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The Great Plains extend from Mexico in the south through the central United States to central Canada. Many sub-regions exist within the area. The region is home to many animals, including American bison, pronghorn, mule, and white tailed deer, and birds such as ducks, hawks, and sparrows, along with many invertebrate species.
The Great Plains during World War II. (University of Nebraska Press. 2008). Pp. xiii, 507. online; Lavin, Stephen J., Fred M. Shelley, and J. Clark Archer. Atlas of the Great Plains (U of Nebraska Press, 2011) online. Luebke, Frederick C. "Regionalism and the Great Plains: Problems of concept and method." Western Historical Quarterly 15.1 (1984 ...
Fauna of the Great Plains ecoregion — located in the Central−Midwestern & inland−east Western United States, and in the Canadian Prairies sub-region of south−central Canada. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Though not particularly known as high-altitude animals, bison in the Yellowstone Park bison herd are frequently found at elevations above 2,400 m (8,000 ft), and the Henry Mountains bison herd is found on the plains around the Henry Mountains, Utah, as well as in mountain valleys of the Henry Mountains to an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 ft).
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States and appears on its Great Seal.The bald eagle's range includes all of the contiguous United States and Alaska.. The fauna of the United States of America is all the animals living in the Continental United States and its surrounding seas and islands, the Hawaiian Archipelago, Alaska in the Arctic, and several island-territories in the ...
Tallgrass prairie remnants can also be found among nature preserves in the Hobart Nature District, located in Hobart, Indiana, just outside of Chicago. The original extent of tallgrass prairie in Canada was the 2,300-square-mile (6,000 km 2) plain in the Red River Valley, southwest of Winnipeg in Manitoba (see map). [10]
According to Theodore Roosevelt:. We have taken into our language the word prairie, because when our backwoodsmen first reached the land [in the Midwest] and saw the great natural meadows of long grass—sights unknown to the gloomy forests wherein they had always dwelt—they knew not what to call them, and borrowed the term already in use among the French inhabitants.
The biodiversity of tundra is low: 1,700 species of vascular plants and only 48 species of land mammals can be found, although millions of birds migrate there each year for the marshes. [9] There are also a few fish species. There are few species with large populations.