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Nevada has 48 species of fish living in its 600 rivers and more than 200 lakes. [13] Large lakes with several species of fish include for instance Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe, Lake Mead, Lake Mohave, Franklin Lake and Walker Lake. At least 12 of Nevada's fishes are endemic to Nevada waters – they occur here and exist nowhere else in the world.
This list of mammals of Nevada includes mammal species living in the U.S. state of Nevada. [1] It also includes species that are now extirpated from the state. [2] [3 ...
All three phases occur in the Oregon Cascade and Sonora Pass populations, but only red phase individuals have been found in the Lassen population. Their foot pads are fur-covered, a common adaptation to travel over snow. Sierra Nevada red foxes are relatively long-lived compared to other red foxes, typically living five to six years.
The bat-eared fox is a small, African fox known for its enormous ears, which can grow to over 5 inches tall! They can rotate their cup-shaped ears independently to pinpoint the exact location of prey.
The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Nevada. This list of birds of Nevada includes species documented in the U.S. state of Nevada and accepted by the Nevada Bird Records Committee (NBRC). As of March 2021, there are 491 species and two species pairs included in the official list. [ 1 ]
Fauna−animals which are endemic to Nevada. Pages in category "Endemic fauna of Nevada" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Regardless of the color on the rest of the body, however, the animal's underparts and feet are always white, while the otherwise pale fur on the throat region is gray at its base. The tail is distinctly bicolored, and has more hair, and fewer visible scales, than the tails of brown rats .
In 1931, the refuge was established under executive order to carry out three central goals: First, the refuge was to provide a habitat for the "antelope" (more properly called the pronghorn), an animal whose population was in decline during the early 1900s. Second, conservation efforts were put forth to protect native fish, wildlife, and plants.