Animals In The Desert That Eat Plants

Edible Figs can be found on the Common Fig Tree.

Animals in the desert that eat plants. The Fennec fox Vulpes zerda is a mammal that dwells in the sandy Sahara Desert. If all these plants and animals have successfully defied all odds to inhabit the Mojave Desert it is only because of their physical and behavioral adaptations. Most prey on other animals especially insects although some eat other vertebrates.

Scorpions and spiders also consume insects. The Range Ratany has flowers. Gila monsters store fat in their tails which can be metabolized to provide water when needed.

We can pick the figs from a tree and eat it for breakfast. Its loaded with poisonous and toxic tropane alkaloids that can kill if ingested. Kangaroo rats and other rodents produce their own water from the ingestion of dry seeds.

Animals species found in the desert are jackrabbits kangaroo rats grasshoppers pocket mice and antelope ground squirrel. Insects are the main food of all desert animals. A list of some are shown below.

The Great Basin the Mojave the Chihuahuan and the Sonoran deserts. It eats grasses and different wildflowers but can also eat bugs and insects when necessary. Each desert has its own distinct plant communities and therefore edible plants you may find in.

The vast majority of animals in the desert eat plants - insectsrodents rabbits hares tortoises deer antelope sheep etc. Depending on the location of the desert animals and plants native to deserts are camels peccaries bats coyotes lizards snakes woodpeckers scorpions different types of cacti creosote bush black sage and ocotillo. Also these gazelles are very fast so they are very hard to catch.