Animals In The Desert Food Chain

Then it goes on to the producers like Spinifex Grass and Eucalyptus there many others than these two.

Animals in the desert food chain. Some herbivores that make up the desert food chain include the turtle the squirrels the antelope the desert rabbits and the chacahuala. The wolf has been extirpated from the Mojave Desert by man however man and his motor vehicles have taken the place of the wolf as the primary killer of coyotes. Sixth graders examine the prairie food chain while designing a rescue strategy for an endangered species.

The hawk will receive the energy of the snake rat and sagebrush. Your browser does not support the audio element. The coyotes natural predator was at one time the wolf.

Simultaneously the plants depend totally on the unpredictable desert environment. Or another example would start with brittlebush. A Thorny Feast Part 4 Desert Food chain - The Yuccas Part 5 Desert Food chain - The Agave Part 6 Desert Food chain - Desert Grasslands Part 7 Desert Food chain - Desert Shrubs Part 8 Desert Food chain - The annual forbs Part 9 Desert Food chain - Mavericks of the Desert Plant.

In the Mojave the desert kit fox is one of the secondary consumers that feeds on cottontail. Food Chains and Food Webs - Balance within Natural Systems. These animals are snails insects tadpoles and small fish.

Decomposers like fungi and bacteria complete the food chain. An example of this is the coyote. Chacahuala They are large reptiles inhabiting arid regions.

As you can see there are many species of animals in the desert that eat each other. Medium Predators - Tertiary Consumers. Insects Lizards Apache Pocket Mouse Kangaroo Rat Desert Cottontail Jackrabbit.