Colorado Plateau shrublands

[2] Large mammals include mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), cougar (Puma concolor), coyote (Canis latrans), bobcat (Lynx rufus), and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus).

Smaller mammals include the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii), Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus), cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis), rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus), Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus).

[3] The most common resident birds are the American bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii), juniper titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi), western red-shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer), rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus), black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), and golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).

Summer-resident birds include the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), black-throated gray warbler (Setophaga nigrescens), American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), and mourning dove (Zenaida macroura).

[3] Reptiles include the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) and western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis).