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**__Monera__** By: Nick G. and Mohammed G. __Monera__ is a single celled organism wth no nucleus,and produce food or hunts.

//Streptomyces rimosus// Bacilli shape It grows mostly as chains of cells and often branch to form a network of filaments in the soil.

// Deinococcus radiodurans // Cocci shaped It lives in the North Pole.

**__Protists__** I t is single-celled or multi-celled, it also has a nucleus __Algae__ Any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing mainly aquatic organisms ranging from single-celled to multi-celled organisms.

Eimeria falciformes The protist lives on mice.

Protozoa are tiny single-celled protists that mainly feed on bacteria = = = Entamoeba coli = It lives in the large intestine of humans, other primates, dogs, and possibly pigs.
 * __Protozoan__ **

__** Fungi **__ The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, mushrooms and toadstools Basidiomycota club-closely packed filaments. Common Name:Native Bread ** Found in the desert soil. Kingodm: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae Genus: //Laccocephalum// Species: //mylittae//
 * //Laccocephalum mylittae//

Ascomycota Cup-shaped It lives in the bulk of Austrailian //**Choiromyces aborignum**// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycotina Order: Pezizales Family: Tuberaceae Genus: //Choiromyces// Species: //aborignum// Common name: Native Truffle

= = = Podaxis pistillaris =

Basidiomycota: club-closely packed filaments. Common name is Stalked Puffball. It's found in deserts and semi-deserts of Australia and other countries. Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae Genus: Podaxis Species: pistillaris



Glomeromycota It grows on roots of plants //Glomus intraradices// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Glomeromycota Class: Glomeromycetes Order: Glomerales Family: Glomeraceae Genus: //Glomus// Species: //intraradices//



__Plantae__ __Multi-celled,cell walls, chlorophyl__ ** Magnoliopsida **:Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-vained leaves.
 * Liliopsida **:comprising seed plants that produce an embryo.
 * Gnetopsida **:gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms.
 * Cycadopsida **:It includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders.
 * Pinopsida **:in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision
 * Ginkgoopsida **:Decidious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds.
 * Polypodiopsida **: it is a class of plants that include all the leptosporangiate ferns.
 * Lycopsida **:club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales, Isoetales, and Selaginellales.

//Encelia farinosa// Brittlebush can be found growing in the coastal chaparral and interior valleys of southern California, east to the creosote bush scrub, Death Valley through the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert, and south to Baja California. Magnoliopsida: Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves Kingdom:Plantae Phylum:Tracheophyta Class:Magnoliopsida Order:Asterales Family:Asteraceae Genus://Encelia// species://farinosa//

//Nolina microcarpa// //Nolina mircrocarpa// lives in Arizona chaparral. Liliopsida: Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Liliopsida Order:Asparagales Family: Ruscaceae Genus: //Nolina// Species: //microcarpa// Common name: Beargrass

//Ephedra trifurca// //Ephedra trifurca// lives in the Namib desert and the Sonoran desert. Gnetopsida: Gynospermous flowering plants, supposed link between conifers and angiosperms. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Gnetopsida Order: Gnetales Family: Ephedraceae Genus: //Ephedra// Species: //trifurca// Common name: Longleafed jointfir

//Dioon edule Dioon E//dule grows in tropical deciduous oak forests, and in harsh, dry conditions in Mexico, Nicaragua and Honduras. Cycadopsida: It is a cycad native to Mexico Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family: Zamiaceae Genus: //Dioon// Species: //edule// Common name: Virgin palm



Echinocactus grusonii The Barrel cactus is found in the Mojave, Sonora, and the Chihuahua deserts.

Magnoliopsida: Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves Kingdom:Plantae Phylum:Tracheophyta Class:Magnoliopsida Order:Caryophyllales Family:cactaceae Genus:Echinocactus Species:grusonii Common Name:Golden Barrel



Ephedra funerea Lives California & Nevada; Funeral Mountains area at 500-1500 m on sandy, dry soil and rocky scrub areas. Gnetopsida: Gynospermous flowering plants, supposed link between conifers and angiosperms. Common Name:, Funera Mormon Tea Kingdom:Plantae Phylum:Tracheophyta Class:Gnetopsida Order:Gnetales Family:Ephedraceae Genus:Ephedra Species:funerea

//**Pinus cembroides** Pinus cembroides// grow in hot arid mountain above 2000 meters. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: //Pinus// Species: //cembroides// Common name: Stoneseed Pinyon
 * Pinopsida**: in some systems classified as a class and as others in a subdivision



//Ginkgo biloba// //Ginko biloba// is found in both, China and Japan. Ginkgoopsida: Decidious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Ginkgoopsida Order: Ginkgoales Family: Ginkgoaceae Genus: //Ginkgo// Species: //biloba// Common name: Maidenhair Tree



//Cyathea australis// //Cyathea australis// is often found growing in similar territory to Dicksonia antarctica but enjoys sunnier spots. Polypodiopsida: It is a class of plants that includes all leptosporangiate ferns Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Order: Cyatheaceae Genus: //Cyathea// Species: //australis// Common name: Rough Tree Fern

= Psilotum triquetrum =

= ** Located in Natal, where it occurs locally on the coast, in bush swamp and, rarely, on mud flats. ** Psilotopsida = = Psilotopsida:A division of the plant kingdom represented by three living species; the life cycle is typical of the vascular cryptogams. = = Common Name:whisk fern Kingdomm:plantae = = Phylum:Tracheophyta = = Class:Psilotopsida = = Order:Psilotales = = Family:Psilotacae = = Genus:Psilotum = Species:triquetrum = =

//Bouteloua hirsuta// Liliopsida ** Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids. Common Name: Hairy grama Kingdom:Plantae Phylum:Magnoliopsida Class:Lilliopsida Order:Cyperales Family:Poaceae Genus:Bouteloua species:hirsuta
 * This species is present in the Arizona-Sonora Desert.

Selaginella neomexicana Found in King Canyon, Pima County, AZ. Lycopsida Club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales. Kingdom:Plantae Phylum:Trachephyta Class:Lycopsdia Order:Selaginellales Family:Selaginellaceae Genus:Selaginella Species:neomexicana



Animal multi-celled, digest food inside body Puma concolor Found in nearly all habitats, except xeric regions of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. species:concolor Common Name:Mountain Lion
 * Mammalia:**warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:Chordata**
 * Class:Mammalia**
 * Order:Carnivor**
 * Family:Felidae**
 * Genus:Puma**

Lampropeltis pyromelana infralabialis Found Central and south Texas westward, across southern New Meico, to southeastern Arizona, southward to San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, Mexico. In Mexico it ranges as far west as Sonora. Repilia:**Reptiles**, or members of the class Reptilia, are air-breathing, generally "cold-blooded species:pyromelana infralabialis Common Name:Mountain Kingsnake
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:Chordata**
 * Class:Reptillia**
 * Order:Squamata**
 * Family:Colubridae**
 * Genus:Lampropeltis**



Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed hawk ranges throughout North America to central Alaska and northern Canada, and south as far as the mountains of Panama Aves:Birds, a class of bipedal warm-blooded vertebrates having the body clothed in feathers and front limbs modified as wings. They lay eggs, and most can fly speceis:jamaicensis Common Name:Red-Tailed Hawk Pepsis formosa Tarantula hawk wasps are distributed, right from rainforest regions to deserts. One can find them all the way from India to Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia and America species: formosa Common Name:Tarantula hawk wasp =Hadrurus arizonensis pallidus= The highest concentration of scorpions are found in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. Scorpionida:True scorpions species:arizonensis pallidus Common Name:Scorpion
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:Chordata**
 * Class:Aves**
 * Order:Ciconiiformes**
 * family:Accipitrinae**
 * Genus:Asturina**
 * Insects** ( **Insecta**) are arthropods, having a hard exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:**Arthropoda
 * Class:**Insecta
 * Order:**Hymenoptera
 * Family:po**//mpilidae//
 * Genus:**Pepsis
 * Kingdom:Animalia**
 * Phylum:Arthropoda**
 * Class:Scorpionida**
 * Order:Scorpiones**
 * Family:Iuridae**
 * Genus:Hadrurus**



// Latrodectus hesperus // On the underside of ledges, rocks, plants and debris, wherever a web can be strung. Cold weather and drought may drive these spiders into buildings. Arachnida:**Arachnids** are a class (**Arachnida**) of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:Arachnida Order:Araneae Family:Theridiidae Genus:Latrodectus species:hesperus Common Name:Black Widow Spider

//Papilio polyxenes// It lives around Austrailia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Genus: //Papilio// Species: //polyxenes// Common name: Desert Swallowtail



//Solenopsis waneni​// They live in Arizona and Texas Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Scolioidea Genus: //Soenopsis// Species: //wagneni//



//Tibicen pruinosa// They live near there own species Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadidae Genus: //Tibicen// Species: //pruinosa// Common name: Cicada



//Brachypelma smithi// They live down throughout South America Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnid Order: Araveae Family: Therophosidae Genus: //Brachypelma// Species: //smithi// Common name: Tarantula



//Melanerpes uropygialis// It lives in Tucsan, Arizona Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picinae Genus: //Melanerpes// Species: //uropygialis// Common name: Gila woodpecker //Aquila chrysaetos// They live in Oostvaardersplassen and the Netherlands Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Accipitrinae Genus: //Aquila// Species: //chrysaetos// Common name: White-tailed eagle

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