This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors. Mexico's high mammal biodiversity is in part a reflection of the wide array of

biome A biome () is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader ...

s present over its latitudinal, climatic and altitudinal ranges, from lowland

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as ''lowland equatori ...

to temperate

desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

alpine tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated alpine climate, harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alp ...

. The general increase in terrestrial biodiversity moving towards the equator is another important factor in the comparison. Mexico includes much of the

Mesoamerica Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...

n and

Madrean pine-oak woodlands The Madrean Region (named after the Sierra Madre Occidental) is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in North America, as delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F. Thorne. It occupies arid or semiarid areas in the southwestern United ...

biodiversity hotspot A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in ''The Environmentalist'' in 1988 and 1990, after which the co ...

s. From a

biogeographic Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, ...

standpoint, most of Mexico is linked to the rest of North America as part of the

Nearctic realm The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

. However, the lowlands of southern Mexico are linked with

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and South America as part of the

Neotropical realm The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

. Extensive mixing of Nearctic and Neotropical mammal species commenced only three million years ago, when the formation of the

Isthmus of Panama The Isthmus of Panama ( es, Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country ...

ended South America's long period of isolation and precipitated the

Great American Interchange The Great American Biotic Interchange (commonly abbreviated as GABI), also known as the Great American Interchange and the Great American Faunal Interchange, was an important late Cenozoic paleozoogeographic biotic interchange event in which lan ...

. Twenty of Mexico's extant nonflying species (

opossums Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North A ...

, armadillos, anteaters,

monkeys Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

and caviomorph rodents) are of South American origin. Most of the

megafauna In terrestrial zoology, the megafauna (from Greek μέγας ''megas'' "large" and New Latin ''fauna'' "animal life") comprises the large or giant animals of an area, habitat, or geological period, extinct and/or extant. The most common threshold ...

that formerly inhabited the region became extinct at the end of the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...

about 10,000 years ago, shortly after the arrival of the first humans. Increasing alteration and destruction of natural habitats by expanding human populations during the last several centuries is causing further attrition of the region's biodiversity, as exemplified by the " hotspot" designations (by definition, such areas have lost over 70% of their primary vegetation). The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the

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; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles: Of the listed taxa, 7 are extinct, 1 (not recognized by the IUCN) is possibly extinct, 30 are critically endangered, 46 are endangered, 26 are vulnerable, and 23 are near threatened. These status tags were most recently updated in April 2011. Six of the extinct or possibly extinct taxa and 11 of the critically endangered taxa are insular (all but two of these are rodents); another 13 of the critically endangered species (all rodents or shrews) are

montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

. The only critically endangered species that are neither rodents nor shrews are the

Cozumel Island raccoon The Cozumel raccoon (''Procyon pygmaeus''), is a critically endangered species of island raccoon endemic on Cozumel, Cozumel Island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It is also called the pygmy raccoon, dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island ...

and the

vaquita The vaquita ( ; ''Phocoena sinus'') is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Averaging (females) or (males) in length, it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species i ...

. The vaquita population estimate has dropped below 100 as of 2014 and it is regarded as being in imminent danger of extinction.

Subclass:
Theria Theria (; Greek: , wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes. Theria includes the eutherians (including the placental mammals) and the metatherians (including the marsupials) but excludes the egg-laying monotremes. Ch ...

Infraclass:
Metatheria Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive group than the marsupials; it contains all marsupials as wel ...

Central American woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) male

Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)

---- Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the term We ...

. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American

marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a po ...

s in the late

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

or early

Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), E ...

. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house

cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...

, with a long snout and

prehensile Prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ (anatomy), organ that has Adaptation (biology), adapted for grasping or holding. The word is derived from the Latin term ''prehendere'', meaning "to grasp". The ability to grasp is likely der ...

tail. *Family: Didelphidae (American opossums) **Subfamily:

Caluromyinae Caluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera '' Caluromys'' and '' Caluromysiops'', as well as the extinct '' Pachybiotherium''. Until recently, the genus ''Glironia'' was also included. It has sometimes been classed as ...

***Genus: '' Caluromys'' ****

Derby's woolly opossum Derby's woolly opossum (''Caluromys derbianus''), or the Central American woolly opossum, is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central America, from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and Colombia. It was first describ ...

, ''C. derbianus'' **Subfamily:

Didelphinae The Didelphinae are a subfamily of opossums consisting of 15 genera and 123 species. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas, but are predominant in South and Central America. Some sources call this subfamily the "American opossu ...

***Genus: ''

Chironectes The water opossum (''Chironectes minimus''), also locally known as the yapok (), is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae.* It is the only living member of its genus, ''Chironectes''. This semiaquatic creature is found in and near freshwater ...

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Water opossum The water opossum (''Chironectes minimus''), also locally known as the yapok (), is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae.* It is the only living member of its genus, ''Chironectes''. This semiaquatic creature is found in and near freshwater ...

, ''C. minimus'' ***Genus: ''

Didelphis ''Didelphis'' is a genus of New World marsupials. The six species in the genus ''Didelphis'', commonly known as Large American opossums, are members of the ''opossum'' order, Didelphimorphia. The genus ''Didelphis'' is composed of cat-sized om ...

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Common opossum The common opossum (''Didelphis marsupialis''), also called the southern or black-eared opossum or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pac ...

, ''D. marsupialis'' ****

Virginia opossum The Virginia opossum (''Didelphis virginiana''), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United S ...

, ''D. virginiana'' ***Genus: ''

Marmosa The 27 species in the genus ''Marmosa'' are relatively small Neotropical members of the family Didelphidae. This genus is one of three that are known as mouse opossums. The others are '' Thylamys'' (the "fat-tailed mouse opossums") and '' Tlacua ...

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Mexican mouse opossum The Mexican mouse opossum (''Marmosa mexicana'') is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae. Description ''Marmosa mexicana'' is a small to moderate-sized reddish-brown marsupial, varying from bright to dull coloration. ...

, ''M. mexicana'' ***Genus: '' Metachirus'' ****

Brown four-eyed opossum The brown four-eyed opossum (''Metachirus nudicaudatus'') is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Brazil and northern Argentina, including s ...

, ''M. nudicaudatus'' ***Genus: '' Philander'' ****

Gray four-eyed opossum The gray four-eyed opossum (''Philander opossum'') is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, at altitudes from sea level to 1600 m, but generally below . Its hab ...

, ''P. opossum'' ***Genus: '' Tlacuatzin'' ****

Grayish mouse opossum The grayish mouse opossum (''Tlacuatzin canescens'') is a species of opossum endemic to Mexico. It is the sole species in the genus ''Tlacuatzin''. Description The grayish mouse opossum is an unusually small opossum, measuring in total length ...

, ''T. canescens''

Infraclass:
Eutheria Eutheria (; from Greek , 'good, right' and , 'beast'; ) is the clade consisting of all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials. Eutherians are distinguished from noneutherians by various phenotypic tra ...

Order:
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct f ...
(manatees and dugongs)

----

Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. They evolved about 50 million years ago, and their closest living relatives are

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...

s. Manatees are the only extant

afrotheria Afrotheria ( from Latin ''Afro-'' "of Africa" + ''theria'' "wild beast") is a clade of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also know ...

ns in the Americas. However, a number

proboscid The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic order (biology), order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (biology), family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ...

species, some of which survived until the arrival of Paleo-Indians, once inhabited the region.

Mammoths A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus ''Mammuthus'', one of the many genera that make up the order of trunked mammals called proboscideans. The various species of mammoth were commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, ...

mastodons A mastodon ( 'breast' + 'tooth') is any proboscidean belonging to the extinct genus ''Mammut'' (family Mammutidae). Mastodons inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of th ...

and

gomphothere Gomphotheres are any members of the diverse, extinct taxonomic family Gomphotheriidae. Gomphotheres were elephant-like proboscideans, but do not belong to the family Elephantidae. They were widespread across Afro-Eurasia and North America during ...

s all formerly lived in Mexico. *Family:

Trichechidae Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera. Systematics TRICHECHIDAE *MiosireninaeM. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments o ...

**Genus: ''

Trichechus Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus ''Trichechus'') are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species ...

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West Indian manatee The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus''), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the eastern US to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on un ...

, ''T. manatus''

Order:
Cingulata Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, is an order of armored New World placental mammals. Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the only surviving families in the order. Two groups of cingulates much larger than extant ar ...
(armadillos)

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Armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. Two of twenty-one extant species are present in Mexico; the remainder are only found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and

glyptodonts Glyptodonts are an extinct subfamily of large, heavily armoured armadillos. They arose in South America around 48 million years ago and spread to southern North America after the continents became connected several million years ago. The best-k ...

, once lived in North and South America but went extinct following the appearance of humans. *Family:

Dasypodidae Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, '' Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. __TOC__ Classification Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae *† Genus ...

(long-nosed armadillos) **Subfamily:

Dasypodinae Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, '' Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. __TOC__ Classification Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae *† Genu ...

***Genus: '' Dasypus'' ****

Nine-banded armadillo The nine-banded armadillo (''Dasypus novemcinctus''), also known as the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common long-nosed armadillo, is a mammal found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos. It ...

, ''D. novemcinctus'' *Family:

Chlamyphoridae Chlamyphoridae is a family of cingulate mammals. While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could b ...

(armadillos) **Subfamily:

Tolypeutinae Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos. __TOC__ Taxonomy It contains the following genera: *''Cabassous'' *''Kuntinaru'' *''Priodontes'' *''To ...

***Genus: ''

Cabassous ''Cabassous'' is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo". Cladogram of living ''Cabassous'' The genus contains the following four species In biology, a specie ...

'' **** Northern naked-tailed armadillo, ''C. centralis''

Order:
Pilosa The order Pilosa is a clade of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths (which includes the extinct ground sloths). The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". Origins and taxonomy The b ...
(anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)

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The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the

anteater Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with ...

sloth Sloths are a group of Neotropical xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of movement, tree sloths spend most of their li ...

s, and

tamandua ''Tamandua'' is a genus of anteaters with two species: the southern tamandua (''T. tetradactyla'') and the northern tamandua (''T. mexicana''). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They m ...

s. Their ancestral home is South America. Numerous

ground sloth Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. The term is used to refer to all extinct sloths because of the large size of the earliest forms discovered, compared to existing tree sloths. The Caribbe ...

s, some of which reached the size of elephants, were once present in both North and South America, as well as on the Antilles, but all went extinct following the arrival of humans. *Suborder:

Vermilingua Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with ...

**Family:

Cyclopedidae The Cyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater The silky anteater, also known as the pygmy anteater, has traditionally been considered a single species of anteater, ''Cyclopes didactylus'', in the genus ''Cyclopes ...

***Genus: ''

Cyclopes In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( ; el, Κύκλωπες, ''Kýklōpes'', "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops ; , ''Kýklōps'') are giant one-eyed creatures. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguish ...

'' **** Common silky anteater, ''C. didactylus'' ****

Central American silky anteater Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

, ''C. dorsalis'' **Family:

Myrmecophagidae The Myrmecophagidae are a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' (''myrmeco-'' and '). Two genera and three species are in the family, consisting of the giant anteater, and the tamanduas. T ...

(American anteaters) ***Genus: ''

Tamandua ''Tamandua'' is a genus of anteaters with two species: the southern tamandua (''T. tetradactyla'') and the northern tamandua (''T. mexicana''). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They m ...

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Northern tamandua The northern tamandua (''Tamandua mexicana'') is a species of tamandua, an anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, and to the edge of the northern Andes ...

, ''T. mexicana''

Order:
Primates Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...

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The order Primates includes the

lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are Strepsirrhini, wet-nosed primates of the Superfamily (biology), superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 Family (biology), families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 exist ...

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

s, and

ape Apes (collectively Hominoidea ) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and as well as Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister g ...

s, with the latter category including

humans Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

. It is divided into four main groupings:

strepsirrhine Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (; ) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia. Colle ...

tarsier Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all of its species living today are found in Maritime Southeast ...

s, monkeys of the New World (

parvorder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

Platyrrhini), and monkeys and apes of the Old World. Mexico's 2 genera of nonhuman primates compares to 6 in Central America, 20 in South America, 15 in Madagascar, 23 in Africa and 19 in Asia. Mexican and Central American monkeys are recent immigrants from South America, where their ancestors arrived after rafting over from Africa roughly 25 million years ago. Southeastern Mexico is the northernmost limit of the distribution of New World monkeys, which are restricted to

habitat. *Suborder:

Haplorrhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines ( Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is ...

**Infraorder:

Simiiformes The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Catarrhi ...

***Parvorder: Platyrrhini ****Family:

Atelidae The Atelidae are one of the five family (biology), families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler monkey, howler, spider monkey, ...

*****Subfamily:

Alouattinae Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Atele ...

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Alouatta Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Atele ...

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Mantled howler The mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantle ...

, ''A. palliata'' *******

Guatemalan black howler Guatemalan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guatemala * A person from Guatemala, or of Guatemalan descent. For information about the Guatemalan people, see Demographics of Guatemala and Culture of Guatemala. For spec ...

, ''A. pigra'' *****Subfamily:

Atelinae The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tails, which can support their entire body w ...

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Ateles Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The ...

'' ******* Geoffroy's spider monkey, ''A. geoffroyi''

Order:
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
ia (rodents)

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Beaver Yearling Grooming Alhambra Creek 2008

Cynomys ludovicianus -Paignton Zoo, Devon, England-8a

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two

incisor Incisors (from Latin ''incidere'', "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whe ...

s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small, although the capybara can weigh up to . According to the IUCN listing, Mexico has more rodent species (236 as of April 2011) than any other country in the world (Brazil is second with 222). Of Mexico's rodents, 2% are caviomorphs, 14.5% are sciurids, 25.5% are castorimorphs and 58% are cricetids. This distribution is fairly similar to that of the remainder of North America (although sciurids are relatively twice as abundant to the north, at the expense of cricetids), but is very different from that of South America, where the corresponding figures are 36%, 3%, 1% and 60%. Of Mexico's cricetids, 17% are sigmodontine, while the figure for South America is 99.5%. Mexico's caviomorphs are recent immigrants from South America, where their ancestors washed ashore after rafting across the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

from Africa about 40–45 million years ago. Conversely, South America's sciurids, castorimorphs and cricetids are recent immigrants from Central America (with sigmodontines getting a head start on the others). *Suborder:

Hystricomorpha The term Hystricomorpha (from Greek ὕστριξ, ''hystrix'' 'porcupine' and Greek μορφή, ''morphē'' 'form') has had many definitions throughout its history. In the broadest sense, it refers to any rodent (except dipodoids) with a hystr ...

**Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) ***Subfamily: Erethizontinae ****Genus: ''

Erethizon ''Erethizon'' is a genus of New World porcupine and the only one of its family to be found north of southern Mexico. The North American porcupine ''(Erethizon dorsatum)'' is the only extant species, but several extinct relatives are known, the old ...

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North American porcupine The North American porcupine (''Erethizon dorsatum''), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America, after the North American beaver ('' ...

, ''E. dorsatum'' LC ****Genus: '' Coendou'' *****

Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (''Coendou mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua and Belize.Biodiversit ...

, ''Coendou mexicanus'' LC **Family:

Dasyproctidae Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivore, herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from tree ...

(agoutis and pacas) ***Genus: '' Dasyprocta'' **** Mexican agouti, ''Dasyprocta mexicana'' CR **** Central American agouti, ''Dasyprocta punctata'' LC **Family: Cuniculidae ***Genus: '' Cuniculus'' ****

Lowland paca The lowland paca (''Cuniculus paca''), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico to northern Argentina, and has been introduced to Cuba and Algeria. The animal is cal ...

, ''Cuniculus paca'' LC *Suborder:

Sciuromorpha Sciuromorpha ("squirrel-like") is a rodent clade that includes several different rodent families. It includes all members of the Sciuridae (the squirrel family) as well as the mountain beaver species. Traditionally, the term has been defined on ...

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Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

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Sciurinae Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids i ...

****Tribe: Pteromyini *****Genus: '' Glaucomys'' ******

Southern flying squirrel The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (''Glaucomys volans'') is one of three species of the genus '' Glaucomys'' and one of three flying squirrel species found in North America. It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half o ...

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Sciurini Sciurini is a tribe (taxonomy), tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels,Thorington and Hoffmann, 2005, p. 754 mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, ''Microsciurus''; the Bornean ...

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Sciurus The genus ''Sciurus'' contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. Species The number of species in the genus is subject to change. In 2005, Thorington & Hoff ...

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Abert's squirrel Abert's squirrel or the tassel-eared squirrel (''Sciurus aberti'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' native to the southern Rocky Mountains from the United States to the northern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, with concentrations fo ...

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Allen's squirrel Allen's squirrel (''Sciurus alleni'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' endemic to northern Mexico. It has no recognised subspecies. References

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Arizona gray squirrel The Arizona gray squirrel (''Sciurus arizonensis'') is a tree squirrel, in the genus ''Sciurus'', endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and mixed forests in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico. It is threatened by habi ...

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Mexican gray squirrel The Mexican gray squirrel (or red-bellied squirrel) (''Sciurus aureogaster'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' native to Guatemala and eastern and southern Mexico. It has been introduced to the Florida Keys. The alternate name should ...

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Collie's squirrel Collie's squirrel (''Sciurus colliaei'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined ...

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Deppe's squirrel Deppe's squirrel (''Sciurus deppei'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Description ''Sciurus deppei'' varies in individual color. Th ...

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Western gray squirrel The western gray squirrel (''Sciurus griseus'') is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Or ...

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Mexican fox squirrel The Mexican fox squirrel (''Sciurus nayaritensis'') is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S.Best, T ...

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Fox squirrel The fox squirrel (''Sciurus niger''), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. Despite the differences in size and coloration, it is sometimes mistaken for ...

, ''Sciurus niger'' LC ****** Peters's squirrel, ''Sciurus oculatus'' LC ******

Variegated squirrel The variegated squirrel (''Sciurus variegatoides'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised. It is a common s ...

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Yucatan squirrel The Yucatan squirrel (, ''Sciurus yucatanensis''), originally named the Yucatan gray squirrel, also once named the Campeche squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent areas. It is native to ...

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Tamiasciurus Pine squirrels are squirrels of the genus ''Tamiasciurus'', in the Sciurini tribe, of the large family Sciuridae. Species This genus includes three species: *''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' — American red squirrel *''Tamiasciurus douglasii'' ...

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Mearns's squirrel Mearns's squirrel (''Tamiasciurus douglasii mearnsi'') is a subspecies of the Douglas squirrel Endemism, endemic to Mexico. It is endangered species, endangered and occurs in low densities, and is threatened by habitat loss.Koprowski, Ramos, Pasc ...

, ''Tamiasciurus mearnsi'' EN ***Subfamily:

Xerinae The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), ...

****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Ammospermophilus'' ******

Harris's antelope squirrel Harris's antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus harrisii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and in Sonora in Mexico. They are adapted to hot weather conditions including ...

, ''Ammospermophilus harrisii'' LC ******

Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel The Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus insularis'') is a species of antelope squirrel in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the island of Espíritu Santo in the Gulf of California. The sp ...

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Texas antelope squirrel The Texas antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus interpres'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Mexico and in both Texas and New Mexico within the United States. Description Adults can measure up to long, and weigh . ...

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White-tailed antelope squirrel The white-tailed antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus leucurus'') is a diurnal species of ground squirrel, scientifically classified in the order Rodentia and family Sciuridae, found in arid regions of the southwestern United States and the B ...

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Cynomys Prairie dogs (genus ''Cynomys'') are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America. Within the genus are five species: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. In Mexico, p ...

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Black-tailed prairie dog The black-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys ludovicianus'') is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States-Canada border to the United States-Mexico border. Unlike some other prairie dogs, ...

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Mexican prairie dog The Mexican prairie dog (''Cynomys mexicanus'') is a diurnal burrowing rodent native to Mexico. Treatment as an agricultural pest has led to its status as an endangered species. They are closely related to squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots. ' ...

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Neotamias ''Neotamias'' is a genus of chipmunks within the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. It contains 23 species, which mostly occur in western North America. Along with ''Eutamias'', this genus is often considered a subgenus of ''Tamias''. Spe ...

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Buller's chipmunk Buller's chipmunk (''Neotamias bulleri'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is ...

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Cliff chipmunk The cliff chipmunk (''Neotamias dorsalis'') is a small, bushy-tailed squirrel that typically lives along cliff walls or boulder fields bordering Pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Western United States and Mexico (commonly spotted in northern Arizo ...

, ''Neotamias dorsalis'' LC ****** Durango chipmunk, ''Neotamias durangae'' LC ******

Merriam's chipmunk Merriam's chipmunk (''Neotamias merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in central and southern California in the United States and a small area in northern Baja California, Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, ...

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California chipmunk The California chipmunk or chaparral chipmunk (''Neotamias obscurus'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico and in southern California in the United States. References

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Spermophilus ''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the Sciuridae, squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to ...

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Tropical ground squirrel The tropical ground squirrel (''Notocitellus adocetus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. At one time the species was originally described as ''Spermophilus adocetus'', but the genus ''Spermophilus'' was revised and subdivided in 2 ...

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Ring-tailed ground squirrel The ring-tailed ground squirrel (''Notocitellus annulatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Pacific coast region of central Mexico. It is a common species and feeds mainly on fruits and nuts. The IUCN has as ...

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Baja California rock squirrel The Baja California rock squirrel (''Otospermophilus atricapillus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja C ...

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Sierra Madre ground squirrel The Sierra Madre ground squirrel (''Callospermophilus madrensis'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassl ...

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Mexican ground squirrel The Mexican ground squirrel (''Ictidomys mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. One of its closest relatives is the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'') ...

, ''Spermophilus mexicanus'' LC ****** Perote ground squirrel, ''Xerospermophilus perotensis'' EN ******

Spotted ground squirrel The spotted ground squirrel (''Xerospermophilus spilosoma'') is a species of ground squirrel in the rodent family Sciuridae. It is found throughout Mexico and the central and western United States. Characterized by a white spotted back, the spott ...

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Round-tailed ground squirrel The round-tailed ground squirrel (''Xerospermophilus tereticaudus''), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called "ground squirrels" because they bur ...

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Rock squirrel The rock squirrel (''Otospermophilus variegatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae and is native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States, including southern Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, and the panha ...

, ''Spermophilus variegatus'' LC *Suborder:

Castorimorpha Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers and the kangaroo rats. A 2017 study using retroposon markers indicated that they are most closely related to the Anomaluromorpha (the scaly-tailed squirrels and the springhare) and ...

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Castoridae The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A highly diverse group of rodents within this family once roamed the earth, but only a single genus is extant today, '' Castor''. Characteristics C ...

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American beaver The North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber''). It is native to North America and introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland and ...

, ''Castor canadensis'' LC **Family: Geomyidae ***Genus: ''

Cratogeomys ''Cratogeomys'' is a genus of rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of al ...

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Yellow-faced pocket gopher The yellow-faced pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys castanops'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is the species that lives north of the Southern Coahuila Fi ...

, ''Cratogeomys castanops'' LC ****

Oriental Basin pocket gopher The Oriental Basin pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys fulvescens'') is a species of pocket gopher which is endemic to Mexico. It was first described in 1895 by Clinton Hart Merriam. It was considered to be a subspecies of Merriam's pocket gopher ('' ...

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Smoky pocket gopher The smoky pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys fumosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico (Querétaro). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics Molecular phy ...

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Goldman's pocket gopher Goldman's pocket gopher, (''Cratogeomys goldmani'') is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family. It is distributed throughout northern Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a L ...

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Merriam's pocket gopher Merriam's pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the area of the Valley of Mexico and the Valley of Toluca at elevations from 1800 to 4000 m. Its fav ...

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Perote pocket gopher The Perote pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys perotensis''), or Cofre de Perote pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher in the family Geomyidae. Range Endemic to Mexico, it is found in the mountains from southern Hildalgo south through Puebla ...

, ''Cratogeomys perotensis'' LC **** Flat-headed pocket gopher, ''

Cratogeomys planiceps ''Cratogeomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It was previously considered a subgenus of '' Pappogeomys''. All species are distributed in Mexico and the Southwest United States, with some species being found in both countries. I ...

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Geomys The genus ''Geomys'' contains 12 species of pocket gophersSearch results for "''Geomys''" on thASM Mammal Diversity Database often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossori ...

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Desert pocket gopher The desert pocket gopher (''Geomys arenarius'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico and in Texas and New Mexico in the United States. Description ''Geomys arenarius'' is a medium si ...

, ''Geomys arenarius'' NT **** Texas pocket gopher, ''Geomys personatus'' LC **** Tropical pocket gopher, ''Geomys tropicalis'' CR ***Genus: ''

Orthogeomys The giant pocket gopher (''Orthogeomys grandis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is the type species of the genus ''Orthogeomys''; some zoologists also include in th ...

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Oaxacan pocket gopher The giant pocket gopher (''Orthogeomys grandis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is the type species of the genus ''Orthogeomys''; some zoologists also include in thi ...

, ''Orthogeomys cuniculus'' DD **** Giant pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys grandis'' LC ****

Hispid pocket gopher The hispid pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys hispidus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Some authors classify it in the genus ''Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed t ...

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Big pocket gopher The big pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys lanius'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It has only been found on the southeastern slopes of Pico de Orizaba, at elevations of . Some auth ...

, ''Orthogeomys lanius'' CR ***Genus: ''

Pappogeomys Buller's pocket gopher (''Pappogeomys bulleri'') is a species of gopher that is endemic to Mexico. It is monotypic within the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil or ...

'' **** Alcorn's pocket gopher, ''Pappogeomys alcorni'' CR **** Buller's pocket gopher, ''Pappogeomys bulleri'' LC ***Genus: '' Thomomys'' **** Botta's pocket gopher, ''Thomomys bottae'' LC ****

Southern pocket gopher The southern pocket gopher (''Thomomys umbrinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States, usually in high altitude grassland and shrubland. It feeds on plant material and has an extensive burr ...

, ''Thomomys umbrinus'' LC ***Genus: ''

Zygogeomys The Michoacan pocket gopher (''Zygogeomys trichopus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Zygogeomys''. It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is temperate, high-altitude forests. Its nu ...

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Heteromyidae Heteromyidae is a family of rodents consisting of kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within th ...

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Dipodomyinae Dipodomyinae is a subfamily of heteromyid rodents, the kangaroo rats and mice. Dipodomyines, as implied by both their common and scientific names, are bipedal; they also jump exceptionally well. Kangaroo rats and mice are native to desert and s ...

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Dipodomys Kangaroo rats, small mostly nocturnal rodents of genus ''Dipodomys'', are native to arid areas of western North America. The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed thi ...

'' ***** Agile kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys agilis'' LC *****

Gulf Coast kangaroo rat The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys compactus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae found in Mexico and the state of Texas in the United States. Its appearance and ecology are very similar to those of its putative sister spec ...

, ''Dipodomys compactus'' LC *****

Desert kangaroo rat The desert kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys deserti'') is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae that is found in desert areas of southwestern North America. It is one of the large kangaroo rats, with a total length greater than and a mass greate ...

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San Quintin kangaroo rat The San Quintin kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys gravipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from western Baja California. Its natural habitat includes arid lowlands with sparse vegetati ...

, ''Dipodomys gravipes'' CR ***** San Jose Island kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys insularis'' CR *****

Margarita Island kangaroo rat The Margarita Island kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys merriami margaritae'') is a subspecies of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on Isla Santa Margarita of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur. The natur ...

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Merriam's kangaroo rat Merriam's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. The species name commemorates Clinton Hart Merriam. It is found in the Upper and Lower Sonoran life zones of the southwestern United States, Baja ...

, ''Dipodomys merriami'' LC ***** Nelson's kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys nelsoni'' LC *****

Ord's kangaroo rat Ord's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys ordii'') is a kangaroo rat native to western North America, specifically the Great Plains and the Great Basin, with its range extending from extreme southern Canada to central Mexico. Ord's kangaroo rat has a fift ...

, ''Dipodomys ordii'' LC ***** Phillips's kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys phillipsii'' LC *****

Dulzura kangaroo rat The Dulzura kangaroo rat, or San Diego kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys simulans'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico, and in the Colorado Desert and elsewhere in California in the United States. I ...

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Banner-tailed kangaroo rat The banner-tailed kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys spectabilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in arid environments in the southwestern United States and Mexico where it lives in a burrow by day and forages for seeds an ...

, ''Dipodomys spectabilis'' NT ***Subfamily:

Heteromyinae Heteromyinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Heteromyidae, commonly known as spiny pocket mice. It contains a single extant genus, ''Heteromys'', as well as the extinct genera ''Diprionomys'' and ''Metaliomys''. ''Heteromys'' was recentl ...

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Heteromys ''Heteromys'' is a genus of rodents in the family Heteromyidae, commonly known as spiny pocket mice. It is the only extant genus in the subfamily Heteromyinae which also includes the extinct genera '' Diprionomys'' and ''Metaliomys''. ''Hetero ...

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Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys desmarestianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link ...

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Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys gaumeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.Schmidt, Cheryl A., Mark D. Engstrom, and Hugh H. Genoways.Heteromys gaumeri" (1989). It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucat ...

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Mexican spiny pocket mouse The Mexican spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys irroratus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is native to Mexico and Texas in the United States where it is found in dry, scrubby habitats. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "le ...

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Nelson's spiny pocket mouse Nelson's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys nelsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

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Painted spiny pocket mouse The painted spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys pictus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and the northern tip of Guatemala. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Liomys'', which is now recognized to be paraph ...

, ''Heteromys pictus'' LC ***** Salvin's spiny pocket mouse, ''Heteromys salvini'' LC *****

Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse The Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys spectabilis'') is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Mexico. The specific name ''spectabilis'' means "striking", and refers to the animal's relatively bright coloration. It was formerly placed ...

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Perognathinae Perognathinae is a subfamily of rodents consisting of two genera of pocket mice. Most species live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, They feed mostly on seeds and other plant parts, which they carr ...

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Chaetodipus ''Chaetodipus'' is a genus of pocket mouse containing 17 species endemic to the United States and Mexico. Like other members of their family such as pocket mice in the genus ''Perognathus'', they are more closely related to pocket gophers than ...

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Little desert pocket mouse The little desert pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus arenarius'') is a species of small rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Baja California in Mexico. Description The little desert pocket mouse reaches a length of about including a tai ...

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Narrow-skulled pocket mouse The narrow-skulled pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus artus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to western Mexico, living west of the Sierra Madre Occidental crest. Description The narrow-skulled pocket mouse is a medium ...

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Bailey's pocket mouse Bailey's pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus baileyi'') is a species of rodent of the subfamily Perognathinae, family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California, Sinaloa and Sonora in Mexico and in California, Arizona and New Mexico in the United Sta ...

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California pocket mouse The California pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus californicus'') is a species of nocturnal and primarily solitary rodent in the family Heteromyidae. Distribution ''Chaetodipus californicus'' is native to California in the western United States and nor ...

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Dalquest's pocket mouse Dalquest's pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus dalquesti'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae, sometimes viewed as a subspecies of '' Chaetodipus ammophilus''. It is endemic to Mexico. The pocket mouse is named after Walter W. Dalquest (1 ...

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Chihuahuan pocket mouse The Chihuahuan pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus eremicus'') is a species of Heteromyidae, heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the desert pocket mouse (''C. pencillatus''), bu ...

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San Diego pocket mouse The San Diego pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus fallax'') is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae. It occupies the northern region of Baja California near San Diego extending into Mexico. Description The San Diego pocket mouse occupies the no ...

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Long-tailed pocket mouse The long-tailed pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus formosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. References

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Hispid pocket mouse The hispid pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus hispidus'') is a large pocket mouse native to the Great Plains region of North America. It is a member of the genus ''Chaetodipus''. Distribution The hispid pocket mouse occurs across the Great Plains fro ...

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Rock pocket mouse The rock pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus intermedius'') is one of 19 species of pocket mice in the genus ''Chaetodipus''. It is sometimes grouped in the genus ''Perognathus''. Description Found mainly in rocky outcrops in the deserts of the southwes ...

, ''Chaetodipus intermedius'' LC ***** Lined pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus lineatus'' DD ***** Nelson's pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus nelsoni'' LC *****

Desert pocket mouse The desert pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus penicillatus'') is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. True to its common name, the medium-sized desert pocket mouse prefers sandy, sparsely ve ...

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Sinaloan pocket mouse The Sinaloan pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus pernix'') is one of 17 species of pocket mice in the genus ''Chaetodipus.'' Two subspecies of ''C. pernix'' are recognized, ''C. p. pernix'' and ''C. p. rostratus,'' all are endemic to Mexico. This small ...

, ''Chaetodipus pernix'' LC ***** Baja pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus rudinoris'' LC ***** Spiny pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus spinatus'' LC ****Genus: ''

Perognathus ''Perognathus'' is a genus of pocket mouse. Like other members of their family they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice. Characteristics The silky pocket mice are small animals with soft pelage, long tails, and small ...

'' ***** Arizona pocket mouse, ''Perognathus amplus'' LC ***** Plains pocket mouse, ''Perognathus flavescens'' LC *****

Silky pocket mouse The silky pocket mouse (''Perognathus flavus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northern and central Mexico and the southwest region of the United States. It is a species of least concern, according to the IUCN, ...

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Little pocket mouse The little pocket mouse (''Perognathus longimembris'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States. Its na ...

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Merriam's pocket mouse Merriam's pocket mouse (''Perognathus merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northeast Mexico and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States. Its habitat is shortgrass prairie, desert areas with sc ...

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Myomorpha The suborder Myomorpha contains 1,524 species of mouse-like rodents, nearly a quarter of all mammal species. Included are mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, lemmings, and voles. They are grouped according to the structure of their jaws and molar ...

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Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and has m ...

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Arvicolinae The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae (comprising the hamsters and New World rats and mice). Some authorities place ...

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Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They ea ...

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California vole The California vole (''Microtus californicus'') is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and part of southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the "California meadow mouse", a misnomer as this species is a vole, not a mouse. It a ...

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Guatemalan vole The Guatemalan vole (''Microtus guatemalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, in montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in thes ...

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Mexican vole The Mexican vole (''Microtus mexicanus'') is a species of vole. The Hualapai Mexican vole (''M. m. hualapaiensis'') was formerly recognized as a subspecies and was a protected taxon under the United States Endangered Species Act until 2017. Sever ...

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Tarabundí vole The Tarabundí vole (''Microtus oaxacensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America ...

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Western meadow vole The western meadow vole (''Microtus drummondii'') is a species of North American vole found in midwestern and western Canada and the United States, and formerly in Mexico. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (''M. ...

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Jalapan pine vole The Jalapan pine vole (''Microtus quasiater'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found only in Mexico. The scientific name ''quasiater'' translates as "almost black", while the common name refers to the city of Jalapa, close to wh ...

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Zempoaltépec vole The Zempoaltépec vole (''Microtus umbrosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The name ''Microtus'' is from the Greek word ''mikros'' meaning small and ''otus'' meaning ear. The name ''umbrosus'' could be from the Latin ''umbros' ...

, ''Microtus umbrosus'' EN ****Genus: ''

Ondatra The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

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Muskrat The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

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Tylomyinae The subfamily Tylomyinae consists of several species of New World rats and mice including the vesper and climbing rats. They are not as well known as their relatives in the subfamilies Sigmodontinae and Neotominae. Many authorities place all t ...

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Nyctomys Sumichrast's vesper rat (''Nyctomys sumichrasti'') is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. It is named for the collector of the first specimen, and its closest relative is probably Hatt's vesper rat, a similar, ...

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Sumichrast's vesper rat Sumichrast's vesper rat (''Nyctomys sumichrasti'') is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. It is named for the collector of the first specimen, and its closest relative is probably Hatt's vesper rat, a similar, ...

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Otonyctomys Hatt's vesper rat (''Otonyctomys hatti''), also known as Hatt's vesper mouse or Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Otonyctomys''. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T. ...

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Hatt's vesper rat Hatt's vesper rat (''Otonyctomys hatti''), also known as Hatt's vesper mouse or Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Otonyctomys''. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T. ...

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Ototylomys The big-eared climbing rat (''Ototylomys phyllotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrat ...

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Big-eared climbing rat The big-eared climbing rat (''Ototylomys phyllotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrat ...

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Tylomys ''Tylomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Chiapan climbing rat (''Tylomys bullaris'') * Fulvous-bellied climbing rat (''Tylomys fulviventer'') * Mira climbing rat (''Tylomys mirae'') * Peters ...

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Chiapan climbing rat The Chiapan climbing rat (''Tylomys bullaris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. The species is known from only one location in Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest ...

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Peters's climbing rat Peters's climbing rat (''Tylomys nudicaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is th ...

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Tumbala climbing rat The Tumbala climbing rat (''Tylomys tumbalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá, Chiapas. The species is threatened by deforestation Defore ...

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Neotominae The Neotominae are a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. They consist of four tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice, predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packra ...

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Baiomys ''Baiomys'' is the genus of New World pygmy mice. Together with '' Scotinomys'', it forms the tribe Baiomyini. It currently contains two extant species: *Southern pygmy mouse, '' Baiomys musculus'' *Northern pygmy mouse, '' Baiomys taylori'' ...

'' ***** Southern pygmy mouse, ''Baiomys musculus'' LC ***** Northern pygmy mouse, ''Baiomys taylori'' LC ****Genus: '' Habromys'' *****

Chinanteco deer mouse The Chinanteco deer mouse (''Habromys chinanteco'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico. This species is known to live in only one location, on Cerro Pelón in the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, between 2,080 and 2,6 ...

, ''Habromys chinanteco'' CR ***** Delicate deer mouse, ''Habromys delicatulus'' CR ***** Ixtlán deer mouse, ''Habromys ixtlani'' CR ***** Zempoaltepec deer mouse, ''Habromys lepturus'' CR ***** Crested-tailed deer mouse, ''Habromys lophurus'' NT ***** '' Habromys schmidlyi'' CR ***** Jico deer mouse, ''Habromys simulatus'' EN ****Genus: ''

Hodomys Allen's woodrat (''Hodomys alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Hodomys''. Distribution This woodrat species is endemic to Mexico. It is native from southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca states ...

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Allen's wood rat Allen's woodrat (''Hodomys alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Hodomys''. Distribution This woodrat species is endemic to Mexico. It is native from southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca states. ...

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Megadontomys ''Megadontomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found in Mexico. It contains the following species: * Oaxaca giant deer mouse The Oaxaca giant deer mouse (''Megadontomys cryophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Crice ...

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Oaxaca giant deer mouse The Oaxaca giant deer mouse (''Megadontomys cryophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of ...

, ''Megadontomys cryophilus'' EN ***** Nelson's giant deer mouse, ''Megadontomys nelsoni'' EN ***** Thomas's giant deer mouse, ''Megadontomys thomasi'' EN ****Genus: '' Nelsonia'' ***** Goldman's diminutive woodrat, ''Nelsonia goldmani'' EN ***** Diminutive woodrat, ''Nelsonia neotomodon'' NT ****Genus: ''

Neotoma A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus ''Neotoma''. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes. Pack rats are notice ...

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White-throated woodrat The white-throated woodrat (''Neotoma albigula'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found from central Mexico north to Utah and Colorado in the United States. It is primarily a western species in the United States, extending ...

, ''Neotoma albigula'' LC ****** Turner Island woodrat, ''N. b. varia'' ***** Tamaulipan woodrat, ''Neotoma angustapalata'' EN ***** Bryant's woodrat, ''Neotoma bryanti'' EN ****** Anthony's woodrat, ''N. b. anthonyi'' EX ******

Bunker's woodrat Bunker's woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti bunkeri'') is an extinct subspecies of Bryant's woodrat in the family Cricetidae. Only five specimens are known; these were collected in 1932 by W.H. Burt and are housed at a museum at UCLA. ''Neotoma bunkeri' ...

, ''N. b. bunkeri'' EX ****** San Martin Island woodrat, ''N. b. martinensis'' EX ***** Arizona woodrat, ''Neotoma devia'' LC *****

Dusky-footed woodrat The dusky-footed woodrat (''Neotoma fuscipes'') is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called "packrats" or "trade rats" and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. Coyotes and other ...

, ''Neotoma fuscipes'' LC ***** Goldman's woodrat, ''Neotoma goldmani'' LC ***** Desert woodrat, ''Neotoma lepida'' LC ***** White-toothed woodrat, ''Neotoma leucodon'' LC ***** Big-eared woodrat, ''Neotoma macrotis'' LC *****

Mexican woodrat The Mexican woodrat (''Neotoma mexicana'') is a medium-sized pack rat. Distribution and habitat It ranges from the United States (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and parts of Arizona and Trans-Pecos Texas) south to Honduras. Although occurring at l ...

, ''Neotoma mexicana'' LC ***** Southern plains woodrat, ''Neotoma micropus'' LC ***** Nelson's woodrat, ''Neotoma nelsoni'' CR ***** Bolaños woodrat, ''Neotoma palatina'' VU *****

Sonoran woodrat The Sonoran woodrat (''Neotoma phenax'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. References

* Neotoma, Sonoran Woodrat Endemic mammals of Mexico Near threatened fauna of North America Taxonomy articles crea ...

, ''Neotoma phenax'' NT ****Genus: '' Neotomodon'' ***** Mexican volcano mouse, ''Neotomodon alstoni'' LC ****Genus: '' Osgoodomys'' ***** Michoacan deer mouse, ''Osgoodomys banderanus'' LC ****Genus: ''

Peromyscus ''Peromyscus'' is a genus of rodents. They are commonly referred to as deer mice or deermice, not to be confused with the chevrotain or "mouse deer". They are New World mice only distantly related to the common house and laboratory mouse, ''Mu ...

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Orizaba deer mouse The Orizaba deer mouse (''Peromyscus beatae'') is a small species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, native to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country i ...

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Perote mouse The Perote mouse (''Peromyscus bullatus''), or Perote deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. Description The Perote mouse is the size of a small rat, with a total length of , including a hairy t ...

, ''Peromyscus bullatus'' CR ***** California mouse, ''Peromyscus californicus'' LC ***** Burt's deer mouse, ''Peromyscus caniceps'' CR ***** Canyon mouse, ''Peromyscus crinitus'' LC ***** Dickey's deer mouse, ''Peromyscus dickeyi'' CR *****

Zacatecan deer mouse The Zacatecan deer mouse or southern rock mouse (''Peromyscus difficilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic a ...

, ''Peromyscus difficilis'' LC ***** Cactus mouse, ''Peromyscus eremicus'' LC ***** Eva's desert mouse, ''Peromyscus eva'' LC ***** Northern Baja deer mouse, ''Peromyscus fraterculus'' LC ***** Blackish deer mouse, ''Peromyscus furvus'' DD *****

Osgood's mouse Osgood's mouse (''Peromyscus gratus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. Its name references Wilfred Hudson Osgood. References * Baillie, J. (1996).Peromyscus gratus 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Spe ...

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Angel Island mouse The Angel Island mouse (''Peromyscus guardia''), or La Guarda deermouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Distribution It is endemic to Mexico, where it is historically known only from the island of Ángel de la Guarda and near ...

, ''Peromyscus guardia'' CR ***** Guatemalan deer mouse, ''Peromyscus guatemalensis'' LC ***** Naked-eared deer mouse, ''Peromyscus gymnotis'' LC ***** Hooper's mouse, ''Peromyscus hooperi'' LC *****

Transvolcanic deer mouse The transvolcanic deer mouse (''Peromyscus hylocetes'') is a species of rodent in the genus ''Peromyscus'' of the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Habitat The Transvolcanic deer mouse is found from west central Jalisco eastwards to Mexic ...

, ''Peromyscus hylocetes'' LC ***** San Lorenzo mouse, ''Peromyscus interparietalis'' CR *****

White-footed mouse The white-footed mouse (''Peromyscus leucopus'') is a rodent native to North America from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador, and the Maritime Provinces (excluding the island of Newfoundland) to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In the Maritimes, ...

, ''Peromyscus leucopus'' LC ***** Nimble-footed mouse, ''Peromyscus levipes'' LC *****

Tres Marias Island mouse Tres may refer to: * Tres (instrument), a Cuban musical instrument * Tres, Trentino, municipality in Italy * "Tres" (song) by Juanes * "Tres", a song by Líbido from their album ''Hembra'' * TrES, the ''Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey'' * Templi R ...

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Deer mouse ''Peromyscus'' is a genus of rodents. They are commonly referred to as deer mice or deermice, not to be confused with the chevrotain or "mouse deer". They are New World mice only distantly related to the common house and laboratory mouse, ''Mu ...

, ''Peromyscus maniculatus'' LC ***** Brown deer mouse, ''Peromyscus megalops'' LC ***** Puebla deer mouse, ''Peromyscus mekisturus'' CR ***** Zempoaltepec, ''Peromyscus melanocarpus'' EN ***** Plateau mouse, ''Peromyscus melanophrys'' LC ***** Black-eared mouse, ''Peromyscus melanotis'' LC ***** Black-tailed mouse, ''Peromyscus melanurus'' EN ***** Mesquite mouse, ''Peromyscus merriami'' LC *****

Mexican deer mouse The Mexican deer mouse (''Peromyscus mexicanus'') is a species of forest-dwelling rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Mexico and throughout much of Central America. Description Mexican deer mice are moderately sized mouse-l ...

, ''Peromyscus mexicanus'' LC ***** Northern rock mouse, ''Peromyscus nasutus'' LC ***** El Carrizo deer mouse, ''Peromyscus ochraventer'' EN ***** White-ankled mouse, ''Peromyscus pectoralis'' LC ***** Pemberton's deer mouse, ''Peromyscus pembertoni'' EX ***** Tawny deer mouse, ''Peromyscus perfulvus'' LC ***** Chihuahuan mouse, ''Peromyscus polius'' NT ***** False canyon mouse, ''Peromyscus pseudocrinitus'' CR ***** La Palma field mouse, ''Peromyscus sagax'' DD ***** Schmidly's deer mouse, ''Peromyscus schmidlyi'' LC *****

Santa Cruz mouse The Santa Cruz mouse (''Peromyscus sejugis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on two small islands in the southern Gulf of California. Feral cats on Santa Cruz Island are a threat. ...

, ''Peromyscus sejugis'' EN ***** Nayarit mouse, ''Peromyscus simulus'' VU ***** Slevin's mouse, ''Peromyscus slevini'' CR ***** Gleaning mouse, ''Peromyscus spicilegus'' LC ***** San Esteban Island mouse, ''Peromyscus stephani'' CR *****

Pinyon mouse The pinyon mouse (''Peromyscus truei'') is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California in Mexico. These medium-sized mice are often distinguished by their relatively large ears. The range of this species extends from southern ...

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Yucatan deer mouse The Yucatan deer mouse (''Peromyscus yucatanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The species is found in Mexico and Guatemala; an example habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan. References * G.G.Musser an ...

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Reithrodontomys ''Reithrodontomys'' is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice. Species This genus contains these species: *Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys bakeri'' *Short-nosed harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys brevirostris'' * ...

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Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys bakeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of about 20 species of the genus ''Reithrodontomys''. This species was discovered in 2004 and is found in Central Mexico ...

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Sonoran harvest mouse The Sonoran harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys burti'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of Nort ...

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Fulvous harvest mouse The fulvous harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States. Description About 17 subspecies of ''R. ful ...

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Slender harvest mouse The slender harvest mouse(''Reithrodontomys gracilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. A small mouse-like rodent distributed throughout a portion Central America. Description The slender harvest mouse has short pale pelage. Uppe ...

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Hairy harvest mouse The hairy harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys hirsutus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species ...

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Western harvest mouse The western harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys megalotis'') is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually ...

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Mexican harvest mouse The Mexican harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a variety of habitats at a ...

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Plains harvest mouse The plains harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys montanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the central United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the Uni ...

, ''Reithrodontomys montanus'' LC ***** Cozumel harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys spectabilis'' CR ***** Sumichrast's harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys sumichrasti'' LC *****

Narrow-nosed harvest mouse The narrow-nosed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys tenuirostris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the so ...

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Zacatecas harvest mouse The Zacatecas harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys zacatecae'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion o ...

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Scotinomys ''Scotinomys'' is a genus of rodent, the singing mice, in the family Cricetidae. Together with ''Baiomys'', it forms the tribe Baiomyini Baiomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Neotominae occurring from the southern United States to P ...

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Xenomys The Magdalena rat (''Xenomys nelsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae which is found only in a small region of western Mexico. It is the only species in the genus ''Xenomys''. The common name comes from the village where the ...

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Magdalena rat The Magdalena rat (''Xenomys nelsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae which is found only in a small region of western Mexico. It is the only species in the genus ''Xenomys''. The common name comes from the village where the ...

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Sigmodontinae The rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae includes New World rats and mice, with at least 376 species. Many authorities include the Neotominae and Tylomyinae as part of a larger definition of Sigmodontinae. When those genera are included, the specie ...

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Handleyomys ''Handleyomys'' is a genus of Central and South American rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was first described in 2002 to include two species from the Colombian Andes which were previously included in distinct and unrelat ...

'' ***** Alfaro's rice rat, ''Handleyomys alfaroi'' LC *****

Chapman's rice rat ''Handleyomys chapmani'', also known as Chapman's oryzomys or Chapman's rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus ''Handleyomys'' of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in ''Oryzomys'' as ''Oryzomys chapmani ...

, ''Handleyomys chapmani'' LC *****

Black-eared rice rat ''Handleyomys melanotis'', also known as the black-eared oryzomysMusser and Carleton, 2005 or black-eared rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus ''Handleyomys'' of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico ...

, ''Handleyomys melanotis'' LC ***** Striped rice rat, ''Handleyomys rhabdops'' VU *****

Long-nosed rice rat ''Handleyomys rostratus'', also known as the long-nosed oryzomys, long-nosed rice rat, or rusty rice rat is a species of rodent in the genus '' Handleyomys'' of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico ...

, ''Handleyomys rostratus'' LC ***** Cloud forest rice rat, ''Handleyomys saturatior'' NT ****Genus: ''

Oligoryzomys ''Oligoryzomys'' is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Many species are known as pygmy rice rats or colilargos.Musser and Carleton, 2005 The genus is found from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and includes approximately 1 ...

'' ***** Fulvous pygmy rice rat, ''Oligoryzomys fulvescens'' LC ****Genus: '' Onychomys'' *****

Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse Mearns's grasshopper mouse or the Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse (''Onychomys arenicola'') is a grasshopper mouse found in southwestern New Mexico, West Texas, and north-central Mexico. They are similar to '' Onychomys torridus'', but differ in ...

, ''Onychomys arenicola'' LC *****

Northern grasshopper mouse The northern grasshopper mouse (''Onychomys leucogaster'') is a North American carnivorous rodent of the family Cricetidae. It ranges over much of the western part of the continent, from southern Saskatchewan and central Washington to Tamaulipas ...

, ''Onychomys leucogaster'' LC *****

Southern grasshopper mouse The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (''Onychomys torridus'') is a species of predatory rodent in the family Cricetidae, native to Mexico and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. Notab ...

, ''Onychomys torridus'' LC ****Genus: ''

Oryzomys ''Oryzomys'' is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat (''O. palustris'') of the United States and ...

'' *****

White-bellied rice rat ''Oryzomys albiventer'' is a rodent in the genus ''Oryzomys'' of family Cricetidae from interior western Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Michoacán. First described in 1901 as a separate species, it was later lumped under '' ...

, ''Oryzomys albiventer'' ***** Coues' rice rat, ''Oryzomys couesi'' LC ***** Nelson's rice rat, ''Oryzomys nelsoni'' EX *****

Marsh rice rat The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...

, ''Oryzomys palustris'' LC *****

Lower California rice rat ''Oryzomys peninsulae'', also known as the Lower California rice rat, is a species of rodent from western Mexico. Restricted to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, it is a member of the genus ''Oryzomys'' of family Cricetidae. Onl ...

, ''Oryzomys peninsulae'' ****Genus: ''

Rheomys ''Rheomys'' is a genus of Mexican and Central American semiaquatic rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Mexican water mouse, ''Rheomys mexicanus'' * Goldman's water mouse, ''Rheomys raptor'' * Thomas's water mou ...

'' ***** Mexican water mouse, ''Rheomys mexicanus'' EN ***** Thomas's water mouse, ''Rheomys thomasi'' NT ****Genus: '' Sigmodon'' ***** Allen's cotton rat, ''Sigmodon alleni'' VU *****

Arizona cotton rat The Arizona cotton rat or Colorado River cotton rat (''Sigmodon arizonae'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Description The Arizona cotton rat has a typical rat-like appearance, and ...

, ''Sigmodon arizonae'' LC ***** Tawny-bellied cotton rat, ''Sigmodon fulviventer'' LC *****

Southern cotton rat The southern cotton rat (''Sigmodon hirsutus'') is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is found from southern Chiapas in Mexico through Central America, except for Belize, and as far east as northern Colombia and Venezuela. It lives in ...

, ''Sigmodon hirsutus'' LC *****

Hispid cotton rat The hispid cotton rat (''Sigmodon hispidus'') is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have ...

, ''Sigmodon hispidus'' LC presence uncertain *****

White-eared cotton rat The white-eared cotton rat (''Sigmodon leucotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North A ...

, ''Sigmodon leucotis'' LC ***** Jaliscan cotton rat, ''Sigmodon mascotensis'' LC ***** Yellow-nosed cotton rat, ''Sigmodon ochrognathus'' LC ***** Miahuatlán cotton rat, ''Sigmodon planifrons'' EN ***** Toltec cotton rat, ''Sigmodon toltecus'' LC

Order:
Lagomorpha The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek ''lagos'' (λαγ� ...
(lagomorphs)

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The lagomorphs comprise two families,

Leporidae Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

(

hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...

s and

rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...

s), and Ochotonidae (

pika A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but wi ...

s). Though they can resemble

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

s, and were classified as a

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. The

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...

volcano rabbit of the

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ( es, Eje Volcánico Transversal), also known as the Transvolcanic Belt and locally as the (''Snowy Mountain Range''), is an active volcanic belt that covers central-southern Mexico. Several of its highest peaks h ...

is the world's second smallest rabbit. In North America, pikas are not found south of southern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

and northern

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

. *Family:

(rabbits, hares) **Genus: ''

Romerolagus The volcano rabbit (''Romerolagus diazi''), also known as teporingo or zacatuche, is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico.Hoth, J., A. Velázquez F. Romero, L. León, M. Aranda and D. Bell, 1987. The Volcano Rabbit- a Shrinking ...

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Volcano rabbit The volcano rabbit (''Romerolagus diazi''), also known as teporingo or zacatuche, is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico.Hoth, J., A. Velázquez F. Romero, L. León, M. Aranda and D. Bell, 1987. The Volcano Rabbit- a Shrinking ...

, ''R. diazi'' **Genus: ''

Sylvilagus Cottontail rabbits are the leporid species in the genus ''Sylvilagus'', found in the Americas. Most ''Sylvilagus'' species have stub tails with white undersides that show when they retreat, giving them their characteristic name. However, this ...

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Desert cottontail The desert cottontail (''Sylvilagus audubonii''), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae. Unlike the European rabbit (''Oryctolagus cuniculus''), they do not form social burrow s ...

, ''S. audubonii'' ***

Brush rabbit The brush rabbit (''Sylvilagus bachmani''), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the ...

, ''S. bachmani'' **** San Jose brush rabbit, ''S. b. mansuetus'' ***

Mexican cottontail The Mexican cottontail (''Sylvilagus cunicularius'') is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae. It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests and pastureland. Taxono ...

, ''S. cunicularius'' ***

Eastern cottontail The eastern cottontail (''Sylvilagus floridanus'') is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is the most common rabbit species in North America. Distribution The eastern cottontail can be found in meadows and shrubb ...

, ''S. floridanus'' *** Central American tapetí, ''S. gabbi'' *** Tres Marias cottontail, ''S. graysoni'' ***

Robust cottontail The robust cottontail or Holzner's cottontail (''Sylvilagus holzneri'') is a species of cottontail rabbit native to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. Taxonomy This species and the subspecies comprising i ...

, ''S. holzneri'' presence uncertain ***

Omilteme cottontail The Omilteme cottontail (''Sylvilagus insonus'') is a cottontail rabbit found only in the state of Guerrero, Mexico in the mountain range of Sierra Madre del Sur. Belonging to the family Leporidae, it is one of fourteen species in the genus ''Sy ...

, ''S. insonus'' **Genus: ''

Lepus Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The gen ...

'' ***

Antelope jackrabbit The antelope jackrabbit (''Lepus alleni'') is a species of North American hare found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico that occupies dry desert areas. Behaviour It is most active during twilight ( crepuscular) and during the night ( no ...

, ''L. alleni'' *** Tamaulipas jackrabbit, ''L. altamirae'' ***

Black-tailed jackrabbit The black-tailed jackrabbit (''Lepus californicus''), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to . Reaching a length around , and a ...

, ''L. californicus'' *** White-sided jackrabbit, ''L. callotis'' *** Tehuantepec jackrabbit, ''L. flavigularis'' ***

Black jackrabbit The black jackrabbit (''Lepus insularis'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. Endemic to Mexico, its only known location is Isla Espíritu Santo, Espiritu Santo Island in the Gulf of California. The IUCN has listed this species as a ...

, ''L. insularis''

Order:
Eulipotyphla Eulipotyphla (, which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the ...
(shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)

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Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and

solenodon Solenodons (from el, τέλειος , 'channel' or 'pipe' and el, ὀδούς , 'tooth') are venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae . The two living solenodon species are the Cuban solen ...

s closely resemble mice,

hedgehog A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introducti ...

s carry spines, while

mole Mole (or Molé) may refer to: Animals * Mole (animal) or "true mole", mammals in the family Talpidae, found in Eurasia and North America * Golden moles, southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae, similar to but unrelated to Talpida ...

s are stout-bodied burrowers. In the Americas, moles are not present south of the northernmost tier of Mexican states, where they are rare. *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily:

Soricinae The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamil ...

***Tribe: Blarinini ****Genus: ''

Cryptotis The genus ''Cryptotis'' is a group of relatively small shrews with short ears, which are usually not visible, and short tails, commonly called small-eared shrews. They have 30 teeth and are members of the red-toothed shrew subfamily. Since 1992, ...

'' ***** Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew, ''Cryptotis alticola'' DD *****

Goldman's broad-clawed shrew Goldman's broad-clawed shrew (''Cryptotis goldmani'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern porti ...

, ''Cryptotis goldmani'' LC *****

Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew (''Cryptotis goodwini'') is a species of mammal in the shrew family, Soricidae. Body length and size of adults average 9.49 cm and 7.0 grams respectively making it a relatively larger shew. What distinguishes th ...

, ''Cryptotis goodwini'' LC ***** Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew, ''Cryptotis griseoventris'' EN *****

Big Mexican small-eared shrew The big Mexican small-eared shrew (''Cryptotis magna'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign stat ...

, ''Cryptotis magna'' VU ***** Yucatan small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis mayensis'' LC ***** Merriam's small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis merriami'' LC ***** Mexican small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis mexicana'' LC ***** Nelson's small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis nelsoni'' CR ***** Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis obscura'' LC *****

North American least shrew The North American least shrew (''Cryptotis parvus'') is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and a tail never more than twice the length of its hind foot. The dense fur coat is e ...

, ''Cryptotis parva'' LC ***** Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew, ''Cryptotis peregrina'' DD ***** Phillips' small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis phillipsii'' VU ***** Tropical small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis tropicalis'' DD ***Tribe: Notiosoricini ****Genus: ''

Megasorex The Mexican shrew (''Megasorex gigas'') is a species of mammal from the subfamily Soricinae in the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Megasorex'' and is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United ...

'' ***** Mexican shrew, ''Megasorex gigas'' LC ****Genus: '' Notiosorex'' ***** Cockrum's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex cockrumi'' LC ***** Crawford's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex crawfordi'' LC ***** Large-eared gray shrew, ''Notiosorex evotis'' LC ***** Villa's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex villai'' VU ***Tribe: Soricini ****Genus: ''

Sorex The genus ''Sorex'' includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the su ...

'' ***** Arizona shrew, ''Sorex arizonae'' LC ***** Zacatecas shrew, ''Sorex emarginatus'' LC ***** '' Sorex ixtlanensis'' DD *****

Large-toothed shrew The large-toothed shrew or Mexican large-toothed shrew (''Sorex macrodon'') is one of 77 species within the genus ''Sorex''. Registered on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable with a decreasing population, the Mexican large-toothed shrew has been reco ...

, ''Sorex macrodon'' VU ***** '' Sorex mediopua'' LC *****

Carmen Mountain shrew The Carmen Mountain shrew (''Sorex milleri'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. ...

, ''Sorex milleri'' VU *****

Montane shrew The montane shrew (''Sorex monticolus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae commonly known as the dusky shrew. ''Monticolus'' is derived from the Latin root word ''mons'' meaning mountain. It is found in Alaska, western Canada, the ...

, ''Sorex monticolus'' LC ***** Mexican long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex oreopolus'' LC *****

Orizaba long-tailed shrew The Orizaba long-tailed shrew (''Sorex orizabae'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the states of Federal District, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz in Mexico. It is named after Pico ...

, ''Sorex orizabae'' LC *****

Ornate shrew The ornate shrew (''Sorex ornatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae (shrews). It is endemic to western North America, ranging from Northern California in the United States to Baja California in Mexico. Eight subspecies are known, ...

, ''Sorex ornatus'' LC *****

Saussure's shrew Saussure's shrew (''Sorex saussurei'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae, that is found in Mexico. There is also a disjointed population of shrews in Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, Repú ...

, ''Sorex saussurei'' LC ***** Sclater's shrew, ''Sorex sclateri'' CR ***** San Cristobal shrew, ''Sorex stizodon'' CR ***** Chestnut-bellied shrew, ''Sorex ventralis'' LC *****

Veracruz shrew The Veracruz shrew (''Sorex veraecrucis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in t ...

, ''Sorex veraecrucis'' LC ***** Verapaz shrew, ''Sorex veraepacis'' LC *Family:

Talpidae The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean ...

(moles) **Subfamily:

Scalopinae The Scalopinae, or New World moles, are one of three subfamilies of the family Talpidae, which consists of moles and mole-like animals; the other two subfamilies being the Old World talpids (the Talpinae) and the Chinese shrew-like moles ( Urops ...

***Tribe:

Scalopini The Scalopini are a tribe of moles belonging to the family Talpidae. They include all the New World moles apart from the strikingly distinctive star-nosed mole. As the similarity of the names implies, they are the standard form of the Scalopinae ...

****Genus: ''

Scalopus The Eastern Mole or Common Mole (''Scalopus aquaticus'') is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of genus ''Scalopus''. It is found in forested and open areas with moist sandy soils in northern Mexico, the eastern Unite ...

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Eastern mole The Eastern Mole or Common Mole (''Scalopus aquaticus'') is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of genus ''Scalopus''. It is found in forested and open areas with moist sandy soils in northern Mexico, the eastern United ...

, ''Scalopus aquaticus'' LC ****Genus: ''

Scapanus ''Scapanus'' is a genus of mole (animal), moles in the family Talpidae. They live in North America from west of the Rocky Mountains, Rockies south to Baja California, Baja California del Norte, and north to British Columbia, wherever conditions ...

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Southern broad-footed mole The southern broad-footed mole (''Scapanus occultus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found only in the U.S. state of California and northernmost Baja California in Mexico. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecie ...

, ''Scapanus occultus'' *****

Mexican mole The Mexican mole (''Scapanus anthonyi'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Baja California in Mexico, where it is restricted to the highlands of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir mountain range. Its specific epithet ...

, ''Scapanus anthonyi''

Order:
Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in fli ...
(bats)

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Long-Tongued Bat at hummingbird feeder cropped

Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata (closeup)

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. *Family: Noctilionidae **Genus: '' Noctilio'' *** Lesser bulldog bat, ''Noctilio albiventris'' LC ***

Greater bulldog bat The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (''Noctilio leporinus'') is a species of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: ''murciélago pescador''; Portuguese: ''morcego-pescador''). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made ...

, ''Noctilio leporinus'' LC *Family:

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

**Subfamily:

Myotinae Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. It contains three genera: ''Eudiscopus'', '' Myotis'', and ''Submyotodon''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of ''Eudiscopus'', ...

***Genus: ''

Lasionycteris The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus ''Lasionycteris''. Etymology The species name translates as night-wandering, ref ...

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Silver-haired bat The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus ''Lasionycteris''. Etymology The species name translates as night-wandering, ref ...

, ''Lasionycteris noctivagans'' LC ***Genus: ''

Myotis The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a New Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" (mea ...

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Silver-tipped myotis The silver-tipped myotis (''Myotis albescens'') is a species of mouse-eared bat found in a range of lowland habitats in the Americas. It is part of the vesper bat genus ''Myotis'', which includes many common species across the world. Genetic ana ...

, ''Myotis albescens'' LC **** Southwestern myotis, ''Myotis auriculus'' LC ****

California myotis The California myotis (''Myotis californicus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in British Columbia in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, and in the western United States, including California. Description The California myotis is a small (70– ...

, ''Myotis californicus'' LC **** Western small-footed myotis, ''Myotis ciliolabrum'' LC **** Elegant myotis, ''Myotis elegans'' LC ****

Long-eared myotis The long-eared myotis (''Myotis evotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the suborder Microchiroptera. It can be found in western Canada, the western United States, and Baja California in Mexico. Description The long-eared myotis is a pale brown ...

, ''Myotis evotis'' LC **** Findley's myotis, ''Myotis findleyi'' EN ****

Cinnamon myotis The cinnamon myotis (''Myotis fortidens'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. References

Mouse-eared bats Bats of Central America Bats of Mexico Least concern biota of North America Taxonomy articles create ...

, ''Myotis fortidens'' LC **** Hairy-legged myotis, ''Myotis keaysi'' LC ****

Little brown bat The little brown bat or little brown myotis (''Myotis lucifugus'') is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America. It has a small body size and glossy brown fur. It is similar in appearance to several other mouse-ea ...

, ''Myotis lucifugus'' LC **** Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, ''Myotis melanorhinus'' LC ****

Black myotis The black myotis (''Myotis nigricans'') is a vesper bat species from South and Central America. Its body is dark brown/black. The head to body length, not including the tail, is about 5 cm (2 in.). The black myotis is a tiny bat with a smal ...

, ''Myotis nigricans'' LC ****

Arizona myotis The Arizona myotis (''Myotis occultus'') is a vesper bat species inhabiting much of the southwestern United States and central Mexico as far south as the Distrito Federal. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1909 by Amer ...

, ''Myotis occultus'' LC **** Peninsular myotis, ''Myotis peninsularis'' EN **** Flat-headed myotis, ''Myotis planiceps'' EN **** Fringed myotis, ''Myotis thysanodes'' LC ****

Cave myotis The cave myotis (''Myotis velifer'') is a species of vesper bat (''Vespertilionidae'') in the genus ''Myotis''. Description It is larger than most other bats in the ''Myotis'' group, with a forearm of . The bat is brown with short ears, and can ...

, ''Myotis velifer'' LC **** Fish-eating bat, ''Myotis vivesi'' VU ****

Long-legged myotis The long-legged myotis (''Myotis volans'') is a species of vesper bat that can be found in western Canada, Mexico, and the western United States. Description ''Myotis volans'' is a species of bat found in Order Chiroptera, Family Vespertillion ...

, ''Myotis volans'' LC **** Yuma myotis, ''Myotis yumanensis'' LC **Subfamily:

Vespertilioninae The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae. Classification Subfamily Vespertilioninae *Tribe Antrozoini **Genus '' Antrozous'' *** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' **Genus '' Bauerus'' *** Van Geld ...

***Genus: '' Antrozous'' **** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' LC ***Genus: ''

Bauerus Van Gelder's bat or Van Gelder's big-eared bat (''Bauerus dubiaquercus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. The species is monotypic within its genus. It is part of ...

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Van Gelder's bat Van Gelder's bat or Van Gelder's big-eared bat (''Bauerus dubiaquercus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. The species is monotypic within its genus. It is part of ...

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Corynorhinus The genus ''Corynorhinus'' consists of the big-eared bats, or American long-eared bats. Only three species occur in the genus, all occurring in North America. Members of this group were previously in the genus '' Plecotus'', the long-eared bat ...

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Mexican big-eared bat The Mexican big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus mexicanus'') is a species of vesper bat endemic to Mexico. They are nocturnal and insectivorous. Their very large ears are located across their foreheads, and when captured, the bats are observed to curl ...

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Townsend's big-eared bat Townsend's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus townsendii'') is a species of vesper bat. Description Townsend's big-eared bat is a medium-sized bat (7-12 g)

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Eptesicus ''Eptesicus'' is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ''ptetikos'' 'able to fly' or ''petomai'' 'house flier', although this is not ce ...

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Brazilian brown bat The Brazilian brown bat (''Eptesicus brasiliensis''), is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States ...

, ''Eptesicus brasiliensis'' LC **** Argentine brown bat, ''Eptesicus furinalis'' LC ****

Big brown bat The big brown bat (''Eptesicus fuscus'') is a species of vesper bat distributed widely throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the northern portion of South America. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microbat ...

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Euderma The spotted bat (''Euderma maculatum'') is a species of vesper bat and the only species of the genus ''Euderma''. Description The spotted bat was first described by zoologist Joel Asaph Allen from the American Museum of Natural History in 1891. ...

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Spotted bat The spotted bat (''Euderma maculatum'') is a species of vesper bat and the only species of the genus ''Euderma''. Description The spotted bat was first described by zoologist Joel Asaph Allen from the American Museum of Natural History in 1891. ...

, ''Euderma maculatum'' LC ***Genus: '' Idionycteris'' **** Allen's big-eared bat, ''Idionycteris phyllotis'' LC ***Genus: ''

Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilio ...

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Eastern red bat The eastern red bat (''Lasiurus borealis'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda. Taxonomy and etymology It was described in 1 ...

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Hoary bat The hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (possibly including Hawaii, although this is disputed). Taxonomy The hoary bat was described as a ...

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Southern yellow bat The southern yellow bat (''Dasypterus ega'') is a species of vesper bat that belongs to suborder microchiroptera (microbat) in the family Vespertilionidae. It is native to South, North and Central America, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas i ...

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Northern yellow bat The northern yellow bat (''Dasypterus intermedius'') is a non-migratory bat in the family Vespertilionidae, typically active year-round except during abnormally frigid winter weather, during which they will induce torpor. Description The norther ...

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Seminole bat The Seminole bat (''Lasiurus seminolus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Taxonomy The Seminole bat was first described in 1895 by Samuel N. Rhoads. The holotype had been collected in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1892 by Wi ...

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Western yellow bat The western yellow bat (''Dasypterus xanthinus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. This species roosts in trees such as ''Populus fremontii'', ''Platanus wrightii'', and ''Quercus arizonica''. If ...

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Evening bat The evening bat (''Nycticeius humeralis'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America. Hunting at night, they eat beetles, moths, and other flying insects. Description The evening bat is a small bat weighi ...

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Pipistrellus ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the genus has been cons ...

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Western pipistrelle The canyon bat (''Parastrellus hesperus''), also known as the western pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Mexico and in the western United States. The species has historically been placed in the genus ''Pipistrellus ''Pip ...

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Eastern pipistrelle The tricolored bat (''Perimyotis subflavus'') is a species of microbat native to eastern North America. Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle, based on the incorrect belief that it was closely related to European ''Pipistrellus'' species, th ...

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Rhogeessa ''Rhogeessa'' is a genus of bats within the vesper bats family, Vespertilionidae. Species *Yucatan yellow bat (''R. aeneus'') *Allen's yellow bat (''R. alleni'') * Bickham's little yellow bat (''Rhogeessa bickhami'') * Genoways's yellow bat ('' ...

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Yucatan yellow bat The Yucatan yellow bat (''Rhogeessa aeneus'') is a species of bat found in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, and possibly also in Belize and Guatemala. These small insectivorous bats forage on flying insects (most likely mosquitoes) at dawn and ...

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Allen's yellow bat Allen's yellow bat (''Rhogeessa alleni'') is a species of vesper bat. There is some taxonomic debate surrounding this species, with some authors considering ''Baeodon'' a genus rather than a subgenus. It is endemic to Mexico. Taxonomy and etymol ...

, ''Rhogeessa alleni'' LC **** Genoways's yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa genowaysi'' EN ****

Slender yellow bat The slender yellow bat (''Rhogeessa gracilis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered ...

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Least yellow bat The least yellow bat (''Rhogeessa mira'') is a species of vesper bat found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north ...

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Little yellow bat The little yellow bat (''Rhogeessa parvula'') is a species of vesper bat found only in Mexico. Description One of the smallest vesper bats, adult little yellow bats measure only in total length, with a forearm about long, and weigh just . The ...

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Black-winged little yellow bat The black-winged little yellow bat (''Rhogeessa tumida'') is a species of Vespertilionidae, vesper bat native to Central America. Description The black-winged little yellow bat is a small bat, with a total length of between , and no significant ...

, ''Rhogeessa tumida'' LC *Family: Molossidae **Genus: ''

Cynomops ''Cynomops'' is a genus of Central and South American dog-faced bats in the family Molossidae. It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of '' Molossops''. It contains the following species: * Cinnamon dog-faced bat (''C. abrasus'') * Free ...

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Eumops ''Eumops'' (mastiff bats or bonneted bats) is a genus of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true ...

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Black bonneted bat The black bonneted bat, also known as Shaw's mastiff bat, (''Eumops auripendulus''), is a species of bat from the Americas. Description The black-bonneted bat is a medium-sized bat, with adults weighing between . The head and back are covered in ...

, ''Eumops auripendulus'' LC *** Dwarf bonneted bat, ''Eumops bonariensis'' LC *** Wagner's bonneted bat, ''Eumops glaucinus'' LC ***

Sanborn's bonneted bat Sanborn's bonneted bat (''Eumops hansae''), is a bat species from South and Central America. It was first described from a specimen collected at Colonia Hansa, Brazil, and is sometimes also known as the Hansa bonneted bat. Description Sanborn's ...

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Western mastiff bat The western mastiff bat (''Eumops perotis''), also known as the western bonneted bat, the greater mastiff bat, or the greater bonneted bat, is a member of the free-tailed bat family, Molossidae. It is found in the Western United States, Mexico a ...

, ''Eumops perotis'' LC *** Underwood's bonneted bat, ''Eumops underwoodi'' LC **Genus: '' Molossus'' ***

Aztec mastiff bat The Aztec mastiff bat (''Molossus aztecus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is insectivorous. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1860 by Swiss scientist Henri Saussure. Its species name "''aztecus'' ...

, ''Molossus aztecus'' LC *** Coiban mastiff bat, ''Molossus coibensis'' LC ***

Velvety free-tailed bat The velvety free-tailed bat or Pallas's mastiff bat (''Molossus molossus''), is a bat species in the family Molossidae. Description ''M. molossus'' is a medium-sized bat, with a length of and with a wingspan of . This species is brown in color ...

, ''Molossus molossus'' LC *** Miller's mastiff bat, ''Molossus pretiosus'' LC ***

Black mastiff bat The black mastiff bat (''Molossus rufus'') is a bat species. It ranges from the northern region of South America (excluding Chile), most of Central America (excluding Belize) and parts of southern Mexico. Taxonomy The black mastiff bat was speci ...

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Sinaloan mastiff bat The Sinaloan mastiff bat (''Molossus sinaloae'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Description The Sinaloan mastiff bat is a moderately sized bat, measuring in length, ...

, ''Molossus sinaloae'' LC **Genus: '' Nyctinomops'' ***

Peale's free-tailed bat Peale's free-tailed bat (''Nyctinomops aurispinosus'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United State ...

, ''Nyctinomops aurispinosus'' LC *** Pocketed free-tailed bat, ''Nyctinomops femorosaccus'' LC ***

Broad-eared bat The broad-eared bat or broad-tailed bat (''Nyctinomops laticaudatus'') is a species of free-tailed bat from the Americas. Description The broad-eared bat is a relatively small bat, measuring about in total length, and weighing on average. The ...

, ''Nyctinomops laticaudatus'' LC *** Big free-tailed bat, ''Nyctinomops macrotis'' LC **Genus: ''

Promops ''Promops'' is a genus of free-tailed bats. Species * ''Promops centralis'' - big crested mastiff bat * ''Promops davisoni'' * ''Promops nasutus'' - brown mastiff bat References

Promops, Molossidae Bat genera Taxa named by Paul Gervai ...

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Tadarida The genus ''Tadarida'' has 9 or more species of free-tailed bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World (including southern Europe and North Africa, large parts of southern Asia, ...

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Mexican free-tailed bat The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat (''Tadarida brasiliensis'') is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, so named because its tail can be almost half its total length and is not attached to its uropatagium. It has been ...

, ''Tadarida brasiliensis'' LC *Family:

Emballonuridae Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene. Descr ...

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Balantiopteryx ''Balantiopteryx'' is a genus of sac-winged bats. It comprises three species: *Ecuadorian sac-winged bat - ''B. infusca'' *Thomas's sac-winged bat - ''B. io'' *Gray sac-winged bat The gray sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx plicata'') is a spe ...

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Thomas's sac-winged bat Thomas's sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx io'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Taxonomy Oldfield Thomas named this bat in 1904. It is presumed that he named it after the ...

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Gray sac-winged bat The gray sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx plicata'') is a species in the family Emballonuridae which comprises the 51 species of sac-winged bats. It is found in Mexico from Baja California Sur and Sonora to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nica ...

, ''Balantiopteryx plicata'' LC **Genus: ''

Centronycteris ''Centronycteris'' is a genus of sac-winged bat Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The ...

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Thomas's shaggy bat The Thomas's shaggy bat (''Centronycteris centralis'') is a bat species from Central and South America. It was previously included in the shaggy bat but Simmons and Handley (1998) showed that the species were distinct. Taxonomy It was describ ...

, ''Centronycteris centralis'' LC **Genus: ''

Diclidurus ''Diclidurus'' is a genus of bats whose common name is the ghost bats (not to be confused with the Australia ''Macroderma gigas''). ''Diclidurus'' all inhabit tropical South America, and ''D. albus'' is also found in Mexico and Central America.E ...

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Greater dog-like bat The greater dog-like bat (''Peropteryx kappleri'') is a bat species found from southern Mexico through Brazil and Peru. Description It is the largest member of its genus, with a forearm length of . Individuals weigh approximately . Fur color ca ...

, ''Peropteryx kappleri'' LC *** Lesser doglike bat, ''Peropteryx macrotis'' LC **Genus: '' Rhynchonycteris'' ***

Proboscis bat The proboscis bat (''Rhynchonycteris naso'') is a species of bat found in South America and Central America. Other common names include Long-nosed proboscis bat, sharp-nosed bat, Brazilian long-nosed bat. and river bat It is the only species i ...

, ''Rhynchonycteris naso'' LC **Genus: ''

Saccopteryx ''Saccopteryx'' is a genus of sac-winged bats from Central and South America. The species within this genus are: * Antioquian sac-winged bat ''Saccopteryx antioquensis'' *Greater sac-winged bat The greater sac-winged bat (''Saccopteryx bili ...

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Greater sac-winged bat The greater sac-winged bat (''Saccopteryx bilineata'') is a bat of the family Emballonuridae native to Central and South America. They are the most common bats seen in the rainforest, as they often roost on the outside of large trees. They are ...

, ''Saccopteryx bilineata'' LC *** Lesser sac-winged bat, ''Saccopteryx leptura'' LC *Family:

Mormoopidae The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil. They are distinguished by the presence ...

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Mormoops ''Mormoops'' is a genus of bat in the family Mormoopidae. It contains the following species: * Antillean ghost-faced bat (''Mormoops blainvillii'') * Giant ghost-faced bat (†''Mormoops magna'') * Ghost-faced bat The ghost-faced bat (''Mor ...

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Ghost-faced bat The ghost-faced bat (''Mormoops megalophylla'') is a bat in the genus ''Mormoops''. It is one of only two extant species within its genus, the other being the much smaller ''Mormoops blainvillii''. They are nocturnal and hunt using Animal echolo ...

, ''Mormoops megalophylla'' LC **Genus: ''

Pteronotus ''Pteronotus'' is a genus of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bat ...

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Davy's naked-backed bat Davy's (lesser) naked-backed bat (''Pteronotus davyi'') is a small, insect-eating, cave-dwelling bat of the Family Mormoopidae. It is found throughout South and Central America, including Trinidad, but not Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, or French Gu ...

, ''Pteronotus davyi'' LC *** Big naked-backed bat, ''Pteronotus gymnonotus'' LC ***

Parnell's mustached bat Parnell's mustached bat (''Pteronotus parnellii'') is an insectivorous bat native to the Americas. It ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico, south to Brazil. It has a wider historical range; fossil specimens have been collected on the island of Ne ...

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Wagner's mustached bat Wagner's mustached bat (''Pteronotus personatus'') is a bat species from South and Central America. It is one of the few New World bats species known to perform Doppler shift compensation behavior. Description Wagner's mustached bat is a relati ...

, ''Pteronotus personatus'' LC *Family: Phyllostomidae **Subfamily: Phyllostominae ***Genus: ''

Chrotopterus The big-eared woolly bat or (Peters's) woolly false vampire bat (''Chrotopterus auritus'') is a species of bat, belonging to the family Phyllostomidae. The name ''Chrotopterus'' is derived from Greek roots ''ch''ariots (skin, color), and ''pter ...

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Glyphonycteris ''Glyphonycteris'' is a genus of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Ba ...

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Tricolored big-eared bat The tricolored big-eared bat (''Glyphonycteris sylvestris'') is a bat species from South and Central America. Description Individuals weigh and have forearm lengths of . The fur on its back is long, woolly, and dark brown. Individual hairs ar ...

, ''Glyphonycteris sylvestris'' LC ***Genus: '' Lampronycteris'' **** Yellow-throated big-eared bat, ''Lampronycteris brachyotis'' LC ***Genus: ''

Lonchorhina ''Lonchorhina'' is a genus of Central and South American bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true ...

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Tomes's sword-nosed bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat (''Lonchorhina aurita''), also known as the common sword-nosed bat is a bat species from South and Central America. It is also found in the Bahamas, but is known from only one specimen collected on the island of New Provid ...

, ''Lonchorhina aurita'' LC ***Genus: ''

Lophostoma ''Lophostoma'' is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae. Species Genus ''Lophostoma'' * Pygmy round-eared bat, ''Lophostoma brasiliense'' * Carriker's round-eared bat, ''Lophostoma carrikeri'' * Davis's round ...

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Davis's round-eared bat Davis's round-eared bat (''Lophostoma evotis'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southeastern Mexico. Description Its ears are long with rounded tips. Its fur is dark gray. Its for ...

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Macrophyllum The long-legged bat (''Macrophyllum macrophyllum'') is a member of the Phyllostomidae family in the order Chiroptera. Both males and females of this species are generally small, with wingspans reaching 80mm with an average weight ranging betwee ...

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Macrotus ''Macrotus'' is a genus of bats in the Neotropical family Phyllostomidae. This genus contains two species, ''Macrotus californicus'' commonly known as California leaf-nosed bat and ''Macrotus waterhousii'' commonly known as Mexican or Waterho ...

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California leaf-nosed bat The California leaf-nosed bat (''Macrotus californicus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. Habitat California leaf-nosed bats can be found in ...

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Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (''Macrotus waterhousii'') is a species of big-eared bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, and Mexico, with a range from Sonora ...

, ''Macrotus waterhousii'' LC ***Genus: ''

Micronycteris ''Micronycteris'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats. List of species Genus ''Micronycteris'' - little big-eared bats * Brosset's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris brosseti ''Simmons & Voss, 1998 * '' Micronycteris buriri'' Larsen, Siles, Pedersen, & Kw ...

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Mimon ''Mimon'' is a bat genus from South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the ...

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Cozumelan golden bat The Cozumelan golden bat (''Mimon cozumelae'') is a bat species found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. At one time, this species was considered to be a subspecies of the golden bat (''Mimon ben ...

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Striped hairy-nosed bat The striped hairy-nosed bat (''Mimon crenulatum'') is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Repúb ...

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Phylloderma The pale-faced bat (''Phylloderma stenops'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the ...

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Pale-faced bat The pale-faced bat (''Phylloderma stenops'') is a bat species from South America, South and Central America. References

Phyllostomidae Bats of Central America Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in ...

, ''Phylloderma stenops'' LC ***Genus: '' Phyllostomus'' **** Pale spear-nosed bat, ''Phyllostomus discolor'' LC ***Genus: ''

Tonatia ''Tonatia'' is a small genus of South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the ...

'' **** Stripe-headed round-eared bat, ''Tonatia saurophila'' LC ***Genus: ''

Trachops The fringe-lipped bat (''Trachops cirrhosus'') is a leaf-nosed bat from southern Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil. It has three subspecies and no known fossils. It is the only species within its genus. Morphology The fringe-lipped bat has ...

'' **** Fringe-lipped bat, ''Trachops cirrhosus'' LC ***Genus: '' Trinycteris'' **** Niceforo's big-eared bat, ''Trinycteris nicefori'' LC ***Genus: ''

Vampyrum The spectral bat (''Vampyrum spectrum''), also called the great false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is a large, carnivorous leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. It is the only member of the genus '' ...

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Spectral bat The spectral bat (''Vampyrum spectrum''), also called the great false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is a large, carnivorous leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. It is the only member of the genus '' ...

, ''Vampyrum spectrum'' NT **Subfamily:

Glossophaginae Glossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats. List of species Subfamily: Glossophaginae * Tribe Glossophagini **Genus: '' Anoura'' - Geoffroy's long-nosed bats ***'' Anoura aequatoris'' *** Cadena's tailless bat, ''Anoura cadenai'' *** Ta ...

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Anoura ''Anoura'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central and South America. ''Anoura'' members lack or have a short tail, and are nectarivorous bats of small to medium size among the Phyllostomidae. Etymology The genus ''Anoura'' was described in ...

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Geoffroy's tailless bat Geoffroy's tailless bat (''Anoura geoffroyi'') is a species of phyllostomid bat from the American tropics. Description Geoffroy's tailless bat is a medium-sized bat, measuring around in total length and weighing . It has dark to dull brown fur o ...

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Godman's long-tailed bat Godman's long-tailed bat (''Choeroniscus godmani'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Venezuela Venezuela (; ...

, ''Choeroniscus godmani'' LC ***Genus: '' Choeronycteris'' ****

Mexican long-tongued bat The Mexican long-tongued bat (''Choeronycteris mexicana'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Choeronycteris''. The species is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and th ...

, ''Choeronycteris mexicana'' NT ***Genus: ''

Glossophaga ''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics. Species *''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. *''G ...

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Commissaris's long-tongued bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga commissarisi'') is a bat species from South and Central America. Description The bat's length ranges from 43 to 65 mm, has a wingspan of 32 to 42 mm, and weighs on average 9.3 to 9.5 grams ...

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Gray long-tongued bat The gray long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga leachii'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua ( ...

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Western long-tongued bat The western long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga morenoi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to southern Mexico, from Chiapas in the southeast to Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Fr ...

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Pallas's long-tongued bat Pallas's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga soricina'') is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar. Metabolism It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds. Althou ...

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Hylonycteris Underwood's long-tongued bat (''Hylonycteris underwoodi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Hylonycteris''. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Hylonycteris ...

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Underwood's long-tongued bat Underwood's long-tongued bat (''Hylonycteris underwoodi'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Hylonycteris''. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Hylonycteri ...

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Greater long-nosed bat The greater long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat (''Leptonycteris nivalis'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It chiefly consumes pollen and nectar, particularly from agave plant ...

, ''Leptonycteris nivalis'' EN **** Lesser long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris yerbabuenae'' VU ***Genus: '' Lichonycteris'' **** Dark long-tongued bat, ''Lichonycteris obscura'' LC ***Genus: ''

Musonycteris The banana bat (''Musonycteris harrisoni'') is an endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is also commonly known as the trumpet-nosed bat or the Colima long-nosed bat. Description ''M. harrisoni'' is a medium-sized bat ( 1 ...

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Banana bat The banana bat (''Musonycteris harrisoni'') is an endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is also commonly known as the trumpet-nosed bat or the Colima long-nosed bat. Description ''M. harrisoni'' is a medium-sized bat ( 1 ...

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Carolliinae Carolliinae is a subfamily of bats. Classification Subfamily Carolliinae *Genus: ''Carollia'' - Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bats ** Benkeith's short-tailed Bat, ''Carollia benkeithi'' ** Silky Short-tailed Bat, ''Carollia brevicauda'' ** Chestnut S ...

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Carollia ''Carollia'' is a genus of bats often referred to as the short-tailed fruit bats. Along with the genus ''Rhinophylla'', ''Carollia'' makes up the subfamily Carolliinae of family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. Currently, nine species of ...

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Seba's short-tailed bat Seba's short-tailed bat (''Carollia perspicillata'') is a common and widespread bat species in the family Phyllostomidae. They are found in Central America, the northern parts of South America, and in the Antilles islands. Description ''C. pe ...

, ''Carollia perspicillata'' LC **** Sowell's short-tailed bat, ''Carollia sowelli'' LC **** Gray short-tailed bat, ''Carollia subrufa'' LC **Subfamily: Stenodermatinae ***Genus: ''

Artibeus The Neotropical fruit bats (''Artibeus'') are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. The genus consists of 12 species, which are native to Central and South America, as well as parts of the Caribbean. Description These bats grow t ...

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Hairy fruit-eating bat The hairy fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus hirsutus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Am ...

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Jamaican fruit bat The Jamaican, common or Mexican fruit bat (''Artibeus jamaicensis'') is a fruit-eating bat native to Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon res ...

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Great fruit-eating bat The great fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus lituratus'') is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and To ...

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Wrinkle-faced bat The wrinkle-faced bat (''Centurio senex'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae and the only identified member of the genus ''Centurio''. This bat is found in various countries in and around Central America. It eats fruit but is not ...

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Chiroderma ''Chiroderma'' – big-eyed bats or white-lined bats – is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in North America, Central America, and South America and the Lesser Antilles. Species The following species were recognized , and a total of seven specie ...

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Salvin's big-eyed bat Salvin's big-eyed bat (''Chiroderma salvini'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela Venezuela (; ) ...

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Hairy big-eyed bat The hairy big-eyed bat (''Chiroderma villosum'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to t ...

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Dermanura ''Dermanura'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats. Genus ''Dermanura'' * Andersen's fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura anderseni''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-1. . Downloaded on 19 August 2017 * Aztec fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura ...

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Aztec fruit-eating bat The Aztec fruit-eating bat (''Dermanura azteca'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1906 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype was collected by Edward Wil ...

, ''Dermanura azteca'' LC **** Pygmy fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura phaeotis'' LC ****

Toltec fruit-eating bat The Toltec fruit-eating bat (''Dermanura tolteca'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is also sometimes called the "lowland fruit eating bat." Taxonomy Three subspecies of the Toltec fruit-eating bat are recognized: ''A. t. t ...

, ''Dermanura tolteca'' LC **** Thomas's fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura watsoni'' LC ***Genus: ''

Enchisthenes The velvety fruit-eating bat (''Enchisthenes hartii''), also known as Hart's little fruit bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic, the only species within the genus ''Enchisthenes''. It is found in Central America, ...

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Velvety fruit-eating bat The velvety fruit-eating bat (''Enchisthenes hartii''), also known as Hart's little fruit bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Enchisthenes''. It is found in Central America, Mexico, t ...

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Platyrrhinus ''Platyrrhinus'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats in the tribe Stenodermatini of family Phyllostomidae. Twenty one species are known: * Alberico's broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus albericoi'' *Slender broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus angustirostri ...

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Heller's broad-nosed bat Heller's broad-nosed bat (''Platyrrhinus helleri'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States t ...

, ''Platyrrhinus helleri'' LC ***Genus: '' Sturnira'' **** Little yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira lilium'' LC ****

Highland yellow-shouldered bat The highland yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira ludovici'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Refer ...

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Uroderma ''Uroderma'' is a genus of Central and South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern ...

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Tent-making bat The tent-making bat (''Uroderma bilobatum'') is an American leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) found in lowland forests of Central and South America. This medium-sized bat has a gray coat with a pale white stripe running down the middle of the back. ...

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Brown tent-making bat The brown tent-making bat (''Uroderma magnirostrum'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States ...

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Vampyressa ''Vampyressa'' is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats or yellow-eared vampire bats.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chi ...

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Northern little yellow-eared bat The northern little yellow-eared bat (''Vampyressa thyone'') is a bat species found from southern Mexico to Bolivia, the Guianas and western Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is th ...

, ''Vampyressa thyone'' LC ***Genus: '' Vampyrodes'' **** Great stripe-faced bat, ''Vampyrodes caraccioli'' LC **Subfamily: Desmodontinae ***Genus: ''

Desmodus ''Desmodus'' is a genus of bats which—along with the genera ''Diaemus'' and ''Diphylla''—are allied as the subfamily Desmodontinae, the carnivorous, blood-consuming vampire bats of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae. The ge ...

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Common vampire bat The common vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to Latin America. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats. The common vampire bat ...

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Diaemus The white-winged vampire bat (''Diaemus youngi''), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus ''Diaemus''. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. Etymology and ...

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White-winged vampire bat The white-winged vampire bat (''Diaemus youngi''), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus ''Diaemus''. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. Etymology and ta ...

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Diphylla The hairy-legged vampire bat (''Diphylla ecaudata'') is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and su ...

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Hairy-legged vampire bat The hairy-legged vampire bat (''Diphylla ecaudata'') is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and ...

, ''Diphylla ecaudata'' LC *Family: Natalidae **Genus: ''Natalus'' *** ''Natalus lanatus'' LC *** Mexican greater funnel-eared bat, ''Natalus mexicanus'' LC *Family: Thyropteridae **Genus: ''Thyroptera'' *** Spix's disk-winged bat, ''Thyroptera tricolor'' LC

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. Mexico has more native Mephitidae, mephitids than any other country, with two thirds of extant species being present. Only Costa Rica and Panama have more Procyonidae, procyonid species (one more) than Mexico (it is tied with Colombia in this respect). Large extinct carnivorans that lived in the area prior to the coming of humans include the saber-toothed cat ''Smilodon fatalis'', the scimitar cat ''Homotherium, Homotherium serum'', American lions, American cheetahs, dire wolves and Arctodus, short-faced bears. *Suborder: Feliformia **Family: Felidae (cats) ***Subfamily: Felinae ****Genus: ''Herpailurus'' ***** Jaguarundi, ''H. yagouaroundi'' ****Genus: ''Leopardus'' ***** Ocelot, ''L. pardalis'' ***** Margay, ''L. wiedii'' ****Genus: ''Lynx'' ***** Bobcat, ''L. rufus'' ****Genus: ''Puma (genus), Puma'' ***** Cougar, ''P. concolor'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''Panthera'' ***** Jaguar, ''P. onca'' *Suborder: Caniformia **Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes) ***Genus: ''Canis'' **** Coyote, ''C. latrans'' **** Gray wolf, ''C. lupus'' reintroduced ***** Mexican wolf, ''C. l. baileyi'' reintroduced ***Genus: ''Urocyon'' **** Gray fox, ''U. cinereoargenteus'' ***Genus: ''Vulpes'' **** Kit fox, ''V. macrotis'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: ''Ursus (biology), Ursus'' **** American black bear, ''U. americanus'' **** Brown bear, ''U. arctos'' extirpated ***** California grizzly bear, ''U. a. californicus'' ***** Mexican grizzly bear, ''U. a. horribilis'' **Family: Mephitidae ***Genus: ''Conepatus'' **** American hog-nosed skunk, ''C. leuconotus'' **** Striped hog-nosed skunk, ''C. semistriatus'' ***Genus: ''Mephitis (genus), Mephitis'' **** Hooded skunk, ''M. macroura'' **** Striped skunk, ''M. mephitis'' ***Genus: ''Spilogale'' **** Southern spotted skunk, ''S. angustifrons'' **** Western spotted skunk, ''S. gracilis'' **** Eastern spotted skunk, ''S. putorius'' **** Pygmy spotted skunk, ''S. pygmaea'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: ''Tayra, Eira'' **** Tayra, ''E. barbara'' ***Genus: ''Sea otter, Enhydra'' **** Sea otter, ''E. lutris'' ***Genus: ''Galictis'' **** Greater grison, ''G. vittata'' ***Genus: ''Lontra'' **** North American river otter, ''L. canadensis'' presence uncertain **** Neotropical river otter, ''L. longicaudis'' ***Genus: ''Mustela'' **** Black-footed ferret, ''M. nigripes'' extirpated ***Genus: ''Neogale'' **** Long-tailed weasel, ''N. frenata'' ***Genus: ''Taxidea'' **** American badger, ''T. taxus'' **Family: Procyonidae (raccoons) ***Genus: ''Bassariscus'' **** Ring-tailed cat, Ringtail, ''B. astutus'' **** Cacomistle, ''B. sumichrasti'' ***Genus: ''Nasua'' **** White-nosed coati, ''N. narica'' ***** Cozumel Island coati, ''N. n. nelsoni'' ***Genus: ''Potos'' **** Kinkajou, ''P. flavus'' ***Genus: ''Procyon (genus), Procyon'' **** Common raccoon, ''P. lotor'' ***** Tres Marias raccoon, ''P. l. insularis'' **** Cozumel raccoon, ''P. pygmaeus'' **Clade Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walruses) ***Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions) ****Genus: ''Arctocephalus'' ***** Galápagos fur seal, ''A. galapagoensis'' vagrant ***** Guadalupe fur seal, ''A. townsendi'' ****Genus: ''Callorhinus'' ***** Northern fur seal, ''C. ursinus'' ****Genus: ''Zalophus'' ***** California sea lion, ''Z. californianus'' ***Family: Phocidae (earless seals) ****Genus: ''Mirounga'' ***** Northern elephant seal, ''M. angustirostris'' ****Genus: ''Neomonachus'' ***** Caribbean monk seal, ''N. tropicalis'' ****Genus: ''Phoca'' ***** Harbor seal, ''P. vitulina''

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

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The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe. Tapirids were more widespread before humans appeared, formerly being present in temperate North America as well as the tropical regions they are found in today. Native Equidae, equids once lived in the region, having evolved in North America over Evolution of the horse, a period of 50 million years, but died out around the time of the first arrival of humans, along with at least one ungulate of South American origin, the notoungulate ''Mixotoxodon''. Sequencing of collagen from a fossil of one recently extinct notoungulate has indicated that this order was closer to the perissodactyls than any extant mammal order. *Family: Tapiridae (tapirs) **Genus: ''Tapirus'' *** Baird's tapir, ''T. bairdii''

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)

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The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 noncetacean artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. All of Mexico's extant ungulates are of Nearctic realm, Nearctic origin. Prior to the arrival of humans, camelids, which evolved in North America, also lived in the region, as did additional antilocaprids (e.g., ''Capromeryx minor''). *Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries) **Genus: ''Dicotyles'' *** Collared peccary, ''D. tajacu'' **Genus: ''Tayassu'' *** White-lipped peccary, ''T. pecari'' *Family: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily: Cervinae ***Genus: ''Cervus'' **** Elk, ''C. canadensis'' extirpated ***** Merriam's elk, ''C. c. merriami'' **Subfamily: Capreolinae ***Genus: ''Brocket deer, Mazama'' **** Central American red brocket, ''M. temama'' ***Genus: ''Odocoileus'' **** Mule deer, ''O. hemionus'' **** Yucatan brown brocket, ''O. pandora'' **** White-tailed deer, ''O. virginianus'' *Family: Antilocapridae (pronghorn) **Genus: ''Antilocapra'' *** Pronghorn, ''A. americana'' reintroduced **** Mexican pronghorn, ''A. a. mexicana'' **** Baja California pronghorn, ''A. a. peninsularis'' **** Sonoran pronghorn, ''A. a. sonoriensis'' *Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily: Bovinae ***Genus: ''Bison'' **** American bison, ''B. bison'' reintroduced *****Plains bison, ''B. b. bison'' reintroduced **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: ''Ovis'' **** Bighorn sheep, ''O. canadensis'' ***** Desert bighorn sheep, ''O. c. nelsoni''

Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)

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Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) NOAA

Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) NOAA

The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully aquatic adaptation, adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Their closest extant relatives are the Hippopotamidae, hippos, which are artiodactyls, from which cetaceans descended; cetaceans are thus also artiodactyls. Lagoons on the coast of Baja California Sur provide calving grounds for the eastern Pacific population of gray whales. The

of the northern Gulf of California is the world's smallest and The world's 100 most threatened species, most endangered cetacean. *Parvorder: Mysticeti **Family: Balaenopteridae ***Subfamily: Balaenopterinae ****Genus: ''Balaenoptera'' ***** Northern minke whale, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'' LC ***** Sei whale, ''Balaenoptera borealis '' EN ***** Bryde's whale, ''Balaenoptera edeni'' DD critically endangered population in Gulf of Mexico ***** Blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus'' EN ***** Fin whale, ''Balaenoptera physalus'' ****** Northern fin whale, ''B. p. physalus'' VU ***Subfamily: Megapterinae ****Genus: ''Megaptera'' ***** Humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' LC **Family: Eschrichtiidae ***Genus: ''Eschrichtius'' **** Gray whale, ''Eschrichtius robustus'' LC **Family: Balaenidae ***Genus: ''Eubalaena'' ****North Pacific right whale, ''Eubalaena japonica'' CR extremely rare **** North Atlantic right whale, ''Eubalaena glacialis'' CR possibly seen historically *Parvorder: Odontoceti **Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales) ***Genus: ''Physeter'' **** Sperm whale, ''Physeter macrocephalus'' VU **Family: Kogiidae ***Genus: ''Kogia'' **** Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia breviceps'' DD **** Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' DD **Family: Ziphidae ***Genus: ''Ziphius'' **** Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' LC ***Genus: ''Berardius'' **** Baird's beaked whale, ''Berardius bairdii'' DD ***Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae ****Genus: ''Indopacetus'' ***** Tropical bottlenose whale, ''Indopacetus pacificus'' DD ****Genus: ''Mesoplodon'' ***** Blainville's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon densirostris'' DD ***** Gervais' beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon europaeus'' DD ***** Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'' DD ***** Pygmy beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon peruvianus'' DD **Superfamily: Delphinoidea ***Family: Phocoenidae (porpoises) ****Genus: ''Phocoena'' ***** Vaquita, ''P. sinus'' ****Genus: ''Phocoenoides'' ***** Dall's porpoise, ''Phocoenoides dalli'' LC ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: ''Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno'' ***** Rough-toothed dolphin, ''Steno bredanensis'' LC ****Genus: ''Tursiops'' ***** Bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops truncatus'' LC ****Genus: ''Stenella'' ***** Pantropical spotted dolphin, ''Stenella attenuata'' LC ***** Clymene dolphin, ''Stenella clymene'' DD ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' LC ***** Atlantic spotted dolphin, ''Stenella frontalis'' DD ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' DD ****Genus: ''Common dolphin, Delphinus'' ***** Long-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus capensis'' DD ***** Short-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus delphis'' LC ****Genus: ''Lagenodelphis'' ***** Fraser's dolphin, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' LC ****Genus: ''Lissodelphis'' ***** Northern right whale dolphin, ''Lissodelphis borealis'' LC ****Genus: ''Sagmatias'' ***** Pacific white-sided dolphin, ''Sagmatias obliquidens'' LC ****Genus: ''Risso's dolphin, Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' LC ****Genus: ''Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' LC ****Genus: ''Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: ''Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' DD ****Genus: ''Orcinus'' ***** Orca, ''Orcinus orca'' DD ****Genus: ''Globicephala'' ***** Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' DD

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Subclass: Theria Theria (; Greek: , wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes. Theria includes the eutherians (including the placental mammals) and the metatherians (including the marsupials) but excludes the egg-laying monotremes. Ch ...

Infraclass: Metatheria Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive group than the marsupials; it contains all marsupials as wel ...

Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)

Infraclass: Eutheria Eutheria (; from Greek , 'good, right' and , 'beast'; ) is the clade consisting of all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials. Eutherians are distinguished from noneutherians by various phenotypic tra ...

Order: Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct f ... (manatees and dugongs)

Order: Cingulata Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, is an order of armored New World placental mammals. Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the only surviving families in the order. Two groups of cingulates much larger than extant ar ... (armadillos)

Order: Pilosa The order Pilosa is a clade of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths (which includes the extinct ground sloths). The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". Origins and taxonomy The b ... (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)

Order: Primates Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...

Order: Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...ia (rodents)

Order: Lagomorpha The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek ''lagos'' (λαγ� ... (lagomorphs)

Order: Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in fli ... (bats)

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)

Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)

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Subclass:
Theria Theria (; Greek: , wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes. Theria includes the eutherians (including the placental mammals) and the metatherians (including the marsupials) but excludes the egg-laying monotremes. Ch ...

Infraclass:
Metatheria Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive group than the marsupials; it contains all marsupials as wel ...

Infraclass:
Eutheria Eutheria (; from Greek , 'good, right' and , 'beast'; ) is the clade consisting of all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials. Eutherians are distinguished from noneutherians by various phenotypic tra ...

Order:
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct f ...
(manatees and dugongs)

Order:
Cingulata Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, is an order of armored New World placental mammals. Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the only surviving families in the order. Two groups of cingulates much larger than extant ar ...
(armadillos)

Order:
Pilosa The order Pilosa is a clade of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths (which includes the extinct ground sloths). The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". Origins and taxonomy The b ...
(anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)

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Primates Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...

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Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
ia (rodents)

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Lagomorpha The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek ''lagos'' (λαγ� ...
(lagomorphs)

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Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in fli ...
(bats)