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Links to Information on Animal Species

Sections: - Big game | Smaller carnivores | Small game and rodents -
- Gallinaceous birds, pigeons, doves, quail | Hawks, vultures, and owls | Non-game birds -

- Representative Plant Species -

Big game

black bear
mule deer
white-tailed deer
elk
javelina
mountain lion
wild turkey		 Ursus americanus Pall.
Odocoileus hemionus Raf.
Odocoileus virginianus couesi Coues & Kell.
Cervus canadensis (Erxl.) Reyn
Tayassu tajacu L.
Felis concolor L.
Meleagris gallopavo Linn.

Smaller carnivores

bobcat
coyote
grey fox
striped skunk		 Lynx rufus Schr.
Canis latrans Say.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schr.
Mephitis mephitis Schr.

Small game and rodents

least chipmunk
desert cottontail
northern pocket gopher
black-tailed jackrabbit
deer mouse
western harvest mouse
porcupine
raccoon
desert wood rat
Abert's squirrel
golden-mantled ground squirrel
red squirrel
rock squirrel
long-tailed weasel		 Eutamias minimus arizonensis How.
Sylvilagus audobonii Baird
Thomomys talpoides kaibabensis Gold.
Lepus californicus Gray
Peromyscus maniculatus Wag.
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird
Erethizon dorsatum Mearns
Procyon lotor L.
Neotoma lepida Thm.
Sciurus aberti Wood.
Spermophilus lateralis Say.
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Mearns
Spermophilus variegatus Erxl.
Mustela frenata Mearns

Gallinaceous birds, pigeons, doves, quail

band-tailed pigeon
mourning dove		 Columba fasciata Say.
Zenaida macroura Linn.

Hawks, vultures, and owls

bald eagle
golden eagle
goshawk
red-tailed hawk
American kestrel
great-horned owl
turkey vulture		 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linn.
Aquila chrysaetos Linn.
Accipiter gentilis Linn.
Buteo jamaicensis Grm.
Falco sparverius Linn.
Bubo virginianus Thm.
Cathartes aura Linn.

Non-game birds

northern flicker
hairy woodpecker
Say's phoebe
white-breasted nuthatch
robin
western bluebird
violet-green swallow
Steller's Jay
common raven
mountain chickadee
brown creeper
mountain bluebird
dark-eyed junco
gray-headed junco
yellow-bellied sapsucker
house wren
solitary vireo
yellow-rumped warbler
Grace's warbler
red-faced warbler
western tanager
rock wren
hermit thrush
rufous-sided towhee
chipping sparrow
black-headed grosbeak
broad-tailed hummingbird
western flycatcher
western wood pewee
hepatic tanager
common nighthawk
acorn woodpecker		 Colaptes auratus
Picoides villosus
Sayornis saya
Sitta pygmaea
Turdus migratorius
Sialia mexicana
Tachycineta thalassina
Cyanocitta stelleri
Corvus corax L.
Parus gambeli
Certhia familiaris
Sialia currucoides
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Junco caniceps
Sphyrapicus varius
Troglodytes aedon
Vireo solitarius
Dendroica coronata auduboni
Dendroica graciae
Cardellina rubrifrons
Piranga ludoviciana
Salpinctes obsoletus
Catharus guttatus
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Spizella passerina
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Selasphorus platycercus
Empidonax difficilis
Contopus sordidulus
Piranga flava
Chordeiles minor
Melanerpes formicivorus
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