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  2. White Desert National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is the site of large white chalk rock formations, created through erosion by wind and sand. It is also the site of cliffs (at the northern end of the Farafra Depression), sand dunes (part of the Great Sand Sea), as well as Wadi Hennis and oases at Ain El Maqfi and Ain El Wadi. White Desert National Park covers an area of 300 km 2 (120 ...

  3. White-rumped vulture - Wikipedia

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    White-rumped vulture in Desert National Park Underwing pattern of an adult. The white-rumped vulture is a typical, medium-sized vulture, with an unfeathered head and neck, very broad wings, and short tail feathers. It is much smaller than the Eurasian Griffon. It has a white neck ruff.

  4. Rüppell's fox - Wikipedia

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    Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii), also called Rüppell's sand fox, is a fox species living in desert and semi-desert regions of North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. [2] It is named after the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. [3]

  5. White-throated woodrat - Wikipedia

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    In Guadalupe Mountains National Park, white-throated woodrat distribution may be limited more by the presence of Mexican woodrats (N. mexicana) and the southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) than by habitat limitations. In areas not inhabited by Mexican woodrats and southern plains woodrats, the white-throated woodrat constructed houses at bases ...

  6. Bighorn sheep - Wikipedia

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    Ovis canadensis is one of two species of mountain sheep in North America; the other species being O. dalli, the Dall sheep.Wild sheep crossed the Bering land bridge from Siberia into Alaska during the Pleistocene (about 750,000 years ago); subsequently, they spread through western North America as far south as Baja California and northwestern mainland Mexico. [11]

  7. White Sands National Park - Wikipedia

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    White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

  8. Why are there giant, mysterious X's in the Arizona desert? - AOL

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    Almost 12 years ago, a pilot flying a small plane over the desert in Arizona spotted something she would never forget. Pez Owen told NPR that when she noticed white crosses on the ground, she and ...

  9. Guanaco - Wikipedia

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    Guanacos in Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia Guanacos near the La Silla Observatory , 2400 meters above sea level [ 24 ] The remains of a guanaco scattered in the Atacama Desert, southwest of Cerro Paranal : The only intact section of skin is the thicker skin around the neck