MAMMALS

in Arizona
 
and in nearby New Mexico 


Noting those during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*)

from 1993 thru 2015

during the months of January, July, 
August, and September


A cumulative list of Arizona Mammals compiled by Armas Hill 

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a PRONGHORN, the only antelope in the Americas 


Codes:

CM:    occurs (or has occurred) in the area of the Chiricahua Mountains, in southeast Arizona
GC:    occurs (or has occurred) in the area of the Grand Canyon, in northern Arizona 

(ph):   species with a photo in the FONT website  


Links: 

Upcoming FONT Tour Itineraries for North America, including Arizona  

A Bird-List & Photo Gallery of Arizona Birds, in 2 parts:
Part #1: Quails to Becards     Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings

North American Mammals (with some photos)

Arizona Amphibians & Reptiles  (with some photos)

Arizona Butterflies, Dragonflies & Damselflies, and Grasshoppers  (with some photos)

Plants of the Desert & Nearby Habitats  (with some photos)

List of Mammals:

1. Eastern Cottontail  (*) (ph)  ______  CM
   Sylvilagus floridannus
   
   
   
   An Eastern Cottontail photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
   (photo by Doris Potter)
   
   
2. Desert Cottontail  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
   Sylvilagus audubonii
   
   
   
   A Desert Cottontail photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
   
   
3. Mountain (or Nuttall's) Cottontail  ______  GC
   Sylvilagus nuttallii
   
   
4. Black-tailed Jackrabbit  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
   Lepus californicus
   
   
   
   Black-tailed Jackrabbits photographed during a FONT Arizona tour
   
   
5. Antelope Jackrabbit  (*) (ph)  ______  CM
   Lepus alleni 
   
   
   
   An Antelope Jackrabbit photographed during a FONT Arizona/Mexico Tour
   (photo by Doris Potter)
    
   
6. Least Chipmunk  (*)   ______  GC
   Tamias minimus
   
   
7. Uinta Chipmunk  (*)   ______  GC
   Tamias umbrinus 
   
   
8. Cliff Chipmunk  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
   Tamias dorsalis
   
   
   
   A Cliff Chipmunk photographed during a FONT Arizona tour
    
   
9. Variegated Ground Squirrel  (has been called Rock Squirrel)  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
   Spermophilus variegatus
   
   
   
   A Variegated Ground Squirrel (or Rock Squirrel) photographed 
   during a FONT tour in Arizona in 2008 
   (photo by Doris Potter)
   
   
10. Round-tailed Ground Squirrel  (*) (ph)  ______
    Spermophilus tereticaudus
    
    
    
    A Round-tailed Ground Squirrel photographed during a FONT Arizona tour
    
    
11. Spotted Ground Squirrel  ______  CM  GC
    Spermophilus spilosoma
    
    
12. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel  ______  GC
    Spermophilus lateralis
    
    
13. Harris's (or Yuma) Antelope Squirrel  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
    Ammospermophilus harrisii 
    
    
    
    A Harris' Antelope Squirrel photographed during a FONT Arizona tour
     
    
14. White-tailed Antelope Squirrel  (*)  ______  GC
    Ammospermophilus leucurus
    
    
15. Gunnison's Prairie Dog  (*) (ph)  ______  GC
    Cynomys gunnisoni
    
    
    
    A Gunnison's Prairie Dog during the FONT Arizona tour in August 2010 
    in the area of the Grand Canyon 
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
16. Black-tailed Prairie Dog  ______  CM
    Cynomys ludovicianus
    
    The Black-tailed Prairie Dog has been locally extirpated in southeast Arizona since 1941. 
    
    
17. Arizona Gray Squirrel  (*)  ______
    Sciurus arizonensis
    
    
18. Tassel-eared (or Abert's) Squirrel  (*)  ______  GC
    Sciurus aberti
    
    
19. Kaibab Squirrel  ______  GC
    Sciurus aberti kaibabensis
    
    
20. Mexican Fox Squirrel  (*)   ______  CM  (another name is Apache Fox Squirrel, Sciurus apache)
    Sciurus nayaritensis
    
    In the US, the Mexican Fox Squirrel is endemic in the Chiricahua Mountains.
    
    
21. Red Squirrel  ______  GC
    Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
    
    
22. Botta's Pocket Gopher  ______  GC  (has been called Common Pocket Gopher, or Valley Pocket Gopher) 
    Thomomys bottae
    
    
23. Northern Pocket Gopher  ______  GC
    Thomomys talpoides
    
    
24. Southern Pocket Gopher  ______  CM
    Thomomys umbrinus
    
    
25. Silky Pocket Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Perognathus flavus
    
    
26. Arizona Pocket Mouse  ______  GC
    Perognathus amplus
    
    
27. Great Basin Pocket Mouse  ______  GC
    Perognathus parvus
    
    
28. Long-tailed Pocket Mouse  ______  GC
    Chartodipus formosus
    
    
29. Rock Pocket Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Chaetodipus intermedius
    
    
30. Desert Pocket Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Chaetodipus penicillatus
    
    
31. Bailey's Pocket Mouse  (*)  ______  CM
    Chaetodipus baileyi
    
    
32. Hispid Pocket Mouse  ______  CM
    Chaetodipus hispidus
    
    
33. Merriam's Kangaroo Rat  ______  CM  GC
    Dipodomys merriami
    
    
34. Ord's Kangaroo Rat  ______  CM  GC
    Dipodomys ordii
    
    
35. Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat  ______  GC
    Dipodomys microps
    
    
36. Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat  ______  CM
    Dipodomys spectabilis
    
    
37. American Beaver  (ph)  ______  GC
    Castor canadensis 
    
    
38. Western Harvest Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Reithrodontomys megalotis
    
    
39. Plains Harvest Mouse  ______  CM
    Reithrodontomys montanus
    
    
40. Fulvous Harvest Mouse  ______  CM
    Reithrodontomys fulvescens
    
    
41. White-footed Deer Mouse  ______  CM
    Peromyscys leucopus
    
    
42. Merriam's Deer Mouse  ______  CM
    Peromyscus merriami
    
    
43. Canyon Deer Mouse  ______  GC
    Peromyscys crinitus
    
    
44. Cactus Deer Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Peromyscys eremicus
    
    
45. North American Deer Mouse  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Peromyscys maniculatus
    
    
46. Brush Deer Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Peromyscys boylii
    
    
47. Pinon Deer Mouse  ______  CM  GC
    Peromyscys truei
    
    
48. Northern Rock Deer Mouse  ______  CM
    Peromyscys nasutus
    
    
49. Northern Pygmy Mouse  ______  CM
    Baiomys taylori
    
    
50. Northern Grasshopper Mouse  ______  GC
    Onychomys leucogaster
    
    
51. Southern Grasshopper Mouse  ______  CM
    Onychomys torridus
    
    
52. Hispid Cotton Rat  ______  CM
    Sigmodon hispidus
    
    
53. Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat  ______  CM
    Sigmodon fulviventer
    
    
54. Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat  ______  CM
    Sigmodon ochrognathus
    
    
55. White-throated Woodrat  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Neotoma albigula 
    
    
56. Desert Woodrat  ______  GC
    Neotoma lepida
    
    
57. Stephen's Woodrat  ______  GC
    Neotoma stephensi
    
    
58. Mexican Woodrat  ______  CM  GC
    Neotoma mexicana
    
    
59. Bushy-tailed Woodrat  ______  GC
    Neotoma cinerea 
    
    
60. House Mouse  (NAi)  ______  GC
    Mus musculus 
    
    
61. Long-tailed Vole  ______  GC
    Microtis longicaudus
    
    
62. Mogollon (or Mexican) Vole  ______  GC
    Microtus mogollonensis (or mexicanus)
    Microtus mogollonensis (or mexicanus) hualapaiensis  _____ GC (an endangered subspecies, "Hualapai Vole")
    
    
63. Muskrat  (ph)  ______  GC
    Ondatra zibethicus
    
    
    
    Muskrat
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
64. North American Porcupine  (ph)  ______  CM  GC
    Erethizon dorsatum
    
    
    
    North American Porcupine
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
65. Red Fox  (ph)  ______  GC
    Vulpes vulpes 
    
    
    
    Red Fox
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
66. Kit Fox  ______  CM  GC
    Vulpes macrotis
    
    
67. Gray Fox  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    
    
68. Coyote  (*) (ph)   ______  CM  GC
    Canis latrans
    
    
    
    Coyote
    
    
69. Mexican Gray Wolf  ______  CM
    Canis lupus baileyi
    
    Called "El Lobo", the Mexican Gray Wolf is the smallest subspecies of the North American gray wolves. It was last recorded in the Chiricahua Mountains in 1971.
    After it was extirpated in the southwest US, 34 were returned to southeast Arizona in a reintroduction program in 1998. The goal of that program was to restore at least 100 wolves to the wild by 2008. Unfortunately, by the end of that year, there were only approximately 50. Only about 200 Mexican Wolves are in captivity.
    Mexican Wolves ranged from central Mexico to southwest Texas, southern New Mexico, and southeast Arizona. The reintroduction was into the Apache National Forest in southeast Arizona.   
    
    
70. Black Bear  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Ursus americanus
    
    
71. "Mexican" Grizzly Bear  ______  CM
    Ursus arctos nelsoni
    
    The "Mexican" Grizzly Bear has been extinct in the Chiricahua Mountains since 1901. The subspecies was last seen anywhere in 1964, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, and so has been presumed extinct for about 50 years.
    
    
72. Ringtail  ______  CM  GC
    Bassariscus astutus
    
    
73. Northern Raccoon  (ph)  ______  CM  GC
    Procyon lotor
    
    
74. White-nosed Coati  (*) (ph)  ______  CM
    Nasua narica
    
    
    
    A White-nosed Coati photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
75. Ermine  ______  GC
    Mustela erminea
    
    
76. Long-tailed Weasel  ______  GC
    Mustela nivalis
    
    
77. Black-footed Ferret  ______  GC
    Mustela nigripes  
    
    
78. American Badger  (ph)  ______  CM  GC
    Taxidea taxus
    
    
79. Hooded Skunk  (*)  ______  CM
    Mephitis macroura 
    
    
80. Striped Skunk  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Mephitis mephitis
    
    
81. Western Spotted Skunk  (*)  ______  CM  GC
    Spilogale gracilis 
    
    
82. Western Hog-nosed Skunk  ______  CM
    Conepatus mesoleucus 
    
    
83. Northern River Otter  ______  GC
    Lontra canadensis
    
    
84. Bobcat  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
    Felis (formerly Lynx) rufer 
    
    
    
    A Bobcat seen during the FONT tour in southern Arizona in August 2010
    as it was resting during the day.  
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
85. Ocelet  (ph)  ______  CM
    Felis (formerly Leopardus) pardalis
    
    
86. Jaguarundi  ______  CM
    Felis (formerly Herpailurus) yagouaroundi
    
    
87. Puma  (or Mountain Lion, or Cougar)  ______  CM  GC
    Felis (formerly Puma) concolor 
    
    
88. Jaguar  (ph)  ______  CM
    Panthera (formerly Jaguarius) onca
    
    The Jaguar was not recorded in southern Arizona from 1938 until 1987, when 1 was killed in the Dos Cabezas Mountains. Another was photographed in the Peloncillo Mountains in 1996. 
    
    
    
    A Painting of a Jaguar by a person in southern Arizona, Bonnie Swarbrick 
    
    
89. Merriam's Shrew  ______  GC
    Sorex merriami
    
    
90. Dwarf Shrew  ______  CM  GC
    Sorex nanus
    
    
91. Desert (or Gray) Shrew  ______  GC
    Notiosorex crawfordi
    
    
92. Arizona Shrew  ______  CM
    Sorex arizonae
    
    
93. Vagrant Shrew  ______  CM
    Sorex vagrans
    
    
94. California Leaf-nosed Bat  ______  CM
    Macrotus californicus
    
    
95. North American Long-nosed Bat  (*) (ph)  ______  CM
    Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
    
    
    
    North American Long-nosed Bat
    
    
96. Mexican Long-nosed Bat  (*)  ______  GC
    Leptonycteris nivalis 
    
    
97. Mexican Long-tongued Bat  ______  CM
    Choeronycteris mexicana
    
    
98. Little Brown Bat (Myotis)  ______  CM
    Myotis lucifugus
    
    
99. Yuma Myotis  ______  CM  GC
    Myotis yumanensis 
    
    
100. Long-eared Myotis  ______  GC
     Myotis evotis
     
     
101. Fringed Myotis  ______  CM  GC
     Myotis thysanodes
     
     
102. Long-legged Myotis  ______  CM  GC
     Myotis volans
     
     
103. California Myotis  ______  CM  GC
     Myotis californicus
     
     
104. Cave Myotis  ______  CM
     Myotis velifer
     
     
105. Western Small-footed Myotis  ______  CM  GC
     Myotis ciliolabrum
     
     
106. Southwestern Myotis  ______  CM
     Myotis auriculus
     
     
107. Silver-haired Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Lasionvcteris noctivagans
     
     
108. Western Pipistrelle  ______  CM  GC
     Pipistrellus hesperus
     
     
109. Big Brown Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Eptesicus fuscus
     
     
110. Western Red Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Lasiurus blossevillii
     
     
111. Hoary Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Lasiurus cinereus
     
     
112. Western Yellow Bat  ______  CM  (was part of the Southern Yellow Bat)
     Lasiurus xanthinus
     
     
113. Spotted Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Euderma maculatum 
     
     
114. Townsend's Big-eared Bat  ______  GC
     Corynoribinus townsendii
     
     
115. Allen's (Mexican) Big-eared Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Idionycteris phyllotis 
     
     
116. Pallid Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Antrozous pallidus
     
     
117. Mexican (or Brazilian) Free-tailed Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Tadarida brasiliensis
     
     
118. Big Free-tailed Bat  ______  CM  GC
     Nyctinomops macrotis
     
     
119. Pocketed Free-tailed Bat  ______  CM
     Nyctinomops femorosaccus
     
     
120. Western Mastiff Bat  ______  CM  GC  (also called Greater Bonneted Bat) 
     Eumops perotis
     
     
121. Underwood's Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumpos underwoodi
     
     In the US, the Underwood's Bonneted Bat is known only in extreme southern Arizona, where they can be found drinking at desert pools.  
     
     
122. Collared Peccary  (or Javelina)  (*)  ______  CM  GC
     Tayassu tajacu  (was at one time Pecari angulatus)
     
     
123. Elk  (ph)  ______  CM  GC
     Cervus elaphus 
     
     The "Merriam's Elk" has been extinct in the Chiricahua Mountains since 1906. 
     
     
124. "Rocky Mountains" Mule Deer  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
     Odocoileus hemionus
     
     
     
     A Mule Deer, with its large ears,
     photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
     
     
125. "Coue's" White-tailed Deer  (*) (ph)  ______  CM
     Odocoileus virginianus
     
     
     
     A Coue's White-tailed Deer photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona in 2008
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
126. Pronghorn  (*) (ph)  ______  CM  GC
     Antilocapra americana
     
     
     
     A Pronghorn during the FONT Arizona tour in August 2010
     in the area of the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
127. Desert (or Mountain) Bighorn Sheep  (ph)  ______  CM  GC
     Ovis canadensis
     
     Locally extinct in the Chiricahua Mountains since 1885.
      
     
     

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

Also "The Encyclopedia of Mammals", edited by Dr. David Macdonald, updated in 2006. 

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