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Bandelier National Monument
Animal Fact Sheets
Black Bear

Photo by Sally King

Bandelier National Monument is home to a great diversity of wildlife.

Bandelier has a wide range of ecosystems allowing a broad diversity of wildlife. Below find one-page fact sheets on a variety of Bandelier animals. All are in PDF format.  Check back, we plan to add more sheets on a regular basis.

 

MAMMALS
Abert's Squirrel
American Badger
American Pika
Black Bear
Coyote
Elk

BIRDS
Hummingbirds
Turkey Vulture
Western Tanager

REPTILES
Short-horned Lizard
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

INSECTS/SPIDERS/CREEPY CRAWLERS
Tarantula

Pinon cone with nuts  

Did You Know?
Pinon nuts are rich in vitamins, flavor, and calories (3,000 per pound). Although produced in abundance only every 7 to 10 years, these nuts were a valuable native food source for the Ancestral Pueblo people.
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Last Updated: August 29, 2009 at 12:40 EST