Mammals of Coronado National Memorial
(historic data incomplete)
 

MARSUPIALS

• Virginia oppossum Didelphis virginiana

INSECTIVORES

• Desert shrew Notiosorex crawfordi

BATS

American leaf-nosed bats

• Mexican long-tongued bat Choeronycteris mexicana
• Lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris curosoae

Evening bats

• Townsend's big-eared bat Plecotus townsendii
• Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
• Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
• Western pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus
• Southwestern myotis Myotis auriculus
• California myotis Myotis californicus
• Western small-footed myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
• Fringed myotis Myotis thysanodes
• Southwestern cave myotis Myotis velifer

RABBITS and HARES

• Black-tailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus
• Desert cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

RODENTS

Squirrels

• Arizona gray squirrel Sciurus arizonae
• Rock squirrel Spermophilus variegatus
• Spotted ground squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma

Pocket Gophers

• Botta's pocket gopher Thomomys bottae
• Southern pocket gopher Thomomys umbrinus

Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats

• Rock pocket mouse Chaetodipus intermedius
• Desert pocket mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus
• Ord'a kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii
• Banner-tailed kangaroo rat Dipodomys spectabilis
• Merriam's kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami
• Hispid pocket mouse Chaetodipus hispidus
• Silky pocket mouse Perognathus flavus

Murid Mice

• Northern pygmy mouse Baiomys taylori
• White-throated woodrat Neotoma albigula
• Southern grasshopper mouse Onychomys torridus
• Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
• White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus
• Brush mouse Peromyscus boylii
• Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
• Fulvous harvest mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens
• Arizona cotton rat Sigmodon arizonae
• Tawny-bellied cotton rat Sigmodon fulviventer
• Yellow-nosed cotton rat Sigmodon ochrognathus

CARNIVORES


• Ringtail Bassariscus astutus
• Coyote Canis latrans
• Common hog-nosed skunk Conepatus mesoleucus
• Mountain lion Puma concolor
• Bobcat Lynx rufus
• Hooded skunk Mephitis macroura
• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
• White-nosed coati Nasua narica
• Common raccoon Procyon lotor
• Western spotted skunk Spilogale gracilis
• American badger Taxidea taxus
• Common gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Black bear Ursus americanus

HOOVED MAMMALS

• Whitetail deer Odocoileus virginianus
• Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus
• Collared peccary Tayassu tajacu




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Last Updated 01/06/2001
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