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ORDER MARSUPICARNIVORA

FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE – OPOSSUMS

__Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

ORDER INSECTIVORA


FAMILY SORICIDAE – SHREWS

__Masked Shrew - Sorex cinereus

__Pygmy Shrew - Sorex hoyi

__Merriam’s Shrew - Sorex merriami

__Montane Shrew - Sorex monticolus

__Dwarf Shrew - Sorex nanus

__Water Shrew - Sorex palustris

__Southern Short-tailed Shrew - Blarina hylophaga

__Least Shrew - Cryptotis parva

__Desert Shrew - Notiosorex crawfordi

FAMILY TALPIDAE – MOLE

__Eastern Mole - Scalopus aquaticus

ORDER CHIROPTERA


FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE – COMMON BATS

__California Myotis - Myotis californicus

__Western Small-footed Myotis – Myotis ciliolabrum

__Long-eared Myotis – Myotis evotis

__Little Brown Bat – Myotis lucifugus

__Fringed Myotis – Myotis thysanodes

__Long-legged Myotis – Myotis volans

__Yuma Myotis – Myotis yumanensis

__Silver-haired Bat – Lasionycteris noctivagans

__Western Pipistrelle or Canyon Bat – Parastrellus hesperus

__Eastern Pipistrelle or Tri-colored Bat - Perimyotis subflavus

__Big Brown Bat – Eptesicus fuscus

__Eastern Red Bat – Lasiurus borealis

__Hoary Bat – Lasiurus cinereus

__Spotted Bat – Euderma maculatum

__Townsend’s Big-eared Bat – Corynorhinus townsendii

__Allen's Big-eared Bat - Idionycteris phyllotis

__Pallid Bat – Antrozous pallidus

FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE – FREE-TAILED BATS

__Brazilian Free-tailed bat – Tadarida brasiliensis

__Big Free-tailed bat – Nyctinomops macrotis

ORDER XENARTHRA


FAMILY DASYPODIDAE – ARMADILLOS

__Nine-banded Armadillo – Dasypus novemcinctus

ORDER LAGOMORPHA


FAMILY LEPORIDAE – RABBITS AND HARES

__Desert Cottontail – Sylvilagus audubonii

__Eastern Cottontail – Sylvilagus floridanus

__Nuttall’s Cottontail – Sylvilagus nuttallii

__Snowshoe Hare – Lepus americanus

__Black-tailed Jackrabbit – Lepus californicus

__White-tailed Jackrabbit – Lepus townsendii

FAMLY OCHOTONIDAE – PIKAS

__Pika – Ochotona princeps

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        Last Updated: 10/2/2012 8:37 PM