Animals of the Eastern Area

Biomes

Animals

Asian Elephant
Red Fox
European Water Shrew
Père David's Deer
Dholes
Indian Flying Fox
Indian Rhinoceros
House Mouse
Slamang Gibbon
Chinese Water Deer
Tarsier
Giant Panda
Gerbil
Gibbon
Siberian Tiger
European Otter
Red Deer

Countries

India
China
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Turkey
Syria
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Korea
Japan
Taiwan

Asian Elephant

by Matthew

illustration by Grace

Body Structure: trunk, feet, eyes, big fat ears, mouth, body and a tail. It does not have tusks, just teeth.
Movement: walk and waddle
Survival: water, dirt, grass
Habitat: hot places

Red Fox

by Quinn

Body Structure: red, white legs and tail, ears, nose, eyes and claws

Movement: run, walk, creep

Survival: teeth, tail, camouflage, meat

Habitat: Native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It was introduced to Australia in the nineteenth century. Range varies from 25 acres in cities to 5,000 acres in rural areas.

European Water Shrew

by Matthew

Body Structure: little feet, very pointy nose, long tail, body and teeth

Movement: walk and run

Survival: water and dirt

Habitat: hot places

Père David's Deer

by Kyle

Body Structure: it has antlers, hair, legs, and a body

Movement: it walk good, run, and jump

Survival: food - grass, drinks water

Habitat: it lives in sunny places; it lives in watery places

Dhole

by Matthew

Body Structure: big ears, eyes, teeth, feet, furs

Movement: run and walk

Survival: water

Habitat: snow and cold places

Indian Flying Fox

by Quinn

Body Structure: red, black, eyes, ears, paws, nose and wings

Movement: fly, climb and run

Survival: eyes, food

Habitat: tropical forests and swamps

Indian Rhinoceros

by Matthew

Body Structure: feet, legs, ears, horn and eyes

Movement: walk and waddle

Survival: grass, sand and water; tough skin

Habitat: grass and dirt

House Mouse

by Matthew

Body Structure: teeth, eyes, ears, feet and tail

Movement: walk, runs, scurries

Survival: grass and water

Habitat: forest and buildings

Slamang Gibbon

by Kyle

Body Structure: purple face and black skin

Movement: walks, climb, swing, jump

Survival: eats leaves

Habitat: lives in bushy places

Chinese Water Deer

by Matthew

Body Structure: four legs, ears, eyes, teeth, mouth, body

Movement: walk, run

Survival: water, grass

Habitat: hot places and water

Tarsier

by Austin

Tarsier's bodies are only about as long as your hand. But their tails are twice as long. Their unusual feet help them get from tree to tree. They have black round toes with strong suction pads at their tips. Tarsiers leap from one tree to another. They land on tree trunks and hold on with their toes. Sometimes they even sleep holding tight to a tree. Little tarsiers have strange eyes. Their eyes are huge so that the animals can see in the dark. To watch for danger, tarsiers can turn their heads almost in a circle.

Giant Panda

by Austin

The giant panda looks like a big black-white bear. But it is not a bear. It belongs to the raccoon family.  Pandas live in the high mountains and have thick fur to keep them warm. Giant pandas eat sitting up. Most of the time they eat only bamboo. Pandas hold on to the bamboo with the pads on their paws. The pad works like your thumb. This is very rare in the animal world. When giant panda babies are born, they are bigger than mice. Someday they may weigh 300 pounds.

Gerbil

by Quinn

Body Structure: ears, nose, paws, eyes, whiskers, tail, fur

Movement: they use their tails for balance; they can run fast

Survival: comes out at night

Habitat: found in desert-like areas, plains, and savannah grasslands in Africa and Asia.

Tarsier

by Kyle

Body Structure: fat body

Movement: walk

Survival: eats green leaves

Habitat: it lives in trees.

There are three distinct species of tarsiers.

Gibbon

by Grace

Siberian Tiger

by Matthew

Body Structure: paws, mouth, teeth, skin, pink nose, ears, fur, eyes, orange with black stripes

Movement: walks, pounce

Survival: crawls, swims, springs

Habitat: lives in snow, woods in Siberia

European Otter

by Quinn

Body Structure: tail, whiskers, brown coat, hair, black nose

Movement: the otter's tapered body and tail give it a streamlined look which is efficient for underwater movement

Survival: as the otter dives, its ears and nostrils close automatically, but its eyes remain open, allowing it to locate its prey by sight.

Habitat: lives in Europe; scattered populations exist in Europe, Scandinavia, most of the Soviet Union, and North Africa

Indian Rhinoceros

by Kyle

Body Structure: they look different than other animals

Movement: they have bones that move their legs

Survival: they eat grass and plants

Habitat: they live in grassy places

Red Deer

by Matthew

Body Structure: antlers, ears, eyes, tail

Movement: walk, run, jump

Survival: fur

Habitat: grass