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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2003
Digital photos © 2003 Nita Leland

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute


Please enjoy my digital-photo tour of the Desert Museum. Eventually I'll try to identify the species, but many are new to me. If you can help with identification of a particular plant, please email me. Thanks.

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Page 3--work in progress

Cat Canyon is approached from above, allowing you to look down at the animals' habitat. The better view is along the underground path, where they can be seen and photographed through nearly invisible mesh screening or glass.
bobcat
Bobcat
grey fox
Grey Fox

Grey Fox
margay
The margay never left this perch high in the habitat.
ocelot
Ocelot
ocelot
Ocelot through the window

After leaving the Desert Loop trail the surroundings change from a desert garden to the moist Riparian Corridor, followed by the rocky bighorn sheep habitat.
agave

prickly pear cactus

prickly pear fruit

cholla

creeping cholla

barrel cactus

otter

otter

coati

coati

mountain sheep

young mountain sheep

monkey flower

yellow trumpet

fairy duster

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