Appendix D. Texas mammals including those found in four urban centers and in other states. (Courtesy of Cassandra LaFleur) Texas Mammals Scientific Name Dallas Houston States Checklist 1. Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) 5 2. American Badger (Taxidea taxus) 30 3. American Beaver (Castor canadensis) D 49 4. American Bison (Bison bison) 18 5. American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) 40 6. American Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) H 4 7. American Marten (Martes americana) 17 8. American Mink (Mustela vison) D 45 9. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) 18 10. Attwater's Pocket Gopher (Geomys attwateri) 1 11. Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) 4 12. Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) 3 13. Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) D 48 14. Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) 9 15. Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) 15 16. Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) D H 20 17. Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) 11 18. Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) 19 19. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) 22 20. Bobcat (Lynx rufus) D 46 21. Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) 8 22. Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 14 23. Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) D H 21 24. Brush Deermouse (Peromyscus boylii) 15 25. Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) 8 26. Cactus Deermouse (Peromyscus eremicus) 6 27. California Myotis (Myotis californicus) 13 28. Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer) 6 29. Central Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys texensis) 1 30. Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys arenicola) 4 31. Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene) 9 32. Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) 4 33. Colorado Chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus) 6 34. Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 22 35. Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) 49 36. Cotton Deermouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) 15 37. Coues's Rice Rat (Oryzomys couesi) 1 38. Cougar (Puma concolor) 19 Appendix D. (Continued…) Texas Mammals Scientific Name Dallas Houston States Checklist 39. Coyote (Canis latrans) D 49 40. Crawford's Gray Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) H 9 41. Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) 21 42. Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) 14 43. Desert Pocket Gopher (Geomys arenarius) 2 44. Desert Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) 6 45. Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) 21 46. Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) 37 47. Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) D H 43 48. Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) D H 34 49. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) H 36 50. Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) 17 51. Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) 35 52. Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) 35 53. Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) H 25 54. Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius) 27 55. Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana) 8 56. Elk (Cervus elaphus) 22 57. Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina hylophaga) 12 58. Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) H 26 59. False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) 21 60. Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 22 61. Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes) 14 62. Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens) 8 63. Gervais's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) 13 64. Ghost-faced Bat (Mormoops megalophylla) 2 65. Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) 17 66. Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) D 47 67. Gray-footed Chipmunk (Tamias canipes) 2 68. Greater Bonneted Bat (Eumops perotis) 5 69. Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys compactus) 1 70. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata) 1 71. Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) 22 72. Hispid Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) 12 73. Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) 48 74. Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) 3 75. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) 15 76. Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) 31 77. Jaguarundi (Puma yaguarondi) 1 Appendix D. (Continued…) Texas Mammals Scientific Name Dallas Houston States Checklist 78. Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) 22 79. Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher (Geomys knoxjonesi) 2 80. Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) 49 81. Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans) 16 82. Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) 48 83. Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris) 21 84. Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami) 5 85. Merriam's Pocket Mouse (Perognathus merriami) 3 86. Mexican Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus) 3 87. Mexican Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) 2 88. Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) 4 89. Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse (Liomys irroratus) 1 90. Mexican Woodrat (Neotoma mexicana) 6 91. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) 18 92. Nelson's Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni) 1 93. Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) D H 17 94. North American Deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) 47 95. North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) 36 96. North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) 36 97. North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) D 44 98. North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) 20 99. Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) 19 100. Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) 35 101. Northern Pygmy Mouse (Baiomys taylori) 4 102. Northern Rock Deermouse (Peromyscus nasutus) 7 103. Northern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus intermedius) 11 104. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) 2 105. Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) 17 106. Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) 14 107. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) 18 108. Pinyon Deermouse (Peromyscus truei) 14 109. Plains Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus) 13 110. Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) 16 111. Plains Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavescens) 14 112. Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 26 113. Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) 18 114. Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata) 8 115. Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) 12 116. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) D H 48 Appendix D. (Continued…) Texas Mammals Scientific Name Dallas Houston States Checklist 117. Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) 18 118. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) 48 119. Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) 14 120. Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) 10 121. Rock Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius) 5 122. Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) 10 123. Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) 11 124. Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) 22 125. Seminole Bat (Lasiurus seminolus) 17 126. Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 18 127. Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) 16 128. Silky Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavus) 10 129. Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) 48 130. Southeastern Myotis (Myotis auriculus) 15 131. Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) H 35 132. Southern Plains Woodrat (Neotoma micropus) H 5 133. Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis) 15 134. Southern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus ega) 4 135. Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon) 22 136. Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) 13 137. Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum) 12 138. Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) 10 139. Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) 21 140. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) D H 48 141. Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) H 15 142. Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) 15 143. Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat (Sigmodon fulviventer) 3 144. Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres) 2 145. Texas Deermouse (Peromyscus attwateri) 5 146. Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) 2 147. Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys personatus) 1 148. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) D 21 149. Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) 25 150. Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) D H 41 151. West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) 4 152. Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) 24 153. Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) 10 154. Western Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) 17 155. Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) 16 Appendix D. (Continued…) Texas Mammals Scientific Name Dallas Houston States Checklist 156. White-ankled Deermouse (Peromyscus pectoralis) 3 157. White-footed Deermouse (Peromyscus leucopus) D H 41 158. White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) 3 159. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) D 48 160. White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula) H 8 161. Woodchuck (Marmota monax) 38 162. Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum) 35 163. Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) 5 164. Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus) 3 Other species found in urban areas: African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) Feral dog (Canis familiaris) 50 Feral cat (Felis Catus) 50 Feral hog (Sus scrofa) 20 House mouse (Mus musculus) 50 Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) 50 Nutria (Myocastor coypus) 17 http://dfwurbanwildlife.com/mammals/ Houston Animal Rehabilitation Center .