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Mammals
in
Mexico
Noting those found during FONT tours
in Mexico
with an (*)
Tours during the months of March, June, September,
& November.
The following list compiled by Armas Hill
PHOTO AT RIGHT:
CENTRAL AMERICAN SPIDER MONKEY
(seen in southern Mexico)
Codes:
Threatened Species,
designated in CITES:
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(ti): threatened (but with status indeterminate)
(i): introduced species
(MXe): endemic to Mexico
(NO): in north Mexico
(SO): in south Mexico
An excellent book about Central American Mammals:
"A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast
Mexico" by Fiona Reid, 1997.
This White-nosed Coati was
photographed in Mexico,
but its picture came to us from Gill Hopkins in London, England.
Thanks Gill!
Links:
Itineraries for Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in:
Mexico & further south in Central America
Birds during
previous tours in:
Mexico (part 1: Tinamous to Woodpeckers)
Mexico (part 2: Manakins to Buntings)
the Yucatan Peninsula
Cozumel Island
List
of Butterflies in the Yucatan Region of Mexico
List
of Amphibians & Reptiles in Mexico
Marine
Life, including that of the Coral Reef, of Mexico & Belize
Directory
of Photos in this Website
List of Mammals:
AMERICAN OPOSSUMS (in the Order Didelphimorphia, Family
Didelphidae):
(78 species throughout the Americas;
7 in Mexico)
All Marsupials were formerly classified in the Order
Marsupialia.
However, this large group has recently been split into 7 orders.
NEW WORLD
OPOSSUMS consist of 3 orders. Australian marsupials are in
4 orders.
The Order Didelphimorphia includes all of the Central American
& Mexican opossums -
13 species)
-
Common
Opossum (*) ______
Didelphis marsupialis
-
Virginia Opossum (*) ______
Didelphis virginiana
-
Gray Four-eyed Opossum (*) ______
Philander opossum
- Water Opossum
______ (also called
Yapok)
Chironectes minimus
- Brown Four-eyed Opossum
______
Metachirus nudicaudatus
- Mexican Mouse Opossum
______
Marmosa mexicana
- Central American Woolly
Opossum (*) ______
Caluromys derbianus
AMERICAN ANTEATERS and ARMADILLOS (in the Order Xenarthra, formerly
Edentata)
AMERICAN ANTEATERS (in the Family Myrmecophagidae) (3 species in the Neotropics; 1 in Mexico)
- Northern Tamandua (SO) (*) ______
(also called Banded or Vested
Anteater)
Tamandua mexicana
Northern Tamandua
SILKY ANTEATER (in the Family Cycloipedidae)
(1 species in the family)
- Silky Anteater ______
Cyclopes didactylus (the single member of its genus & its family)
ARMADILLO (in the Family Dasypodidae)
(21 species in the Americas; 1 in Mexico)
Nine-banded (Long-nosed) Armadillo ______
Dasypus novemcinctus
Nine-banded Armadillo
RABBITS (in the Order Lagomorpha, Family Leporidae) (57 species worldwide; 14 in Mexico)
Antelope Jackrabbit (NO) (*) _____
Lepus alleni
An Antelope Jackrabbit photographed during a FONT tour in Mexico
(photo by Doris Potter)
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (NO) _____
Lepus californicus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
White-sided Jackrabbit (NO)
_____ (endemic to Mexico other than in Hidalgo County, New
Mexico, US)
Lepus callotis
Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (t2) (MXe)
_____
Lepus flavigularis
Black Jackrabbit (MXe) _____
(only on Espiritu Santo Is. in the Gulf of California)
Lepus insularis
Brush Rabbit (NO) _____
(In
Mexico, in Baja California)
Sylvilagus
(formerly
Microlagus)
bachmani
San Jose Brush Rabbit (MXe) _____
(only on San Jose Is. in the Gulf of California)
Sylvilagus
(formerly
Microlagus)
mansuetus
Desert Cottontail (NO) _____
Sylvilagus auduboni
Desert Cottontail
Mexican Cottontail (MXe)
_____ (only in south Mexico)
Sylvilagus cunicularius
Eastern Cottontail (NO) (SO) (*) ______
Sylvilagus floridanus
Tres Marias Cottontail (MXe) (only
on Tres Marias Is. in the Pacific)
Sylvilagus graysoni
Forest Rabbit ______
(other
names:
Tropical Cottontail Rabbit
or
Brazilian Rabbit
or
Tapiti)
Sylvilagus
(formerly
Tapeti)
brasilensis
Omiteme Cottontail (t1) (MXe) (only in the mountains of Sierra Madre del Sur in central Guerrero)
Sylvilagus
(formerly
Tapeti)
insonus
Volcano Rabbit (t2) (MXe) ______
(only
in the area of the volcanoes in central Mexico in the District Federal &
west Puebla)
Romerolagus diazi
(the single member of its genus)
RODENTS: the gnawing mammals (in the Order Rodentia, which is the largest
order of mammals with nearly 2,000 species worldwide).
Families & some subfamilies in Mexico include:
SQUIRRELS: Family Sciuridae
BEAVERS: Family Castoridae
NEOTROPICAL MICE: Subfamily Sigmodontinae
VOLES & MUSKRAT: Subfamily Arvicolinae
POCKET GOPHERS, POCKET MICE, & KANGAROO RATS: Family Geomyidae
NEW WORLD PORCUPINES: Family Erethizontidae
AGOUTIS & PACA: Family Agoutidae
SQUIRRELS (in the Family Sciuridae)
(276 species worldwide; 32 in Mexico)
Western Gray Squirrel (NO) ______
Sciurus
(formerly
Hesperosciurus)
griseus
Allen's Squirrel (MXe) ____
Sciurus alleni
Arizona Gray Squirrel (NO) ____
(in Mexico, in northeast Sonora)
Sciurus arizonensis
Yucatan Squirrel (SO) (*) ____ (in
southeast Mexico, Belize, and north Guatemala)
Sciurus yucatanensis
Mexican Gray Squirrel (SO) ____ (also called
Red-bellied Squirrel)
Sciurus aureogaster
Collie's Squirrel (MXe)
____
Sciurus colliaei
Deppe's Squirrel ____
Sciurus deppei
Mexican Fox Squirrel (NO) ____ (another
name has been
"Apache Fox Squirrel")
(nearly endemic to Mexico; in US, only in mountains of southeast Arizona)
Scirus nayaritensis
Peter's Squirrel (MXe) _____
Sciurus oculatus
Variegated Squirrel _____
Sciurus variegatoides
(14 named subspecies are recognized)
Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel (MXe)
_____
(only
in southwest Chihuahua)
Spermophilus
(formerly
Callospermophilus)
madrensis
Mexican Ground Squirrel (NO) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
ictidomys)
mexicanus
Perote Ground Squirrel (MXe) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Ictidomys)
perotensis
Spotted Ground Squirrel (NO) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Ictidomys)
spilosoma
Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel (MXe) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Notocitellus)
annulatus
Tropical Ground Squirrel (MXe) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Otospermophilus)
adocetus
Baja California Ground Squirrel (MXe) _____
(only in Baja California)
Spermophilus
(formerly
Otospermophilus)
atricapillus
California Ground Squirrel (NO) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Otospermophilus)
beecheyi
Variegated Ground Squirrel (NO) (*) _____
(also called
Rock Squirrel)
Spermophilus
(formerly
Otospermophilus)
variegatus
A Variegated Ground Squirrel
(or Rock Squirrel) photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Doris Potter)
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (NO) _____
Spermophilus
(formerly
Xerospermophilus)
tereticaudus
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
Harris's Antelope Squirel (NO) _____
Ammospermophilus harrisii
Harris's Antelope Squirrel
Espiritu Santo Island Antelope Squirrel (MXe)
_____
(only on Espiritu Santo is. in Baja California)
Ammospermophilus insularis
Texas Antelope Squirrel (NO) _____
Ammospermophilus interpres
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
(NO) _____
Ammospermophilus leucurus
Mexican Prairie Dog (t2) (MXe) _____
Cynomys mexicanus
Buller's Chipmunk (MXe) _____
Tamias
(formerly
Neotamias)
bulleri
Cliff Chipmunk (NO) _____
Tamias
(formerly
Neotamias)
dorsalis
Cliff Chipmunk
Durango Chipmunk (MXe) _____
Tamias
(formerly
Neotamias)
durangae
Merriam's Chipmunk _____
Tamias
(formerly
Neotamias)
merriami
California Chipmunk (NO) _____
Tamias
(formerly
Neotamias)
obscurus
Mearn's Squirrel (MXe) _____ (only in
Baja California)
Tamiasciurus mearnsi
Southern Flying Squirrel _____
Glaucomys volans
VOLES & MUSKRAT (in the Family
Arvicolinae) (140 species worldwide; xx in Mexico)
Guatemalan Vole _____
Microtus
(formerly
Herpetomys)
guatemalensis
California Vole (NO) _____
Microtus
(formerly
Mynomes)
californicus
Mexican Vole (*) _____
Microtus
(formerly
Mynomes)
mexicanus
Jalapan Pine Vole _____
Microtus
(formerly
Pitymys)
quasiater
Muskrat (NO) _____
Ondata zibethicus (the
single member of its genus)
Muskrat
(photo by Doris Potter)
BEAVERS
(2 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
American Beaver (NO) ______
Castor canadensis
American Beaver
(photo by Doris Potter)
POCKET GOPHERS,
POCKET MICE, & KANGAROO RATS (in the Family Geomyidae) FOLLOW
LATER IN THIS LIST
RATS & MICE (in
the Family Muridae) FOLLOW LATER IN THIS LIST
NEW WORLD PORCUPINES (in the Family Erethizontidae)
(More closely related to cavy-like rodents (such as the Agouti and Paca)
than to the Old World Porcupines)
North American Porcupine (NO) ______
(in extreme northern Mexico, and the US & Canada)
Erethizon dorsatum (the single member of its genus)
North American Porcupine
(photo by Doris Potter)
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (SO) ______ (has
also been called
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine)
Coendou
(formerly
Sphiggurus)
mexicanus
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
(photo courtesy of Dick Tipton)
AGOUTIS & PACA (in the Family Dasyproctidae)
Mexican Black Agouti (MXe)
(but also
introduced in Cuba)
______
Dasyprocta mexicana
Central American Agouti (*) ______
Dasyprocta punctata
Paca ______
Cuniculus
(formerly
Agouti)
paca
CARNIVORES, in the Order Carnivora
Families in Mexico include:
DOGS & FOXES: Family Canidae
BEARS: Family Ursidae
RACCOONS: Family Procyonidae
OTTERS, WEASELS, BADGERS: Family Mustelidae
CATS: Family Felidae
SEALS & SEA-LIONS are also in the CARNIVORES, but they follow later in
this list in the category of "MARINE MAMMALS"
DOGS & FOXES (in the Family Canidae)
(36 species worldwide; 3 in Mexico)
Kit Fox (NO) _____
Vulpes macrotis
Gray Fox (NO) (SO) (*) ______
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Coyote (NO) (SO) (*) ______
Canis latrans
Coyote
BEARS (in the Family Ursidae) (8 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
American Black Bear
(NO) ______
Ursus americanus
MARINE MAMMALS (Seals & Sea-Lions) LATER IN THIS
LIST
RACCOONS & ALLIES (in the Family Procyonidae) (19 species in total; 7 in Mexico)
Kinkajou (ti) (SO) ______
Potos flavus (the single member of its genus)
Kinkajou, photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Rosemary Lloyd)
Northern Raccoon (SO) (*) ______
Procyon lotor
Northern Raccoon
(photo by Doris
Potter)
Cozumel Raccoon (t2) (MXe) (SO) (*) ______ (also called
Pygmy Raccoon) (only on Cozumel Is., resembles
the
Northern Raccoon, but smaller)
Procyon pygmaeus
A Cozumel (or Pygmy) Raccoon photographed
during the FONT March 2009 Mexico Tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Tres Marias Raccoon (t2) (MXe)
______ (only on Tres Marias Is. in the Pacific)
Procyon insularis
White-nosed Coati (*) ______
Nasua narica
When is a COATI a COATIMUNDI?
Female Coatis and their young associate in bands of 5-12 individuals, but
adult males are solitary. This difference at first confused biologists,
who described the solitary males as a separate species. The use of the
term "coatimundi" (meaning "lone coati" in the
Brazilian native Guarani language) for the species reflects the same
error.
A White-nosed Coati photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Ringtail (NO) ______
Bassariscus astutus
Cacomistle (SO) (*) ______
Bassariscus sumichrasti
OTTERS, WEASELS, & ALLIES (in the Family Mustelidae)
(68 species worldwide; 13 in Mexico)
Neotropical River Otter (t2) (SO) ______
Lutra
(formerly
Lontra)
longicaudis
Sea Otter (t2) ______ (formerly along the Pacific seacoast of northwest Mexico - in north Baja
California)
Enhydra lutris (the single member of its genus)
Long-tailed Weasel (SO) (*) ______
Mustela frenata
American Badger ______
Taxidea taxus (the single member of its genus)
An American Badger photographed during a FONT tour
Greater Grison (SO) ______
(also called
Huron)
Galictis vittata
Tayra (SO) (*) ______
Eira barbara (the single member of its genus)
Striped Skunk ______
Mephitis mephitis
Hooded Skunk ______
Mephitis macroura
Eastern Spotted Skunk ______
Spilogale putorius
Western Spotted Skunk ______
Spilogale gracilis
Pygmy Spotted Skunk (MXe) ______
Spilogale pygmaea
Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk ______
Conepatus leuconotus
Western Hog-nosed Skunk ______
Conepatus mesoleucus
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk ______
Conepatus semistriatus
CATS (in the Family Felidae) (39 species worldwide; 6 in Mexico)
Bobcat ______
Felis
(formerly
Lynx)
rufa
Ocelot (t2) (SO) ______
Leopardus pardalis
Ocelots photographed during a FONT tours
Margay (t2) (SO) ______
Leopardus wiedii
Jaguarundi (t2) (SO) ______
Herpailurus yauarondi
Puma (t3) (SO) ______
(other names are
Cougar
and
Mountain Lion)
Puma concolor
Puma
Jaguar (t2) (SO) (*) ______
(one seen closely during the FONT Mexico tour in November 2008)
Panthera onca
Above:
A painting of a Jaguar
on a wall in Belize
Below:
Jaguars
BATS FOLLOW LATER IN THIS LIST
THE CEBIDS, or NEW WORLD MONKEYS,
in the Order of Primates, in the Family Atelidae:
(82 species in the Americas; 3 in Mexico)
Yucatan Black Howler Monkey (t2) (SO)
(*) _____
Alouatta pigra
Yucatan Howler Monkey photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Mantled Howler Monkey (t3) (SO) ______
Alouatta palliata
A Mantled Howler Monkey photographed during a FONT tour in Costa Rica
Central American Spider Monkey (t3) (SO) (*) ______
(another name has been
Geoffroys's Spider Monkey)
Ateles geoffroyi
A Central American Spider Monkey photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
MARINE MAMMALS
(Dophins & Whales) FOLLOW LATER IN THIS LIST
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES (in the Order Artiodactyla)
Families in Mexico include:
PECCARIES: Family Tayassuidae
PRONGHORN: Family Antilocapridae
DEER: Family Cervidae
SHEEP: Family Bovidae
PECCARIES (in the Family Tayassuidae) (3 species in the Americas; 2 in Mexico)
Collared Peccary (SO) (*) ______
(another name has been
Javelina)
Dicotyles tajacu
(the single member of its genus)
Collared Peccaries
White-lipped Peccary
______
Tayassu pecari
(the single member of its genus)
PRONGHORN (in the Family Antilocapridae) (1 species in the family)
Pronghorn (NO) _____
Antilocapra americana (the single member of its genus, and family)
Pronghorn
Deer (in the Family Cervidae)
(47 species worldwide; 4 in Mexico)
Mule Deer (NO) _____
Odocoileus hemionus
Mule Deer
White-tailed Deer (NO) (SO) (*) ______
Odocoileus virginianus
Coue's White-tailed Deer
(photo by Doris Potter)
Red Brocket (Deer) (SO) ______
Mazama americana
Yucatan Brown Brocket
Deer (MXe) (SO) _____
(only in south Mexico)
Mazama pandora
SHEEP (in the Family Bovidae)
(141 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
Bighorn Sheep (NO)
_____
Ovis aries
A Bighorn Sheep photographed during a FONT tour
ODD-TOED UNGULATES (in the Order Perissodactyla; the tapirs in Family
Tapiridae)
Baird's Tapir (t2) (SO) ______
Tapirus bairdii
Baird's Tapir
MANATEES (in the Order Sirenia, in the Family Trichechidae)
West Indian Manatee (t1) (SO) ______
(rare & local along the Yucatan coast)
Trichechus manatus
POCKET GOPHERS, POCKET MICE, & KANGAROO RATS (in the Family Geomyidae)
(99 species in the Americas; xx in Mexico)
Desert Pocket Gopher ______
Geomys arenarius
Texas Pocket Gopher ______
Geomys personatus
Tropical Pocket Gopher (MXe) _____
Geomys tropicalis
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (NO) _____
Pappogeomys
(formerly
Cratogeomys)
castanops
Hispid Pocket Gopher ______
Orthogeomys
(formerly
Heterogeomys)
hispidus
Big Pocket Gopher (MXe) ______
Orthogeomys
(formerly
Heterogeomys)
lanius
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher (MXe) ______
(in )
Orthogeomys cuniculus
Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
Liomys salvini
Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
Heteromys desmarestianus
Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse (SO) (*) ______
(in the Yucatan region of southeast Mexico,
north Belize, & north Guatemala)
Heteromys gaumeri
RATS & MICE (in the Family Muridae)
NEOTROPICAL MICE (in the Subfamily Sigmodontinae)
(461 species in the Americas; 102 in Mexico)
Various mice & other similar mammals nicely illustrated in the field
guide "Mammals of North America" by Roland Kays & Don Wilson
are noted with the code (mna).
Southern Pygmy Mouse ______
Balomys musculus
Northern Pygmy Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Balomys taylori
Alston's Singing Mouse ______
Scotinomys teguina
Yucatan Vesper Mouse ______ (very few
records from lowland forests & regrowth areas of the Yucatan Peninsula,
in southeast Mexico, northern Belize, & northern Guatemala)
Otonyctomys hatti (the single member of its genus)
Vesper Rat ______
Nyctomys sumichrasti (the single member of its genus)
Northern Climbing Rat ______
Tylomys nudicaudus
Big-eared Climbing Rat ______
Ototylomys phyllotis (the single member of its genus)
White-throated Woodrat (NO) (mna)
______
Neotoma albigula
Tamaulipan Woodrat (MXe) ______
Neotoma angustapalata
Goldman's Woodrat (MXe) ______
Neotoma goldmani
Desert Woodrat (NO) (mna) ______
Neotoma lepida
Anthony's Woodrat (MXe)
______ (on Todos Santos Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
Neotoma anthonyi
Bryant's Woodrat (MXe) ______ (on Cedros
Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
Neotoma bryanti
Bunker's Woodrat (MXe)
______ (on Coronados Island, Baja California Sur) (endangered)
Neotoma bunkeri
San Martin Island Woodrat (MXe)
______ (on San Martin Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
Neotoma martinensis
Mexican Woodrat (NO) (mna) ______
Neotoma mexicana
Southern Plains Woodrat (NO) (mna)
______
Neotoma micropus
Nelson's Woodrat (MXe)
______ (in the Perote region of Veracruz)
Neotoma nelsoni
Bolaos Woodrat (MXe) ______ (in east-central Jalisco)
Neotoma palatina
Turner Island Woodrat (MXe)
______ (on Turner Island, Sonora) (endangered)
Neotoma varia
Sonoran Woodrat (MXe)
______
Neotoma (formerly
Teanopus)
phenax
Dusky-footed Woodrat (NO) (mna)
______
Neotoma fiscipes
Magdalena Rat (MXe) ______ (in western Jalisco & Colima)
Xenomys nelsoni (the single member of its genus)
Allen's Woodrat (MXe) ______
Hodomys alleni (the single member of its genus)
Nelson and Goldman's Woodrat (MXe)
______
Nelsonia goldmani
Diminutive Woodrat (MXe) ______
Nelsonia neotomodon
Coue's Rice Rat (NO) (mna) ______
Oryzomys couesi
Black-eared Rice Rat (MXe) ______
Oryzomys melanotis
Cloud Forest Rice Rat ______
Oryzomys saturatior
Allen's Cotton Rat (MXe) ______
Sigmodon alleni
Arizona Cotton Rat (NO) (mna) ______
Sigmodon arizonae
Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat (NO) (mna) ______
Sigmodon fuliventer
White-eared Cotton Rat (MXe) ______
Sigmodon leucotis
Jaliscan Cotton Rat (MXe) ______
Sigmodon mascotensis
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat (NO) (mna) ______
Sigmodon ochrognathus
Hispid Cotton Rat (NO) (mna) ______
Sigmodon hispidus
Mexican Water Mouse (MXe) ______
Rheomys mexicanus
Thomas's Water Mouse ______ (in
Mexico, in forests & regrowth areas of Chiapas)
Rheomys thomasi
Slender Harvest Mouse ______ (southern
Mexico to Costa Rica)
Reithrodontomys (formerly
Aporodon)
gracilis
Small-toothed Harvest Mouse _____
Reithrodontomys (formerly
Aporodon)
microdon
Cozumel Harvest Mouse (MXe) ______ (only
on Cozumel Is.) (endangered)
Reithrodontomys
(formerly Aporodon) spectabilis
Narrow-nosed Harvest Mouse ______
Reithrodontomys
(formerly Aporodon) tenuirostris
Sonoran Harvest Mouse ______
Reithrodontomys burti
Volcano Harvest Mouse (MXe) ______
Reithrodotomys chrysopsis
Fulvous Harvest Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Reithrodotomys fulvescens
Hairy Harvest Mouse (MXe) ______
Reithrodotomys hirsutus
Western Harvest Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Reithrodotomys megalotis
Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse ______
Reithrodontomys sumichrasti
Plains Harvest Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Reithrodontomys montanus
Mexican Harvest Mouse ______
Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) mexicanus
Zacatecan Harvest Mouse ______
Reithrodontomys zacatecae
Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse ______
Onychomys arenicola
Northern Grasshopper Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Onychomys leucogaster
Southern Grasshopper Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Onychomys torridus
Mexican Volcano Mouse (MXe) ______
Neotomodon alstoni (the single member of its genus)
Oaxaca Giant Deer Mouse (MXe)
______
Megadontomys cryophilus
Nelson's Giant Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (on the east slope of the Sierra Madre Oriental in east-central
Mexico)
Megadontomys nelsoni
Thomas' Giant Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
(in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in southern Mexico)
Megadontomys thomasi
Chinanteco Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (in the Sierra de Juarez mountains in Oaxaca)
Habromys chinanteco
Slender-tailed Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (in cloud forest in north-central Oaxaca)
Habromys lepturus
Crested-tailed Deer Mouse ______ (in wet
montane oak forests from Chiapas south to northwest El Salvador)
Habromys lophurus
Jico Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
(east slope of south Sierra Madre Oriental in east-central Mexico)
(endangered)
Habromys simulatus
Michoacan Deer Mouse (MXe)
______
Osgoodomys basnderanus (the single member of its genus)
Aztec Deer Mouse ______
Peromyscus aztecus
Brush Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus boylii
Perote Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
(in the
Perote region of Vera Cruz) (endangered)
Peromyscus bullatus
California Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______ (in
Mexico, in Baja California Norte)
Peromyscus californicus
Canyon Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus crinitus
Zacatecan Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus difficills
Cactus Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______ (from southwest
US south to central Mexico, including San Lorenzo islands & Montserrate
Is. off Baja California)
Peromyscus eremicus
Eva's Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (in southern Baja California Sur, & Carmen Island)
Peromyscus eva
Blackish Beer Mouse (MXe) ______ (east slope of southern Sierra Madre Oriental)
Peromyscus furvus
Saxicolous Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus gratus
Angel Island Deer Mouse (MXe) ______ (on
the Angel de la Guarda islands in the northern Gulf of California)
Peromyscus guardia
Guatemalan Deer Mouse ______
Peromyscus guatemalensis
Naked-eared Deer Mouse ______
Peromyscus gymnotis
Hoope's Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus hooperi
White-footed Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus leucopus
Southern Deer Mouse ______
Peromyscus levipes
Tres Marias Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus madrensis
North American Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus maniculatus
Brown Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
(in Sierra
Madre del Sur mountains)
Peromyscus megalops
Puebla Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (only in southeast
Puebla)
Peromyscus mekisturus
Zempoaltepec Deer Mouse (MXe) ______ (in
cloud forest of north-central Oaxaca in southern Mexico)
Peromyscus melanocarpus
Plateau Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus melanophrys
Black-eared Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus melanotis
Black-tailed Deer Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus melanurus
Merriam's Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus merriami
Mexican Deer Mouse ______
Peromyscus mexicanus
Northern Rock Deer Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
Peromyscus nasutus
El Carrizo Deer Mouse
(MXe) ______
Peromyscus ochraventer
White-ankled Deer Mouse (NO) (mna)
______
Peromyscus pectoralis
Marsh Deer Mouse (MXe)
______
Peromyscus perfulvus
Chihuahuan Deer Mouse
(MXe) ______
Peromyscus polius
False Canyon Deer
Mouse (MXe) ______ (on Coronados Island, Baja California
Sur) (critically endangered)
Peromyscus pseudocrinitus
Santa Cruz Deer Mouse
(MXe) ______
(on Santa Cruz & San Diego Islands, in the southern Gulf of
California)
Peromyscus sejugis
Slevin's Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (on Santa Catarina Island, Baja California Sur) (critically
endangered)
Peromyscus slevini
Nayarit Deer Mouse (MXe)
______ (in coastal Nayarit and southern Sinola)
Peromyscus simulus
Gleaning Deer Mouse (MXe)
______
Peromyscus spicilegus
Pinon Deer Mouse (mna)
______
Peromyscus truei
Winkelmann's Deer
Mouse (MXe) ______
Peromyscus winkelmanni
Yucatan Deer Mouse (MXe)
(SO) ______
Peromyscus yucatanicus
Chiapan Deer Mouse (MXe)
______
Peromyscus zarhynchus
OLD WORLD RATS & MICE (in the Subfamily Murinae)
House Rat (i) ______ (*)
(other names include
Black Rat
&
Roof Rat)
(originally from India, introduced worldwide)
Rattus rattus
Brown Rat (i) ______
(also called
Norway Rat) (originally from
southeast Siberia & northern China, introduced worldwide) (less
widespread than Rattus rattus in Central America)
Rattus norvegicus
Western House Mouse (i) ______
(commensal with humans in Europe, north Africa, & the Middle East;
introduced in North & South America, subsaharan Africa, north Australia,
& oceanic islands)
Mus domesticus (formerly conspecific with
Mus musculus,
now the
Eastern House Mouse)
INSECTIVORES (in the Order Insectivora)
SHREWS (Family Soricidae)
American Least Shrew ______
Cryptotis parva
Merriam's Small-eared Shrew ______
Cryptotis merriami
BATS (in the
Order Chiroptera)
Bats nicely illustrated in the field guide "Mammals of North America"
by Roland Kays & Don Wilson are noted with the code (mna).
SHEATH-TAILED BATS (in the Family Emballonuridae)
(51 species worldwide; 9 in Mexico)
Long-nosed Bat ______ (also
called
Proboscis Bat)
Rhynchonycteris naso (the single member of its genus)
(Common in lowland forest near water: streams,
rivers, mangroves, and lakes)
Long-nosed Bat
(photo by Doris Potter)
Greater White-lined Bat (or
White-lined Sac-winged Bat)
______
Saccopteryx bilineata
Lesser White-lined Bat ______
Saccopteryx leptura
Shaggy Bat ______ (rare,
known only from a few specimens)
Centronycteris maximiliani
Lesser Doglike Bat ______
Peropteryx macrotis
Greater Doglike Bat ______
Peropteryx kappleri
Least Sac-winged Bat ______
Balantiopteryx io
Gray Sac-winged Bat ______
Balantiopteryx plicata
Northern Ghost Bat ______
Diclidurus albus
FISHING (or BULLDOG) BATS (in the Family Noctilionidae)
(2 species in the Neotropics; both in Mexico)
Greater Fishing Bat ______
Noctilio leporinus
Lesser Fishing Bat ______
Noctilio albiventris
LEAF-CHINNED BATS (in the Family Mormoopidae)
(8 species in total; 5 in Mexico)
Common Moustached Bat (*) ______ (at
"the Cave of the Hanging Snakes", "La Cueva de las
Serpientes Colgantes", in the central Yucatan Peninsula, visited
during the FONT November 2008 Mexico Tour)
Pteronatus (formerly Phyllodia) parnellii
A Common Moustached Bat in the hand
Lesser Moustached Bat (*) ______ (at
"the Cave of the Hanging Snakes", "La Cueva de las Serpientes
Colgantes", in the central Yucatan Peninsula, visited during the FONT
November 2008 Mexico Tour)
Pteronatus (formerly Chilonycteris) personatus
Davy's Naked-backed Bat (*) ______ (at
"the Cave of the Hanging Snakes", "La Cueva de las Serpientes
Colgantes", in the central Yucatan Peninsula, visited during the FONT
November 2008 Mexico Tour)
Pteronatus davyi
Big Naked-backed Bat ______
Pteronatus gymnonotus
Peter's Ghost-faced Bat (NO) (mna) (*) ______
(at "the Cave of the
Hanging Snakes", "La Cueva de las Serpientes Colgantes", in
the central Yucatan Peninsula, visited during the FONT November 2008 Mexico
Tour)
Mormoops megalophylla
AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS (in the Family
Phyllostomidae)
(155 species in total; 56 in Mexico)
Common Big-eared Bat ______
Micronycteris microtis
Schmidt's Big-eared Bat ______
(on
Cozumel Is. & eastern Chiapas)
Micronycteris schmidtorum
Orange-throated Big-eared Bat ______ (uncommon &
local)
Micronycteris brachyotis
Tricolored Big-eared Bat ______ (rare & local)
Micronycteris (formerly Glyphonycteris) sylvestris
California Leaf-nosed Bat (NO) (mna) ______ (in
northwest Mexico)
Macrotus californicus
Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat
______
Macrotus waterhousii
Common Sword-nosed Bat ______
Lonchorhina aurita
Long-legged Bat ______
Macrophyllum macrophyllum
Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat ______
(Uncommon
to rare; usually in mature evergreen forest)
Tonatia saurophils
Pygmy Round-eared Bat ______ (lowland forest & regrowth areas)
Tonatia brasiliense
Davis' Round-eared Bat ______
Tonatia evotis
Golden Bat ______
Mimon bennettii
Cozumel Golden Bat (MXe)
______ (endemic to Cozumel Is.)
Mimon cozumelae
Striped Hairy-nosed Bat ______ (rare &
local)
Mimon (formerly
Anthorhina)
crenulatum
Pale Spear-nosed Bat ______
Phyllostomus discolor
Pale-faced Bat ______ (rare & local)
Phyllostomus stenops
Fringe-lipped Bat ______
Trachops cirrhosus
Big-eared Woolly Bat (also
called
Woolly False Vampire Bat)
______ (uncommon to
rare, but widespread)
Chrotopterus auritus
Spectral Bat (also called Great False
Vampire Bat) ______
(rare &
local)
Vampyrum spectrum
NECTAR-FEEDING or LONG-TONGUED BATS (in the Subfamilies Glossophaginae &
Lonchophyllinae)
Brown Long-tongued Bat ______
Glossophaga commissarisi
Common Long-tongued Bat ______ (in forests &
clearings)
Glossophaga soricina
Western Long-tongued Bat (MXe)
______ (dry forest & scrub from Michoacan to east
Chiapas)
Glossophaga morenoi
Gray's Long-tongued Bat ______ (in
dry forest & scrub)
Glossophaga leachii
Brown Long-tongued Bat ______
Glossophaga commissarisi
Geoffrey's Tailless Bat ______
Anoura geoffroyi
Dark Long-tongued Bat ______ (rare)
Lichonycteris obscura
Underwood's Long-tongued Bat ______
Hylonycteris underwoodi
Mexican Long-nosed Bat (NO) (mna)
______ (endangered)
Leptonycteris nivalis
North American Long-nosed Bat (NO) (mna)
______
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Godman's Whiskered Long-nosed Bat ______ (rare to
uncommon)
Choeronycteris godmani
Mexican Long-tongued Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Choeronycteris mexicana
SHORT-TAILED BATS (in the Subfamily Carolliinae)
Gray Short-tailed Bat ______
Carollia subrufa
Silky Short-tailed Bat ______
Carollia brevicauda
Seba's Short-tailed Bat (SO) (*)
______
Carollia perspicillata
Sowell's Short-tailed Bat ______
Carollia sowelli
TAILLESS BATS (in the Subfamily Stenodermatinae)
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat ______
Sturnira lilium
Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat ______ (mid-elevation
forests & forest edge)
Sturnira ludovici
Great Fruit-eating Bat ______ (in
rainforests & clearings)
Artibeus lituratus
Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus intermedius
Hairy Fruit-eating Bat (MXe)
______ (occurs from Sonora south to Guerrero)
Artibeus hirsutus
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat (*) ______ (in
rainforests & plantations) (at "the Cave of the Hanging
Snakes", "La Cueva de las Serpientes Colgantes", in the
central Yucatan Peninsula, visited during the FONT November 2008 Mexico
Tour)
Artibeus jamaicensis
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bats in a cave
Aztec Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus
(formerly
Dermanura)
aztecus
Toltec Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus
(formerly
Dermanura)
toltecus
Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus phaeotis
Thomas' Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus watsoni
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat ______
Artibeus
(formerly
Enchisthenes)
hartii
Common Tent-making Bat ______
Uroderma bilobatum
Common Tent-making Bats
(photo by Doris Potter)
Brown Tent-making Bat ______
Uroderma magnirostrum
Heller's Broad-nosed Bat ______
Platyrrhinus helleri
Great Stripe-faced Bat ______ (uncommon north
of Panama)
Vampyrodes caraccioli
Hairy Big-eyed Bat ______
Chiroderma villosum
Salvin's Big-eyed Bat ______
Chiroderma salvini
Little Yellow-eared Bat ______
Vampyressa pusilla
Wrinkle-faced Bat ______
Centurio senex
VAMPIRE BATS (in the Subfamily Desmodontinae)
Common Vampire Bat ______
Desmodus rotundus
White-winged Vampire Bat ______
(primarily South American; in Mexico & Central America, rare &
local.)
Diaemus youngi
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Diphylla ecaudata
FUNNEL-EARED BATS (in the Family Natalidae)
Mexican Funnel-eared Bat (*) ______ (at
"the Cave of the Hanging Snakes", "La Cueva de las
Serpientes Colgantes", in the central Yucatan Peninsula, visited
during the FONT November 2008 Mexico Tour)
Natalus stramineus
DISK-WINGED BATS (in the Family Thyropteridae)
Spix's Disk-winged Bat ______
Thyroptera tricolor
VESPER or PLAIN-NOSED BATS (in the Family
Vespertilionidae)
(364 species worldwide; 41 in Mexico)
Spotted Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Euderma maculatum
(the single member of its genus)
Allen's Big-eared Bat (NO) (mna)
______
(occurs south to central Mexico)
Idionycteris phyllotis
(the single member of its genus)
Mexican Big-eared Bat (MXe)
______ (highland pine-oak forests & lowlands, and Cozumel
Island)
Plecotus
(formerly
Corynorhinus)
mexicanus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat (NO) (mna)
______ (occurs
south to southern Mexico)
Plecotus
(formerly
Corynorhinus)
townsendii
Western Pipistrelle (NO) (mna) (*)
______
Pipistrellus
(formerly
Hypsugo)
hesperus
Eastern Pipistrelle (NO) (mna) ______
Pipistrellus
(formerly
Perimyotis)
subflavus
Cinnamon Myotis ______
Myotis
(formerly
Leuconoe)
fortidens
Little Brown Myotis (NO (mna) ______
Myotis
(formerly
Leuconoe)
lucifugus
Southwestern Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis auriculus
Long-eared Myotis ______
Myotis evotis
Miller's Myotis (MXe)
______ (northern Baja California) (endangered)
Myotis milleri
Peninsular Myotis (MXe) ______
(southern Baja California)
Myotis peninsularis
Fringed Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis thysanodes
California Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis californicus
Western Small-footed Myotis (NO) (mna)
______
Myotis ciliolabrum
Black Myotis ______
(in forests & built-up
areas)
Myotis nigricans
Elegant Myotis ______
Myotis elegans
Findley's Myotis ______ (on Tres
Marias Island, in Nayarit) (endangered)
Myotis findleyi
Flat-headed Myotis (MXe) ______
(in north-central Mexico, in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Zacatecas)
(critically endangered)
Myotis planiceps
Silver-haired Myotis
______
Myotis (formerly
Leuconoe)
albescens
Fish-eating Myotis ______ (coasts
& islands of Baja California & Sonora)
Myotis (formerly
Leuconoe)
vivesi
Long-legged Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis (formerly
Leuconoe)
volans
Yuma Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis (formerly
Leuconoe)
yumanensis
Cave Myotis (NO) (mna) ______
Myotis (formerly
Leuconoe)
velifer
Hairy-legged Myotis (*)
______ (at "the Cave of the Hanging Snakes",
"La Cueva de las Serpientes Colgantes", in the central Yucatan
Peninsula, visited during the FONT November 2008 Mexico
Tour)
Myotis keaysi
Big Brown Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Eptesicus fuscus
Brazilian Brown Bat ______
Eptesicus brasiliensis
Argentine Brown Bat ______
Eptesicus furinalis
Evening Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Nycticelus humeralis
Allen's Yellow Bat (MXe) ______ (central
& southern Mexico: Zacatecas to Oaxaca)
Rhogeesa (formerly
Baeodon)
alleni
Genoway's Yellow Bat (MXe) ______ (southern
Chiapas)
Rhogeesa genowaysi
Slender Yellow Bat (MXe) ______ (central
& southern Mexico: Jalisco and Zacatecas south to Oaxaca)
Rhogeesa gracilis
Least Yellow Bat (MXe) ______
(in south Michoacan) (endangered)
Rhogeese mira
Little Yellow Bat (MXe)
______ (in addition to mainland Mexico, also occurs on Tres
Marias Island in Nayarit)
Rhogeesa parvula
Central American Yellow Bat ______
Rhogeessa tumida
Western Red Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Lasiurus blossevillii
Eastern Red Bat (NO) (mna) ______ (in the US
& northeast Mexico)
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Lasiurus cinereus
Southern Yellow Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Lasiurus (formerly
Dasypterus)
ega
Northern Yellow Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Lasiurus
(formerly
Dasypterus)
intemedius
Western Yellow Bat (NO) ______ (southwest
US & west Mexico)
Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus)
xanthinus
Silver-haired Bat (NO) (mna) ______
(in the US. including Alaska, & Canada, & in northeast Mexico)
Lasionycteris noctivagans (the single member of its genus)
Silver-haired Bat
ANTROZOID BATS (in the Family Antrozoidae)
(Totally 2 species in North America; both in Mexico)
Van Gelder's Bat ______
(in Mexico, in interiors of southern forests & on Tres Marias Island, in
Nayarit)
Bauerus dubiaquercus (the single member of its genus)
Pallid Bat (NO) (mna) ______ (occurs
south to central Mexico)
Antrozous pallidus
(the single member of its genus)
FREE-TAILED BATS (in the Family Molossidae)
(94 species worldwide; 19 in Mexico)
Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat ______
Molossops greenhalli
Mexican Dog-faced Bat (MXe)
______ (in west-central Mexico)
Molossops mexicanus
Mexican (or Brazilian) Free-tailed Bat
(NO) (mna) (*) ______
(locally in dry open areas &
forests) (forms summer colonies of millions of individuals in large
caves)
Tadarida brasiliensis
ABOVE & BELOW: Mexican Free-tailed Bats
Peale's Free-tailed Bat ______
Nyctinomops aurispinosus
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat (NO) (mna) ______
(occurs from the southwest US south to Guerrero)
Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Broad-eared Bat (SO) (*) ______ (in dry
forest & scrub)
Nyctinomops laticaudatus
Big Free-tailed Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Nyctinomops macrotis
Black Bonneted Bat ______
Eumpos auripendulus
Wagner's Bonneted Bat ______
Eumops glaucinus
Sanborn's Bonneted Bat ______
(in Mexico, in Chiapas)
Eumops hansae
Dwarf Bonneted Bat ______
Eumops bonariensis
Greater Bonneted Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Eumops perotis
Underwood's Bonneted Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Eumops underwoodi
Big-crested Mastiff Bat ______
Promops centralis
Black Mastiff Bat ______
Molossus ater
Bonda Mastiff Bat ______ (in
Mexico, occurs in forest on Cozumel Island)
Molossus currentium
Miller's Mastiff Bat ______
Molossus prestiosus
Sinaloan Mastiff Bat ______
Molossus sinaloae
Pallas' Mastiff Bat (NO) (mna) ______
Molossus molossus
Pallas' Mastiff Bat
MARINE
MAMMALS ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST
SEALS:
EARED SEALS (in the Family Otariidae)
California Sea Lion ______ (the same species called the
Galapagos Sea Lion on those islands in the Pacific)
Zalophus californianus (the single member of its genus)
California Sea Lions in
Sonora, Mexico along the coast of the Sea of Cortez
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
EARLESS SEALS (in the Family Phocidae)
Northern Elephant Seal ______
Mirounga angustirostris
West Indian Monk Seal ______ (formerly occurred along the Yucatan
coast; the species is now extinct throughout its range)
Monachus tropicalis
Harbor Seal ______ (along the Mexican Pacific coast)
Phoca vitulina
Harbor Seal
(photo by James Scheib)
MARINE MAMMALS IN MEXICAN WATERS (in the Order Cetacea)
TOOTHED WHALES (in the Suborder Odontoceti)
OCEAN DOLPHINS (in the Family Delphinidae)
Rough-toothed Dolphin (t3) ______
Steno bredanensis
(in the Pacific, well offshore)
Pacific Spotted Dolphin ______
Stenella atrenuata
(off the Pacific coast)
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (t3) ______
Stenella frontalis
(off the Caribbean coast)
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin ______
Stenella longirostris centroamericana
(off the Pacific coast, & further offshore)
Clymene Dolphin (also called
Short-snouted
Spinner Dolphin)
(t3) ______
Stenella clymene
(in the Caribbean)
Striped (or
Blue-white)
Dolphin ______
Stenella coeruleoalba
(in the Pacific, offshore)
Common Dolphin ______
Delphinus delphis
(off the Pacific coast; one of the most gregarious and
abundant of the world's
cetaceans)
A Common Dolphin photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Andy Smith)
Bottlenose Dolphin ______
Tursiops truncatus
(off & along the Pacific & Caribbean coasts)
A Bottlenose Dolphin photographed during a FONT tour
Fraser's Dolphin (t2) ______
Lagenodelphis hosei
(off Pacific coast, well offshore; occurs in the Gulf of Mexico & near
the Lesser Antillean islands of the Caribbean)
Fraser's Dolphin
Risso's Dolphin (also called
Gray Grampus)
(t3) ______
Grampus griseus
(in the Pacific)
Risso's Dolphin
Melon-headed Whale (t3) ______
Peponocephala electra
(in the Pacific)
Pygmy Killer Whale (t3) ______
Feresa attenuata
(in the Pacific)
False Killer Whale (t3) ______
Pseudorca crassidens
(in the Pacific)
Killer Whale (or Orca) (t3) ______
Orcinus orca
(off the Pacific coast)
Short-finned Pilot Whale (t3) ______
Globicephala Macrorhynchus
(off the Pacific coast, & further offshore)
SPERM WHALE (a single species in the Family Physeteridae)
Great Sperm Whale (t2) ______
Physeter catodon
(in the Pacific and the Caribbean)
PYGMY SPERM WHALES (now in the Family Kogiidae)
Pygmy Sperm Whale (t3)
______
Kogia brevicops
(in the Pacific)
Pygmy Sperm Whale
(photo by Alan Brady)
Dwarf Sperm Whale (t3)
______
Kogia simus
(in the Pacific)
BEAKED WHALES (in the Family Hyperoodontidae)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
Ziphius cavirostris
(off the Pacific coast)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Blainville's Beaked Whale
(t3) ______
Mesoplodon densirostris
(on occasion, in the Pacific off Mexico)
Gray's Beaked Whale (t3)
______
Mesoplodon grayi
(in the Pacific, well offshore)
Southern Bottlenose Whale
(t2) ______
Hyperoodon planifrons
(in the Pacific)
RORUALS (in the Family Balaenopteridae)
Blue Whale (t1) ______
Balaenoptera musculus
(in the Pacific, generally far offshore)
Blue Whale
(photo by Armas Hill)
Fin Whale (t2) ______
Balaenoptera physalus
(in the Caribbean, offshore)
Sei Whale (t2) ______
Balaenoptera borealis
(in the Pacific, well
offshore)
Bryde's Whale (t1) ______
Balaenoptera brydei (formerly
edeni)
(in the Pacific,
offshore)
Northern Minke Whale (t2)
______
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (formerly conspecific with what's now the
Antarctic Minke Whale,
Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
(in the Caribbean, offshore; & in
the Pacific off Mexico)
Humpback Whale (t2) ______
Megaptera novaeangliae (the single member of its genus)
(in the Pacific, off Mexico, mainly from July to December)
Gray Whale ______
Eschrichtius robustus (the single member of its genus)
(in the Pacific, including the Sea of Cortez)
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