What wildlife live in New Mexico?

Answer 1

There are many different species of wildlife in New Mexico. There is six different zones in New Mexico 1 - The Desert (Lower Sonoran Life Zone), 2 - The Grassland/Woodland (Upper Sonoran Life Zone), 3 - Mountain Zone (Transition Zone), 4 - Canadian Life Zone (Mixed Coniferous Zone), 5 - Hudsonian Zone (Subalphine Zone), 6 - Alpine Zone. The the wide diversity of New Mexico, many different species of animals and birds can be found in the different areas.

Animals (just some of them are listed below)

· Albert squirrels

· Beavers

· Big horn sheep

· Bison

· Black bears

· Blue grouse

· Bob cat

· Coyote

· Elk

· Fox

· Gray Foxes

· Green snakes

· Gunnison's Prairie dog

· Hybrid cutthroat-rainbow trout

· Many-lined shink

· Mountain lions

· Mule deer

· Muskrats

· Porcupines

· Prairie dog

· Pronghorn antelope

· Raccoon

· Rattle snakes

· Rock squirrel

· Rocky Mountain Elk

· Snowshoe hares

· Western painted turtles

· White-tailed rabbit

Birds - over 40 species

· Bald eagles

· Burrowing owl

· Canada geese

· Cinnamon teal

· Common yellowthroat

· Eared grebes

· Flycatcher

· Golden eagles

· Green blue heron

· Hermit thrushes

· Oriole

· Peregraine falcon

· Mallards

· Raptors

· Red-tailed hawk

· sandhill crane

· snow geese

· swallow

· vesper sparrow

· water fowl

· Wild turkeys