This document provides information on 15 different grassland animals: African elephant, bison, black rhinoceros, black-footed ferret, brown hyena, cheetah, giraffe, greater prairie chicken, meerkat, lion, ostrich, prairie dog, pronghorn, warthog, and zebra. For each animal, brief details are given on their physical characteristics, behaviors, diet, reproduction, and other distinguishing features. The document combines both text and images to concisely summarize key facts about these diverse grasslands inhabitants.

1. Grasslands
By : Andy

2. Grassland Animals
These are the Animals
•African Elephant •Meerkat
•Bison •Lion
•Black Rhinoceros •Ostrich
•Black-footed Ferret •Prairie Dog
•Brown Hyena •Pronghorn
•Cheetah •Warthog
•Giraffe •Zebra You will see pictures of them
on the next 15 pictures
•Greater Prairie Chicken (Info added).

3. First of all the
African elephant
An African Elephant is the largest land Animal and a male is 3.2–4.0 m (10–13 ft) tall
at the shoulder and weigh 4,700–6,048 kg, while females stand 2.2–2.6 m (7–9 ft) tall
and weigh 2,160–3,232 kg. Its ears act as a shade from the heat and the trunk is an
sound amplifier and it acts as a fifth limb. The African elephant has have a similar
complicated neocortex like Humans, Apes and a few species of dolphin. They have a lot
of behaviors, those behaviors are playing, communicating, using tools, and possibly to
have there own language and etc.

4. Bison
A Bison lives in river valleys, prairies and plains. They weight about 318 to 1000
kilograms and the heaviest Bison record was 1270 kilos. Both males and females have
horns and they both use as a defense system and there hind leg is powerful and deadly
, they are usually peaceful and unconcerned but they can attack anything without any
reason. They can run up to 56 kph and cover up long distances.

5. Black Rhinoceros
A Black Rhinoceros is 52 to 71 inches tall at he shoulders and the female is smaller
than the male. The Black Rhinoceros has poor eye sight so the use their nose and ear
to help them survive. They have thick skin to help them protect them from thorns and
sharp grass, not only that but parasites too. They have no mating season their
gestation last 15 to 16 month and they normally give birth to one calve.

6. Black footed Ferret
A Black footed Ferret weight 650-1400 grams and the y are endangered due to
human activities. They mate around February till March and about 1 to 5 kits are born in
June or May. They hunt prairie dogs for food and you will see what they are soon.

7. Brown Hyena
An average weight for a male Brown Hyena is around 40.2 to 43.7 kg and the average
weight for the female is 37.7 to 40.2 and a oversize hyena will be 67.6 to 72.6 kg. They
have long shaggy coats that are dark brown like in the picture, they are scavengers and
poor hunters. They have 1 to 5 cubs and have strong jaws.

8. Cheetah
A Cheetah is a large feline that can run quickly run from o kph to 100 kph in about 3
seconds. They are the fastest land animal and they can run about 112 to 120
kph, they live in Africa and some parts of the middle east. The name Cheetah came
from the word citrakāyaḥ which means variegated which means varied in
appearance or color marked with patches or spots of different colors. There is a
Cheetah named King Cheetah and is a mutated cheetah. A normal cheetah will have
about 3 to 5 cubs and a cub will weight about 150 to 300 gram at birth.

9. The average height is 5 to 6 meters high and they
use that height to eat the high leafs of the Acacia
leafs. They are eaten by lions and the calves were
eaten by leopards, Spotted hyena and wild dogs.
The spots on them, they use that as
camouflage, especially calves. The giraffe
gestation last at least 400 to 460 day and they
normally have one baby.
Giraffe

10. Greater Prairie Chicken
The Greater Prairie Chicken eats seeds and fruits and during the summer
they eat insects and plants. They are endangered due to human activities
and those are hunting and habitat loss. They don’t migrate and they lay 5
to 7 eggs and they hatch within 23 to 24 days.

11. Meerkat
Meerkats are insectivore which means they eat insects, but they don’t only eat
insects but they also eat lizards, snakes, scorpions, spiders, eggs, plants and
small birds but rarely. A Meerkat stands guard while others look for food.
They are very social and they have 1 to 5 pups, their gestation last 11 weeks.

12. Lion
A male lion weights 150 to 250 kg and the female weights 120 to 182 kg. An average
male will weight 181 kg and the average female is 126 kg. They live up to 10 to 14
years, they lioness which is the female hunt for the lion which is the male. The
lioness sneaks up at least 30 meters to the prey and catch it by surprise. There is a
lion called White lion and they have morph and a genetic problem called leucism
which make them look white, they are not albinos.

13. Ostrich
An ostrich is the fastest land bird and it can run at top speed of 70 kph. Their
weigh is around 63 to 145 kg, they are the largest bird and they lay the largest
eggs. Their height is 2.1 to 2.8 meters high and one stride is 3 to 5 meters
long, a male is black and a female is brown like the picture shown above.

14. Prairie Dog
A Prairie Dog is a type of a ground squirrel, they are highly social and
they live in colonies which has about 15 to 17 Prairie Dogs. When there
is a predator they alert the group with a high pitch noise. They eat a bit
of insects , grass, roots, seeds, fruits and buds. When the female is
pregnant in the winter, the eat the snow for extra water.

15. Pronghorn
Pronghorns run really fast and at top speed is 70 to 112 kph. The horn of the
Pronghorn is really special because they are not the same as the res. Their
horns are a flatten blade of bone and on the bone they shed and grow hair on
it. The male horns are well developed and the females have smaller horns.

16. Warthog
A Warthog will identifiable by the two tusk sticking out, they have two
pairs of tusks and the lower one is sharper because they are being
sharpen every time they open and close there mouth. They eat
grass, roots, berries and other fruits, bark, fungi, insects, eggs and
carrion. There gestation will last5 to 6 month and 2 to 8 piglets are
born.

17. Zebra
A Zebra is highly social and they walk, trot, canter and gallop like a
normal horse accept slower. They eat grass and when they are
cornered by a predator they bite or kick. Like normal horses they sleep
standing up.

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