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Pages in category "Fauna of the Southwestern United States" The following 180 pages are in this category, out of 180 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Endemic fauna of the Southwestern United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Fauna of the Southwestern United States (10 C, 181 P) Pages in category "Fauna of the Western United States" The following 160 pages are in this category, out of 160 total.
The Mount Graham red squirrel (T. f. grahamensis) is a notable, endangered subspecies of the southwestern red squirrel. In addition, genetic sampling indicates that squirrels from the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico form a highly divergent clade that dates back to the Last Glacial Maximum , about 130,000 years ago.
The southwestern fence lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi), also known as Cowles' prairie lizard, the White Sands prairie lizard or the White Sands swift, is species of spiny lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the south-western United States and north-central Mexico.
The southwestern United States features a semi-arid to arid climate, depending on the location. [157] Much of the Southwest is an arid desert climate, but higher elevations in the mountains in each state, with the exception of West Texas, feature alpine climates with very large amounts of snow.
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