List of mammals of Texas
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This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately.
The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals. The land varies from swamps, Piney Woods in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the central Hill Country of the Edwards Plateau, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west (the Trans-Pecos), and grassland prairie in the north, also known as the Panhandle.{{cite web|url=https://tx.audubon.org/conservation/native-habitats-ecosystems|title=Native Habitats & Ecosystems|website=Audubon|date=17 December 2015 |access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316175949/http://tx.audubon.org/conservation/native-habitats-ecosystems|archive-date=March 16, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregion-download-files-state-region-6|title=Ecoregion Download Files by State - Region 6|website=Environmental Protection Agency|date=9 March 2016 |access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725015543/https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregion-download-files-state-region-6|archive-date=July 25, 2020}} The state's many rivers, including the Rio Grande, the Colorado River, and the Trinity River, also provide diverse river habitats.{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/habitats/rivers/|title=Texas River Guide|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929084626/https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/habitats/rivers/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rivers.gov/texas.php|title=Texas|website=National Wild and Scenic Rivers System|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002202643/https://www.rivers.gov/texas.php|archive-date=October 2, 2018}} Its central position in the United States means that species found primarily in either the western or eastern reaches of the country often have their ranges meeting in the state. Additionally, its proximity to Mexico is such that many species found there and into Central America also range as far north as Texas.{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/wildlife-conservation/texas-ecoregions|title=Texas Ecoregions|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105010953/https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/wildlife-conservation/texas-ecoregions|url-status=live}}
Texas recognizes three official mammals: the nine-banded armadillo, the Texas Longhorn, and the Mexican free-tailed bat. State law protects numerous species. The state also recognizes the Texas State Bison Herd at Caprock Canyons State Park since 2011,{{cite web |title=Texas State Symbols |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols |website=Texas State Library and Archives Commission |access-date=18 October 2023}} the state Longhorn herd at multiple state parks since 1969,{{cite web |title=Legendary Longhorns |url=https://www.thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/fort-griffin/history/legendary-longhorns |website=Texas Historical Commission |access-date=18 October 2023}} and the state dog breed, Blue Lacy since 2005.
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List of species
=Order [[Xenarthra]]=
==Dasypodidae==
Dasypodidae is a family of armoured mammals found mainly in Latin America.{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/armadillo-mammal|title=Armadillo|website=Britannica|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018065219/https://www.britannica.com/animal/armadillo-mammal|url-status=live}}
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dasypus novemcinctus
| Found in all of Texas, except the Trans-Pecos region{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/resources/texas-junior-naturalists/watching-wildlife/nine-banded-armadillo|title=Nine-Banded Armadillo|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 12, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018204737/https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/resources/texas-junior-naturalists/watching-wildlife/nine-banded-armadillo|url-status=live}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
= Order [[Chiroptera]]=
==Phyllostomidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Choeronycteris mexicana
| Only found in South Texas; may be slowly increasing distribution northward.{{cite web |last1=Schmidley |first1=David |title=The Mammals of Texas, Online Edition (7th Edition) |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Table_of_Contents/Table_of_Contents.php |website=Texas Tech Natural Science Research Laboratory |publisher=University of Texas Press |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024040549/https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Table_of_Contents/Table_of_Contents.php |url-status=live }} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Diphylla ecaudata
| Only one specimen found in 1967, in Val Verde County. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Leptonycteris nivalis
| Only found in Presidio County and Brewster County. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|EN}}}} | 100px |
==Mormoopidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Mormoops megalophylla
| Found in the Trans-Pecos, South Texas Plains, and the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau.{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/ghostfaced/|title=Ghost-faced Bat (Mormoops megalophylla)|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 13, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014063633/https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/ghostfaced/|url-status=live}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Vespertilionidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Aeorestes cinereus
| Found in mature forested areas across the state | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Antrozous pallidus
| Commonly found in the western half of Texas, including the panhandle.{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/pallid/|title=Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus)|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017174744/https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/pallid/|url-status=live}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Corynorhinus rafinesquii
| Found in small localities in the Pineywoods of East Texas. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Corynorhinus townsendii
| Commonly found in the western half of Texas, including the panhandle. Population in West Texas and Panhandle are divided into subspecies. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dasypterus ega
| Found in seven counties in the Rio Grande Valley. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dasypterus intermedius
| Occurs in the eastern and southern part of the state, including along the coast. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dasypterus xanthinus
| Reported in the southernmost counties of Texas surrounding Big Bend National Park. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Eptesicus fuscus
| Found primarily iy the eastern, northern and western parts of the state. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Euderma maculatum
| Found only in Big Bend National Park. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lasionycteris noctivagans
| Found in forested areas across the state, not seen often in cities. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lasiurus blossevillii
| One specimen found in Presidio County in 1988 | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lasiurus borealis
| Found state-wide, but most commonly found in the eastern and central part of the state | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lasiurus seminolus
| Found in the eastern part of the state | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis austroriparius
| Found in eastern Texas caves | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis californicus
| Found primarily in the Chihuahuan Desert and Trans-Pecos region of Texas | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis ciliolabrum
| Found primarily in the Trans-Pecos mountains and small populations in the panhandle | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis occultus
| One found in Hudspeth Co., likely a migrant individual. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis septentrionalis
| Only one specimen ever found in Dimmit Co. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis thysanodes
| Found in the Trans-Pecos region, with one migrant speciment collected in the Panhandle. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis velifer
| Found in most areas in Texas except the Pineywoods. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis volans
| Found in the Trans-Pecos region, with one migrant speciment collected in the Panhandle. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myotis yumanensis
| Found in south Texas along the Rio Grande River. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Nycticeius humeralis
| Found widespread throughout the state except for the Panhandle, with westward expansion of their range. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Parastrellus hesperus
| Found in the western half of the state, especially the Trans-Pecos Mountains. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Perimyotis subflavus
| Found in most regions of Texas except the Trans-Pecos. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} | 100px |
==Molossidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Eumops perotis
| Found in Val Verde, Terrell, Brewster, and Presidio counties in South Texas and in Midland County in the west | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Nyctinomops femorosacca
| Found in Val Verde, Terrell, Brewster, and Presidio counties in South Texas. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Nyctinomops macrotis
| Scattered localities in the Panhandle, Trans-Pecos region, and recently in Wise County | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Molossus molossus
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Tadarida brasiliensis
| State-wide distribution in the summer, with the eastern population being year-round residents | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
=Order [[Carnivora]]=
==Canidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Canis latrans
| Coyote | ubiquitous throughout Texas | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Canis lupus
| all subspecies previously found in Texas are either extinct or extirpated; see below | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | C. l. baileyi
| extirpated | {{center|{{IUCNCS|EN}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | C. l. monstrabilis
| extinct | {{center|{{IUCNCS|EX}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | C. l. nubilus
| extinct | {{center|{{IUCNCS|EX}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Canis rufus
| Red wolf | extirpated | {{center|{{IUCNCS|CR}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Urocyon cinereoargenteus
| Gray fox | Ubiquitous throughout Texas. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Vulpes macrotis
| Kit fox | Found in the Trans-Pecos and Edwards Plateau regions. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Vulpes velox
| Found in the Panhandle region. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Felidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Herpailurus yagouaroundi
| Extirpated; Last U.S. sighting in 1986 in Brownsville.{{cite journal |last1=Giordano |first1=A.J. |title=Ecology and status of the jaguarundi Puma yagouaroundi: a synthesis of existing knowledge |journal=Mammal Review |date=2016 |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=30–43 |doi=10.1111/mam.12051 |url=https://carnivores.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Giordano_2015_mam12051_Jaguarundi.pdf}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Leopardus pardalis
| Ocelot | Only found in and around Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Leopardus wiedii
| Margay | Extirpated; Only U.S. record found in 1852 outside Kingsville.{{cite book |last1=Kays |first1=R.W. |last2=Wilson |first2=D. E. | others = Illustrated by Sandra Doyle, Nancy Halliday, Ron Klingner, Elizabeth McClelland, Consie Powell, Wendy Smith, Todd Zalewski, Diane Gibbons, Susan C. Morse, Jesse Guertin |year=2002 |title=Mammals of North America |url=https://archive.org/details/mammalsofnortham00rola_0 |url-access = registration |location=Princeton and Oxford |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-07012-1}}{{Cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103241/Leopardus_wiedii |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=explorer.natureserve.org}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lynx rufus
| Bobcat | ubiquitous throughout Texas | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Panthera onca
| Jaguar | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Puma concolor
| Cougar | Western counties only | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Procyonidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Bassariscus astutus
| Common in the Trans-Pecos, Edwards Plateau and Cross Timbers ecoregions, but also seen statewide except the panhandle |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Nasua narica
| Recently, only seen in the Big Bend and Padre Island regions |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Procyon lotor
| Raccoon |Ubiquitous throughout Texas |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Mephitidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Conepatus leuconotus
| Found throughout central and southern Texas. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Mephitis macroura
| Found in the central Trans-Pecos region. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Mephitis mephitis
| Ubiquitous throughout Texas. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Spilogale gracilis
| Found in the southwestern part of the state, north to Garza Co. and east to Duvall Co. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Spilogale putorius
| Found in the eastern half of the state and up into the Panhandle. Somewhat rare. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} | 100px |
==Mustelidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lontra canadensis
| Found historically along tributaries and rivers of the Red River. Has been limited further east, but recently found as far west as Abilene.{{cite web |last1=Procopio |first1=Michael |title=North American River Otter at Abilene State Park |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38637894 |website=iNaturalist |date=February 2020 |access-date=18 October 2023}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Mustela nigripes
| Extirpated. Before extirpation, was found wherever prairie dogs were in the Panhandle. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|EN}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Neogale frenata
| Secretive species with few scientific records across the state. Found in a variety of habitats where water is present. Not found in the northern Panhandle. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Neogale vison
| Found in the eastern half of the state where water is present. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Taxidea taxus
| Found throughout the state except the far eastern Pineywoods.Habitat loss pushes it further east. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Phocidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Neomonachus tropicalis
| {{center|{{IUCNCS|EX}}}} | 100px |
==Ursidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Ursus americanus
| Found in the forested areas of east Texas, the Trans-Pecos region, and at the tip of the Panhandle |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} |
| Ursus arctos
|all populations once present in Texas are either extirpated or extinct; see below |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} |File:Kamchatka Brown Bear near Dvuhyurtochnoe on 2015-07-23.jpg |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | U. a. horribilis
| extirpated; the only documented grizzly bear (U. a. horribilis) specimen was killed in 1905 in Jeff Davis County | |
| U. a. horribilis
| extinct{{cite web|last=Meyer|first=John R.|date=December 2006|title=The Last Texas Grizzly|url=https://tpwmagazine.com/archive/2006/dec/legend/|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810114924/https://tpwmagazine.com/archive/2006/dec/legend/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Mexican grizzly bear (extinct)|url=http://www.bearconservation.org.uk/mexican-grizzly-extinct/|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=Bear Conversation|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227062303/http://www.bearconservation.org.uk/mexican-grizzly-extinct/|url-status=live}} |{{center|{{IUCNCS|EX}}}} |
=Order [[Artiodactyla]]=
==Tayassuidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dicotyles tajacu
| Mostly restricted to western Texas and south of San Antonio. Introduced populations occur in north Texas |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Cervidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Cervus canadensis
| Elk | Reintroduced, see below | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | C. c. merriami
| {{center|{{IUCNCS|EX}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | C. c. nelsoni
| Introduced to the state in 1928, currently found in the Trans-Pecos and Panhandle regions | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Odocoileus hemionus
| Found in the western-half of the state through the Panhandle and Trans-Pecos. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Odocoileus virginianus
| Ubiquitous throughout Texas. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Antilocapridae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Antilocapra americana
|Native to Central and Western Texas; considered the pronghorn's easternmost range |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Bovidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Bison bison
| Reintroduced, see below.{{Cite web|last=Texas Parks & Wlidlife|title=Texas State Bison Herd|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_p4506_0079t.pdf|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Texas Parks and Wildlife}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | B. b. bison
| Reintroduced at Caprock Canyons State Park and Fort Worth Nature Center as well as private herds. All controlled by fences. Historically widespread. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Ovis canadensis
| Extirpated throughout original Trans-Pecos mountain ranges. See below. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | O. c. nelsoni
| Reintroduced populations in certain areas of the Trans-Pecos mountains are free-roaming and wild. | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
=Order [[Eulipotyphla]]=
==Soricidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Blarina carolinensis
| Southern short-tailed shrews are found specifically in the eastern part of the state. They usually reside in forested areas, meadows, and openings.{{Cite web |title=A species account of the Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) {{!}} Mammals of Texas {{!}} Natural Science Research Laboratory {{!}} TTU |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Soricomorpha/Blarina_carolinensis.php |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.depts.ttu.edu}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Blarina hylophaga
| The Elliot's short tailed-shrew are usually found in the south eastern part of the state. Generally, they reside where there's Live oak tree's on soft, damp soil that's easy burrowing.{{Cite web |title=A species account of the Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) {{!}} Mammals of Texas {{!}} Natural Science Research Laboratory {{!}} TTU |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Soricomorpha/Blarina_hylophaga.php#:~:text=Averages%20for%20external%20measurements:%20total,,%20Bastrop,%20and%20Aransas%20counties. |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.depts.ttu.edu}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Cryptotis parva
| found throughout most of Texas (except the Trans-Pecos, adjacent areas and from much of the Edwards Plateau.) | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Notiosorex crawfordi
| | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Talpidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Scalopus aquaticus
| Documented in the eastern two-thirds of the state, eastern areas of South Texas, along the Canadian River drainage in the Panhandle, and in Presidio County in the west{{cite web|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Soricomorpha/Scalopus_aquaticus.php|title=Eastern Mole|website=Natural Science Research Laboratory|publisher=Texas Tech University|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019181157/https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Soricomorpha/Scalopus_aquaticus.php|url-status=live}} | 100px |
=Order [[Sirenia]]=
==Trichechidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Trichechus manatus
| Rare in Texas waters, but observed in the Laguna Madre, Cow Bayou, and near Sabine Lake, Copano Bay, San José Island, Bolivar Peninsula, and the mouth of the Rio Grande{{cite web|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Sirenia/Trichechus_manatus.php|title=West Indian Manatee|website=Natural Science Research Laboratory|publisher=Texas Tech University|access-date=October 16, 2020}} |{{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} | 100px |
=Order [[Didelphimorphia]]=
==Didelphidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Didelphis marsupialis
| {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Didelphis virginiana
| Found throughout the state except for the arid Trans-Pecos and Llano Estacado{{cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/oposum/|title=Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)|website=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017164802/https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/oposum/|url-status=live}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
=Order [[Lagomorpha]]=
==Leporidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Lepus californicus
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Sylvilagus aquaticus
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Sylvilagus audubonni
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Sylvilagus floridanus
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| Sylvilagus holzneri
|Davis Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains |{{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} |File:Sylvilagus robustus imported from iNaturalist photo 64270774 on 9 September 2021.jpg |
=Order [[Rodentia]]=
==Castoridae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Castor canadensis
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Cricetidae==
- Northern pygmy mouse (Baiomys taylori)
- Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus)
- Woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum)
- Prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
- White-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula)
- Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
- Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana)
- Southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
- Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
- Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse (Onychomys arenicola)
- Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
- Coues' rice rat (Oryzomys couesi)
- Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
- Texas mouse (Peromyscus attwateri)
- Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
- Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
- Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
- Southern deer mouse (Peromyscus labecula)
- White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
- White-ankled mouse (Peromyscus pectoralis)
- Northern rock mouse (Peromyscus nasutus)
- Western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis)
- Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
- Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
- Fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens)
- Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
- Plains harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus)
- Tawny-bellied cotton rat (Sigmodon fulviventer)
- Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
- Yellow-nosed cotton rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus)
==Erethizontidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Erethizon dorsatum
| Found in the western half of the state. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Geomyidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Cratogeomys castanops
| Commonly found in the western-half of the state in the high plains and trans-pecos. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys arenarius
|{{center|{{IUCNCS|NT}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys attwateri
| Endemic to Texas. East from the Brazos River to the San Antonio River, and along the coast in-between. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys breviceps
|Found in the eastern half of the state. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys bursarius
| Found in the northwestern and north-central Texas panhandle. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys jugossicularis
| Found in the northwesternmost-counties of Dallam and Hartley. | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys knoxjonesi
| Found in the southwestern plains of Texas. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys personatus
| Found in the far south counties of the state, including the Texas barrier islands. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys streckeri
| Restricted to Zavala and Dimmit Counties. | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Geomys texensis
| Found in two isolated areas in the Hill Country depending on subspecies. Endemic to Texas. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Thomomys bottae
| Found in the Trans-Pecos eastward into the Edwards Plateau. |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
==Heteromyidae==
- Hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus)
- Rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)
- Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni)
- Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
- Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus)
- Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator)
- Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
- Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
- Banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
- Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Liomys irroratus)
- Plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)
- Silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)
- Merriam's pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami)
==Sciuridae==
- Texas antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres)
- Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
- Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
- Gray-footed chipmunk (Neotamias canipes)
- Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
- Mexican ground squirrel (Spermophilus mexicanus)
- Spotted ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma)
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
- Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)
=Order [[Cetacea]]=
==Balaenidae==
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Eubalaena glacialis
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==Balaenopteridae==
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| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Balaenoptera acutorostrata
| Seen stranded occasionally, rare sightings. Last seen in Texas in the 1980s.{{cite book |last1=Würsig |first1=Bernd |title=Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill |date=27 June 2017 |publisher=Springer |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-4939-3456-0 |pages=1489–1587 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4939-3456-0_5 |s2cid=134821188 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-3456-0_5 |access-date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026215810/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-3456-0_5#citeas |url-status=live }} | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Balaenoptera brydei Balaenoptera edeni
| Seen yearly in every season but the fall in shallow waters. Taxonomy up to debate | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Balaenoptera musculus
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Balaenoptera physalus
| | | 100px |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Megaptera novaeangliae
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==Kogiidae==
Kogiidae is a family of whales.
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| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Kogia breviceps
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Kogia simus
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==Physeteridae==
Physeteridae is a monotypic family of whales only containing the extant Physeter macrocephalus.
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Physeter macrocephalus
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==Ziphiidae==
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|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Ziphiidae |
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Mesoplodon densirostris
| | | 100px |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Mesoplodon europaeus
| | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Ziphius cavirostris
| | | 100px |
==Delphinidae==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Delphinidae |
| -
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| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Delphinus delphis
| | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Feresa attenuata
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Globicephala macrorhynchus
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Grampus griseus
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Orcinus orca
| Uncommon in Texas waters, rare and poorly documented strandings, occasionally seen off South Padre Island{{cite web|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Cetacea/Orcinus_orca.php|title=Killer Whale|website=Natural Science Research Laboratory|publisher=Texas Tech University|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018030738/https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Cetacea/Orcinus_orca.php|url-status=live}} | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Pseudorca crassidens
| | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Peponocephala electra
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Stenella frontalis
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Stenella attenuata
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Stenella coeruleoalba
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Stenella clymene
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Stenella longirostris
| | | |
| style="background:#ffffff" !scope="row" |Steno brenadensis
| | | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Tursiops truncatus
| | | 100px |
Introduced/invasive mammals
= Order [[Primates]] =
= Order [[Carnivora]] =
== Canidae (canids) ==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Canidae |
| -
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Vulpes vulpes
| Red fox | While native to North America, red foxes were introduced to Texas and have expanded over most of the state, except the far western and southern regions{{cite book|last1=Potts|first1=Allen|title=Fox Hunting in America|date=1912|publisher=The Carnahan Press|location=Washington|pages=[https://archive.org/details/foxhuntinginamer00pott/page/7 7], 38|url=https://archive.org/details/foxhuntinginamer00pott|access-date=9 July 2016}}{{cite web |title=Introducing Mammals to Young Naturalists - Red Foxes |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/nonpwdpubs/introducing_mammals/red_foxes/ |website=Texas Parks & Wildlife |access-date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023161758/https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/nonpwdpubs/introducing_mammals/red_foxes/ |url-status=live }} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
= Order [[Even-toed ungulate|Artiodactyla]] =
== Suidae (pigs) ==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Suidae |
| -
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Sus scrofa
|Ubiquitous throughout Texas |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
== Cervidae (deer) ==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Cervidae |
| -
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Axis axis
| Chital | |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Axis porcinus
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|EN}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Cervus elaphus
| Red deer | |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Cervus nippon
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Dama dama
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Rusa unicolor
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} | |
==Bovidae (antelopes & sheep)==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Bovidae |
| -
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Ammotragus lervia
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|VU}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Antilope cervicapra
| |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Boselaphus tragocamelus
| Nilgai | |{{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | |
= Order [[Rodentia]] =
== Muridae (Old World mice & rats) ==
== Myocastoridae (nutria) ==
| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" border="0" style="background:#ffffff" align="top" class="sortable wikitable"
|+ align="center" style="background:#9BC4E2; color:white" |Myocastoridae |
| -
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| !scope="row" style="background:#ffffff" | Myocastor coypus
| Nutria | Invasive species in eastern two-thirds of Texas, currently expanding westward{{cite web|url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Introduced_Rodentia/Myocastor_coypus.php|title=Nutria|website=Natural Science Research Laboratory|publisher=Texas Tech University|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017164248/https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Introduced_Rodentia/Myocastor_coypus.php|url-status=live}} | {{center|{{IUCNCS|LC}}}} | 100px |
See also
{{Portal|Texas|Mammals|Ecology|Environment}}
Notes and references
=Notes=
{{Cnote|a|Conservation status at a world level of the species according to the IUCN Red List:
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
:{{IUCNCS|EX}} - Extinct
:{{IUCNCS|EW}} - Extinct in the wild
:{{IUCNCS|CR}} - Critically endangered
:{{IUCNCS|EN}} - Endangered
:{{IUCNCS|VU}} - Vulnerable
:{{IUCNCS|NT}} - Near threatened
:{{IUCNCS|LC}} - Least concern
:{{IUCNCS|DD}} - Data deficient
:{{IUCNCS|NE}} - Not evaluated}}
=Citations=
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060818135045/http://www.mammalsociety.org/statelists/txmammals.html American Society of Mammalogists: Mammals of Texas]
- [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/tcm03 Handbook of Texas Online: Mammals]
- [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/?c=endangered Texas Parks & Wildlife: Endangered and Threatened Species in Texas]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060806142009/http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/Default.htm The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition]
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