Texas Mammals (Pictures)

Virginia opossum: Didelphia virginiana

What order is the Virginia opossum in?

Didelphimorphia

Nine-banded armadillo: Dasypus novemcinctus

What order is the Nine-banded armadillo in?

Cingulata

Black-tailed jackrabbit: Lepus californicus

Eastern Cottontail: Sylvilagus floridanus

Desert Cottontail: Sylvilagus audubonii

What order are hares and rabbits in?

Lagomorpha

Desert (Crawford’s) Shrew: Notiosorex crawfordi

What order is the Desert shrew in?

Soricomorpha

Brazilian (Mexican) free-tailed bat: Tadarida brasiliensis

Hoary bat: Lasiurus cinereus

Eastern red bat: Lasiurus borealis

Pallid bat: Anthrozous pallidus

Townsend’s big eared bat: Corynorhinus townsendii

Ghost faced bat: Mormoops megalophylla

Cave myotis: Myotis velifer

What order are bats in?

Chiroptera

Coyote: Canis latrans

Gray Fox: Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Red Fox: Vulpes vulpes

Swift Fox: Vulpes velox

Kit Fox: Vulpes macrotis

What order and family are foxes and coyotes in?

Carnivora, canidae

Bobcat: Lynx rufus

Mountain lion: Puma concolor

What order and family are the mountain lion and bobcat in?

Carnivora, felidae

Striped skunk: Mephitis mephitis

Hognose skunk: Conepatus leuconotus

Western Spotted Skunk: Spilogale gracilis

What order and family are skunks in?

Carnivora, mephitidae

Long-tailed weasel: Mustela frenata

American badger: Taxidea taxus

Mink: Neovison vison

What order and family is the mink, weasel, and badger in?

Carnivora, mustelidae

Ringtail: Bassariscus astutus

Raccoon: Procyon lotor

What order and family are the ringtail and raccoon in?

Procyonidae

American black bear: Ursidus americanus

What order is the black bear in?

Ursidae

White-tailed deer: Odocoileus virginianus

Mule deer: Odocoileus hemionus

What order and family are the mule and white-tailed deer in?

Antilodactyla, Cervidae

Feral Hog: Sus scrofa

What order and family is the feral hog in?

Antilodactyla, suidae

Bighorn sheep: Ovis candensis

What order and family is the bighorn sheep in?

Antilodactyla, bovidae

Collard peccary: Pecari tajacu

What order and family is the collard peccary in?

Antilodactyla, tayassuidae

Pronghorn: Antilocapra americana

What order and family is the pronghorn in?

Antilodactyla, antilocapridae

What genus does this mouse fall in?

Peromyscus

Fulvous harvest mouse: Reithrodontomys fulvescens

Plain harvest mouse: Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern pygmy mouse: Baiomys taylori

Northern grasshopper mouse: Onychomys leucogaster

Hispid cotton rat: Sigmodon hispidus

What order and family are Peromyscus, Reithrodontomys, Baiomys, Sigmodon, and Onychomys in?

Cricetidae

What order and family are wood rats in?

Rodentia, Neotoma

Southern plains wood rat

Neotoma micropus

White-toothed wood rat

Neotoma leucodon

Hispid pocket mouse

Chaetodupis hispidus

Merriam’s pocket rat

Peroganthus merriami

What family is the pocket mouse and rat in?

Heteromyidae

Black rat

Rattus rattus

Norway (Brown) rat

Rattus norvegicus

House mouse

Mus musculus

What family is the House mouse, black and brown rats in?

Muridae

Fox squirrel: Sciurus niger

Mexican ground squirrel: Spermophilus mexicanus

Texas rock squirrel: Spermophilus variegatus variegatus

Blacktailed prairie dog: Cyonyms ludovicianus

North american beaver: Castor candensis

Nutria: Myocastor coypus

North American porcupine

Erethizon dorasatum