Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (32016613300)
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Description: Tortoise Enclosure at the Visitor Center- Mojave Max pictured here Welcome to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Red Rock Canyon was designated as Nevada's first National Conservation Area. Red Rock Canyon is located 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip on Charleston Boulevard/State Route 159. The area is visited by more than two million people each year. In marked contrast to a town geared to entertainment and gaming, Red Rock offers enticements of a different nature including a 13-mile scenic drive, miles of hiking trails, rock climbing, horseback riding, mountain biking, road biking, picnic areas, nature observing and visitor center with indoor and outdoor exhibits as well as a book store. Date: 2 October 2016, 09:03. Source: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Author: BLM Nevada.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Testudines (turtle)
- Cryptodira
- Testudinidae (tortoises)
- Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
- Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise)
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