Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Mammals
Over 45 species of mammals are native to the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding areas of the Sonoran Desert.
- Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
- Arizona pocket mouse (Perognathus amplus taylori) *
- Badger (Taxidea taxus berlandieri)
- Bailey pocket mouse (Perognathus baileyi baileyi)
- Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus pallidus) *
- Big free-tailed bat (Tadarida macrotis) *
- Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus eremicus) *
- Bobcat (Felis rufus baileyi) *
- Botta's pocket gopher, three subspecies (Thomomys bottae growlerensis, phasma, pusillus) *
- Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus eremicus)
- California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus)
- California myotis (Myotis californicus stephensi) *
- Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus disparilis)
- Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer) *
- Collared peccary or javelina (Tayassu tajacu) *
- Coyote (Canis latrans mearnsi) *
- Desert bighorn (Ovis canadensis mexicana) *
- Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii arizonae) *
- Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti arizonae)
- Desert pocket mouse (Perognathus penicillatus pricei)
- Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida auripila)
- Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys spp)
- Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Greater (Western) Mastiff Bat (Eumops perotis) *
- Harris antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) *
- Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) *
- Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis macrotis)
- Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) *
- Little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris)
- Longnose Bat (Leptonycteris sanborni)
- Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami merriami)
- Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) *
- Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) *
- Mountain lion (Felis concolor) *
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki) *
- Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus pallidus) *
- Pinacate cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus papagensis)
- Pocketed free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops femorosacca) *
- Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
- Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus yumanensis)
- Rock pocket mouse (Perognathus intermedius phasma)
- Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus grammurus) *
- Round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus neglectus) *
- Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) *
- Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
- Southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus torridus)
- Townsend's big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii) *
- Underwood's mastiff bat (Eumops underwoodi) *
- Western pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus hesperus) *
- Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis leucoparia)
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi) *
- White-throated wood rat (packrat) (Neotoma albigula mearnsi)
* Specie page has photos.
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