Desert animals live in hot and dry places where there is little water. They have special features to help them survive the heat and cold nights. Some animals, like camels, can store water. Others are active at night when it’s cooler. These animals, like snakes and lizards, are perfectly built to live in the desert. Below is list of name of the desert animals worldwide.
List of animals that live in the desert biome
Sahara Desert, Africa
- Mammals
- Sahara Oryx
- Dorcas Gazelle
- Rhim Gazelle
- Dama Gazelle
- White Antelope
- Barbary Ostrich
- Saharan Cheetah
- Fennec Fox
- Pale Fox
- Rüppell’s Fox
- Jerboa
- North African Gerbil
- Saharan Striped Weasel
- Desert Hedgehog
- Sand Cat
- Cape Hare
- Olive Baboon
- Arabian Camel (Dromedary)
- Addax
- Cairo Spiney Mouse
- Mediterranean Monk Seal
- Reptiles
- Monitor Lizard
- Insects
- Deathstalker Scorpion
- Saharan Silver Ant
- North African Sahara Honeybee
- Scarab Beetle
- Egyptian Praying Mantis
- Saharan Shrew
- African Desert Warbler
- Amphibians
- Desert Frog
- Birds
- African Silverbill
- Nubian Bustard
- Reptiles
- Saharan Horned Viper
- Desert Crocodile
- Desert Long-eared Bat
- Egyptian Pipistrelle
Sonoran Desert, North America
- Mammals
- Desert Tortoise
- Pronghorn
- Kit Fox
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit
- Mearns Coyote
- Javelina (Peccary)
- Mule Deer
- Coyote
- Bobcat
- Gray Fox
- Sonoran Pronghorn
- Sonora mud turtle
- Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Ring-tailed Cat
- Rock Squirrel
- Common Desert Centipede
- Desert Box Turtle
- Desert Pupfish
- Desert Whitetail
- Desert Iguana
- Sonora Shovelnose Snake
- Sonoran Gopher Snake
- Greater Roadrunner
- Giant Sonoran Centipede
- Sonoran Collared Lizard
- Sonoyta Pupfish
- Southern Pocket Gopher
- Desert Spiny Lizard
- Sonoran Gopher Snake
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
- Sonoran Collared Lizard
- Southern Pocket Gopher
- Birds
- Gila Woodpecker
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Harris’s Hawk
- White-winged Dove
- Gambel’s Quail
- Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
- Elf Owl
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Canyon Bat
- Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
- Spotted Owl
- Desert Cottontail
- Mexican Long-tongued Bat
- California Leaf-nosed Bat
- Reptiles
- Arizona Bark Scorpion
- Collared Lizard
- Tarantula
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Colorado Desert Sidewinder
- Flame Skimmer
- Gilded Flicker
- Loach Minnow
- Zebra-tailed Lizard
- Gila Topminnow
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch
- Flat-tail Horned Lizard
- Agile Ground Mantis
- Desert Recluse
- Mesquite Mouse
- Mexican Black Kingsnake
- Arizona Pocket Mouse
- Eva’s Desert Mouse
- Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat
- Bezy’s Night Lizard
- Pacific Burrowing Wasp
- Stink Beetle
- Maricopa Harvester Ant
- Insects
- Agile Ground Mantis
- Pacific Burrowing Wasp
- Stink Beetle
- Maricopa Harvester Ant
- Amphibians
- Sonoran Desert Toad
- Great Plains Toad
- Colorado River Toad
- Others
- LeConte’s Thrasher
- Crissal Thrasher
- Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail
- Abert’s Towhee
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Bell’s Vireo
- Western Pygmy Blue
- Mexican Whip-poor-will
- Gray Vireo
- Cassin’s Vireo
- Lucy’s Warbler
- Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
- Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard
- Yuma Myotis
- Great Basin Collared Lizard
Mojave Desert, North America
- Reptiles
- Desert Tortoise
- Chuckwalla
- Fringe-toed Lizard
- California Rock Lizard
- Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard
- Panamint Alligator Lizard
- Rosy Boa
- Glossy Snake
- Gopher Snake
- Great Basin Gopher Snake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Texas Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Red Diamond Rattlesnake
- Panamint Rattlesnake
- Desert Iguana
- Desert Night Lizard
- Birds
- Elf Owl
- Western Screech Owl
- Common Raven
- California Quail
- Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Cactus Wren
- Mammals
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit
- Desert Cottontail Rabbit
- Cottontail Rabbit
- Ring-tailed Cat
- Botta’s Pocket Gopher
- Panamint Chipmunk
- Mearns’ Coyote
- Desert Kit Fox
- White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
- Mojave Ground Squirrel
- Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat
- Panamint Kangaroo Rat
- Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat
- Desert Woodrat
- Cactus Mouse
- Bats
- California Leaf-nosed Bat
- Pallid Bat
- Spotted Bat
- Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
- Lesser Long-nosed Bat
- Canyon Bat
- Invertebrates
- Victorville Shoulderband
- Badwater Snail
- Morongo Desert Snail
- Desert Recluse Spider
- Doll’s Sphinx Moth
- Flame Skimmer
- California Mantis
- Amphibians
- Amargosa Toad
- Black Toad
- Inyo Mountains Salamander
- Kern Plateau Salamander
- Fish
- Death Valley Pupfish
- Owens Pupfish
- Shoshone Pupfish
- Devils Hole Pupfish
- Saratoga Springs Pupfish
- Tecopa Pupfish
- Tui Chub
- Moapa Dace
- Gila Mountain Sucker
Gobi Desert, Asia
- Bactrian Camel
- Central Asian Viper
- Jerboa
- Golden Eagle
- Gobi Ibex
- Marbled Polecat
- Gobi Bear
- Snow Leopard
- Mongolian Wild Ass
- Goitered Gazelle
- Sandplover
- Brown Bear
- Przewalski’s Horse
- Grey Wolf
- Przewalski’s Wonder Gecko
Chihuahuan Desert, North America
- Birds
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Prairie Falcon
- Painted Bunting
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- Mexican Jay
- Clark’s Nutcracker
- Chihuahuan Raven
- Cactus Wren
- Desert Cardinal
- Montezuma Quail
- Greater Roadrunner
- Roadrunner
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Cassin’s Sparrow
- Sagebrush Sparrow
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Crissal Thrasher
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Canyon Towhee
- Bell’s Vireo
- Gray Vireo
- Grace’s Warbler
- Lucy’s Warbler
- Olive Warbler
- Red-faced Warbler
- Mexican Whip-poor-will
- Mammals
- Collared Peccary
- Jaguar
- Bighorn Sheep
- Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
- Desert Pocket Gopher
- Mexican Wolf
- Reptiles
- Bolson Tortoise
- Rough-footed Mud Turtle
- Collared Lizard
- Crevice Spiny Lizard
- Southwestern Fence Lizard
- Texas Banded Gecko
- Gray-banded Kingsnake
- Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail
- Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
- Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard
- Invertebrates
- Giant Redheaded Centipede
- Western Pygmy Blue
- Obscure Ground Mantis
- Fish
- Chihuahua Chub
- Carbonera Pupfish
- Chihuahua Shiner
- Comanche Springs Pupfish
- Devils River Minnow
Great Victoria Desert, Australia
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
- Dingo
- Sand Goanna
- Thorny Devil
- Bearded Dragon
- Red Kangaroo
- Sandhill Dunnart
- Great Desert Skink
- Crest-tailed Mulgara
- Southern Marsupial Mole
- Water-holding Frog
- Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
- Malleefowl
- Perentie
- Scarlet-chested Parrot
- Australian Feral Camel
- Princess Parrot
- Bandy-bandy
- Southern Marsupial Mole
- Slender-billed Thornbill
- Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Thar Desert, Asia
- Mammals
- Blackbuck
- Indian Wild Ass
- Chinkara
- Red Fox
- Bengal Fox
- White-footed Fox
- Caracal
- Asiatic Wildcat
- Indian Desert Jird
- Birds
- Indian Spotted Eagle
- Great Indian Bustard
- Indian Peafowl
- Short-toed Snake Eagle
- Tawny Eagle
- Greater-spotted Eagle
- White-eyed Buzzard
- Lagger Falcon
- Shaheen Falcon
- Eastern Greater Hoopoe-lark
- Reptiles
- Indian Spiny-Tailed Lizard
- Laungwala Long-headed Lizard
- Saw-scaled Viper
- Rough-scaled Sand Boa
- Insects
- Dark Grass Blue Butterfly
Atacama Desert, South America
- Mammals
- South American Grey Fox
- Culpeo Fox
- Darwin’s Leaf-eared Mouse
- Guanaco
- Vicuña
- Southern Viscacha
- South American Fur Seal
- Birds
- Humboldt Penguins
- Andean Flamingo
- Tamarugo Conebill
- Chilean Woodstar
- Slender-billed Finch
- Chimango Caracara
- Burrowing Owl
- Giant Hummingbird
- Reptiles
- Lava Lizard
- Shining Tree Iguana
- Yanez’s Tree Iguana
Arabian Desert, Asia
- Mammals
- Caracal
- Arabian Wolves
- Striped Hyena
- Cape Hare
- Red Fox
- Birds
- Lanner Falcon
- Namaqua Dove
- Golden Eagle
- Reptiles
- Egyptian Uromastyx
Namib Desert, Africa
- Mammals
- Meerkat
- Desert Elephant
- Springbok
- Black-backed Jackal
- Black Rhinoceros
- Grant’s Golden Mole
- South African Lion
- Cape Fur Seal
- Namib Long-eared Bat
- Southern Warthog
- Spotted Hyena
- South African Cheetah
- Birds
- Ostrich
- Reptiles
- Namib Desert Viper
- Namib Sand Gecko
- Namaqua Chameleon
- Namib Sand Snake
- Insects and Arachnids
- Namib Desert Beetle
- Trench Beetle
- Black Hairy Thick-tailed Scorpion
Negev Desert, Asia
- Mammals
- Negev Shrew
- Arabian Oryx
- Arabian Leopard
- Sand Dune Cat
- Nubian Ibex
- Rock Hyrax
- Caracal
- Rüppell’s Fox
- Desert Hedgehog
- Dorcas Gazelle
- Reptiles
- Negev Tortoise
- Sinai Agama
- Desert Horned Viper
- Amphibians
- Near Eastern Fire Salamander
- Birds
- Crowned Sandgrouse
Kalahari Desert, Africa
- Mammals
- Brown Hyena
- Chacma Baboon
- African Leopard
- Kalahari Lion
- Common Warthog
- South African Cheetah
- African Wild Dog
- Spotted Hyena
- Cape Hunting Dog
- Cape Porcupine
- Kalahari Giraffe
- Common Eland
- Gemsbok
- Springbok
- Steenbok
- Kudu
- Duiker
- Hartebeest
- Ratel
- Aardvark
- Ground Pangolin
- Bat-eared Fox
- Zebra
- Scrub Hare
- Burchell’s Zebra
- Black-backed Jackal
- Elephant
- Wildebeest
- Aardwolf
- Blesbok
- Southern White Rhinoceros
- Cape Hare
- Birds
- Secretary Bird
- Martial Eagle
- Giant Eagle Owl
- Sociable Weaver
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
- Reptiles
- Rock Monitor
- Cape Cobra
- Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake