DESERT ANIMALS

Animal List

Find information about the Desert's Wildlife

Animal Portraits

List of Animal Portraits

Antelopes to Zebras

Animals of the Washington Park Zoo

Banded Gila Monster

One of two known venomous lizards in the world (the other lives in western Mexico), the Gila Monster is the subject of more inaccurate information than probably any other North American reptile.

Bat-eared Fox

A curious dog with large ears

Camels

Caracal

Chuckwalla

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Coyote

To most Native American cultures, the clever, crafty and mischievous Coyote was known as the "Little Wolf." He played a primary role in their myths, legends and cosmologies, especially among those cultures of the Desert Southwest.

DESERT ANIMALS

Gila Monster, Bobcat, Kangaroo, Roadrunner, Cactus Wren, Scorpion, Tarantula, Rattlesnake

Desert Animals

Desert Animals. Mrs. Borchard's Class Pictures. Vultures, Coyotes, The Komodo Dragon, Greater Roadrunner, Diamondback Rattlesnake, The Scorpion...

Desert Animals Cards

Field guide, Ants, Arid Land Honey Ants, Bees, Beetle, Cactus Wren, Centipede, Coyote, Creosotebush, Cricket, Curved-billed Thrasher, Elf Owl, Gambel's...

Desert Night.

Winds die as darkness falls on the Namib, and the animals of the day -- among them the cold-blooded, sun-dependent reptiles -- enter into slumber. But as the moon rises, it illuminates an unearthly world, a realm of strange creatures specially adapted to the chill desert night.

DESERT TORTOISE

Commonly asked questions about the Desert Tortoise and answers by Kristin H. Berry

Dorcas Gazelle

Gila Monster,The

The Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum occurs from extreme southwest Utah to southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa; extreme southwest New Mexico to southern Nevada and just into California.

How Do Animals Survive in the Extreme Conditions of the Desert?

Fortunately, most desert animals have evolved both behavioral and physiological mechanisms to solve the heat and water problems the desert environment creates. Among the thousands of desert animal species, there are almost as many remarkable behavioral and structural adaptations developed for avoiding excess heat.

Kangaroo Rat

Kangaroo Rats are unique in the animal world because nature has provided

LIFE CYCLE

Life cycle of the Desert Tortoise

Mojave Desert Region,The

The transition from the hot Sonoran Desert to the cooler and higher Great Basin is called the Mojave Desert.

Porcas Gazelle

Saguaro Cactus

SCORPIONS

Scorpions are venomous arthropods of the class Arachnida and are considered relatives of the spiders,mites and ticks, and harvestmen.