Explore an alphabetical list of fascinating animals that call the desert home, from camels and scorpions to unique reptiles and mammals.
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A
addax antelope
Arabian horse
armadillo
Asian tortoise
B
Bactrian camel
barn owl
barn owls
beetles
big free-tailed bat
bighorn sheep
bilby
black widow spider
blue hill pigeon
bobcat
brown skua
C
camel
cape hare
cavy
chuckwallas
civet
coati
collared peccary
coyote
D
dama deer
desert hedgehog
desert iguana
desert tortoise
desert wheatear
diamondback rattlesnake
dingo
dorcas gazelle
dragonfly
dromedary
dung beetle
E
eagle
Egyptian vulture
elf owl
F
fan-tailed raven
Fennec fox
flamingo
fox
fringe-toed lizard
G
gazelle
gecko
gerbil
gila monster
Gobi bear
golden mole
great Indian bustard
ground squirrel
guanaco
H
hare
hawk
hedgehog
horned viper
hyena
I
ibex
Indian spiny-tailed lizard
J
jack rabbit
jackal
jaguarundi
jerboa
K
kangaroo
kangaroo rat
L
lesser bustard
lesser rhea
lizard
lizards
llama
locust
long-eared hedgehog
M
mara
marsupial mole
meerkat
Mexican gray wolf
mite
Mongolian gerbil
monitor lizard
mouse
mule deer
N
Nubian bustard
O
onager
oryx
ostrich
P
pack rat
Pallas cat
Pallas sandgrouse
Patagonian weasel
penguin
peregrine falcon
Peruvian fox
pocket mouse
porcupine
pronghorn antelope
Przewalski horse
puma
pupfish
pygmy armadillo
Q
quokka
R
rabbit-eared bandicoot
rattlesnake
red-tailed hawk
roadrunner
S
sage thrasher
saiga antelope
sand cobra
sand fox
sandgrouse
scorpion
short-toed lark
shrew
sidewinder
skink
slender mongoose
snow leopard
spiny-tailed lizard
spotted hyena
springbok
springtail
T
tarantula
tinamou
tuco-tuco
turkey vulture
V
vampire bat
veiled chameleon
viper
W
web-footed gecko
wild burros
wild mountain sheep
wolf
worm