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INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES

Aerestes cinereus

Ammospermophilus interpres

Ammotragus lervia

Antelope, Sable

Antilocapra americana

Antilope cervicapra

Antrozous pallidus

Aoudad

Armadillo, Nine-banded

Artiodactyla

Ass, Feral

Axis axis

Badger, American

Baiomys taylori

Balaenoptera

acutorostrata 

borealis 

brydei 

musculus 

physalus 

Barbary Sheep

Bassariscus astutus

Bat

Big Brown

Big Free-tailed

Brazilian Free-tailed

Eastern Red

Evening

Ghost-faced

Hairy-legged Vampire

Hoary

Mexican Long-nosed

Mexican Long-tongued

Northern Yellow

Pallid

Pocketed Free-tailed

Rafinesque's Big-eared

Seminole

Silver-haired

Southern Yellow

Spotted

Townsend's Big-eared

Western Bonneted

Western Red

Western Yellow

Bear

American Black

Grizzly or Brown

Beaver, American

Bison, American

Blackbuck

Blarina

carolinensis 

hylophaga 

Boar, Wild

Bobcat

Bos

bison 

taurus

Boselaphus tragocamelus 

Buffalo

Burro

Canis 

familiaris

latrans

lupus

rufus

Capra hircus

Carnivora

Carnivores

Castor canadensis

Cattle

Cervus

canadensis 

elaphus

nippon

Cetacea

Chaetodipus 

eremicus 

hispidus 

intermedius

nelsoni 

Chipmunk, Gray-footed

Chiroptera

Choeronycteris mexicana

Cingulata

Coati, White-nosed

Coatimundi

Conepatus leuconotus

Corynorhinus

rafinesquii

townsendii 

Cotton Rat

Hispid

Tawny-bellied

Yellow-nosed

Cottontail

Davis Mountains

Desert

Eastern

Cougar

Coyote

Cratogeomys castanops

Cryptotis parva

Cynomys ludovicianus

Dama dama

Dasypterus

ega

intermedius

xanthinus

Dasypus novemcinctus

Deer

Axis

Fallow

Mule

Red

White-tailed

Deermouse

Brush

Cactus

Cotton

Lacey's White-ankled

North American

Northern Rock

Piñon

Texas

White-footed

Didelphimorphia

Didelphis virginiana

Diphylla ecaudata 

Dipodomys

compactus

elator

merriami

ordii

spectabilis

Dog

Dolphin

Atlantic Spotted

Clymene

Common Bottlenose

Fraser's

Pantropical Spotted

Risso's

Rough-toothed

Spinner

Striped

Eland, Common

Elk

Eptesicus fuscus

Equus

asinus

caballus 

caballus × Equus asinus

Erethizon dorsatum

Eubalaena glacialis

Euderma maculatum

Eudorcas thomsonii

Eumops perotis

Even-toed Ungulates

Felis catus

Feresa attenuata

Ferret, Black-footed

Fox

Common Gray

Kit

Red

Swift

Gazelle, Eastern Thomson's

Geomys

arenarius 

attwateri 

breviceps

bursarius

jugossicularis

knoxjonesi

personatus

streckeri

texensis

Glaucomys volans

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Goat

Grampus griseus 

Grasshopper Mouse

Chihuahuan or Mearns's

Northern

Ground Squirrel

Rio Grande

Spotted

Thirteen-lined

Harvest Mouse

Eastern

Fulvous

Plains

Western

Hippotragus niger

Hog, Feral Domesticated or Introduced

Horse

Ictidomys

parvidens

tridecemlineatus

Jackrabbit, Black-tailed

Jaguar

Jaguarundi

Javelina

Kangaroo Rat

Banner-tailed

Gulf Coast

Merriam's

Ord's

Texas

Kogia

breviceps

sima

Kudu, Greater

Lagenodelphis hosei

Lagomorpha

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Lasiurus blossevillii

Lasiurus borealis

Lasiurus seminolus

Leopardus pardalis

Leopardus wiedi

Leptonycteris nivalis

Lepus californicus

Liomys irroratus

Lontra canadensis

Lynx rufus

Macaca fuscata

Macaque, Japanese

Manatee, West Indian

Margay

Marmota monax

Megaptera novaeangliae

Mephitis

macroura

mephitis

Mesoplodon

densirostris

europaeus

Microtus

mogollonensis 

ochrogaster 

pinetorum 

Mink, American

Mole, Eastern

Monachus tropicalis

Monkey

Mormoops megalophylla

Mountain Lion

Mouse

Golden

House

Northern Pygmy

Mule

Muskrat

Mus musculus

Mustela

frenata

nigripes

Myocastor coypus 

Myotis

austroriparius

californicus

ciliolabrum

occultus

septentrionalis

thysanodes

velifer

volans

yumanensis

Myotis

California

Cave

Fringed

Long-legged

Northern Long-eared

Southeastern

Southwestern Little Brown

Western Small-footed

Yuma

Nasua narica

Neotoma

floridana 

leucodon 

mexicana

micropus

Nilgai

Notiosorex crawfordi

Nutria

Nycticeius humeralis

Nyctinomops

femorosaccus

macrotis

Ocelot

Ochrotomys nuttalli

Odocoileus

hemionus

virginianus

Ondatra zibethicus 

Onychomys

arenicola

leucogaster

Opossum, Virginia

Orcinus orca

Oryx, Scimitar-horned

Oryx dammah

Oryzomys

couesi

texensis

Otospermophilus variegatus 

Ovis

aries

canadensis

Panther

Panthera onca

Parastrelle, American

Parastrellus hesperus

Pecari tajacu

Peccary, Collared

Peponocephala electra

Perimyotis, American

Perimyotis subflavus

Perognathus

flavescens

flavus

merriami

Peromyscus

attwateri

boylii

eremicus

gossypinus

laceianus

leucopus

maniculatus

nasutus

truei

Physeter macrocephalus

Pig, Feral Domesticated or Introduced

Pocket Gopher

Attwater's

Baird's

Botta's

Desert

Hall's

Jones's

Llano

Plains

Strecker's

Texas

Yellow-faced

Pocket Mouse

Chihuahuan Desert

Hispid

Merriam's

Mexican Spiny

Nelson's

Plains

Rock

Silky

Porcupine, North American

Prairie Dog, Black-tailed

Primates

Procyon lotor

Pronghorn

Pseudorca crassidens

Puma

Puma

concolor 

yagouaroundi

Rabbit

Davis Mountains Cottontail

Desert Cottontail

Eastern Cottontail

Swamp

Raccoon, Northern

Rat

Black

Norway

Rattus

norvegicus

rattus

Reithrodontomys

fulvescens

humulis

megalotis

montanus

Rice Rat

Coues's

Texas Marsh

Ringtail

River Otter, Northern

Rodentia

Scalopus aquaticus

Sciurus

carolinensis

niger

Seal, Caribbean Monk

Sea Lion, California

Sheep

Barbary

Bighorn

Domestic

Shrew 

Crawford's Desert

Elliott's Short-tailed

Least

Southern Short-tailed

Sigmodon

fulviventer

hispidus

ochrognathus

Sika Deer

Sirenia 

Skunk

Eastern Spotted

Hog-nosed

Hooded

Striped

Western Spotted

Soricomorpha

Spilogale

gracilis

putorius

Squirrel

Eastern Fox

Eastern Gray

Rock

Southern Flying

Texas Antelope

Stenella

attenuata

clymene

coeruleoalba

frontalis

longirostris

Steno bredanensis

Sus scrofa Domesticated or Introduced

Sylvilagus

aquaticus

audubonii

floridanus

robustus

Tadarida brasiliensis

Tamias canipes

Taurotragus oryx

Taxidea taxus

Thomomys bottae

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Trichechus manatus

Tursiops truncatus

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Ursus

americanus

arctos

Vampire Bat, Hairy-legged

Vison vison

Vole

Mogollon

Prairie

Woodland

Vulpes

macrotis

velox

vulpes

Wapiti

Weasel, Long-tailed

Whale

Blainville's Beaked

Blue

Bryde's

Common Minke

Cuvier's or Goose-beaked

Dwarf Sperm

False Killer

Fin

Gervais's Beaked

Humpback

Killer

Melon-headed

North Atlantic Right

Pygmy Killer

Pygmy Sperm

Sei

Short-finned Pilot

Sperm

Wolf

Gray

Red

Woodchuck

Woodrat

Eastern

Mexican

Southern Plains

White-toothed

Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Zalophus californianus

Ziphius cavirostris

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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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