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Checklist C: Mammals of the Tucson Mountains

(Based on personal observations and data from Cockrum, 1960)

O. Insectivora

• Desert shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)

O. Chiroptera (bats)

• California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus)
• Long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris sanborni)
• Yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
• Western pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus)
• Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
• Big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
• Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
• Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
• Pocketed free-tailed bat (Tadarida femorosacca)
• Greater mastiff bat (Eumops perotis)

O. Lagomorpha (rabbits)

• Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
• Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni)

O. Rodentia (rats, mice, squirrels, voles, etc.)

• Rock squirrel (Citellus variegatus)
• Harris ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisi)
• Round-tailed ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus tereticaudus)
• Valley pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)
• Arizona pocket mouse (Perognathus amplus)
• Long-tailed pocket mouse (P. formosus)
• Desert pocket mouse (P. peniclillatus)
• Rock pocket mouse (P. intermedius)
• Banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)
• Merriam's kangaroo rat (D. merriami)
• Southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus)
• Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
• Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
• Merriam's mouse (P. merriami)
• Deer mouse (P. maniculatus)
• Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
• White throated wood rat (Neotoma albigula)
• House mouse (Mus musculus; non-native)

O. Carnivora

• Coyote (Canis latrans)
• Grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• Ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)
• Spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
• Hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura)
• Mountain lion (Felis concolor)
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

O. Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

• Javelina (Pecari tajacu)
• Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

From the Gates Pass Area Neighborhood Association Newsletter, Winter 2000

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