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LS1- Desert Biomes
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Desert Biomes
Life Science Section 1
Desert Fauna
Please choose either nocturnal or diurnal and make a new subtopic with the name of your animal and your initials.
Fauna
Nocternal Fauna
Nocturnal
Fennec fox
Kalinn C
Sientific name:Vulpes zerda
Niche:deserts and semi-deserts of northern Africa
eatings:small rodents, lizards, birds and their eggs
coutship: Mate for life
Fennec foxes by Kalinn C
Bobcat
bobcat By Kalinn C
Scientific name:Lynx rufus
Eating:mice, rats, squirrels, chickens, small fawns, wild birds, feral cats and rabbits
Niche: predators
Coutship:chasing and pouncing on
each other.
The Kangaroo Rat
Kangaroo Rat
By: Camille
The kangaroo rat's scientific name is the Dipodomys. You can find kangaroo rats in western North America, southern Canada and southern Mexico. Kangaroo rats eat seeds, stems, leaves of grass, forbs, and some penenials since there isn't alot a meat in the desert. Kangaroo rats breed from February to October in southern desert states. The breeding period is shorter in the northern states. The gestation period
Kitfox
Kitfox
By:lolo W
The Kit Fox is the smallest species of fox in North America weighting 5 pounds. Their large ears may help dissipate body heat and detect tiny noises.
Kit foxes live for up to seven years in the wild, while captive animals can live up to 12 years old.
Red kangaroo
red kangaroo
by abby
scientific name: Macropus rufus
where are they: red kangaroos are in the central semi-arid reigion of austrailla.
niech: they graze and shape the vegitation of the semi arid climate.
Diet: red kangaroos are mainly grazers and eat grasses and leaves.
cortship: more than one mate
Diurnal
Coyote
coyote
By Lolo W
Coyte are amazing creatures
Coyotes have 42 teeth. They can run up to 40 MPH if there chasing prey.
Coyotes are frequent communicators that growl, bark, wail, huff, yelp, squeal, and howl.
The word coyote is Mexican Spanish, from an Aztec root, cóyotl, or "trickster." The scientific name of the coyote is Canis latrans, "barking dog" in latin.
Meerkats
Meerkats
Katie Coker
Niche-Meerkats have the role to provide food for their family.
Eating Behaviors- Meerkats eat insects. Some of the insects are,scorpions,beetles, spiders, crickets, centipedes, millipedes.
Mating Behaviors-Meerkats mate throughout the year. But they usually mate during the warmer seasons.
Fun Facts
1- Meerkats don't drink a lot of water.
2-Meerkats are very smart.
3-Meerkats are omnivores.
Fun Facts
Thorney Devil B.O.
Moloch horridus
Thorny Devils are cold blooded. They are carnivores but only eat ants.Head-bobbing and leg-waving is how a male Thorny Devil attracts a mate. They ae ant specialist hunters so pobably around ant nests. Thorny devils can puff themselves to make them look bigger.
Thorny Devil
Aligator lizard by Kalinn C
niche:grasslands and open forest s
scientific name:Elgaria
eating: They eat small mammals and birds
courtship: the male bites the females neck while mating
Aligator lizard by Kalinn c
Camels / Camelus
Camel
By: Camille
Camels live China, Mongolia,North America, the Middle East, and Australia. Camels are very clever at finding food in their harsh desert environment. Each half of the split upper lip moves independently, so camels can get near the ground for eating short grass. These tough but flexible lips can break off and eat vegetation such as thorns or salty plants, they even eat fish. Camels reproduce once every two year.
The Desert Tortoise
(Gopherus agassizii)
Tortoise
Leah D
The desert tortoise is an amazing animal. The average life span of a desert tortoise is over 40 years! This tortoise is on the smaller end, weighing in at about 18 pounds, and 15 inches. They primarily live in rocks and other inclosed areas in the desert. But, as it is very sad to see this species slowly dissapear, you can adopt one as your pet!
What do they eat?
Eating
The desert tortoise is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, flowers, and fruits and veggies. Something you probably didn't know was that you can feed these creatures only once a week if needed.
Mating habits
Mating
These tortoises normally lay their eggs in the spring, laying anywhere from 1-5 per clutch. These tortoises are polygamous, so they have multiple mating partners in a lifetime.
side winder
side winder
BY:lolo w
sidewinders have short bodies, but they have very large fangs for a rattlesnake. The raised scales above their eyes resemble horns, scientists think these 'horns' may help protect the snake's eyes from the hot sun. These snakes can travel up to 18 miles per hour.
Cougar/ Mountain Lion
Scientific name: Puma Concolor
Niche: Ecological niche, they have importance as top predators within their ecosystems. They have a role in controlling large populations.
Eating habits/ Predatation: They are true carnivores, feeding only on other animals.
Mating habits/courtship: breed at any time of year although most births occur in July and August, after about three months' gestation. Females can have their first litter at two and one-half to three years of age, and breed roughly every two years.
Interesting facts (camouflages, strategies, mimics, houses, etc): The cougar holds the Guiness record for the animal with the highest number of names, and They are the fourth largest cats in the world.
Cougar/Mountain Lion
Brayden Drewing
Mule deer
Mule deer
Ava Nelson
-Scientific name: Odocoileus hemionus
-Eating: forbs (flowering, herbaceous plants), the leaves and twigs of woody plants, and on mast (berries, fruit.
-Mating behavours
These deer adapt to living in the desert by being active during the warm weather at night or during the early morning hours.
Niche
Mule deer can be found throughout desert regions as long as there is enough vegetation to hide in and to eat. They will move to higher elevations during the hottest parts of the summer and move to lower elevations during the winter months. They also are found in mountain forests, wooded hills and in chaparral.
Desert Flora
Please make a new subtopic with the name of your plant followed by your initials
Flora
Aloe dichotoma by Kalinn c
Desert Lily
Brayden Drewng
aloe dichotoma by Kalinn c
Scientific name:Aloidendron dichotomum
Pollonation: It's pollonated by ants and bees
Seed dispersal: drop their seed pods
flowers or fruit:Their flowers are bright yellow and their fruits are orangeish
uses: They where used for holding hunting arrows.The long stems provide a pocket.
Bunny ear Cactus
(Opuntia microdasys)
Bunny ears cactus
These delicate plants are not indangered, however, it is not reccomended to keep these plants in your home. They can live up to 20 years and only lives in the desert. They thrive with compleate exposure to sunlight, and sandy soil. Only in the desert these cacti produce flowers, because of all the sunlight needed.
Pollination
They will mostly spread by being cut, or falling off of the main plant.
Pollination
Saguaro Cactus
The saguaro cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, is the largest cactus in the U.S., and usally reaching 40 feet in height. The saguaro gives both food and shelter for a variety of desert animals.
Saguaro Cactus
By lolo w
Desert-willow
Desert-willow
By:Camille
Scientific Name: Chilopsis linearis
Pollination: It's pollinated by bumble bees.
Seed dispersal: The seeds fly away thanks to the wind.
Flower or Fruit: The desert willow has beautiful purple-ish flowers that bloom in the spring.
Uses: Native Americans to craft their hunting bows with the wood, and the wood has also been used for fence posts, and baskets are often woven from the twigs.
agave
agave
by abby
scientific name: agave
polination: a certan type of bat can polinate other plants by the agave.
seed despersal: wind and animals help the spred of their seeds their seeds are relesed by slits in the tall flower scape.
niech: deers and squirls can eat agave and agave can also be a good sorce of fiber.
Desert Lily
Scientific name: Hesperocallis undulata
Fruit/flower: White or bluish-white with a green or silver-green central stripe; flowers large in a scarious-bracted stout raceme; fruit is a capsule.
Pollination/seed dispersal: From the tip, cells will elongate and divide in a predestined order to produce this season's flowers.
Uses: Native Americans used the bulb as a food source. These bulbs can remain in the ground for several years, waiting for enough moisture to emerge.
Topic
Desert Marigold
Desert Marigold
Katie Coker
Fruit- Desert Marigolds can't really make fruit but they make seeds. They usually make around 30 to 35 seeds.
Flower-Desert Marigolds can make flowers but the older the Desert Marigold gets the more the flowers fade.
Pollination- Desert Marigolds attract many bees,butterflies and insects so they get a lot of pollen.
Desert Marigold
Fun Facts
1-Desert Marigolds can grow to be 1-2 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
2-Desert Marigolds are very poisonouns to goats and sheep.
3-Desert Marigolds can live for more than two growing seasons.
Prickly pear
Prickly pear
Ava Nelson
-Scientific name: Opuntia.
-Prickly pear, a type of edible cactus fruit, is a sweet and delicious food that may have health benefits.
-The fruit is readily consumed, and seed is moved in the droppings of large animals, which can then be dispersed widely by beetles, ants, and other insects.
-The sporophyte of seedless plants is diploid and results from syngamy (fusion) of two gametes.
-Prickly pear cactus is also used for medicine. Prickly pear cactus is used for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, alcohol hangover, colitis, diarrhea, and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Barrel cactus B.O.
Echinocactus
Barrel cactus
Some species of barrel cactus reach over 1 metre in height at maturity, and have been known to reach 3 metres in some regions. The ribs are numerous and pronounced, and the spines are long and can range in color from yellow to tan to red, depending on the age of the plant and the species. Flowers appear at the top of the plant only after many years. The barrel cactus can live to be over 100 years old.