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The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals. The land varies from swamps, Piney Woods in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the central Hill Country of the Edwards Plateau, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west (the Trans-Pecos), and grassland prairie in ...
Crest of the Texas National Guard: February 18, 1924 Flower: Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] March 1901 [3] Tree: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) 1919 Soil: Houston Black: Bird: Northern mockingbird: 1927 [1] [4] Song "Texas, Our Texas" [1] 1929 Mammal (small)
List of U.S. state mammals and related mammalian designations State Mammal Marine mammal Other mammal 1 Other mammal 2 Other mammal 3 Alabama: American black bear (2006) [1] West Indian manatee (2009) [2] Alaska: Bowhead whale (1983) [3] Moose (land mammal) (1998) [3] Arizona: Ringtail (1986) [4] Arkansas: White-tailed deer (1993) [5] California
Oct. 4 is World Animal Day, so we want to introduce you to the official animals of Texas. Do you think you could guess them all? ... Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games. Health ...
What is another name for a gnu? Answer: Wildebeest. When traveling in groups, this animal is referred to as a “mob.” Answer: Kangaroo. Among all the venomous snakes, this reptile is the longest.
[58] [59] These vultures are known to kill baby herons and seabirds on nesting colonies, and feed on domestic ducks, small birds, skunks, opossums, other small mammals, lizards, small snakes, young turtles and insects. [60] [32] Like other birds with scavenging habits, the black vulture presents resistance to pathogenic microorganisms and their ...
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The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. Though it has been called the American sparrowhawk, this common name is a misnomer; the American kestrel is a true falcon, while the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, is not in the Falco genus and is thus genetically unrelated to the American ...