Order Chiroptera – Bats
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Family Mollosidae – Free-tailed Bats
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Tadarida brasiliensis |
Brazilian free-tailed bat |
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Order Lagomorpha – Pikas, Hares and Rabbits
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Family Leporidae – Hares and Rabbits
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Sylvilagus audubonii
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desert cottontail
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Lepus californicus
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black-tailed jackrabbit
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Order Rodentia – Rodents
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Family Sciuridae – Squirrels
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Spermophilus spilosoma
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spotted ground squirrel
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Spermophilus variegatus
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rock squirrel
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Family Geomyidae – Pocket Gophers
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Geomys arenarius
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desert pocket gopher
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Family Heteromyidae – Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats
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Perognathus flavescens
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Plains pocket mouse
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Perognathus flavus
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silky pocket mouse
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Chaetodipus eremicus
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Chihuahuan Desert pocket mouse
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Family Castoridae – Beavers
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Castor canadensis
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American beaver
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| Family Muridae – Mice, Rats and Voles |
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Reithrodontomys megalotis
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western harvest mouse
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Peromyscus leucopus
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white-footed mouse
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Peromyscus maniculatus
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deer mouse |
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Sigmodon hispidus |
hispid cotton rat
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Mus musculus
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house mouse
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Ondatra zibethicus |
common muskrat |
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Order Carnivora – Carnivores
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Family Canidae – Dogs, Foxes and Wolves
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Canis latrans
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coyote
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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common gray fox
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Family Procyonidae – Raccoons, Ringtails and Coatis
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Procyon lotor
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northern raccoon
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Family Mustelidae – Weasels, Otters and Badgers
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Mustela frenata
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long-tailed weasel
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Family Mephitidae – Skunks
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| western spotted skunk
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Mephitis mephitis
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striped skunk
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| Family Felidae – Cats |
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Lynx rufus |
bobcat |
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Order Artiodactyla – Even-toed Ungulates
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Family Tayassuidae – Peccaries
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Pecari tajacu |
collared peccary |
Taxonomy and nomenclature follow:
Baker, R.J., L.C. Bradley, R.D. Bradley, J.W. Dragoo, M.D. Engstrom, R.S. Hoffmann, C.A. Jones, F. Reid, D.W. Rice and C. Jones. 2003. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003. Occasional Papers, The Museum of Texas Tech University, 229:1-23.