leopard
- Falcon
- Garter Snake
- Hamster
- Python
- Tyrant Flycatcher
- African Wild Dog
- Baboon
- Caracal
- Deer
- Eagle
- Finch
- Gecko
- Harrier
- Impala
- Quoll
- Vicuna
- Alpaca
- Badger
- Caracara
- Deer Mouse
- Echidna
- Fly
- Geoffroy’s Cat
- Hartebeest
- Jackal
- Raven
- Viper
- Anaconda
- Bandicoot
- Cardinal
- Dingo
- Elk
- Woodpecker
- Flying Frog
- Gerbil
- Hawk
- Jaguar
- Rhinoceros
- Viscacha
- Ant
- Barbe
- Caterpillar
- Emu
- Fox
- Giant Tortoise
- Cricket
- Hedgehog
- Jaguarundi
- Shelduck
- Vole
- Anteater
- Bat
- Chipmunk
- Dove
- Frog
- Giraffe
- Helmetshrike
- Kangaroo
- Sloth Bear
- Vulture
- Antelope
- Bee
- Civet
- Drongo
- Frogmouth
- Grasshopper
- Hippopotamus
- Kangaroo Rat
- Spectacled Bear
- Wallaby
- Armadillo
- Bee-eater
- Climbing Mouse
- Duck
- Grison
- Hornbill
- Kestrel
- Squirrel
- Warbler
- Coati
- Duiker
- Groundhog
- Hyena
- Ladybug
- Starling
- Warthog
- Black-footed Ferret
- Cobra
- Dunnart
- Grouse
- Hyrax
- Meerkat
- Stick Bug
- Wasp
- Bluebird
- Cockatoo
- Guanaco
- Mouse
- Tamandua
- Waxwing
- Boa
- Cockroach
- Guinea Pig
- Newt
- Tasmanian Devil
- Weasel
- Bowerbird
- Common Genet
- Oryx
- Thornbill
- Weaver
- Bush Dog
- Cotton Rat
- Ostrich
- Thrush
- Weaver-finch
- Bushshrike
- Cougar
- Owl
- Toad
- Whydah
- Bustard
- Courser
- Pangolin
- Tortoise
- Wildcat
- Butterfly
- Coyote
- Pheasant
- Toucan
- Wildebeest
- Buzzard
- Crane
- Pronghorn
- Turkey
- Wombat
- Crow
- Przewalski’s Horse
- Turtle
- Crane Fly
- Woodchuck
Examples of Grassland Animals
Aardvark
- The aardvark is a mammal that burrows into the ground to catch ants and termites.
- A slow gazelle might never be unlucky enough to meet a cheetah, but a slow cheetah that never catches anything dies.
- ‘Abracadabra,’ said the conjuror as he pulled the rabbit from the hat.
- An adult owl will normally gobble about one gopher or two mice a night, experts say.
- He came, and all the other prairie dogs followed, inch by inch.
- Also known as the brown bear, the Kodiak grizzly bear is the world’s largest land carnivore.
- The WWF’s camera trap survey also snapped the Sumatran tiger, clouded leopard, golden cat, and leopard cat.
- The falcon spreads flightless wings and stalks among months of droppings.
- Two crates containing 1,000 Garter snakes were shipped from Miami to London.
- He and I exchanged sharp words when he informed me that the hamster would have to undergo the rabies test.
- Some species of python have been measured at over 28 feet long.
- The gecko has a patagium that allows it to parachute or glide down from its treetop home.
- It consists mainly of fossil pan floors covered with palatable grass species which are a very important source of food to herbivores like impala, zebra gemsbok, and springbok.
- The caracara, a somewhat lethargic bird, passes much of the day on the ground of the open country it inhabits.
- Woodchucks, like many other ground squirrels, hibernate in their underground burrows where they are thought to sleep away the winter.
- Herds of giraffe and waterbuck raced across the swamps in our shadow as we swooped on to the sandy airstrip.
- She idly watched a tame yellow warbler hopping back and forth across the window sill as Victor put the call through.
- The grasshopper was singing and dancing on the sunflower.
- Billy’s short legs kept getting tangled in the heather, so he bounced along like a kangaroo through the springy tufts.
Grassland Animals Infographic
Names of Grassland Animals You May not Know
Pictures of Grassland Animals Vocabulary
English Vocabulary for Grassland Animals
Tigers rule