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Insects, spiders, slugs, frogs, turtles and salamanders are common. In North America, birds like broad-winged hawks, cardinals, snowy owls, and pileated woodpeckers are found in this biome. Mammals in North American temperate deciduous forests include white-tailed deer, raccoons, opossums, porcupines and red foxes.
Temperate deciduous forests have a great variety of plant species. Most have three levels of plants. Lichen, moss, ferns, wildflowers and other small plants can be found on the forest floor. Shrubs fill in the middle level and hardwood trees like maple, oak, birch, magnolia, sweet gum and beech make up the third level.

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Fish - Sharks, swordfish, tuna, clown fish, grouper, stingray, flatfish, eels, rockfish, seahorse, sunfish mola, and gars.

Marine mammals - Blue whales, seals, walruses, dolphins, manatees, and otters.

Algae in the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide and provides much of the Earth's oxygen. Examples of algae include kelp and phytoplankton. Other ocean plants areseaweeds, sea grasses, and mangroves. Back to the main Biomes and Ecosystems page.

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Freshwater rivers are often home a wide variety of species from insects, to amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and even mammals. Turtles, ducks, otters, crocodiles, catfish, dragonfly and crabs can be found in rivers all around the world, and the Amazon river is even home to the rare and pink, freshwater dolphin.
Water lilies, algae, and duckweed float on the surface.Cattails and reeds grow along the shoreline of many freshwater ecosystems. Estuaries house plant life with the unique adaptation of being able to survive in fresh and salty environments. Mangroves and pickleweed are just some examples of estuarine plants.

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Animals found in the Arctic tundra include herbivorous mammals (lemmings, voles, caribou, arctic hares, and squirrels), carnivorous mammals (arctic foxes, wolves, and polar bears), fish (cod, flatfish, salmon, and trout),insects (mosquitoes, flies, moths, grasshoppers, and black flies), and birds (ravens, snow buntings ...

Arctic Moss.

Arctic Willow.

Bearberry.

Caribou Moss.

Diamond-leaf Willow.

Labrador Tea.

Pasque Flower.

Tufted Saxifrage.

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African Wild Dog. Arabian Wildcat. Armadillo. Ankole Longhorn Cattle. ...

Bats. Bighorn Sheep. Bear (Black) Bison (Plains Bison) ...

Camels: - Bactrian Camel (two humps) - Dromedary Camels (one hump) - Southwestern Camel Experiment. ...

Coyote. Coyote ebook.

Dama Gazelle.

Deer - Mule.

Deer - White-Tailed. Desert Shrew. Dingo. Dinosaurs.

African Wild Dog. Arabian Wildcat. Armadillo. Ankole Longhorn Cattle. ...

Bats. Bighorn Sheep. Bear (Black) Bison (Plains Bison) ...

Camels: - Bactrian Camel (two humps) - Dromedary Camels (one hump) - Southwestern Camel Experiment. ...

Coyote. Coyote ebook.

Dama Gazelle.

Deer - Mule.

Deer - White-Tailed. Desert Shrew. Dingo. Dinosaurs.A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid.

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Rain forests are populated with insects (like butterflies and beetles), arachnids (like spiders and ticks), worms, reptiles (like snakes and lizards), amphibians (like frogs and toads), birds (like parrots and toucans) and mammals (like sloths and jaguars). Different animals live in different strata of the rain forest.
They often grow on trees to take advantage of sunlight in the canopy. In temperate rain forests common epiphytes are mosses and ferns, while in tropical rainforests there are many kinds of epiphytes, including orchids and bromeliads. There are more than 20,000 varieties of orchids found in the rainforest.

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Acorn woodpeckers.

Jack rabbits.

Mule deer.

Coyotes.

Alligator lizards.

Praying mantis.

Horned toads.

Ladybugs.

Some examples of plants in the chaparral are toyon ,chamise, poison oak, scrub oak, Yucca and other shrubs, trees and cacti. The maquis contains plants such as myrtle, hawthorn, and broom.

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Freshwater rivers are often home a wide variety of species from insects, to amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and even mammals. Turtles, ducks, otters, crocodiles, catfish, dragonfly and crabs can be found in rivers all around the world, and the Amazon river is even home to the rare and pink, freshwater dolphin.
Water lilies, algae, and duckweed float on the surface.Cattails and reeds grow along the shoreline of many freshwater ecosystems. Estuaries house plant life with the unique adaptation of being able to survive in fresh and salty environments. Mangroves and pickleweed are just some examples of estuarine plants

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Mammals living in the taiga include foxes, lynxes, bears, minks, squirrels, while larger ones include grey wolves and their preys: caribou, reindeers and moose. In winter, wolves hunt these herbivores in packs, often dividing themselves into two groups to encircle their preys before attacking them.
Not many plants can survive the extreme cold of the taiga winter. There are some lichens and mosses, but most plants are coniferous trees like pine, white spruce, hemlock and douglas fir. Coniferous trees are also known as evergreens. They have long, thin waxy needles.