• shrubby coastal area that has hot dry summers and mild, cool, rainy winters
• located in bands between 30 and 40 degrees N and 30 and 40 degrees S of the equator
• coastal regions have cold ocean currents offshore; coasts face west
• southern coast of California (USA), the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea, the coast of Chile (South America), the Cape region of South Africa, and coastal Australia.

ranges from 15 to 40 inches per year

poison oak, scrub oak, Yucca Wiple and other shrubs, trees and cacti

• Coastal Southern California, USA -  cactus mouse,  California thrasher, chipmunk, coyote, deer, deer mouse, fox, kangaroo rats, lizards, lynx, mountain lion, pocket mouse, rabbit, wood rats
• Mediterranean Sea coast - Apennine wolf, deer,  dormouse,   hare, hedgehog, Iberian lynx, weasel, wild boar, wild goat, wild sheep
• Coast of Chile, South America - Chilean deer, huemul (South Andean deer)
• Coastal Australia -  gray kangaroo
• South Africa -

• Coastal Southern California, USA - California striped racer Snake, lizards, northern red diamond rattlesnake, orange-throated whiptail lizard, Southern Pacific rattlesnake
• Mediterranean Sea coast -
• Coast of Chile, South America -
• Coastal Australia -  scrub python
• South Africa -

praying mantis, honey bee and ladybugs