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| Barn Owl |
| 15 to 20 inches tall |
| Eats small animals |
| Hunts at night |
| Desert Animals for First Grade |
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| Barn Owl |
| 15 to 20 inches tall |
| Eats small animals |
| Hunts at night |
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| Sidewinder Rattlesnake |
| 18 to 22 inches long |
| Eats small animals |
| It moves fast. |
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| Scorpion |
| 5 inches long |
| Eat inscects, spiders and other scorpions |
| Scorpion stings really hurt, but usually don't kill people. |
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| Iguana |
| 10 - 16 inches long |
| Eat leaves, flowers and fruit. |
| They have powerful legs. |
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| Desert Tortoise |
| 9 - 15 inches long |
| Eats grasses and plants |
| Can live 50 to 80 years. |
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| Jack Rabbit |
| 2 feet long |
| Eat grasses, leaves and twigs. |
| Their ears are about 5 inches long. |
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| Roadrunner |
| 23 inches long |
| Eats fruit and small animals. |
| Can run 15 miles per hour. |
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| Kangaroo Rat |
| 9 to 16 inches long |
| Eat mostly seeds. |
| Have very big hind feet. |
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| Porcupine |
| 25 to 40 inches long |
| Eat leaves, twigs and plants. |
| Quills are about 3 inches long, and can stick in other animals' skin. |
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| Coyote |
| 40 to 60 inches long |
| Eats small animals, insects, and fruit. |
| A coyote can run almost 40 miles per hour. |
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| Desert Tarantula |
| 2 to 3 inches long |
| Eats small insects, other spiders, and small lizards. |
| Are harmless to humans and be trained as pets |
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| Gila Monster |
| 18 to 24 inches long |
| Eats small animals, birds, and eggs. |
| Has teeth and has venom |
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| Gray Fox |
| 32 to 45 inches long |
| Eats small animals, insects, birds, and fruit. |
| Is a member of the dog family and can climb trees |
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| Javelina |
| 40 to 60 inches long |
| Eats plants and prickly pears |
| You can smell a javelina before you see it |
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| Gecko |
| 4 to 6 inches long |
| Eats insects |
| Can grow a new tail |
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| Cougar |
| 7 to 8 feet long |
| Eat deer |
| Is also called a mountain lion, panther, and puma |
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| Ringtail |
| 24 to 32 inches long |
| Eats plants, insects, and small animals. |
| Is a very good climber, can even do cartwheels to turn around |
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| Bats of the Desert |
| 6 to 78 inch wingspan |
| Eats insects |
| Finds its way around with bat radar, or echolocation |
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| Mexican Gray Wolf |
| 4 feet long |
| Eats small and large animals, sometime plants or dead animals. |
| Travel in packs of around 7 wolves |
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| Turkey Vulture |
| 32 inches long, wingspan of 6 feet |
| Eats dead animals |
| Flies by rocking from sides to side, not flapping wings often |
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| Western Coral Snake |
| 13 to 22 inches long |
| Eats other snakes and lizards |
| Is a member of the cobra family of snakes |