ground-dwelling

No particularly close relatives, ground-dwelling or not, have yet been identified.

It is a mainly ground-dwelling bird which can run quickly.

In spite of being ground-dwelling, their activity is not restricted to the ground.

Some thought birds had ground-dwelling ancestors, developing flight by taking off from the ground.

"A large number of spiders are ground-dwelling, and would be faced with similar challenges."

Around the size of a sheep, it was a ground-dwelling herbivore.

It is a ground-dwelling bird which feeds on insects and seeds.

Ground-dwelling species are heavier, and their tail may be small or nonexistent.

Dead wood on the ground provides protection and habitat for ground-dwelling fauna.

This species is ground-dwelling and often has debris on its shell to camouflage itself.

Along these rivers, flying and ground-dwelling insects were caught.

Does that mean they're just ground-dwelling apes that got out of hand?

A common ground-dwelling spider, often found accidentally while digging or moving rocks in the garden.

To protect ground-dwelling birds, no dogs or other domestic animals are permitted on the track.

Estimates of its body weight and wing loading suggest that it was largely ground-dwelling.

It is a ground-dwelling frog that breeds in temporary pools.

It is a small ground-dwelling frog found throughout New Guinea.

Most are ground-dwelling and all are believed to be moss associates.

Patas monkeys are ground-dwelling animals from the plains of Africa.

It follows, he says, that birds got their start in trees rather than as the ground-dwelling kin of dinosaurs.

This species should, however, be the only ground-dwelling species in the aviary.

It is a slender ground-dwelling passerine of open country.

On Tonga, it was the largest ground-dwelling bird species.

He thought that an increase in tree height was in response to feeding by ground-dwelling animals.

The brown quail is a ground-dwelling bird that prefers to hide or run rather than fly.