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Flora and Fauna of the Huasteca

Animals

Ocelot A medium-sized wild cat that has a tawny yellow coat marked with black blotches and spots, and ranges from southern Texas through South America.	White-Tailed Dee The white-tailed deer, also known as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and BoliviaWhite-Tailed Deer: The white-tailed deer, also known as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia	American Black Bear The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets varying greatly depending on season and location.
Bobcat The bobcat is a North American mammal of the cat family Felidae, appearing during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago.	Boar The wild boar, also known as the wild swine or Eurasian wild pig is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa and the Greater Sunda Islands.	Jaguarundi The jaguarundi or eyra cat (Puma yagouaroundi), is a small, wild cat native to Central and South America.
Shrew A small mouselike insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.	Skunk Skunks are mammals known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong odor. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown or cream colored, but all have warning coloration.	Bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.
Cougar A large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia.	Weasel The least weasel, or simply weasel in the UK, is the smallest member of the genus Mustela and of the family Mustelidae, native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, though it has been introduced elsewhere.	Gray Fox The gray fox is a carnivoran mammal of the family Canidae ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to the northern part of South America.

Vegetation

Chaparro Prieto Known as Acacia rigidula, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its native range stretches from Texas in the United States south to central Mexico.	Scrub Submontane Este tipo de matorral se encuentra generalmente entre los límites de los matorrales áridos, bosques de encino y la selva baja caducifolia, principalmente en las partes bajas de ambas vertientes de la Sierra Madre Oriental, desde Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato y Querétaro.	Mesquite Mesquite is a common name for several species of leguminous plants of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States.
Parkinsonia Parkinsonia, also Cercidium, is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 12 species that are native to semi-desert regions of Africa and the Americas.	Cactus A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae within the order Caryophyllales. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought.	Huizache Árbol de ramas espinosas y corteza delgada, con vainas largas de color morado negruzco de las que se extrae una sustancia que se emplea para fabricar tinta negra.
Temperate Forest Temperate forests correspond to forest concentrations formed in the northern and southern hemisphere, or in temperate regions. Main characteristics include: wide leaves, large and tall trees and non seasonal vegetation.	Anacahuita Cordia boissieri is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Its native range extends from southern Texas in the United States south to central Mexico.	Pine Forest An evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for their soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

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