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SPECIES LIST FOR BIO 109
COMMON PERENNIAL PLANTS AND ANIMALS NEAR TUCSON
[Please note that students in BIO 109 need to know just the common name,
not the scientific name that is given in parentheses on the Identification Tests.]
PLANTS: Thumbnails and Quiz

Trees

Catclaw Acacia more images
Whitethorn Acacia more images
Desert Ironwood
Velvet Mesquite more images
Foothills Palo Verde more images
Blue Palo Verde more images

Shrubs

Fairy Duster more images
Desert Mistletoe more images
Jojoba
Brittlebush more images
Limberbush
Ocotillo more images
Triangle-leaf Bursage more images
Ratany more images
Creosote Bush more images
Desert Broom more images
Burroweed more images
Canyon Ragweed
Sotol [Desert Spoon]

Cacti

Saguaro more images
Southwest (or Fishhook) Barrel Cactus more images
Hedgehog Cacti more images
Prickly Pear Cacti more images
Fishhook Pincushion Cactus
Jumping (or Chain-fruit) Cholla more images
Teddybear Cholla
Staghorn Cholla more images
Christmas Cholla more images

BIRDS: Thumbnails and Quiz and Aerial Map

Species
Songs Online
Turkey Vulture  
Harris' Hawk  
Red-tailed Hawk  
American Kestrel  
Gambel's Quail | call | whatbird | nsongs
White-winged Dove | song | whatbird | nsongs
Mourning Dove | song | whatbird | nsongsm-p
Inca Dove | whatbird | nsongs
Roadrunner  
Black-chinned Hummingbird  
Costa's Hummingbird  
Gila Woodpecker | song | whatbird | nsongs
Gilded Flicker | whatbird |
Verdin | whatbird | nsongs | m-p
Cactus Wren | whatbird | nsongs
Northern Mockingbird | whatbird | nsongs
Curve-billed Thrasher | call | whatbird | nsongsm-p
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | whatbird | nsongs
Phainopepla  
Northern Cardinal | whatbird | nsongs
Pyrrhuloxia  
Canyon Towhee  
Black-throated Sparrow | whatbird | nsongsm-p
White-crowned Sparrow  
House Finch | whatbird | nsongs
House Sparrow | whatbird | nsongs
European Starling  
Great-tailed Grackle  
Killdeer  
ARTHROPODS: Thumbnails and Quiz (including fish/amphibians)

Bark Scorpion
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
Tarantulas
"Black Widow" Spider
Brown (or Brown Recluse) Spider
Desert Millipede
Giant Desert Centipede
Desert Stink Beetle
White-lined Sphinx Moth
Tarantula Hawk
Red Velvet Ant
Carpenter Bees
Leaf-Cutting Ants
Pallid-winged Grasshopper
Creosote Bush Grasshopper
Termites
Cochineal Bug
Convergent Ladybird Beetle

FISH and AMPHIBIANS: Thumbnails and Quiz (including arthropods)

Desert Pupfish
Gila Topminnow

Tiger Salamander
Sonoran Desert Toad
Red-spotted Toad
Canyon Treefrog
Desert (or Couch's) Spadefoot
Southern Spadefoot

REPTILES: Thumbnails and Quiz

Desert Tortoise
Western Banded Gecko
Zebratail Lizard
Collared Lizard
Short-horned Lizard
Regal Horned Lizard
Side-blotched Lizard
Tree Lizard
Spiny Lizards
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Western Whiptail
Gila Monster
Gopher Snake
Common King Snake
Blackneck Garter Snake
Arizona Coral Snake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Sidewinder

MAMMALS: Thumbnails and Quiz

Sanborn's (or Lesser) Long-nosed Bat
Western Pipistrelle
Desert Cottontail
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Harris' Antelope Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kangaroo Rats
Grasshopper Mice
White-throated Woodrat (or Packrat)
Coyote
Kit Fox
Gray Fox
Ringtail
Raccoon
Coati
Striped Skunk
Bobcat
Mountain Lion
Javelina (or Collared Peccary)
Mule Deer
White-tailed Deer
Pronghorn
Bighorn Sheep