Habitats hub

Savanna Animals

Explore animals that live in savanna habitats.

Savannas are open habitats with grasses, scattered trees, and seasonal changes. This hub connects animals that live in savanna life.

Animals in this cluster

African bush elephant walking across grassland in Masai Mara, Kenya

Endangered

Mammalia·Savanna

African Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Near Threatened

Reptilia·Savanna

Ball Python

Python regius

Adult cheetah standing alert in open grassland

Vulnerable

Mammalia·Savanna

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Adult Thomson's gazelle standing alert in open habitat

Least Concern

Mammalia·Savanna

Gazelle

Gazella spp.

Giant anteater walking across green grass showing its long snout and bushy tail

Vulnerable

Mammalia·Savanna

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

A beautiful portrait of a Gila Monster in the wild

Near Threatened

Reptilia·Savanna

Gila Monster

Heloderma suspectum

Tall giraffe standing above dry grass and shrubs

Vulnerable

Mammalia·Savanna

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Red kangaroos standing in dry outback grassland

Least Concern

Mammalia·Savanna

Kangaroo

Macropus rufus

Male African lion resting on a rock in Namibia

Vulnerable

Mammalia·Savanna

Lion

Panthera leo

Least Concern

Mammalia·Savanna

Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

Common ostrich standing in open grassland at Masai Mara, Kenya

Least Concern

Aves·Savanna

Ostrich

Struthio camelus

White rhinoceros walking across open African savanna

Near Threatened

Mammalia·Savanna

Rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum

Stately adult secretarybird standing alert with its distinctive black head crest feathers and orange facial skin

Endangered

Aves·Savanna

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Spotted hyena standing alert in dry grassland in Namibia

Least Concern

Mammalia·Savanna

Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Blue wildebeest with curved horns and shaggy mane

Least Concern

Mammalia·Savanna

Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus

Plains zebra walking across open grassland

Near Threatened

Mammalia·Savanna

Zebra

Equus quagga

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