Mammals
in 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      

        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)
   

1. Common Opossum  (*) ______     
   Didelphis marsupialis
   
   
2. Virginia Opossum  (*)  ______ 
   Didelphis virginiana
   
   
3. Gray Four-eyed Opossum  (*) ______ 
   Philander opossum
   
   
4. Water Opossum ______  (also called Yapok) 
   Chironectes minimus
   
   
5. Brown Four-eyed Opossum ______
   Metachirus nudicaudatus
   
   
6. Mexican Mouse Opossum ______
   Marmosa mexicana
   
   
7. 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) 
   
   
8. Northern Tamandua  (SO) (*)  ______  (also called Banded or Vested Anteater) 
   Tamandua mexicana
   
   
   
   
   Northern Tamandua
   
   
   SILKY ANTEATER (in the Family Cycloipedidae)  (1 species in the family)
   
     
9. 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)
   
   
10. Nine-banded (Long-nosed) Armadillo ______  
    Dasypus novemcinctus
    
    
    
    
    Nine-banded Armadillo
    
    
    RABBITS (in the Order Lagomorpha, Family Leporidae)  (57 species worldwide; 14 in Mexico)
     
    
11. Antelope Jackrabbit  (NO) (*)  _____
    Lepus alleni
    
    
    
    
    An Antelope Jackrabbit photographed during a FONT tour in Mexico
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
12. Black-tailed Jackrabbit  (NO)  _____
    Lepus californicus
    
    
    
    
    Black-tailed Jackrabbit
    
    
13. White-sided Jackrabbit  (NO)  _____  (endemic to Mexico other than in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, US)
    Lepus callotis
    
    
14. Tehuantepec Jackrabbit  (t2) (MXe)  _____
    Lepus flavigularis
    
    
15. Black Jackrabbit  (MXe)  _____  (only on Espiritu Santo Is. in the Gulf of California)
    Lepus insularis
    
    
16. Brush Rabbit  (NO)  _____ (In Mexico, in Baja California)
    Sylvilagus (formerly Microlagus) bachmani
    
    
17. San Jose Brush Rabbit  (MXe)  _____ (only on San Jose Is. in the Gulf of California)
    Sylvilagus (formerly Microlagus) mansuetus
    
    
18. Desert Cottontail  (NO)  _____
    Sylvilagus auduboni
    
    
    
    
    Desert Cottontail
    
    
19. Mexican Cottontail  (MXe)  _____  (only in south Mexico)
    Sylvilagus cunicularius 
     
    
20. Eastern Cottontail  (NO) (SO) (*)  ______ 
    Sylvilagus floridanus
    
    
21. Tres Marias Cottontail  (MXe)  (only on Tres Marias Is. in the Pacific)
    Sylvilagus graysoni
    
    
22. Forest Rabbit  ______  (other names: Tropical Cottontail Rabbit or Brazilian Rabbit or Tapiti) 
    Sylvilagus (formerly Tapeti) brasilensis
    
    
23. Omiteme Cottontail  (t1) (MXe)  (only in the mountains of Sierra Madre del Sur in central Guerrero)
    Sylvilagus (formerly Tapeti) insonus
    
    
24. 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)
    
    
25. Western Gray Squirrel  (NO) ______ 
    Sciurus (formerly Hesperosciurus) griseus
    
    
26. Allen's Squirrel  (MXe) ____
    Sciurus alleni
    
    
27. Arizona Gray Squirrel  (NO)  ____  (in Mexico, in northeast Sonora)
    Sciurus arizonensis
    
    
28. Yucatan Squirrel  (SO) (*) ____  (in southeast Mexico, Belize, and north Guatemala)
    Sciurus yucatanensis
    
    
29. Mexican Gray Squirrel  (SO) ____  (also called Red-bellied Squirrel)
    Sciurus aureogaster
    
    
30. Collie's Squirrel  (MXe) ____    
    Sciurus colliaei
    
    
31. Deppe's Squirrel ____
    Sciurus deppei
    
    
32. 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
    
    
33. Peter's Squirrel  (MXe) _____
    Sciurus oculatus
    
    
34. Variegated Squirrel _____ 
    Sciurus variegatoides
    (14 named subspecies are recognized)
    
     
35. Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel  (MXe)  _____ (only in southwest Chihuahua)
    Spermophilus (formerly Callospermophilus) madrensis
    
    
36. Mexican Ground Squirrel  (NO) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly ictidomys) mexicanus
    
    
37. Perote Ground Squirrel  (MXe) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Ictidomys) perotensis
    
    
38. Spotted Ground Squirrel  (NO) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Ictidomys) spilosoma
    
    
39. Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel  (MXe) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Notocitellus) annulatus
    
    
40. Tropical Ground Squirrel  (MXe) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Otospermophilus) adocetus
    
    
41. Baja California Ground Squirrel  (MXe) _____ (only in Baja California)
    Spermophilus (formerly Otospermophilus) atricapillus
    
    
42. California Ground Squirrel  (NO) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Otospermophilus) beecheyi
    
    
43. 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)
    
    
44. Round-tailed Ground Squirrel  (NO) _____
    Spermophilus (formerly Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus
    
    
    
    
    Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
    
    
45. Harris's Antelope Squirel  (NO) _____
    Ammospermophilus harrisii
    
    
    
    
    Harris's Antelope Squirrel
    
    
46. Espiritu Santo Island Antelope Squirrel  (MXe) _____ (only on Espiritu Santo is. in Baja California)
    Ammospermophilus insularis
    
    
47. Texas Antelope Squirrel  (NO) _____
    Ammospermophilus interpres
    
    
48. White-tailed Antelope Squirrel  (NO)  _____
    Ammospermophilus leucurus
    
    
49. Mexican Prairie Dog  (t2) (MXe) _____
    Cynomys mexicanus
    
    
50. Buller's Chipmunk  (MXe) _____
    Tamias (formerly Neotamias) bulleri
     
    
51. Cliff Chipmunk  (NO) _____
    Tamias (formerly Neotamias) dorsalis
    
    
    
    
    Cliff Chipmunk
    
    
52. Durango Chipmunk  (MXe) _____
    Tamias (formerly Neotamias) durangae
    
    
53. Merriam's Chipmunk _____
    Tamias (formerly Neotamias) merriami
    
    
54. California Chipmunk  (NO) _____
    Tamias (formerly Neotamias) obscurus
    
    
55. Mearn's Squirrel  (MXe) _____  (only in Baja California)
    Tamiasciurus mearnsi
    
    
56. Southern Flying Squirrel  _____
    Glaucomys volans
    
    
    VOLES & MUSKRAT (in the Family Arvicolinae)  (140 species worldwide; xx in Mexico)
    
    
57. Guatemalan Vole  _____  
    Microtus (formerly Herpetomys) guatemalensis
    
    
58. California Vole  (NO)  _____
    Microtus (formerly Mynomes) californicus
    
    
59. Mexican Vole  (*)  _____
    Microtus (formerly Mynomes) mexicanus
    
    
60. Jalapan Pine Vole  _____
    Microtus (formerly Pitymys) quasiater
    
    
61. Muskrat  (NO)  _____  
    Ondata zibethicus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    Muskrat
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
    BEAVERS  (2 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
    
    
62. 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) 
    
    
63. 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)
    
    
64. 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)
    
    
65. Mexican Black Agouti  (MXe) (but also introduced in Cuba) ______
    Dasyprocta mexicana
    
    
66. Central American Agouti  (*)  ______ 
    Dasyprocta punctata
    
    
67. 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)
    
    
68. Kit Fox  (NO)  _____
    Vulpes macrotis
    
    
69. Gray Fox  (NO) (SO)  (*) ______  
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    
    
70. Coyote  (NO) (SO) (*)  ______ 
    Canis latrans
    
    
    
    
    Coyote
    
    
    BEARS  (in the Family Ursidae)  (8 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
    
    
71. 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)
     
    
72. Kinkajou (ti)  (SO) ______ 
    Potos flavus  (the single member of its genus)
       
    
    
    
    Kinkajou, photographed during a FONT tour 
    (photo by Rosemary Lloyd)
     
    
73. Northern Raccoon  (SO) (*)  ______ 
    Procyon lotor
    
    
    
    
    Northern Raccoon
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
74. 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)
    
    
75. Tres Marias Raccoon  (t2) (MXe) ______  (only on Tres Marias Is. in the Pacific)
    Procyon insularis    
    
    
76. 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)
     
    
77. Ringtail  (NO)  ______
    Bassariscus astutus
    
    
78. Cacomistle  (SO) (*) ______  
    Bassariscus sumichrasti
    
    
    OTTERS, WEASELS, & ALLIES  (in the Family Mustelidae)  (68 species worldwide; 13 in Mexico)
    
    
79. Neotropical River Otter  (t2) (SO) ______
    Lutra (formerly Lontra) longicaudis
    
    
80. Sea Otter  (t2)  ______  (formerly along the Pacific seacoast of northwest Mexico - in north Baja California)
    Enhydra lutris  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
81. Long-tailed Weasel  (SO) (*)  ______ 
    Mustela frenata
    
    
82. American Badger  ______
    Taxidea taxus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    An American Badger photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
83. Greater Grison  (SO)  ______  (also called Huron)
    Galictis vittata
    
    
84. Tayra  (SO) (*)  ______ 
    Eira barbara  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
85. Striped Skunk ______ 
    Mephitis mephitis
    
    
86. Hooded Skunk ______  
    Mephitis macroura
    
    
87. Eastern Spotted Skunk ______
    Spilogale putorius
    
    
88. Western Spotted Skunk ______
    Spilogale gracilis
    
    
89. Pygmy Spotted Skunk (MXe) ______
    Spilogale pygmaea
    
    
90. Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk ______
    Conepatus leuconotus
    
    
91. Western Hog-nosed Skunk ______
    Conepatus mesoleucus
    
    
92. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk ______ 
    Conepatus semistriatus
    
    
    CATS  (in the Family Felidae)  (39 species worldwide; 6 in Mexico)
    
    
93. Bobcat  ______
    Felis (formerly Lynx) rufa
    
    
94. Ocelot (t2) (SO) ______ 
    Leopardus pardalis
    
    
    
    
    Ocelots photographed during a FONT tours 
    
    
    
    
    
95. Margay (t2) (SO) ______  
    Leopardus wiedii
    
    
96. Jaguarundi  (t2) (SO) ______  
    Herpailurus yauarondi
    
    
97. Puma  (t3) (SO) ______ (other names are Cougar and Mountain Lion) 
    Puma concolor
    
    
    
    
    Puma
    
    

98. 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) 
    
    

99. Yucatan Black Howler Monkey  (t2) (SO) (*) _____ 
    Alouatta pigra
    
    
    
    
    Yucatan Howler Monkey photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
    
100. Mantled Howler Monkey (t3) (SO) ______  
     Alouatta palliata   
     
     
     
     
     A Mantled Howler Monkey photographed during a FONT tour in Costa Rica
     
     
101. 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)
     
     
102. Collared Peccary  (SO) (*) ______   (another name has been Javelina) 
     Dicotyles tajacu  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Collared Peccaries
     
     
103. White-lipped Peccary ______ 
     Tayassu pecari  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     PRONGHORN  (in the Family Antilocapridae)  (1 species in the family)
     
     
104. Pronghorn  (NO) _____
     Antilocapra americana  (the single member of its genus, and family)
     
     
     
     
     Pronghorn
     
     
     Deer  (in the Family Cervidae)
     (47 species worldwide; 4 in Mexico)     
     
     
105. Mule Deer  (NO) _____ 
     Odocoileus hemionus
     
     
     
     
     Mule Deer
     
     
106. White-tailed Deer  (NO) (SO) (*)  ______ 
     Odocoileus virginianus
     
     
     
     
     Coue's White-tailed Deer
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
107. Red Brocket (Deer)  (SO) ______ 
     Mazama americana
     
     
108. Yucatan Brown Brocket Deer  (MXe) (SO)  _____  (only in south Mexico) 
     Mazama pandora
     
     
     SHEEP  (in the Family Bovidae)
     (141 species worldwide; 1 in Mexico)
     
     
109. 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)
     
      
110. Baird's Tapir (t2) (SO) ______ 
     Tapirus bairdii
     
     
     
     
     Baird's Tapir
     
     
     MANATEES  (in the Order Sirenia, in the Family Trichechidae)
     
     
111. 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)
     
     

112. Botta's Pocket Gopher  (NO) (mna) (*)  ______ 
     Thomomys bottae
     
     
113. Southern Pocket Gopher  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Thomomys umbrinus
     
     
114. Desert Pocket Gopher  (NO)  ______  
     Geomys arenarius 
     
     
115. Texas Pocket Gopher  (NO)  ______
     Geomys personatus
     
     
116. Tropical Pocket Gopher  (MXe) _____  (in southeast Tamaulipas)
     Geomys tropicalis
     
     
117. Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher  (NO) (mna)  _____
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) castanops
     
     
118. Smoky Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______  (on the plains of east Colima) 
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) fumosus
     
     
119. Llano Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______  (from central Jalisco to northeast Michoacan)
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) gymnurus
     
     
120. Merriam's Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) merriami
     
     
121. Queretaro Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______  (critically endangered)
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) neglectus
     
     
122. Naked-nosed Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) tylorhinus
     
     
123. Zinser's Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______
     Pappogeomys (formerly Cratogeomys) zonseri
     
     
124. Alcorn's Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______
     Pappogeomys alcorni
     
     
125. Buller's Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______
     Pappogeomys bulleri
     
     
126. Hispid Pocket Gopher ______  
     Orthogeomys (formerly Heterogeomys) hispidus
     
     
127. Big Pocket Gopher  (MXe) ______  
     Orthogeomys (formerly Heterogeomys) lanius 
     
     
128. Oaxacan Pocket Gopher  (MXe) ______  (critically endangered)
     Orthogeomys cuniculus 
     
     
129. Giant Pocket Gopher  (SO)  ______
     Orthogeomys grandis
     
     
130. Michoacan Pocket Gopher  (MXe)  ______  (endangered)
     Zygogeomys trichopus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
131. Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse  ______
     Liomys irroratus
     
     
132. Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse  ______
     Liomys pictus
     
     
133. Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse ______  
     Liomys salvini
     
     
134. Jaliscan Spiny Pocket Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Liomys spectabilis
     
     
135. Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse ______ 
     Heteromys desmarestianus
     
     
136. Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse  (SO) (*) ______ (in the Yucatan region of southeast Mexico, north Belize, & north Guatemala)
     Heteromys gaumeri
     
     
137. Goldman's Spiny Pocket Mouse  (SO)   ______
     Heteromys goldmani
     
     
138. Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse  (SO)   ______  (critically endangered)
     Heteromys nelsoni
     
     
139. Arizona Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Perognathus amplus
     
     
140. Plains Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Perognathus flavescens
     
     
141. Silky Pocket Mouse  (NO)   ______ 
     Perognathus flavus
     
     
142. Little Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Perognathus longimembris
     
     
143. Merriam's Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Perognathus merriami
     
     
144. Little Desert Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______  (endemic to Baja California)
     Chaetodipus arenanius
     
     
145. Narrow-skulled Pocket Mouse  ______
     Chaetodipus artus
     
     
146. Bailey's Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus baileyi
     
     
147. California Pocket Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Chaetodipus californicus
     
     
148. Chihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______ 
     Chaetodipus eremicus
     
     
149. San Diego Pocket Mouse  (NO)   ______
     Chaetodipus fallax
     
     
150. Long-tailed Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus formosus
     
     
151. Goldman's Pocket Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Chaetodipus goldmani
     
     
152. Hispid Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus hispidus
     
     
153. Rock Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus intermedius
     
     
154. Lined Pocket Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Chaetodipus lineatus
     
     
155. Sonoran Desert Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus penicillatus
     
     
156. Sinaloan Pocket Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Chaetodipus pernix
     
     
157. Spiny-rumped Pocket Mouse  (NO)  ______
     Chaetodipus spinatus
     
     
158. Agile Kangaroo-Rat  (NO)  ______
     Dipodomys agilis
     
     
159. Gulf Coast Kangaroo-Rat  (NO)  ______
     Dipodomys compactus
     
     
160. Desert Kangaroo-Rat  (NO)  ______
     Dipodomys deserti
     
     
161. San Quintin Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______   
     Dipodomys gravipes
     
     
162. San Jose Island Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______  (critically endangered)
     Dipodomys insularis
     
     
163. Santa Margarita Island Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______  (critically endangered)
     Dipodomys margaritae
     
     
164. Merriam's Kangaroo-Rat  (NO) (*)  ______
     Dipodomys merriami    
     
     
165. Nelson's Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______
     Dipodomys nelsoni
     
     
166. Ord's Kangaroo-Rat  (NO)  ______
     Dipodomys ordii
     
     
167. Phillips's Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______
     Dipodomys phillipsii
     
     
168. Dulzura Kangaroo-Rat  (MXe)  ______
     Dipodomys simulans
     
     
169. Banner-tailed Kangaroo-Rat  (NO)  ______
     Dipodomys spectabilis
      
     
     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). 
     
     
170. Southern Pygmy Mouse ______
     Balomys musculus
     
     
171. Northern Pygmy Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Balomys taylori
     
     
172. Alston's Singing Mouse ______
     Scotinomys teguina
     
     
173. 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) 
     
     
174. Vesper Rat ______
     Nyctomys sumichrasti  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
175. Northern Climbing Rat ______
     Tylomys nudicaudus
     
     
176. Big-eared Climbing Rat ______
     Ototylomys phyllotis  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
177. White-throated Woodrat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Neotoma albigula
     
     
178. Tamaulipan Woodrat  (MXe)  ______
     Neotoma angustapalata
     
     
179. Goldman's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______
     Neotoma goldmani
     
     
180. Desert Woodrat  (NO) (mna) ______
     Neotoma lepida
     
     
181. Anthony's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (on Todos Santos Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
     Neotoma anthonyi
     
     
182. Bryant's Woodrat  (MXe) ______ (on Cedros Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
     Neotoma bryanti
     
     
183. Bunker's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (on Coronados Island, Baja California Sur) (endangered)
     Neotoma bunkeri
     
     
184. San Martin Island Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (on San Martin Island, Baja California Norte) (endangered)
     Neotoma martinensis
     
     
185. Mexican Woodrat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Neotoma mexicana
     
     
186. Southern Plains Woodrat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Neotoma micropus
     
     
187. Nelson's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (in the Perote region of Veracruz)
     Neotoma nelsoni
     
     
188. Bolaos Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (in east-central Jalisco)
     Neotoma palatina
     
     
189. Turner Island Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  (on Turner Island, Sonora) (endangered)
     Neotoma varia
     
     
190. Sonoran Woodrat  (MXe)  ______  
     Neotoma (formerly Teanopus) phenax
     
     
191. Dusky-footed Woodrat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Neotoma fiscipes
     
     
192. Magdalena Rat  (MXe)  ______  (in western Jalisco & Colima)
     Xenomys nelsoni  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
193. Allen's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______
     Hodomys alleni  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
194. Nelson and Goldman's Woodrat  (MXe)  ______
     Nelsonia goldmani
     
     
195. Diminutive Woodrat  (MXe)  ______
     Nelsonia neotomodon
     
     
196. Coue's Rice Rat  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Oryzomys couesi
     
     
197. Black-eared Rice Rat  (MXe) ______
     Oryzomys melanotis
     
     
198. Cloud Forest Rice Rat ______
     Oryzomys saturatior
     
     
199. Allen's Cotton Rat  (MXe) ______  
     Sigmodon alleni
     
     
200. Arizona Cotton Rat  (NO) (mna) ______
     Sigmodon arizonae
     
     
201. Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat  (NO) (mna) ______   
     Sigmodon fuliventer
     
     
202. White-eared Cotton Rat  (MXe)  ______
     Sigmodon leucotis
     
     
203. Jaliscan Cotton Rat  (MXe) ______ 
     Sigmodon mascotensis
     
     
204. Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat  (NO) (mna)  ______  
     Sigmodon ochrognathus
     
     
205. Hispid Cotton Rat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Sigmodon hispidus
     
     
206. Mexican Water Mouse  (MXe) ______  
     Rheomys mexicanus
     
     
207. Thomas's Water Mouse ______  (in Mexico, in forests & regrowth areas of Chiapas)
     Rheomys thomasi  
     
     
208. Slender Harvest Mouse ______  (southern Mexico to Costa Rica)
     Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) gracilis
     
     
209. Small-toothed Harvest Mouse _____ 
     Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) microdon
     
     
210. Cozumel Harvest Mouse  (MXe) ______ (only on Cozumel Is.) (endangered)
     Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) spectabilis
     
     
211. Narrow-nosed Harvest Mouse ______
     Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) tenuirostris
     
     
212. Sonoran Harvest Mouse  ______  
     Reithrodontomys burti
     
     
213. Volcano Harvest Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Reithrodotomys chrysopsis
     
     
214. Fulvous Harvest Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Reithrodotomys fulvescens
     
     
215. Hairy Harvest Mouse  (MXe) ______  
     Reithrodotomys hirsutus
     
     
216. Western Harvest Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______  
     Reithrodotomys megalotis 
     
     
217. Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse ______
     Reithrodontomys sumichrasti
     
     
218. Plains Harvest Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______  
     Reithrodontomys montanus
     
     
219. Mexican Harvest Mouse ______ 
     Reithrodontomys (formerly Aporodon) mexicanus
     
     
220. Zacatecan Harvest Mouse ______
     Reithrodontomys zacatecae
     
     
221. Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse ______
     Onychomys arenicola
     
     
222. Northern Grasshopper Mouse (NO) (mna) ______
     Onychomys leucogaster
     
     
223. Southern Grasshopper Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Onychomys torridus
     
     
224. Mexican Volcano Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Neotomodon alstoni  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
225. Oaxaca Giant Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Megadontomys cryophilus
     
     
226. Nelson's Giant Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______  (on the east slope of the Sierra Madre Oriental in east-central Mexico)
     Megadontomys nelsoni
     
     
227. Thomas' Giant Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______ (in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in southern Mexico)
     Megadontomys thomasi 
     
     
228. Chinanteco Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  (in the Sierra de Juarez mountains in Oaxaca)
     Habromys chinanteco
     
     
229. Slender-tailed Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______  (in cloud forest in north-central Oaxaca)
     Habromys lepturus
     
     
230. Crested-tailed Deer Mouse ______  (in wet montane oak forests from Chiapas south to northwest El Salvador)
     Habromys lophurus
     
     
231. Jico Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  (east slope of south Sierra Madre Oriental in east-central Mexico) (endangered)
     Habromys simulatus
      
     
232. Michoacan Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______  
     Osgoodomys basnderanus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
233. Aztec Deer Mouse ______
     Peromyscus aztecus
     
     
234. Brush Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Peromyscus boylii
     
     
235. Perote Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______ (in the Perote region of Vera Cruz) (endangered)
     Peromyscus bullatus 
     
     
236. California Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______  (in Mexico, in Baja California Norte)
     Peromyscus californicus
     
     
237. Canyon Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Peromyscus crinitus
     
     
238. Zacatecan Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Peromyscus difficills  
     
     
239. Cactus Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______  (from southwest US south to central Mexico, including San Lorenzo islands & Montserrate Is. off Baja California)
     Peromyscus eremicus 
     
     
240. Eva's Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  (in southern Baja California Sur, & Carmen Island)
     Peromyscus eva
     
     
241. Blackish Beer Mouse  (MXe) ______  (east slope of southern Sierra Madre Oriental)
     Peromyscus furvus
     
     
242. Saxicolous Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Peromyscus gratus
     
     
243. Angel Island Deer Mouse (MXe) ______  (on the Angel de la Guarda islands in the northern Gulf of California)
     Peromyscus guardia
     
     
244. Guatemalan Deer Mouse  ______
     Peromyscus guatemalensis
     
     
245. Naked-eared Deer Mouse  ______
     Peromyscus gymnotis
     
     
246. Hoope's Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Peromyscus hooperi
     
     
247. White-footed Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Peromyscus leucopus
     
     
248. Southern Deer Mouse ______
     Peromyscus levipes
     
     
249. Tres Marias Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Peromyscus madrensis 
     
     
250. North American Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Peromyscus maniculatus
     
     
251. Brown Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______ (in Sierra Madre del Sur mountains)
     Peromyscus megalops
       
        
252. Puebla Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______    (only in southeast Puebla)
     Peromyscus mekisturus
     
     
253. Zempoaltepec Deer Mouse (MXe) ______  (in cloud forest of north-central Oaxaca in southern Mexico)
     Peromyscus melanocarpus
     
     
254. Plateau Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  
     Peromyscus melanophrys
     
     
255. Black-eared Deer Mouse (MXe) ______  
     Peromyscus melanotis
     
     
256. Black-tailed Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______   
     Peromyscus melanurus
     
     
257. Merriam's Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Peromyscus merriami
     
     
258. Mexican Deer Mouse ______
     Peromyscus mexicanus
     
     
259. Northern Rock Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna) ______
     Peromyscus nasutus
     
     
260. El Carrizo Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Peromyscus ochraventer
     
     
261. White-ankled Deer Mouse  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Peromyscus pectoralis
     
     
262. Marsh Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Peromyscus perfulvus 
     
     
263. Chihuahuan Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______
     Peromyscus polius
     
     
264. False Canyon Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  (on Coronados Island, Baja California Sur) (critically endangered)
     Peromyscus pseudocrinitus
     
     
265. Santa Cruz Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______ (on Santa Cruz & San Diego Islands, in the southern Gulf of California)
     Peromyscus sejugis
     
     
266. Slevin's Deer Mouse  (MXe) ______  (on Santa Catarina Island, Baja California Sur) (critically endangered)
     Peromyscus slevini
     
     
267. Nayarit Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______  (in coastal Nayarit and southern Sinola)
     Peromyscus simulus
     
     
268. Gleaning Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Peromyscus spicilegus
     
     
269. Pinon Deer Mouse  (mna)  ______
     Peromyscus truei
     
     
270. Winkelmann's Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Peromyscus winkelmanni
     
     
271. Yucatan Deer Mouse  (MXe) (SO)  ______
     Peromyscus yucatanicus
     
     
272. Chiapan Deer Mouse  (MXe)  ______
     Peromyscus zarhynchus  
     
     
     OLD WORLD RATS & MICE (in the Subfamily Murinae) 
     
     
273. House Rat (i) ______ (*)  (other names include Black Rat & Roof Rat) (originally from India, introduced worldwide)  
     Rattus rattus
     
     
274. 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
     
     
275. 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)
     
     
276. American Least Shrew ______
     Cryptotis parva
     
     
277. 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)
     
     
278. 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)
     
     
279. Greater White-lined Bat (or White-lined Sac-winged Bat) ______  
     Saccopteryx bilineata
     
     
280. Lesser White-lined Bat ______ 
     Saccopteryx leptura 
     
     
281. Shaggy Bat ______ (rare, known only from a few specimens) 
     Centronycteris maximiliani
     
     
282. Lesser Doglike Bat ______ 
     Peropteryx macrotis
     
     
283. Greater Doglike Bat ______ 
     Peropteryx kappleri
     
     
284. Least Sac-winged Bat  ______ 
     Balantiopteryx io
     
     
285. Gray Sac-winged Bat ______ 
     Balantiopteryx plicata
     
     
286. Northern Ghost Bat ______ 
     Diclidurus albus
     
     
     FISHING (or BULLDOG) BATS  (in the Family Noctilionidae)  
     (2 species in the Neotropics; both in Mexico) 
     
     
287. Greater Fishing Bat ______ 
     Noctilio leporinus
     
     
288. Lesser Fishing Bat ______ 
     Noctilio albiventris
     
     
     LEAF-CHINNED BATS (in the Family Mormoopidae)
     (8 species in total; 5 in Mexico)  
     
     
289. 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
     
     
290. 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
     
     
291. 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
     
     
292. Big Naked-backed Bat ______ 
     Pteronatus gymnonotus 
     
     
293. 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)
     
     
294. Common Big-eared Bat ______
     Micronycteris microtis
     
     
295. Schmidt's Big-eared Bat ______ (on Cozumel Is. & eastern Chiapas)
     Micronycteris schmidtorum
     
     
296. Orange-throated Big-eared Bat ______ (uncommon & local)
     Micronycteris brachyotis
     
     
297. Tricolored Big-eared  Bat ______ (rare & local)
     Micronycteris (formerly Glyphonycteris) sylvestris
     
     
298. California Leaf-nosed Bat  (NO) (mna) ______  (in northwest Mexico)
     Macrotus californicus
     
     
299. Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat  ______ 
     Macrotus waterhousii
     
     
300. Common Sword-nosed Bat ______
     Lonchorhina aurita
     
     
301. Long-legged Bat ______ 
     Macrophyllum macrophyllum
     
     
302. Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat ______ (Uncommon to rare; usually in mature evergreen forest)
     Tonatia saurophils
     
     
303. Pygmy Round-eared Bat ______  (lowland forest & regrowth areas)
     Tonatia brasiliense
     
     
304. Davis' Round-eared Bat ______ 
     Tonatia evotis
     
     
305. Golden Bat ______ 
     Mimon bennettii
     
     
306. Cozumel Golden Bat  (MXe)  ______  (endemic to Cozumel Is.)  
     Mimon cozumelae
     
     
307. Striped Hairy-nosed Bat ______ (rare & local) 
     Mimon (formerly Anthorhina) crenulatum
     
     
308. Pale Spear-nosed Bat ______
     Phyllostomus discolor
     
     
309. Pale-faced Bat ______ (rare & local)
     Phyllostomus stenops
     
     
310. Fringe-lipped Bat ______
     Trachops cirrhosus
     
     
311. Big-eared Woolly Bat  (also called Woolly False Vampire Bat) ______ (uncommon to rare, but widespread)
     Chrotopterus auritus
     
     
312. Spectral Bat (also called Great False Vampire Bat) ______ (rare & local)
     Vampyrum spectrum
     
     
     NECTAR-FEEDING or LONG-TONGUED BATS (in the Subfamilies Glossophaginae & Lonchophyllinae) 
     
     
313. Common Long-tongued Bat ______ (in forests & clearings)
     Glossophaga soricina
     
     
314. Western Long-tongued Bat (MXe)  ______  (dry forest & scrub from Michoacan to east Chiapas)  
     Glossophaga morenoi
     
      
315. Gray's Long-tongued Bat ______ (in dry forest & scrub)
     Glossophaga leachii
     
     
316. Brown Long-tongued Bat ______
     Glossophaga commissarisi
     
     
317. Geoffrey's Tailless Bat ______
     Anoura geoffroyi
     
     
318. Dark Long-tongued Bat ______ (rare)
     Lichonycteris obscura
     
     
319. Underwood's Long-tongued Bat ______
     Hylonycteris underwoodi
     
     
320. Mexican Long-nosed Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______ (endangered)
     Leptonycteris nivalis
     
     
321. North American Long-nosed Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
     
     
322. Godman's Whiskered Long-nosed Bat ______ (rare to uncommon)
     Choeronycteris godmani
     
     
323. Mexican Long-tongued Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Choeronycteris mexicana 
     
     
     SHORT-TAILED BATS  (in the Subfamily Carolliinae)
     
     
324. Gray Short-tailed Bat ______  
     Carollia subrufa
     
     
325. Silky Short-tailed Bat ______
     Carollia brevicauda
     
     
326. Seba's Short-tailed Bat  (SO) (*) ______
     Carollia perspicillata
     
     
327. Sowell's Short-tailed Bat ______ 
     Carollia sowelli
     
     
     TAILLESS BATS (in the Subfamily Stenodermatinae)
     
     
328. Little Yellow-shouldered Bat ______ 
     Sturnira lilium
     
     
329. Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat ______  (mid-elevation forests & forest edge)
     Sturnira ludovici
     
     
330. Great Fruit-eating Bat ______  (in rainforests & clearings) 
     Artibeus lituratus
     
     
331. Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus intermedius
     
     
332. Hairy Fruit-eating Bat  (MXe) ______   (occurs from Sonora south to Guerrero)
     Artibeus hirsutus 
     
     
333. 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
     
     
334. Aztec Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus (formerly Dermanura) aztecus
     
     
335. Toltec Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus (formerly Dermanura) toltecus
     
     
336. Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus phaeotis
     
     
337. Thomas' Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus watsoni
     
     
338. Velvety Fruit-eating Bat ______ 
     Artibeus (formerly Enchisthenes) hartii
     
     
339. Common Tent-making Bat ______  
     Uroderma bilobatum
     
     
     
     
     Common Tent-making Bats
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
340. Brown Tent-making Bat ______ 
     Uroderma magnirostrum
     
     
341. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat ______ 
     Platyrrhinus helleri
     
     
342. Great Stripe-faced Bat ______  (uncommon north of Panama)
     Vampyrodes caraccioli
     
     
343. Hairy Big-eyed Bat ______ 
     Chiroderma villosum
     
     
344. Salvin's Big-eyed Bat ______ 
     Chiroderma salvini
     
     
345. Little Yellow-eared Bat ______ 
     Vampyressa pusilla
     
     
346. Wrinkle-faced Bat ______ 
     Centurio senex
     
     
     VAMPIRE BATS (in the Subfamily Desmodontinae)
     
     
347. Common Vampire Bat ______ 
     Desmodus rotundus
     
     
348. White-winged Vampire Bat ______  (primarily South American; in Mexico & Central America, rare & local.)
     Diaemus youngi
     
     
349. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Diphylla ecaudata
     
     
     FUNNEL-EARED BATS (in the Family Natalidae)
     
     
350. 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)
     
     
351. Spix's Disk-winged Bat ______ 
     Thyroptera tricolor
     
     
     VESPER or PLAIN-NOSED BATS (in the Family Vespertilionidae)
     (364 species worldwide; 41 in Mexico) 
     
     
352. Spotted Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Euderma maculatum  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
353. Allen's Big-eared Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______ (occurs south to central Mexico)
     Idionycteris phyllotis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
354. Mexican Big-eared Bat  (MXe) ______  (highland pine-oak forests & lowlands, and Cozumel Island)
     Plecotus (formerly Corynorhinus) mexicanus
     
     
355. Townsend's Big-eared Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______  (occurs south to southern Mexico)
     Plecotus (formerly Corynorhinus) townsendii
     
     
356. Western Pipistrelle  (NO) (mna) (*)  ______
     Pipistrellus (formerly Hypsugo) hesperus
     
     
357. Eastern Pipistrelle  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Pipistrellus (formerly Perimyotis) subflavus
     
     
358. Cinnamon Myotis ______
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) fortidens
     
     
359. Little Brown Myotis  (NO (mna)  ______
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) lucifugus
     
     
360. Southwestern Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis auriculus
     
     
361. Long-eared Myotis ______
     Myotis evotis
     
     
362. Miller's Myotis  (MXe)  ______  (northern Baja California) (endangered)
     Myotis milleri
     
     
363. Peninsular Myotis  (MXe) ______ (southern Baja California)
     Myotis peninsularis
     
     
364. Fringed Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis thysanodes
     
     
365. California Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis californicus
     
     
366. Western Small-footed Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis ciliolabrum   
     
     
367. Black Myotis ______  (in forests & built-up areas)
     Myotis nigricans
     
     
368. Elegant Myotis ______ 
     Myotis elegans
     
     
369. Findley's Myotis ______ (on Tres Marias Island, in Nayarit) (endangered)
     Myotis findleyi 
     
     
370. Flat-headed Myotis  (MXe) ______ (in north-central Mexico, in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Zacatecas) (critically endangered)
     Myotis planiceps 
     
     
371. Silver-haired Myotis ______   
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) albescens
     
     
372. Fish-eating Myotis ______  (coasts & islands of Baja California & Sonora)
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) vivesi
     
     
373. Long-legged Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) volans
     
     
374. Yuma Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) yumanensis 
     
     
375. Cave Myotis  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Myotis (formerly Leuconoe) velifer
     
     
376. 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
     
     
377. Big Brown Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Eptesicus fuscus
     
     
378. Brazilian Brown Bat ______ 
     Eptesicus brasiliensis
     
     
379. Argentine Brown Bat ______ 
     Eptesicus furinalis
     
     
380. Evening Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Nycticelus humeralis
     
     
381. Allen's Yellow Bat  (MXe) ______ (central & southern Mexico: Zacatecas to Oaxaca)
     Rhogeesa (formerly Baeodon) alleni
     
     
382. Genoway's Yellow Bat  (MXe) ______ (southern Chiapas)
     Rhogeesa genowaysi
     
     
383. Slender Yellow Bat  (MXe) ______ (central & southern Mexico: Jalisco and Zacatecas south to Oaxaca)
     Rhogeesa gracilis
     
     
384. Least Yellow Bat  (MXe) ______ (in south Michoacan) (endangered)
     Rhogeese mira
     
     
385. Little Yellow Bat  (MXe)  ______  (in addition to mainland Mexico, also occurs on Tres Marias Island in Nayarit) 
     Rhogeesa parvula
     
     
386. Central American Yellow Bat ______ 
     Rhogeessa tumida
     
     
387. Western Red Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______ 
     Lasiurus blossevillii
     
     
388. Eastern Red Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ (in the US & northeast Mexico)
     Lasiurus borealis 
     
     
389. Hoary Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Lasiurus cinereus
     
     
390. Southern Yellow Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) ega   
     
     
391. Northern Yellow Bat  (NO) (mna)  ______
     Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) intemedius 
     
     
392. Western Yellow Bat  (NO)  ______  (southwest US & west Mexico)
     Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) xanthinus
     
     
393. 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)
     
     
394. 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)   
     
     
395. 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)
     
     
396. Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat ______ 
     Molossops greenhalli
     
     
397. Mexican Dog-faced Bat  (MXe) ______   (in west-central Mexico)
     Molossops mexicanus
     
     
398. 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
     
     
     
     
     
399. Peale's Free-tailed Bat ______ 
     Nyctinomops aurispinosus
     
     
400. Pocketed Free-tailed Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ (occurs from the southwest US south to Guerrero) 
     Nyctinomops femorosaccus 
     
     
401. Broad-eared Bat  (SO) (*)  ______  (in dry forest & scrub) 
     Nyctinomops laticaudatus
     
     
402. Big Free-tailed Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Nyctinomops macrotis
     
     
403. Black Bonneted Bat ______ 
     Eumpos auripendulus
     
     
404. Wagner's Bonneted Bat ______ 
     Eumops glaucinus
     
     
405. Sanborn's Bonneted Bat ______ (in Mexico, in Chiapas) 
     Eumops hansae
     
     
406. Dwarf Bonneted Bat ______ 
     Eumops bonariensis
     
     
407. Greater Bonneted Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Eumops perotis
     
     
408. Underwood's Bonneted Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Eumops underwoodi 
     
     
409. Big-crested Mastiff Bat ______ 
     Promops centralis 
     
     
410. Black Mastiff Bat ______ 
     Molossus ater
     
     
411. Bonda Mastiff Bat ______  (in Mexico, occurs in forest on Cozumel Island)
     Molossus currentium 
     
     
412. Miller's Mastiff Bat ______ 
     Molossus prestiosus
     
     
413. Sinaloan Mastiff Bat ______ 
     Molossus sinaloae
     
     
414. Pallas' Mastiff Bat  (NO) (mna) ______ 
     Molossus molossus 
     
     
     
     
     Pallas' Mastiff Bat
     

     

     
     MARINE MAMMALS ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST
     
     SEALS:
     
     EARED SEALS (in the Family Otariidae) 
     
     

415. 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)
     
416. Northern Elephant Seal ______ 
     Mirounga angustirostris
     
     
417. West Indian Monk Seal ______  (formerly occurred along the Yucatan coast; the species is now extinct throughout its range)
     Monachus tropicalis
     
     
418. 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)
      
     
419. Rough-toothed Dolphin (t3) ______ 
     Steno bredanensis
     (in the Pacific, well offshore)  
     
      
420. Pacific Spotted Dolphin ______
     Stenella atrenuata
     (off the Pacific coast) 
     
     
421. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (t3) ______
     Stenella frontalis
     (off the Caribbean coast) 
     
     
422. Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin ______ 
     Stenella longirostris centroamericana
     (off the Pacific coast, & further offshore)
     
     
423. Clymene Dolphin (also called Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin) (t3) ______
     Stenella clymene
     (in the Caribbean)
     
     
424. Striped (or Blue-white) Dolphin ______
     Stenella coeruleoalba
     (in the Pacific, offshore) 
     
     
425. 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)
     
     
426. Bottlenose Dolphin ______ 
     Tursiops truncatus
     (off & along the Pacific & Caribbean coasts)
     
     
     
     
     A Bottlenose Dolphin photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
427. 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
     
     
428. Risso's Dolphin (also called Gray Grampus) (t3) ______
     Grampus griseus
     (in the Pacific)
     
     
     
     
     Risso's Dolphin
     
     
429. Melon-headed Whale (t3) ______
     Peponocephala electra
     (in the Pacific)  
     
     
430. Pygmy Killer Whale (t3) ______
     Feresa attenuata
     (in the Pacific)
     
     
431. False Killer Whale (t3) ______
     Pseudorca crassidens
     (in the Pacific)
     
     
432. Killer Whale (or Orca) (t3) ______
     Orcinus orca
     (off the Pacific coast) 
     
     
433. Short-finned Pilot Whale (t3) ______
     Globicephala Macrorhynchus
     (off the Pacific coast, & further offshore)
     
     
     SPERM WHALE (a single species in the Family Physeteridae) 
     
     
434. Great Sperm Whale (t2) ______
     Physeter catodon
     (in the Pacific and the Caribbean)
     
     
     PYGMY SPERM WHALES (now in the Family Kogiidae)
     
     
435. Pygmy Sperm Whale (t3) ______
     Kogia brevicops
     (in the Pacific)
     
     
     
     
     Pygmy Sperm Whale
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
436. Dwarf Sperm Whale (t3) ______
     Kogia simus
     (in the Pacific) 
     
     
     BEAKED WHALES (in the Family Hyperoodontidae)
     
     
437. Cuvier's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
     Ziphius cavirostris
     (off the Pacific coast) 
     
     
     
     
     Cuvier's Beaked Whale
     
     
438. Blainville's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
     Mesoplodon densirostris
     (on occasion, in the Pacific off Mexico) 
     
     
439. Gray's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
     Mesoplodon grayi
     (in the Pacific, well offshore) 
     
     
440. Southern Bottlenose Whale (t2) ______
     Hyperoodon planifrons
     (in the Pacific)   
     
     
     RORUALS (in the Family Balaenopteridae)
     
     
441. Blue Whale (t1) ______
     Balaenoptera musculus
     (in the Pacific, generally far offshore) 
     
     
     
     
     Blue Whale
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
442. Fin Whale (t2) ______
     Balaenoptera physalus
     (in the Caribbean, offshore)
     
     
443. Sei Whale (t2) ______
     Balaenoptera borealis 
     (in the Pacific, well offshore) 
     
     
444. Bryde's Whale (t1) ______
     Balaenoptera brydei (formerly edeni)
     (in the Pacific, offshore) 
     
     
445. 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)
     
     
446. Humpback Whale (t2) ______
     Megaptera novaeangliae  (the single member of its genus)
     (in the Pacific, off Mexico, mainly from July to December)
     
     
447. Gray Whale  ______
     Eschrichtius robustus  (the single member of its genus)
     (in the Pacific, including the Sea of Cortez)    
     

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