Grasslands Animals

Aardvark
Aardvarks are large mammals that eat ants.

African Elephant
The African Elephant is the largest land animal.

African Wild Cat
African Wild Cats are fierce, solitary hunters.


Anteater
Anteaters are mammals with very long snouts from South and Central America.

Antelope
Antelopes are graceful mammals with beautiful horns.

Ant
Ants are social insects.

Asian Elephant
The Asian Elephant is an endangered species.


Baboon
The baboon is a large monkey with a long snout and large cheek pouches.

Bactrian Camel
Bactrian Camels are two-humped camels from deserts and steppes of Asia.

Badger
The badger is a nocturnal mammal with a black-and-white striped face.

Bison
The American Buffalo (which is actually a Bison) is the heaviest land animal in North America.


Black-Footed Ferret
The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered type of ferret from North America.

Blue-tongued Skink
An Australian lizard with a long, blue tongue.
Boa Constrictor
A large constricting snake from South and Central America.

Bobcat
A fierce, short-tailed wild cat from North America.


Bull Snake
Also known as the gopher snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.

Camel
Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas of the Middle East.
Cape Hunting Dog
The Cape Hunting Dog hunts in packs in Africa.

CHEETAH
The cheetah is the fastest land animal. Or go to a simple cheetah coloring printout (just the image).


Coati (Coatimundi)
Coatimundi (also called coati) are long-nosed, long-tailed mammals from the Americas.
Coyote
Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.

Coypu
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.

Cricket
Crickets are jumping insects.


Deer
The deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.

Dhole
The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.

Dingo
The dingo is a wild dog from Australia.

Donkey
Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to environments with little water.


Dragonfly
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs. They are found worldwide

Emu
The emu is a large Australian bird that cannot fly.

Fox
The fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.


Gecko
Geckos are the only lizards that make noise. Some geckos live in grasslands.
Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest land animal; it is found in Africa.

Giraffe and Baby
A mother and baby to color.

Gopher Snake
Also known as the bull snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.


Gnu
The gnu is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the wildebeest.

Goat
Goats are sure-footed, hoofed mammals.

Golden Eagle
Golden Eagles are large birds of prey.

Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers worldwide.


Gray Wolf
Gray wolves are carnivores that live in packs and howl.

Great Horned Owl
A large bird of prey from North and South America.

Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus is a large African mammal that stays in the water a lot.

Hyena
A meat-eating mammal that hunts and scavenges prey.


Impala
A high-jumping, lightly-built antelope from southern Africa.

Jack Rabbit
Jack rabbits are hares; they have very long legs and long ears.

Jaguar
The jaguar is a large, spotted wild cat from South and Central America.

Kakapo
A large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.


Kangaroo
Kangaroos hop and have pouches. Their babies are called joeys.

Leopard
Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

Lion
A group of lions is called a pride.

Llama
Llama are woolly mammals from South America.


Meerkat
Meerkats (also known as suricates) are a type of African mongoose that can stand upright.

Mole
Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals

Mongoose
Mongooses are sleek, meat-eating mammals.


Mosquito
Mosquitos are flying insects that live in moist areas and can often carry diseases.

Mouse
Mice are small rodents with long, scaly tails.

Nutria
Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.

Oropendola, Crested
The crested oropendola is a tropical black bird that builds long, pendulous nests.

Oryx
Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa.

Ostrich
The ostrich is the largest bird. Although it can't fly, it runs very fast. It is from Africa.
Painted Lady Butterfly
A very widespread and common butterfly

Pika
Pikas are small, furry mammals who stockpile food for winter.

Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.

Prairie Dog
The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.

Pronghorn
Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.


Puma
A long-tailed American wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the catamount, panther, mountain lion, and cougar.

Quagga
The Quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra from Africa.

Quoll
The Quoll is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial from the island of Tasmania and mainland Australia.

Rabbit
A fast-moving mammal with long ears.


Redbilled Oxpecker
Redbilled Oxpeckers are birds that perch on large mammals in southern Africa.

Red Fox
The Red Fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.

Red-Tailed Hawk
The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.

Rhea
The common rhea or nandu is a large, flightless bird from South America.


Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros is a large, thick-skinned African mammal with one or two horn-like spikes on its head.

Roadrunner
Also known as the Ground Cuckoo, this bird is a fast runner that rarely flies.

Scorpion
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.

Serval
A long-legged African wild cat.


Sheep
Sheep are mammals with thick, furry fur and hoofed feet.

Shrew
Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are found worldwide.

Skunk
Skunks are black and white mammals that can produce a terrible odor.

Snow Leopard
Snow Leopards are rare, pale leopards from the snowy central mountains of Asia.


Tapir
A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.

Tasmanian Tiger
The Tasmanian Tiger was a large, meat-eating marsupial from Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea. It is probably extinct.

Tiger
Tigers are large, fierce cats that have stripes.

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black markings (females are sometimes brown and black).


Wallaby
Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos.

Warthog
The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.

Western Meadowlark
A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.

White Rhinoceros
The White rhinoceros is a large rhino with gray skin and two horn-like spikes on its head.


White-Tailed Deer
The white-tailed deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.

Wildebeest
The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. Also known as the gnu.

Wombat
The wombat is a rare, burrowing marsupial from mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Zebra
Zebras have black and white stripes;they are from Africa.

Zorilla
The Zorilla is a skunk-like mammal that lives in Africa.