Grassland Animals List, Interesting Facts On Animals That Live In Grasslands
Grassland animals include mammals such as antelopes, cheetah, zebras, eastern grey kangaroo, Pallas’s cat, Przewalski’s horse, American bison, giant anteater and maned wolf; birds such as the plains-wanderer, Steppe eagle, prairie falcon and rhea, and reptiles such as the prairie rattlesnake and leopard tortoise.
On this page you’ll find facts and information on these and many other grassland animals…
Grasslands
A grassland is an area in which the dominant plants are grasses. Grasses are flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. Other, grass-like, plants such as sedges (plants of family Cyperaceae), and rushes (plants of family Juncaceae) are also often present in grasslands.
Grasslands cover a large proportion of Earth’s land area (estimates as to exactly how much range from 30% to 70%). Grasslands are found on every continent except Antarctica, and are home to a vast …