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=Kingdom Animalia=


 * ===**__Name of Animal__**=== || ===**__Scientific Name__**=== ||
 * Red-tail-Hawk || Buteo Jamaicensis ||
 * African Bush Elephant || Loxodonta Africana ||
 * Riverine Rabbit || Bunolagus Monticularis ||
 * Colombian Weasel || Mustela Felpiei ||
 * Pika || Octhotona ||
 * Sonoran Green Toad || Bufo Retiformis ||

The most common prairie dog in the grassland environment is called a, Black-tailed prairie dog. Prairie dogs eat leaves, grasses and grass roots, weeds, seeds and other plants. These animals don't need to drink a lot of water. They can get all of the water needed from the leafy foods they eat. Prairie dogs are most active during the daylight. Most of there time is well spent eating. Black tailed prairie dogs have brownish fur and large eyes, short tail, and small rounded ears. All prairie dogs have strong teeth and sharp claws for digging. //Scientific name: Cynomys//
 * //__Prairie dog__//**

As members of the genus Buteo, red-tailed hawks are classified by their large size and broad wings and tail. Red-tailed hawks are the largest hawk species, with wingspans of about 56 inches, and weighing 2-4 pounds. Red-tail-hawks have few predators such as Great horned Owl, corvids, foxes and raccoons. The red tail hawk is one of the many animals on top of the food chain. //Scientific name: Buteo Jamaicensis//
 * //__Red-tail-hawk__//**

__** Riverine rabbits usually live by seasonal rivers.Well its Length is 34 – 47 cm. The Male weight is 1.5 kg the Female weightis 1.8 kg. The riverine rabbits Weight at birth is 40 – 50 g. The Riverine Rabbit is Critically Endangered.
 * __Riverine Rabbit

=__Kingdom Fungi__=


 * ===__**Name of Fungi**__=== || ===__**Scientific Name**__=== ||
 * Ballerina Waxcap || Hygrocybe Calyptriformis ||
 * Field Mushroom || Agaricus Campestris ||
 * Shaggy Ink Cap || Coprunus Comatus ||
 * The Golden Mushroom || Armillaria- Luteo-Virens ||

__//Ballerina Waxcap//__


This is a type of a waxcap that lives in the grasslands. It is a club type fungi. They are usually pink, and the tips flip up.

__**The Golden Mushroom**__
This is also called a yellow mushroom. Found in many areas such as Grasslands, it is a very popular edible mushroom.

=__**Kingdom Plant**__=
 * ===__**Name of Plant**__=== || ===__**Scientific Name**__=== ||
 * Big Bluestem || Andropogon Gerardii ||
 * Broom Sedge || Andropogon Virginicus ||
 * Kalm's Brome Grass || Bromus Kalmii ||
 * Canada Wild Rye || Elymus Canadensis ||
 * Scribner's Panic Grass || Panicum Oligosanthes ||
 * Switchgrass || Panicum Virgatum ||
 * Little Bluestem || Schizachyrium Scoparius ||
 * Little Bluestem || Schizachyrium Scoparius ||

**__Switchgrass__**
Switchgrass is can be foun d along road sides, pastures, praries,and gardens aswell as many others.This grass is typicaly shorter than bluestem grass.( above )

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=**Kingdom Monera**=


 * **__Name__** || **__Scientific Name__** ||
 * Japanese Umbrella Inky  ||   ||

Kingdom Protist
 * Name || Scientific name ||
 * (blue green algae) || Anabaena Sphaerica ||

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