The animals that live in the Atacama desert are birds, mammals, and surprisingly few reptiles.
One type of bird that lives in the Atacama coastal desert is the Puna flamingo. Puna Flamingos live in the small salt lakes along the bases of mountains
and eat red algae- which gives them their signature pink color.
One type of bird that lives in the Atacama coastal desert is the Puna flamingo. Puna Flamingos live in the small salt lakes along the bases of mountains
and eat red algae- which gives them their signature pink color.
A mammal that is common in the Atacama desert is the South American gray fox. The South American gray fox is an omnivore that eats eggs, fruit, lizards, and rodents. The foxes have adapted to eating scorpions, as their regular food is not always available. These foxes live at the base of mountains throughout South America and Chile.
The South American Gray Fox is in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Canidae, genus Lycalopex, and species L. griseus.
The South American Gray Fox is in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Canidae, genus Lycalopex, and species L. griseus.
Another common animal in the Atacama desert is the leaf toed gecko, which lives on boulders or near other rock formations. Leaf toed geckos eat mostly insects.