Namib Desert

Food Chain

Crocuta crocuta
(Spotted Hyena)

Antidorcas marsupialis


Cullen tomentosum


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Animalia Fungi Plantae

Animalia

Aves (birds)
Bubo africanus (Spotted Eagle-Owl) TLC
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Pachysoma denticolle (dung beetle)
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
Camponotus detritus (dune ant)
Mammalia (mammals)
Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) TLC
Antidorcas marsupialis (springbok)
Arctocephalus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal)
Canis mesomelas (Black-backed Jackal)
Crocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyena) TLC
Desmodillus auricularis (Cape short-eared gerbil)
Eremitalpa granti (Grant's Golden Mole)
Gerbillurus tytonis (dune hairy-footed gerbil)
Hyaena brunnea (Brown Hyena) TLC
Micaelamys namaquensis (Rock mouse)
Other
Bitis peringueyi (Peringuey's Adder, Dwarf Puff Adder) TLC
Meroles cuneirostris (Wedge-snouted Sand Lizard, Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard)
Paracoccus mutabilis (mealybug)
Pseudococcus calceolariae (citrophilus mealybug)
Ptenopus kochi (Koch's Chirping Gecko)

Fungi

Phaeophyscia orbicularis (wreath lichen)
Teloschistes flavicans (golden hair lichen)
Xanthoparmelia hueana

Plantae

Aloidendron dichotomum (Quiver tree)
Cullen tomentosum
Faidherbia albida (applering acacia)
Massonia depressa (african lily)
Vachellia erioloba (camelthorn)
Welwitschia mirabilis (Welwitschia)

Food Chain

Acinonyx jubatus
(Cheetah)

Antidorcas marsupialis


Cullen tomentosum


Ecosystem provided by The Namib: Detritus and Fog Dependence Scott Christy March 1st, 2006