Texas Mammals (Non-Game)

What class are mammals in?

Class: Mammalia

What is the scientific name of this mammal?

Puma concolor

What family includes Puma concolor?

Family: Felidae

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

What family includes coyotes?

Family: Canidae

What genus includes coyotes?

Genus: Canis

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Common Name: North American Beaver

Scientific Name: Castor canadensis

What Order includes beavers?

Order: Rodentia

What family includes the North American beaver?

Family: Castoridae

What order contains Black-tailed jackrabbits?

Lagomorpha

What family includes Black-tailed jackrabbits?

Leporidae

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

What family includes skunks?

Family: Mephitidae

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Common Name: Striped Skunk

Scientific Name: Mephitis mephitis

What genus contains spotted skunks?

Genus: Spilogale

What is the common AND scientific name of this skunk?

Common Name: American Hog-nosed Skunk

Scientific Name: Conepatus leuconotus

What is the most common and widespread species of skunk in Texas?

The Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

What family contains common raccoons?

Procyonidae

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal found in Texas?

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

• also referred to as “Common Raccoon”

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal found in Texas?

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

What is the scientific name of the Texas Bobcat, a regional subspecies commonly recognized in Texas?

Lynx rufus texensis

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Red Fox

Vulpes vuples

Grey Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

What family contains foxes?

Canidae

What order includes foxes?

Carnivora

What genus includes the true foxes?

Vulpes

What is the scientific name of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog?

Cynomys ludovicianus

What is the common AND scientific name of this mammal?

Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

What Order includes prairie dogs?

Rodentia

What family includes prairie dogs?

Sciuridae

What is the most recent name of the only true chipmunk found in Texas?

Gray-footed Chipmunk (Neotamias canipes)

What ecoregion is the rarely sighted Gray-footed Chipmunk exclusively found? (found in high elevation forests)

Trans-Peco Ecoregion (in the Sierra Diablo and Guadalupe Mountains)

What Order contains the Gray-footed Chipmunk?

Rodentia

What family contains the Grey-footed Chipmunk

Sciuridae

What family includes squirrels, chipmunks, and prairie dogs? (also includes marmots which are not found in Texas)

Sciuridae

What family includes kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, and pocket mice?

Heteromyidae

What is the scientific name of the Texas Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys elator

What order contains bats?

Chiroptera

What family contains vesper (evening) bats?

Vespertilionidae

What family contains free-tailed bats?

Molossidae

What family contains new world leaf-nosed bats?

Phyllostomidae

What family contains mustached bats and ghost faced bats?

Mormoopidae

What family contains badgers, weasels, minks, and otters?

Mustelidae

What family includes moles?

Talpidae

What family contains true Pocket Gophers?

Geomyidae

What family contains true rats and mice?

Muridae

What family includes new world porcupines?

Erethizontidae

Delphinidae