Links to Information on Animal Species
Sections: - Big
game | Smaller carnivores | Small
game and rodents | Bats and shrews -
- Gallinaceous Birds, pigeons, doves, quail
| Hawks, vultures, and owls | Non-game
birds -
- Representative
Plant Species -
Wildlife populations in chaparral tend to be comparatively low, particularly
in dense continuous stands. However, both the desert mule deer (Odocoileus
hemionus Rafinesuque) and whitetail deer (O. virginianus Zimmermann)
are important species found in chaparral (Ffolliott
and Thorud 1975a). Species such as antelope (Antilocapra americana
Ord), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu Linneaus), and Gambel's quail
(Lophortyx gambelii Gambel) are found in fringe areas. According
to Rich
and Reynolds (1963), the latter two species are generally found at
the lower elevations. Badgers (Taxidea taxus Schreber), bobcats
(Lynx rufus Schreber), coyotes (Canis Latrans Say), gray
foxes (Urocyon cinereogrgenteus Schreber), and skunks (Mephitis
mephitis Schreber and Conepatus mesoleucus Lichtenstein) are
found in chaparral, depending partly on the availability of food supplies,
such as small rodents.
Wildlife species, exclusive of reptiles and amphibians, which inhabit
the chaparral vegetation zone in Arizona, include the following (Ffolliott
and Thorud 1975b):
Big game
Smaller carnivores
Samll game and rodents
Bats and shews
Gallinaceous birds, pigeons, doves, and quail
Hawks, vultures, and owls
Non-game birds
Ordinarily, the chaparral type does not support fisheries resources.
Streamflow for untreated areas is often limited in amount, and is intermittent.
Even where water supplies may be more adequate, access difficulties for
fishermen could limit utilization of a fisheries resource.
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