Introductory material

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ELEVATION PRECIPITATION

FEET DRY MOIST WET

14,000 ARCTIC-ALPINE ZONE^[1] above timber-line; small, mat-like plants.

13,000 pika

12,000 mountain sheep

11,000 HUDSONIAN ZONE spruce red squirrel

10,000 fir marten

9,000 CANADIAN ZONE quaking aspen beaver

Douglas fir, mule deer

8,000 TRANSITION ZONE tassel-eared squirrel

7,000 ponderosa pine, mountain lion

6,000 UPPER SONORAN ZONE^[2]

pinyon pine deer mouse

5,000 juniper bobcat

sagebrush pronghorn

4,000 LOWER SONORAN ZONE^[3]

3,000 mesquite, kangaroo rat

2,000 giant cactus

1,000 kit fox

HOT WARM COLD

TEMPERATURE

Notes

^[1]THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST WHICH LIVE IN THE LIFE ZONES ABOVE THE LOW DESERT.

SEE FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS FOR PLANTS OF THESE ZONES.

^[2]SEE FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESAS FOR PLANTS OF THIS ZONE.

^[3]SEE MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS FOR MAMMALS OF THESE ZONES.

SEE FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS FOR PLANTS OF THIS ZONE.

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