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FOREWORD by Carter P. Smith, Executive Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
 
 Diversity of Land Mammals
 
Geographic Distribution of Land Mammals
 
Mammals of the Barrier Islands of Texas
 
Mammals in the Coastal Waters and Gulf of Mexico
 
Historical Changes in the Texas Mammal Fauna
 
Twentieth-Century Landscape and Land Use Changes in Texas: Impact on Wildlife Diversity
 
Impact of Climate Change
 
Conservation Strategies
 
History of Mammalogy in Texas
 
Instructions for Interpreting Distribution Maps
 
Key to the Major Groups (Orders) of Mammals in Texas
 
 
 
Family Didelphidae—Opossums
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Trichechidae—Manatees
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Dasypodidae—Armadillos
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Cercopithecidae—Old World Monkeys
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Hares and Rabbits of Texas
 
 
Family Leporidae—Hares and Rabbits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Shrews and Moles of Texas
 
Family Soricidae—Shrews
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Talpidae—Moles
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Bats of Texas
 
 
Family Molossidae—Free-tailed Bats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Mormoopidae—Leaf-chinned Bats
 
 
 
 
 
Family Phyllostomidae—New World Leaf-nosed Bats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Vespertilionidae—Vesper Bats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Carnivores of Texas
 
 
Family Canidae—Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Felidae—Cats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Mephitidae—Skunks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Family Mustelidae—Weasels, Otters, and Badgers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Procyonidae—Raccoons, Ringtails, and Coatis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Ursidae—Bears
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Canidae—Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Felidae—Cats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Mustelidae—Weasels, Otters, and Badgers
 
 
 
 
 
Family Ursidae—Bears
 
 
 
 
 
Family Phocidae—Earless Seals
 
 
 
 
 
Introduced Carnivora
 
 
Family Canidae—Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves
 
 
 
 
 
Family Otariidae—Eared Seals
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Even-Toed Ungulates of Texas
 
 
Family Antilocapridae—Pronghorn
 
 
 
 
 
Family Bovidae—Cattle, Antelope, Sheep, Goats, and African Exotics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Cervidae—Deer and Allies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Tayassuidae—Peccaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Bovidae—Cattle, Antelope, Sheep, Goats, and African Exotics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Cervidae—Deer and Allies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Suidae—Pigs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Greater Kudu*
 
 
 
Eudorcas thomsonii, Eastern Thomson's Gazelle*
 
 
 
Hippotragus niger, Sable Antelope*
 
 
 
Oryx dammah, Scimitar-horned Oryx*
 
 
Taurotragus oryx, Common Eland*
 
 
 
Cervus elaphus, Red Deer*
 
 
 
Key to the Whales and Dolphins of the Texas Coast
 
 
Suborder Mysticeti—Baleen Whales
 
 
Family Balaenidae—Right Whales
 
 
 
 
 
Family Balaenopteridae—Rorquals or Baleen Whales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Suborder Odontoceti—Toothed Whales
 
 
Family Delphinidae—Toothed Whales and Dolphins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Kogiidae—Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Physeteridae—Sperm Whale
 
 
 
 
 
Family Ziphiidae—Beaked Whales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key to the Rodents of Texas
 
 
Family Castoridae—Beavers
 
 
 
 
 
Family Cricetidae—New World Mice, Rats, and Voles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Erethizontidae—New World Porcupines
 
 
 
 
 
Family Geomyidae—Pocket Gophers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Heteromyidae—Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Sciuridae—Squirrels and Allies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Echimyidae—Nutria
 
 
 
 
 
Family Muridae—Old World Mice and Rats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Sciuridae—Squirrels and Allies
 
 
 
 
Order Carnivora—Carnivores
 
 
Family Canidae—Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves
 
 
 
 
 
Family Felidae—Cats
 
 
 
 
Order Perissodactyla—Odd-toed Ungulates
 
 
Family Equidae—Feral Horses and Asses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Order Artiodactyla—Even-toed Ungulates
 
 
Family Bovidae—Cattle, Antelope, Sheep, Goats, and African Exotics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Suidae—Pigs
 
 
 

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From The Mammals of Texas, Seventh Edition by David J. Schmidly and Robert D. Bradley, copyright © 1994, 2004, 2016.  Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

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