It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats.

Ribbed bog moss is a habitat generalist.

Nilgai are habitat generalists, living in grasslands and woodlands where they eat grasses, leaves, buds, and fruit.

The spotted sunfish is a habitat generalist, but prefers complex habitats.

A habitat generalist, the Siberian tree frog favors open ground, but is also found in both deciduous and coniferous forests.

This suggests that red wolves are habitat generalists and can thrive in most settings where prey populations are adequate and persecution by humans is slight.

Cuban Todies, like many resident Cuban bird species, are habitat generalists.

Indian foxes were considered to be habitat generalists, but recent studies have shown a strong preference for semi-arid short grassland habitats at multiple scales.

Red shiner are habitat generalists in that they are adapted to favor a wide range of environmental conditions that most other fish species cannot tolerate.

However, species of lichens that are habitat generalists, rather than specialists, do not.