The Chihuahuan Desert is home to a wide variety of animals across many groups.
Mammals: Kit fox, coyote, black-tailed jackrabbit, Mexican ground squirrel, rock squirrel, kangaroo rats, grasshopper mice, harvest mice, deer mice, woodrats, cottontails, and more.
Birds: Greater roadrunner, scaled quail, Gambel's quail, doves, owls, hummingbirds, jays, chickadees, wrens, thrashers, towhees, sparrows, grosbeaks, buntings, and finches.
Reptiles: Various rattlesnakes, sidewinder, whiptail lizards, skinks, Gila monster, beaded lizard, chuckwalla, leopard lizard, desert iguana, horned lizard, and others.
Amphibians: Canyon tree frog, green tree frog, bullfrog, leopard frog, Woodhouse's toad, Great Plains toad, green toad, red-spotted toad, and spadefoot toads.
Fish: Rio Grande cutthroat trout, Gila trout, Apache trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, suckers, shiners, chubs, minnows, and pupfish.