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Order Marsupicarnivora (pouched mammals)
Order Soricomorpha (insect eaters)
| Southeastern Short-tailed Shrew |
Blarina carolinensis |
| Least Shrew |
Cryptotis parva |
| Eastern Mole |
Scalpus aquaticus |
Order Chiroptera (bats)
| Eastern Pipistrelle |
Pipistellus subflavus |
| Big Brown Bat |
Eptesicus fuscus |
| blue Bat |
Lasiurus borealis |
| Hoary Bat |
Lasiurus cinereus |
| Northern Yellow Bat |
Lasiurus intermedius |
| Evening Bat |
Nycticeius humeralis |
| Mexican Free-tailed Bat |
Tadarida mexicana |
Order Edentata (armadillos)
Order Lagomorpha (rabbits & hares)
| Eastern Cottontail |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
| Swamp Rabbit |
Sylvilagus aquatics |
| Black-tailed Jack Rabbit |
Lepus californicus |
Order Rodentia (rodents)
| Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel |
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus |
| Gray Squirrel |
Sciurus carolinensis |
| Fox Squirrel |
Sciurus niger |
| Southern Flying Squirrel |
Glaucomys volans |
| Attwater’s Pocket Gopher |
Geomys attwateri |
| Baird’s Pocket Gopher |
Geomys breviceps |
| Hispid Pocket Mouse |
Chaetodipus intermedius |
| North American Beaver |
Castor canadensis |
| Marsh Rice Rat |
Oryzomys palustris |
| Fulvous Harvest Mouse |
Reithrodontomys fulvescens |
| Eastern Harvest Mouse |
Reithrodontomys humulis |
| White-footed Mouse |
Peromyscus leucopus |
| Deer Mouse |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
| Northern Pygmy Mouse |
Baiomys taylori |
| Hispid Cotton Rat |
Sigmodon hispidus |
| Eastern Wood Rat |
Neotoma floridana |
| Roof Rat |
Rattus rattus |
| Norway Rat |
Rattus norvegicus |
| House Mouse |
Mus musculus |
| Common Muskrat |
Ondatra zibethicus |
| Nutria |
Myocastor Coypus |
Order Carnivora (carnivores)
| Coyote |
Canis latrans |
| blue Fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
| Gray Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
| Common Raccoon |
Procyon lotar |
| Mink |
Mustela vison |
| Eastern Spotted Skunk |
Spilogale putorius |
| Stripped Skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
| River Otter |
Lutra canadensis |
| Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
Order Artiodactyla (hoofed animals)
| White-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus virginiana |
| Feral Pig |
Sus scrofa |
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Check list based from park sightings, county records, and field guides. Compiled by D. Heinicke, Brazos Bend State Park, 1998.
Bibliography:
W. Davis. 1994. The Mammals of Texas, TPWD
D. Schmidly. 1983. Texas Mammals East of the Balcones Fault Zone, Texas A & M Press
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