The 146 kinds of native mammals of 120 species found in Tamaulipas belong to 72 genera of 25 families of 10 orders. Non-native mammals introduced by man are not included.

Class MAMMALIA

Order MARSUPIALIA

• Family Didelphidae PAGE
• Didelphis marsupialis californicus Bennett 393
• Didelphis marsupialis texensis J. A. Allen 394
• Philander opossum pallidus (J. A. Allen) 394
• Marmosa mexicana mexicana Merriam 395

Order INSECTIVORA

• Family Soricidae
• Sorex saussurei saussurei Merriam 396
• Cryptotis parva berlandieri (Baird) 396
• Cryptotis pergracilis pueblensis Jackson 396
• Cryptotis mexicana madrea Goodwin 396
• Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues) 397
• Family Talpidae
• Scalopus inflatus Jackson 397

Order CHIROPTERA

• Family Phyllostomatidae
• Pteronotus rubiginosus mexicana (Miller) 398
• Pteronotus davyi fulvus (Thomas) 398
• Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi 399
• Mormoops megalophylla megalophylla (Peters) 399
• Micronycteris megalotis mexicana Miller 400
• Glossophaga sorocina leachii (Gray) 400
• Leptonycteris nivalis nivalis (Saussure) 401
• Sturnira lilium parvidens Goldman 401
• Artibeus jamaicensis jamaicensis Leach 402
• Artibeus lituratus palmarum Allen and Chapman 402
• Artibeus toltecus (Saussure) 403
• Artibeus aztecus Andersen 403
• Enchistenes hartii (Thomas) 404
• Centurio senex Gray 404
• Family Desmodontidae
• Desmodus rotundus murinus Wagner 405
• Diphylla ecaudata Spix 406
• Family Natalidae
• Natalus stramineus saturatus Dalquest and Hall 407
• Family Vespertilionidae
• Myotis velifer incautus (J. A. Allen) 407
• Myotis keenii auriculus Baker and Stains 408
• Myotis californicus mexicanus (Saussure) 408
• Myotis nigricans dalquesti Hall and Alvarez 409
• Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus (F. Cuvier) 409
• Pipistrellus hesperus potosinus Dalquest 410
• Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis (H. Allen) 410
• Lasiurus borealis borealis (MÜller) 411
• Lasiurus borealis teliotis (H. Allen) 412
• Lasiurus cinereus cinereus (Palisot and Beauvois) 412
• Lasiurus intermedius intermedius H. Allen 412
• Lasiurus ega xanthinus (Thomas) 413
• Nycticeus humeralis humeralis (Rafinesque) 413
• Nycticeus humeralis mexicanus Davis 413
• RhogeËssa tumida tumida H. Allen 414
• Plecotus phyllotis (G. M. Allen) 415
• Antrozous pallidus pallidus (Le Conte) 415
• Family Molossidae
• Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saussure) 415
• Tadarida aurispinosa (Peale) 415
• Tadarida laticaudata ferruginea Goodwin 416
• Molossus ater nigricans Miller 417

Order PRIMATES

• Family Cebidae
• Ateles geoffroyi velerosus Gray 417

Order EDENTATA

• Family Dasypodidae
• Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus Peters 418

Order LAGOMORPHA

• Family Leporidae
• Sylvilagus brasiliensis truei (J. A. Allen) 418
• Sylvilagus audubonii parvulus (J. A. Allen) 418
• Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani (J. A. Allen) 419
• Sylvilagus floridanus connectens (Nelson) 419
• Lepus californicus altamirae Nelson 420
• Lepus californicus curti Hall 420
• Lepus californicus merriami Mearns 421

Order RODENTIA

• Family Sciuridae
• Spermophilus mexicanus parvidens Mearns 421
• Spermophilus spilosoma oricolus Alvarez 422
• Spermophilus variegatus couchii Baird 422
• Sciurus aureogaster aureogaster Cuvier 423
• Sciurus deppei negligens Nelson 424
• Sciurus alleni Nelson 424
• Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 425
• Family Geomyidae
• Geomys personatus personatus True 425
• Geomys tropicalis Goldman 426
• Heterogeomys hispidus negatus Goodwin 427
• Cratogeomys castanops planifrons Nelson and Goldman 428
• Cratogeomys castanops tamaulipensis Nelson and Goldman 428
• Family Heteromyidae
• Perognathus merriami merriami J. A. Allen 429
• Perognathus hispidus hispidus Baird 429
• Perognathus nelsoni nelsoni Merriam 430
• Dipodomys ordii durranti Setzer 431
• Dipodomys ordii parvabullatus Hall 431
• Dipodomys ordii compactus True 431
• Dipodomys merriami atronasus Merriam 432
• Liomys irroratus alleni (Coues) 433
• Liomys irroratus texensis Merriam 433
• Family Castoridae
• Castor canadensis mexicanus V. Bailey 434
• Family Cricetidae
• Oryzomys palustris aquaticus J. A. Allen 435
• Oryzomys palustris peragrus Merriam 435
• Oryzomys melanotis carrorum Lawrence 436
• Oryzomys melanotis rostratus Merriam 437
• Oryzomys alfaroi huastecae Dalquest 437
• Oryzomys fulvescens fulvescens (Saussure) 438
• Oryzomys fulvescens engracie Osgood 438
• Reithrodontomys megalotis hooperi Goodwin 438
• Reithrodontomys fulvescens griseoflavus Merriam 438
• Reithrodontomys fulvescens intermedius J. A. Allen 439
• Reithrodontomys fulvescens tropicalis Davis 439
• Reithrodontomys mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure) 440
• Peromyscus maniculatus blandus Osgood 440
• Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman 440
• Peromyscus leucopus texanus (Woodhouse) 441
• Peromyscus boylii ambiguus Alvarez 443
• Peromyscus boylii levipes Merriam 443
• Peromyscus pectoralis collinus Hooper 444
• Peromyscus pectoralis eremicoides Osgood 445
• Peromyscus melanophrys consobrinus Osgood 445
• Peromyscus difficilis petricola Hoffmeister and de la Torre 446
• Peromyscus ochraventer Baker 446
• Baiomys taylori taylori (Thomas) 447
• Onychomys leucogaster longipes Merriam 447
• Onychomys torridus subrufus Hollister 448
• Sigmodon hispidus berlandieri Baird 449
• Sigmodon hispidus solus Hall 450
• Sigmodon hispidus toltecus (Saussure) 450
• Neotoma albigula subsolana Alvarez 450
• Neotoma angustapalata Baker 451
• Neotoma micropus littoralis Goldman 453
• Neotoma micropus micropus Baird 453
• Microtus mexicanus subsimus Goldman 454

Order CARNIVORA

• Family Canidae
• Canis latrans microdon Merriam 454
• Canis latrans texensis V. Bailey 455
• Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman 455
• Urocyon cinereoargenteus scottii Mearns 455
• Family Ursidae
• Ursus americanus eremicus Merriam 456
• Family Procyonidae
• Bassariscus astutus flavus Rhoads 456
• Procyon lotor fuscipes Mearns 457
• Procyon lotor hernandezii Wagler 457
• Nasua narica molaris Merriam 458
• Potos flavus aztecus Thomas 458
• Family Mustelidae
• Mustela frenata frenata Lichtenstein 458
• Mustela frenata tropicalis (Merriam) 459
• Eira barbara senex (Thomas) 459
• Taxidea taxus berlandieri Baird 460
• Taxidea taxus littoralis Schantz 460
• Spilogale putorius interrupta (Rafinesque) 461
• Mephitis mephitis varians Gray 461
• Mephitis macroura macroura Lichtenstein 461
• Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi Merriam 462
• Conepatus leuconotus texensis Merriam 462
• Family Felidae
• Felis concolor stanleyana Goldman 462
• Felis onca veraecrucis Nelson and Goldman 463
• Felis pardalis albescens Pucheran 463
• Felis wiedii oaxacensis Nelson and Goldman 464
• Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli Berlandier 464
• Lynx rufus texensis J. A. Allen 464

Order SIRENIA

• Family Trichechidae
• Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan) 465

Order ARTIODACTYLA

• Family Tayassuidae
• Tayassu tajacu angulatus (Cope) 465
• Family Cervidae
• Odocoileus hemionus crooki (Mearns) 465
• Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis Goldman and Kellogg 466
• Odocoileus virginianus texanus (Mearns) 466
• Odocoileus virginianus veraecrucis Goldman and Kellogg 466
• Mazama americana temama (Kerr) 466
• Family Antilocapridae
• Antilocapra americana mexicana Merriam 467

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