What types of animals live in the Sahara Desert?
Other than the camel and the cactus, other organisms that live in the Sahara Desert include the rattlesnake. Its classification is class Reptilia, order Squamata, suborder Serpentes, family Crotalidae, genus Crotalus . There are many species of rattlesnakes in the Sahara desert. The Camelus dromedarius and the Camelus bactrianus , or the one and two humped camel, and Fonquieria spelenden, or the Octillo. The scientific names for the cacti are Opuntia ficus-indica , the spineless Indian Fig, the Hylocereous undatus, or the Queen of the night, are organisms in Kingdom Plantae. All over the world animals are in danger. In the desert there are a variety of endangered animals. The Kit Fox lives in the desert but does not act as a fox would. He is easily trapped, sometimes the Kit Fox eats poisonous animals by accident which causes conflicts with its health and usually leads to death. The Gila Monster, a lizard, is poisonous, and people thought they were benefiting other organisms by killing
