A very cold dry-climate vegetation type consisting of mostly treeless open herbaceous vegetation, widespread during Pleistocene times at mid-latitudes of Eurasia and during some phases in North America.

plural of steppe eagle

Aquila nipalensis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. Previously considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.

rinderpest

plural of steppe vole

Lagurus lagurus, a small rodent.

plural of steppe lemming

Synonym of steppe lemming

An extinct species of bison, Bison priscus, that was found around the mammoth steppe.

The steppe bison