Sonoran Desert Animals

List of Different Types of Animals Found in the Sonoran Desert

Mammals

• Bobcat
• Coyote
• Gray Fox
• Kit Fox
• Harris Antelope Ground Squirrel
• Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
• Jackrabbit
• Javelina
• Kangaroo Rat
• Mule Deer
• Ringtail
• White-throated Woodrat
• Coati
• Collared Peccary
• Big Brown Bat
• California Leaf-nosed Bat
• Allen’s Big-eared Bat
• Greater Mastiff Bat
• Lesser Long-nosed Bat
• Mexican Long-tongued Bat
• Mexican Free-tailed Bat
• Spotted Bat
• Townsend’s Big-eared Bat
• Pallid Bat

Birds

• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Cactus Wren
• Elf Owl
• Gambel’s Quail
• Gila Woodpecker
• Great Horned Owl
• Harris Hawk
• Turkey Vulture
• Black Vulture
• White-Winged Dove
• Curve-billed Thrasher
• Greater Roadrunner
• Verdin
• Black-throated Sparrow
• Phainopepla

Reptiles

• Collared Lizard
• Sonoran Desert Tortoise
• Desert Box Turtle
• Diamondback Rattlesnake
• Gila Monster
• Desert Iguana
• Sidewinder
• Chuckwalla
• Sonoran Coral Snake
• Sonoran Whipsnake
• Zebra-tailed Lizard
• Desert Banded Gecko
• Mexican Black Kingsnake
• Tiger Rattlesnake
• Trans-pecos Striped Whiptail
• Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
• Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
• Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard

Amphibians

• Colorado River Toad
• Common Mexican Tree Frog

Insects

• Arizona Bark Scorpion
• Desert Centipede
• Pepsis Wasp
• Palo Verde Grub
• Arizona Blond Tarantula
• Convergent Ladybird
• Iron-cross Blister Beetle
• Flame Skimmer

Multiple wildlife reserves and national parks protect all flora and fauna of these deserts. The Saguaro National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are a few of the places ideal to see these animals in their natural habitat.