Western short grasslands

Western short grasslands
Western short grasslands
	Canyon in the shortgrass prairie of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Central and Southern mixed grasslands; Chihuahuan Desert; Colorado Plateau shrublands; Colorado Rockies forests; Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands; Northern short grasslands;
Bird species	245
Mammal species	107
Geography
Area	435,200 km2 (168,000 sq mi)
Country	United States
States	South Dakota; Wyoming; Nebraska; Colorado; Kansas; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas;
Climate type	Cold semi-arid (BSk)
Conservation
Habitat loss	30.5%
Protected	5%

The Western short grasslands is a temperate grassland ecoregion of the United States.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.