Another of lizards in the desert is the thorny devil. The name pretty much gives away what they look like. They are small lizards that have thornlike spikes on their skin with one large hornlike thorn in the general vicinity of the nose. Other desert inhabitants are the coyote. They are part of the dog family.
Coyotes eat small rodents that inhabit the desert.
They are smaller than the average domesticated dog. There are many types of little rodents in the desert. The most common of them are the kangaroo mice. It looks much like the common house pest known to us as the mouse. The differences in appearence are the kangaroo mouse has a yellowish colored coat and has strong hind legs like those of a kangaroo.