ground dwellers
Creatures beneath feet
Ground dwellers are animals that live primarily on or beneath the earth's surface rather than in trees, water, or air.
The term appears most often in discussions of wildlife habitat and ecology: Ground dwellers like rabbits and tortoises are vulnerable to habitat loss.
Many ground-dwelling species burrow, nest in soil, or forage at ground level.
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- runningSwift foot travel
- boundingMoving by leaps
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
hopping · low profile · scuttling · camouflage · herbivores · burrows · detritivores · forests · foragers · grazers · leaf litter · walking · insectivores · slithering · forest floor · scavengers · grasslands · savannas
ground dwellersburrowers
Animals that dig underground
birds · cave dwellers · climbers · gliders · bats
ground dwellersaquatic animals
Creatures dwelling in water
fish · swimmers · flyers · sea life · amphibians