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