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A xerocole (from Greek xēros / ˈ z ɪ r oʊ s / 'dry' and Latin col(ere) 'to inhabit'), [2] [3] [4] is a general term referring to any animal that is adapted to live in a desert. The main challenges xerocoles must overcome are lack of water and excessive heat. To conserve water they avoid evaporation and concentrate excretions (i.e. urine and ...
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Xeric shrublands can experience woody plant encroachment, which is the thickening of bushes and shrubs at the expense of grasses. [5] This process is often caused by unsustainable land management practices, such as overgrazing and fire suppression, but can also be a consequence of climate change.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits, California, United States List of fossil species in the London Clay , England List of White Sea biota species by phylum , Russia
Common Name Scientific Name Distribution Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard: Uma inornata Cope, 1895: Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard: Uma notata Baird, 1858: Imperial County, California to Sonora, Mexico. Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard: Uma thurmanae Derycke, Gottscho, Mulcahy, & De Queiroz, 2020
Animals adapted to live in deserts are called xerocoles. There is no evidence that body temperature of mammals and birds is adaptive to the different climates, either of great heat or cold. In fact, with a very few exceptions, their basal metabolic rate is determined by body size, irrespective of the climate in which they live. [80]
Toggle Marine animals subsection. 2.1 Fish. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the ...