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Temperate Grassland Plants and Animals​ __**Back to Main Page

Grass**__ (producer)- grass is the only plant that can survive in the temperate grass land __**Western Meadowlark**__ (primary consumer/ herbivore) - bright colored song bird __**Red-tail hawk**__ (tertiary consumer) - feeds on small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Is bird of choice for falconry, can fly 20-40 miles and hour __**Bison**__ (primary consumer/ herbivore) - heaviest land mammal in North America __**Pronghorn**__ (primary consumer) - not a true antelope but is considered by much as an antelope __**Prairie dog**__ (primary consumer) - not a dog but a species of chipmunk, borrows for nesting __**Bob cat**__ Large cat, is nocturnal, with hunting hours between 3 hours before sunset to midnight. __**Badgers**__ (secondary consumer)- a badger will borrow, it can run from 16-19 mph.the badger can eat a coyote and the coytoe can eat the badgermedia type="youtube" key="EIyixC9NsLI" height="344" width="425" __**Prairie chicken**__ (secondary consumer) - was once abundant but is now extremely rare to find, due to habitat loss. eats small insects and grass __**Mongoose**__ (secondary consumer) - small meat eating mammal, it also burrows in the ground at night.