A desert dweller is someone who lives in a desert environment. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, and a SAHARAN is someone who lives there. Meerkats are small mammals that live in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, and a BEDOUIN is a nomadic ARAB of the desert. Camels are mammals that are well adapted to living in deserts, and Arabs are people from the Middle East and North Africa. Iguanas are reptiles that can be found in some desert regions, and date palms are trees that are common in arid climates.