Fauna and Flora
| Patagonia |
|---|
| Regions |
| Eastern Patagonia Western Patagonia Tierra del Fuego |
| Ecoregions |
| Valdivian forests Magellanic forests Patagonian steppe |
| National parks |
| Laguna San Rafael · Los Glaciares Nahuel Huapi · Torres del Paine Alberto de Agostini · Tierra del Fuego |
| Administrative division |
| Chile Palena Province Aisén Region Magallanes Region Argentina Neuquén Province · Río Negro Province Chubut Province · Santa Cruz Province Tierra del Fuego Province |
Despite the harsh desert environment, a number of animals venture into and live in the Patagonian. Some only live on the more habitable and geographically-varied outskirts of the desert, where food is more abundant and the environment less hostile, but all are found within the region encompassing the Patagonian. The burrowing owl, lesser rhea, guanaco, tuco-tuco, mara, pygmy armadillo, Patagonian weasel, puma, Patagonian gray fox, desert iguana, Jumping Cow Spider, and various species of eagle and hawk are a few of the variety of animals living in the region.
The flora of the region is quite common for its climate and includes several species of desert shrubs like Acantholippia and Benthamiella and tuft grasses like Stipa and Poa. Aquatic grasses and larger flora exist on the outskirts of the desert and around the ephemeral lakes that form from the Andes' runoff.
Read more about this topic: Patagonian Desert
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