The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park is a small zoo of native Chihuahuan Desert animals and birds in the Octillo Hills overlooking Carlsbad.
Birds:
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Snakes:
Tiger Rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris)
Banded Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus klauberi)
Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum
Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).
Mammals:
mule deer buck (Odocoileus hemionus)
pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Mexican grey wolk (lobo) (Canis lupus baileyi)
Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
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