What makes the Tumacacori Highlands so diverse and biologically special?
The Tumacacori Highlands are located in middle of one of the most biologically special places of southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Animal and plant species are diverse here due to the meeting of four different ecosystems: the Sonoran Desert, the Chiricahua Desert, the temperate and alpine Rocky Mountains and the subtropical Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range. This means that in this place, species found as far north as Canada, like the black bear, can be found in the same habitat as species found in the southern subtropical ranges of Mexico, such as the elegant trogon and jaguar. > Read more about the Biodiversity of the Tumacacori Highlands.
