AVI KWA AME NATIONAL MONUMENT is home to a multitude of plants and animals (many more than we can show here!) that are specially adapted to this unique desert environment.
Beavertail cactus (photo by A. O'Neill)
Mojave yucca (photo by A. O'Neill)
Black-tailed jackrabbit (photo by X. Glaudas)
Yucca moth (photo by A. Cooper)
Phainopepla (photo by A. Ambos)
Coyote (photo by D. Hutcheson)
Desert Tortoise (photo by X. Glaudas)
Silver cholla
Kangaroo rat (photo by T. Jezkova)
Leopard lizard (photo by A. Ambos)
Burrowing owl (photo by A. Ambos)
Gambel's quail (photo by A. Ambos)
Globe mallow (photo by A. O'Neill)
Western desert tarantula (photo by B. Reynolds)
Mojave mound cactus (photo by A. O'Neill)
Peregrine falcon (photo by J. Barnes)
Bighorn sheep (photo by W. Prouty)
Coachwhip snake (photo by X. Glaudas)
Curve-billed thrasher (photo by A. Harper)