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This is a list of mammals of Arizona. It includes species native to the U.S. state of Arizona and mammals accidentally introduced into the state. However, it does not include domesticated animals that become feral and cause major disruptions to various ecosystems .
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 ]
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 ...
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is located in Arizona in the southwestern United States, northeast of Yuma and southeast of Quartzsite. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep, encompasses over 665,400 acres (2,693 km 2) of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert.
Pages in category "Lists of fauna of Arizona" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... List of birds of the Sonoran Desert;
Agave deserti, a plant native to the Yuma Desert. Vegetation is dominated by the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), which is widespread.The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) and the ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) are common on the bajadas, while many of the desert trees found are restricted to dry watercourses; these include paloverde (Parkinsonia), the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis ...
Arizona bark scorpion; Striped bark scorpion; Serradigitus miscionei; Silky pocket mouse; Sinea; Sistrurus tergeminus edwardsii; Slevin's bunchgrass lizard; Glossy snake; Sonora mud turtle; Sonora palarostris; Southern pocket gopher; Southwestern myotis; Spea multiplicata; Speyeria mormonia; Stagmomantis gracilipes; Switak's banded gecko