Can native animals life be used to help identify climate zones?

Native animal life can indeed be used to help identify climate zones. The distribution of plant and animal species is strongly influenced by the climate, and different climate zones support different types of vegetation and wildlife. Biologists classify regions into different biomes based on climate, as well as plant and animal life.

- Tropical Zones: High diversity of animal life adapted to high heat and humidity, such as primates, insects, reptiles, frogs, and lush vegetations including rainforests.

- Temperate Zone: Wide range of climates from subtropical to continental types, including deciduous forests and grasslands. Animal species commonly found in temperate zones include bears, deer, squirrels, chipmunks, foxes, songbirds, turtles, salamanders, etc.

- Polar or Arctic Tundra Zone: Extremely cold with limited species that can adapt the harsh climates, such as penguins, polar bears, reindeer, moose, caribou, wolves, arctic fox, arctic ground squirrels, snowshoe hares, puffins, and snowy owls.

Understanding animal distribution helps scientists predict how species distribution patterns may change in response to shifting climatic condition of climate change impacting habitats.