Tucson - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

The very interesting Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has more than 300 species of animals.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden - all in one! Displays of living animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert are featured including some endangered species such as the Mexican wolf, thick-billed parrot, ocelot, margay, jaguarundi, desert pupfish, Sonora chub, bonytail chub, razorback sucker, and Gila topminnow.

There are over 40,000 plants representing 1,200 species as well as a gem, mineral, and fossil collection.