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C. Cactus mouse; Cactus wren; California leaf-nosed bat; Canis latrans mearnsi; Canyon bat; Canyon wren; Cassin's vireo; Chihuahuan spotted whiptail; Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard
The southeast Arizona region is defined by: 1–the mountains of eastern Arizona, extending into western and southwestern New Mexico; 2–the sky islands defined by the NW–to–SE trending mountain ranges (formerly of the Basin and Range geology), also called regionally the Madrean sky islands; and 3–the northernmost extension of the western spine mountain range of Mexico, the Sierra Madre ...
There are 350 bird species, 20 amphibian species, over 100 reptile species, 30 native fish species, and over 1000 native bee species found in the Sonoran. [13] The Sonoran Desert area southeast of Tucson and near the Mexican border is vital habitat for the only population of jaguars living within the United States. [ 14 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (Rana luteiventris) - on the Utah Sensitive Species List as a "conservation agreement species" [68] ... Sonoran mountain ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Fauna of the Sonoran Desert (3 C, 137 P) Pages in category "North American desert fauna"
Sign along the El Camino Del Diablo at the eastern entrance to Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, providing information about the animal. The Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) is an endangered subspecies of pronghorn that is endemic to the Sonoran Desert. [2]
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
Located within the Yuma Desert, a lower-elevation section of the Sonoran Desert, the refuge was originally established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep. [2] It is home to more than 275 different species of animals and nearly 400 species of plants. [3] CPNWR is the third largest national wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states.