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The Grand Canyon pink rattlesnake, aka Grand Canyon rattlesnake or canyon bleached rattlesnake, hails only from the Grand Canyon region of Arizona and Utah in the United States. These snakes face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, and agriculture; hunting; and […]

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Thought of as the handsomest of the hare species, it’s the antelope jackrabbit, aka Allen’s hare, from Mexico and Arizona. These lagomorphs are among the last mammals discovered in North America. They face the threats of habitat loss at the hands of residential and commercial developments, agriculture, fires, and fire […]

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The Arizona blonde tarantula, aka blond tarantula, western desert tarantula, or Mexican blonde tarantula, is a large bodied species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae. They can be found in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. These tarantulas prefer the drier climates found in the southwestern deserts. Arizona blondes are […]

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The Arizona black rattlesnake, aka brown rattlesnake, black rattlesnake, black diamond rattlesnake, mountain diamond-back, Cerberus rattlesnake, and falsely coined as a timber rattlesnake (which is a totally different species), can be found in Cottonwood Cliffs in the northwest in the state of Arizona, Hualapai Mountains, southeast to Santa Catalina region, […]

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The western fence lizard, aka blue belly, is a commonly found lizard species that can be found throughout the western portion of the United States and into Baja California. They prefer grasslands, broken chaparrals, sagebrush habitats, woodlands, coniferous forests, farmland, and even desert regions. Due to their stable population and […]

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This article is devoted to one of the world’s smallest known snake species, the southwestern threadsnake. This fossorial (burrowing) snake has many alternate names as well, names like Leptotyphlopidae, leptotyphlopid, wormsnakes, blind snake, brown blind snake, California blind snake, California rena, California worm snake, Cedros island worm snake, sheep-nosed snake, […]

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The desert tortoise is adapted to live in extremely hot desert environments. They are found in the Mojave Desert of California, Utah, Nevada, and the Sonoran deserts of Arizona and Mexico. Desert tortoises live in areas that are surrounded by rocky canyons, creosote bushes, semi-arid grasslands, and dry hillsides. These […]

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Once found throughout the Great Plains in North America, the black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the U.S. They depend upon prairie dogs for food, almost exclusively, and use their burrows for homes and raising young. Consequently, their fate is coupled to that of prairie dogs. […]

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Bighorn sheep derive their name from the impressive, curved horns on males, aka rams. Females have shorter, less curved horns. These sheep have an amazing ability to climb high, steep, rocky mountain areas that would make even an experienced mountaineer tremble! Unfortunately, competition with livestock for food, overhunting, the loss […]

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The Mexican grey wolf is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Only 115 Mexican gray wolves live in the wild and about 300 exist in captivity. Campaigns of poisoning and trapping in the early to mid 1900s nearly caused them to go extinct. Even though their numbers have been slowly […]

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