Mammals found during FONT Tours

in western Texas 
(and nearby New Mexico) 

including Big Bend National Park, and 
the Davis & Guadalupe Mountains

thru 2004

(during the months of  April & May)

List compiled by Armas Hill 

Codes:

nm: New Mexico
tx: Texas

Upcoming Texas Tour Itineraries

List of Birds during Previous Texas Tours

List of Butterflies in Texas

1. Mexican (or Brazilian) Free-tailed Bat ______ nm
   Tadarida brasiliensis
2. Big Free-tailed Bat ______ nm
   Nyctinomops macrotis
3. Western Pipistrelle ______ tx
   Pipistrellus hesperus 
4. Coyote ______ tx
   Canis latrans 
5. Kit Fox ______ tx
   Vulpes macrotis
6. Bobcat ______ tx
   Lynx rufus
7. Ringtail ______ tx
   Bassariscus astutus
8. Desert Cottontail ______ tx,nm
   Sylvilagus audubonii
9. Black-tailed Jackrabbit ______ tx,nm
   Lepus californicus
10. Texas Antelope Squirrel ______ tx
    Ammospermophilus interpres
11. Mexican Ground Squirrel ______ nm
    Spermophilus mexicanus
12. Rock Squirrel ______ tx,nm
    Spermophilus variegatus
13. Collared Peccary  ______ tx  (also called Javelina)
    Pecari tajacu (formerly Pecari angulatus)
14. Pronghorn (Antelope) ______ tx
    Antilocapra americana
15. Mule Deer ______ tx,nm
    Odocoileus hemionus
16. Whitetail Deer ______ tx (note below)
    Odocoileus virginianus

Note:

The subspecies of the White-tailed Deer in the Chisos Mountains of Texas is called the"Sierra del Carmen Whitetail". It is one of the smallest of the White-tailed Deer subspecies.  

Reference for this mammal list is the new book: "Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson, published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002.