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Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)

The least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus, is a wide-ranging rodent that occurs throughout much of the western United States and Canada. In Utah, the species occurs...


Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)

The yellow-pine chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus, occurs in much of the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. In Utah, the species occurs only in the n...


Cliff Chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Cliff Chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)

The cliff chipmunk, Neotamias dorsalis, is common in many types of habitat, ranging from saltbrush to pine forests, in western, central, and northeastern Utah. ...


Uinta Chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Uinta Chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)

The Uinta chipmunk, Neotamias umbrinus, is a common species in the mountainous areas of Utah and surrounding states. Within its range, the species is most often...


Hopi Chipmunk (Neotamias rufus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Hopi Chipmunk (Neotamias rufus)

The Hopi chipmunk, Neotamias rufus, is a common rodent in southeastern Utah. The species also occurs in parts of the other four corners states. Within its range...


Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

The yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris, is a large (five to ten pound) rodent that occurs throughout much of the western United States and in parts of ...


White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

The white-tailed antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus, occurs in much of the western United States, as well as in Mexico. The species is common in Utah,...


Uinta Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Uinta Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)

The Uinta ground squirrel, Spermophilus armatus, is native to northern and central Utah, as well as to parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Within its Utah ran...


Belding's Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Belding's Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi)

Belding's ground squirrel, Spermophilus beldingi, is native to parts of Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and California. In Utah, however, the species only occurs i...


Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, is native to the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah, as well as to much of the central United S...


Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma)

The spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma, is native to San Juan County of southeastern Utah, as well as to parts of several central and southwestern ...


Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)

The rock squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, is a large ground squirrel native to much of Utah, other parts of the southwestern United States, and Mexico. The ro...


Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

The golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis, is native to much of the western United States and parts of southwestern Canada. The species is quit...


Wyoming Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus elegans)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Wyoming Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus elegans)

The Wyoming ground squirrel, Spermophilus elegans, is native to extreme northeastern Utah, as well as to parts of several other western states. The Wyoming grou...


Piute Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus mollis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Piute Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus mollis)

The Piute ground squirrel, Spermophilus mollis, is commonly found in the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau of Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washin...


White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus)

The white-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys leucurus, is one of three prairie dog species found in Utah, occurring in the northeastern part of the state. The species ...


Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens)

The Utah prairie dog, Cynomys parvidens, is one of three prairie dog species found in Utah, occurring in the southwestern part of the state. Interestingly, the ...


Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)

Gunnison's prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni, is one of three prairie-dog species found in Utah, occurring in the southeastern part of the state. The species is al...


Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti)

Often called the tassel-eared squirrel, Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti, occurs in ponderosa pine forest habitat in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Col...


Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

The red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, is a small tree squirrel common to the forests of Utah. The overall range of the red squirrel includes much of Canada...


Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Mammals (Mammalia) › Rodents (Rodentia) › Squirrels (Sciuridae) › Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

The northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus, occurs in part of Alaska, across most of Canada, in parts of the eastern and western United States, and in the...


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Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Have feathers and lay eggs

Use gills to breathe

Have hair, feed young milk, warm blooded.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Long cylindrical body. Have a fluid-filled cavity (coelom) between the outer body wall and the gut that is typically segmented into a series of compartments.

Hard exoskeleton, two compound eyes, two paris of antennae, three paris of mouth parts. Aquatic, gill breathing.

Identified by mandible mouth parts and 3 distinct body parts (head, thorax, abdomen).

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa gibsoni)

Beach-dune Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis corpuscula)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela limbata)

Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle (Cicindela albissima)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica tubensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nigrocoerulea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela obsoleta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica kirbyi)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica moapana)

Little White Tiger Beetle (Cicindela lepida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea audubonii)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela longilabris)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nebraskana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona)

Maricopa Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona maricopa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona navajoensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela decemnotata)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela fulgida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela parowana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tenuicincta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni echo)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata)

Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)

Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)

Canyon Treefrog (Dryophytes arenicolor)

Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Pacific Treefrog (Hyliola sierrae)

Baja California Treefrog (Hyliola hypochondriaca)

Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana)

Mexican Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata)

Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Yavapai Leopard Frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis)

Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

(Cicindela limbalis)

(Cicindela tranquebarica parallelonota)

(Cicindela repanda repanda)

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)

(Cicindela tranquebarica lassenica)

American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

(Cicindela longilabris perviridis)

Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)

(Cicindela purpurea cimarrona)

(Cicindela fulgida fulgida)

(Cicindela parowana remittens)

Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)

(Cicindela tranquebarica tranquebarica)

(Cicindela longilabris laurentii)

Relict Leopard Frog (Lithobates onca)

(Cicindela oregona guttifera)

(Cicindela oregona oregona)

(Cicindela nigrocoerulea nigrocoerulea)

(Cicindela parowana parowana)

(Cicindela repanda tanneri)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

American Golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)

Mew Gull (Larus canus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

California Gull (Larus californicus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Thayer's Gull (Larus glaucoides thayeri)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

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