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Nevada Bodies of Water

Kit Fox

The Kit Fox is the smallest species of fox in North America. Despite their slender size, they have large ears to help aid their hearing and dissipate heat. These nocturnal anima...
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Red Fox

The Red Fox is a highly adaptable mammal with many diverse habitats. They can hear low-frequency sounds and rodents digging underground, allowing them to easily find their next ...
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Pronghorn Antelope

Pronghorn Antelope are hoofed animals, otherwise known as ungulates. Both males and females have a pair of horns, with the females being only a few inches long. Males have 12 in...
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Pygmy Rabbit

The Pygmy Rabbit is the smallest species of rabbit in North America. They have short ears, small hind legs and dusky gray bodies. They depend on sagebrush not only for food, but...
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Coyote standing in grass

Coyote

Coyotes are about the size of a medium-sized dog but they often appear larger because of their long legs. They have long, coarse fur that is often buff in color and a bushy tail...
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Gray Wolf

Also known as the Timber Wolf, the Gray Wolf is the largest member of the dog family. Their fur color varies depending on the habitat they live in, allowing them to better blend...
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North American Beaver

The North American Beaver is North America's largest rodent. They are a keystone species responsible for creating wetlands by building dams from trees and flooding waterways. Th...
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Rocky Mountain Elk

This species of large deer is often recognized by the long branching antlers seen on males. Bulls (males) will form antlers which may reach 4 feet over their head. In the winter...
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Desert Kangaroo Rat

Desert Kangaroo Rats are rodents with pale brown to gray fur on their upper body with white fur covering their undersides. They have long tails that are almost as long as their ...
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Spotted Bat

Spotted Bats have black bodies with two white spots on their shoulders and one white spot on the rump. They also sport white fur on their stomach and very large, pink ears which...
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Allen’s Big-eared Bat

As their name suggests, Allen’s Big-eared Bat’s most notable physical characteristic is their big ears. Their ears can extend from 1 to 1.5 inches from their heads. These ba...
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

The Black-tailed Jackrabbit is not actually a rabbit, but a hare! They have big feet, long hind legs, and ears sometimes up to 8 inches long. They can be distinguished by the bl...
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