Mostly because of all the plants and animals that call the desert home. Some animals that live in the hot desert are cold-blooded, like snakes, insects, and lizards. Mammals that live in the desert are usually small, such as the kangaroo rat and kit fox. Sometimes it's hard to survive in the desert.
Las Plumas (Spanish for The Feathers; Latin: plÅ«ma feather) is a former settlement in Butte County, California.
Parts of Plumas Countyâs territory were given to Lassen County in 1864. The population of Plumas County, as of the year 2000, was 20,824. The county seat is Quincy. The only incorporated city in the county is Portola. In the entire county, there are just three stoplights â two at Quincy intersections and one at a Portola intersection. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Plumas County has a total area of 2,613 square miles.