Tucson - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

The very interesting Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has more than 200 species of animals and 300 species of plants.

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 1,300 species as well as gem, mineral, and fossil collection.