The fauna of subtropical stiff-leaved evergreen forests and bushes is presented by the fauna peculiar to the woods of moderate and tropical belts. Also there is a large number of animals endemics i.e. such which distribution is limited only by this territory.
Where the stiff-leaved woods and bushes are located
Stiff-leaved bushes and the woods are located in Australia, the Mediterranean, the western regions of North America, Africa. These zones are presented by evergreen trees and bushes which belong to group of sklerofit. Except a big variety of rare plants and trees, the stiff-leaved woods can brag of the most rare animals who safely live in this territory.
The stiff-leaved woods and bushes on the one hand border on savannas, deserts and on tropical forests, and on another - on the woods of midlatitudes therefore the fauna of this territory is in many respects similar to fauna of the neighboring regions.
Fauna of evergreen forests and bushes
SredizemnomoreV stiff-leaved evergreen forests of the Mediterranean such animals as gophers, groundhogs live in a large number. About a large number of rodents it is possible to judge by existence of a set small dug by them, holes. Also here various snakes, chameleons, lizards geckoes, turtles often meet. It is a lot of insects who are especially jumping Orthoptera of types. From birds in the territory of the Mediterranean are widespread a blue thrush, a resnicker, a slavka. The European genet lives in the Spanish stiff-leaved evergreen forests. This is a small small animal who is externally very similar to a cat. Has a spotty light gray color and eats small rodents, birds. Also in the territory of the stiff-leaved woods of Spain the only European species of monkeys – tailless macaques lives. This little small animal has very dense wool thanks to what the animal can sustain cold to - 10 wasps. The weight of a tailless macaque is only 15 kg. In Sardinia and on Corsica, porcupines, jackals, wild hares, wild goats meet. Also there is a mountain ram very rare today – a mouflon which is the smallest of mountain rams. Males of mouflons have the twirled horns large spiralno. From birds in stiff-leaved forests and bushes live a mountain chicken, blue forty, the black signature stamp, a Sardinian slavka, the Spanish sparrow.AvstraliyaV the eucalyptus woods of Australia are a lot of koalas. This amusing small animal lives on trees and prefers to lead an inactive life. Northern the AfrikaZhivotnyy world of the stiff-leaved woods located in a northern part of Africa is diverse. Here it is possible to meet the following types: jackals, chameleons, porcupines, monkeys, forest mice, wolves, civets. Also in a large number such reptiles as turtles, some species of lizards, geckoes, snakes meet. Quite seldom, but in forests of Morocco, bears meet.