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Order Xenarthra
Family Dasypodidae
Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)




Order Chiroptera - Bats
Family Vespertilionidae - Mouse-faced Bats
Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus)

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Coryrhinos rafinesquei)

Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer)
unid Myotis (Myotis sp.)
Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus)


Family Molossidae - Free-tailed Bats
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops femorosaccus)
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)




Order Lagomorpha - Rabbits & Pikas
Family Leporidae - Hares & Rabbits
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
photos added 07/21/23
Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
photos added 07/21/23
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni)

Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

Marsh Rabbitt (Sylvilagus palustris)

Family Ochotonidae - Pikas
Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
American Pika (Ochotona princeps) NEW! photos added 07/21/23


Order Rodentia - Rodents
Family Sciuridae - Squirrels
Harris's Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisi) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Texas Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
White-tailed Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
photos added 07/21/23
Gunnison Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
photos added 07/21/23
Mexican Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus)

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)

Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)
photos added 07/21/23
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
photos added 07/21/23
Gray-collared Chipmunk (Neotamias cinereicollis)
 
Cliff Chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)
photos added 07/21/23
Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) photos added 07/21/23
Colorado Chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus)
photos added 07/21/23
Townsend's Chipmunk (Neotamias townsendi)
Uinta Chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)
 photos added 07/21/23
Tassel-eared Squirrel (Sciurus aberti)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Arizona Gray Squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
photos added 07/21/23
Apache Fox Squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) photos added 07/21/23
Uinta Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)
California Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus beecheyi)

Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)

Wyoming Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus elegans)

Arctic Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus parryi) photos added 07/21/23
Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus richardsoni) photos added 07/21/23
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Douglas Squirrel (Tamisciurus douglasi) photos added 07/21/23
Red Squirrel (Tamisciurus hudsonicus) photos added 07/21/23
African Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)


Family Muridae - Old World Mice
Large-eared Mouse (Malacothrix typica)
Striped Mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)


Family Cricetidae - New World Rats and Mice
Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi)
White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albagula)
photos added 07/21/23
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) photos added 07/21/23
Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
photos added 07/21/23
Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
photos added 07/21/23


Family Geomydidae - Pocket Gophers
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) NEW! photos added 07/21/23


Family Heteromyidae - Pocket Mice & Kangaroo Rats

Hispid Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Nelson's Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni)

Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus parvus)

Desert Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus pencillatus)
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)
Merriam's Pocket Mouse (Perognathus merriami) photos added 07/21/23

Family Castoridae - Beavers
Beaver (Castor canadensis)



Family Erithezontidae - New World Porcupines

American Porcupine (Erithezon dorsatum)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Myocastoridae - Neotropical Aquatic Rodents
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)



Order Primates - Monkeys & Apes
Family Cercopithecidae - Old World Monkeys
Savannah Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) 




Order Carnivora - Carnivores
Family Canidae - Dogs
Coyote (Canis latrans) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
NEW! photos added 07/22/23
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Felidae - Cats
Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Ursidae - Bears

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) photos added 07/21/23
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) photos added 07/21/23

Family Pryconidae - Racoons & Allies
Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)

Racoon (Procyon lotor)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23


Family Mustelidae - Weasels, Skunks, & Allies

Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus leuconotus)
 
Sea Otter (Enhydrina lutris) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

River Otter (Lutra canadensis) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis)


Family Herpestidae - Mongooses
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Family Otariidae - Sea Lions
Northern Fur Seal (Calorhinus ursinus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Steller's Sea Lion (Eumatopias jubatus)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Phocidae - Seals
Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
photos added 07/21/23

 


Order Perissodactyla - Odd-toed Ungulates

Family Equidae - Horses

Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
photos added 07/21/23
Hartmann's Zebra (Equus zebra)




Order Artiodactyla - Even-toed Ungulates
Family Suidae - Pigs

Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

Feral Hog (Sus scrofa)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23

Family Dicotylidae - Peccaries
Javelina (Tayassu tajacu)


Family Cervidae - Deer
Moose (Alces alces) photos added 07/21/23
Axis Deer (Axis axis)
photos added 07/21/23
Elk (Cervus canadensis)
photos added 07/21/23
Mule Deer (Odecoileus hemionus)
photos added 07/21/23
Whitetail Deer (Odecoileus virginianus)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Antilocapridae - Pronghorns
Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana)
photos added 07/21/23

Family Giraffidae - Giraffes
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)


Family Bovidae - Antelope & Wild Cattle
Impala (Aepyceros melampus)

Red Hartebeast (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)
photos added 07/21/23
Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)

Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
American Bison (Bison bison) 
photos added 07/21/23
Black Wildebeast (Connochaetes gnou)
Blue Wildebeast (Connochaetes taurinus)
Sable (Hippotragus niger)

Damara Dik-Dik (Madoqua kirkii)

Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)
photos added 07/21/23
Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) 
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) photos added 07/21/23
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)

Grey Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

Eland (Taurotragus oryx)

Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) 



Order Sirenia - Manatees & Dugongs
Family Trichechidae - Manatees
West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)



Order Cetacea - Whales & Dolphins
Family Balaenopteridae - Baleen Whales
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Gray Whale (Eschricthius robustus)
photos added 07/21/23
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaenglinae) photos added 07/21/23

Family Delphinidae - Dolphins

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphinus) NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Orca (Orcinus orca)
photos added 07/21/23
Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
NEW! photos added 07/21/23
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
photos added 07/21/23
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)