MAMMALS of BALCONES CANYONLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Revised: September 22, 2008

Taxonomy and sequence follow Davis and Schmidly (1994).

Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana Common [Bats Order Chiroptera Poorly documented] [Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Hypothetical] [Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus Hypothetical] Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis Fairly common [Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Hypothetical] [Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis Hypothetical] Mexican Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis Presumed common Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Common [Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii Hypothetical] Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Abundant Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus Common Rock Squirrel Spermophilus variegatus Fairly common Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger Fairly common American Beaver Castor canadensis Rare [Mice and Rats Family Muridae Poorly documented] Texas Mouse Peromyscus attwateri Probably common White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus Probably common Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Fairly common White-ankled Mouse Peromyscus pectoralis Probably fairly common Northern Pygmy Mouse Baiomys taylori Fairly common Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus Abundant Eastern Wood Rat Neotoma floridana Uncommon, local [House Mouse Mus musculus Hypothetical] Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Rare resident or transient Nutria Myocastor coypus Uncommon Coyote Canis latrans Fairly common Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Apparently rare Common Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Fairly common Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Fairly common Common Raccoon Procyon lotor Abundant Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis Common Common Hognose Skunk Conepatus mesoleucus Rare

1 Feral Cat Felis catus Fairly common Mountain Lion Felis concolor Rare Bobcat Lynx rufus Rare Feral Pig Sus scrofa Abundant Collared Peccary (“Javelina”) Tayassu tajacu Very rare (extirpated?) Axis Deer Cervis axis Introduced, rare White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Common [Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Hypothetical, historical] [Bison Bos bison Hypothetical, historical] Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia Introduced, rare Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra Uncommon, feral/escapee

References

Davis, W. B. and D. J. Schmidly. 1994. The Mammals of Texas. Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept., Austin.

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