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Semi-Desert Shrublands

Links to Information on Animal Species

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

- Representative Plant Species -

Big game

pronghorn antelope
mule deer
white-tailed deer
javelina
mountain lion		 Antilocapra americana Ord.
Odocoileus hemionus Raf
Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.
Tayassu tajacu L.
Felis concolor L.

Smaller carnivores

badger
bobcat
coyote
grey fox
hooded skunk
striped skunk
spotted skunk		 Taxidea taxus Schreber
Lynx rufus Schr.
Canis latrans Schr.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schr.
Mephitis macroura Lich.
Mephitis mephitis Schr.
Spilogale putorius L.

Small game and rodents

desert cottontail
valley pocket gopher
black-tailed jackrabbit
Arizona pocket mouse
cactus mouse
rock pocket mouse
southern grasshopper mouse
western harvest mouse
white-footed mouse
raccoon
white-throated wood rat
ringtail
Harris' antelope squirrel
porcupine		 Sylvilagus audobonii Baird
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais
Lepus californicus Gray
Perognathus amplus Osgood
Peromyscus eremicus Baird
Perognathus intermedius Merriam
Onychomys torridus Coves
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird
Peromyscus leucopus Raf.
Procyon lotor L.
Neotoma albigula Hartl.
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein
Ammospermophilus harrisii Aud. & Bach.
Erethizon dorsatum Mearns

Bats and shrews

big brown bat
Mexican free-tailed bat
California myotis
western pipistrelle
desert shrew		 Eptesicus fuscus Beauv.
Tadarida brasiliensis St-Hil.
Myotis californicus Audobon and Bachman
Pipistrellus hesperus H. Allen
Notiosorex crawfordi Coves

Gallinaceous birds, pigeons, doves and quail

mourning dove
white-winged dove
Gambel's quail		 Zenaida macroura L.
Zenaida asiatica L.
Lophortyx gambelii Gambel

Hawks, vultures, and owls

golden eagle
peregrine falcon
prairie falcon
red-tailed hawk
sparrow hawk
great horned owl
western screech-owl
turkey vulture		 Aquila chrysaetos L.
Falco peregrinus Tuns.
Falco mexicanus Schl.
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin
Falco sparverius L.
Bubo virginianus Gmelin
Otus kennicottii L.
Cathartes aura L.

Non-game birds

cardinal
house finch
gilded flicker
vermilion flycatcher
black-tailed gnatcatcher
mockingbird
lesser nighthawk
phainopepla
phoebe
common raven
road runner
loggerhead shrike
black-throated sparrow
house sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
crinssal thrasher
curve-billed thrasher
brown towhee
Gila woodpecker
ladder-backed woodpecker
cactus wren
canyon wren
rock wren		 Richmondena cardinalis L.
Carpodacus mexicanus Muller
Colaptes chrysoides Malh.
Pyrocephalus rubinus Bodd.
Polioptila melanura Swain.
Mimus polyglottos L.
Chardules acutipennis Herm.
Phainopepla nitens Swain.
Sayornis saya Bona.
Corvus corax L.
Geococcyx californianus Lesson
Lanius ludovicianus L.
Amphispiza bilineata Cass.
Passer domesticus L.
Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster
Toxostoma dorsale Henry
Toxostoma curvirostre Swain.
Pipilo fuscus Swain.
Melanerpes uropygialis Baird
Dendrocopos scalaris Wagler
Campylorphynchus brunneicapillus Lafr.
Catherpes mexicanus Swain.
Salpinctes obsoletus Say
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