ArmadilloCingulata
Desert animals
Deserts differ: some are hot and arid, while others are cold and dry. Their animals have adaptations to local conditions. Some of them also live outside deserts. Dromedaries, fennec foxes, lizards and insects use different combinations of shelter, activity timing and water obtained from food.
ArmadilloCingulata
Bearded dragonPogona vitticeps
Blanford’s foxVulpes cana
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
CamelCamelus
Cape foxVulpes chama
Corsac foxVulpes corsac
CoyoteCanis latrans
CulpeoLycalopex culpaeus
DingoCanis familiaris (dingo); taxonomic treatment varies
DromedaryCamelus dromedarius
Fennec foxVulpes zerda
GazelleGazella
HedgehogErinaceinae
JackalCanis and Lupulella
KangarooMacropodidae
Kit foxVulpes macrotis
Leopard geckoEublepharis macularius
LizardSquamata (lizards)
Mongolian gerbilMeriones unguiculatus
MongooseHerpestidae
OstrichStruthio camelus (common ostrich); Struthio molybdophanes is the Somali ostrich
Pale foxVulpes pallida
SnakeSerpentes
Tibetan sand foxVulpes ferrilata