Mammals
Rio Mesa Mammals List (PDF)
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Bats - Chiroptera
- Pallid bat - Antrozous pallidus
- Townsend's big-eared bat - Coyrnorhinus townsendii
- Big brown bat - Eptesicus fuscus
- Spotted bat - Euderma maculatum
- Silver-haired bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Western red bat - Lasiurus blossevillii
- Hoary bat - Lasiurus cinereus
- California myotis - Myotis californicus
- Western small-footed myotis - Myotis ciliolabrum
- Long-eared myotis - Myotis evotis
- Fringe-tailed myotis - Myotis thysanodes
- Long-legged myotis - Myotis volans
- Yuma myotis - Myotis yumanensis
- Western pipistrelle - Parastrellus hesperus
- Brazilian free-tailed bat - Tadarida brasiliensis
- Big free-tailed bat - Nyctinomops macrotis
Carnivores - Carnivora
- Coyote - Canis latrans
- Ringtail - Bassariscus astutus
- Bobcat - Lynx rufus
- Mountain lion - Felis conocolor
- Striped skunk - Mephitis mephitis
- Long-tailed weasel - Mustela frenata
- American mink - Neovison vison
- Northern raccoon - Procyon lotor
- Western spotted skunk - Spilogale gracilis
- American badger - Taxidea taxus
- Gray fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Red fox - Vulpes vulpes
Rabbits - Lagomorpha
- Desert cottontail - Sylvilagus audubonii
- Black-tailed jackrabbit - Lepus californicus
Rodents - Rodentia
- White-tailed antelopoe squirrel - Ammospermophilus leucurus
- American beaver - Castor canadensis
- Gunnison's prairie dog - Cynomys gunnisoni
- Ord's kangaroo rat - Dipodomys ordii
- North American porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
- Long-tailed vole - Microtus longicaudus
- Montane vole - Microtus montanus
- House mouse - Mus musculus
- White-throated woodrat - Neotoma albigula
- Bushytailed woodrat - Neotoma cinerea
- Mexican woodrat - Neotoma mexicana
- Northern grasshopper mouse - Onychomys leucogaster
- Plains pocket mouse - Perognathus flavescens
- Western harvest mouse - Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Rock squirrel - Spermophilus variegatus
- Least chipmunk - Tamias minimus
- Hopi chipmunk - Tamias rufus
- Botta's pocket gopher - Thomomys bottae
- Brush mouse - Peromyscus boylii
- Rock mouse - Peromyscus crinitus
- Deer mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
- Piñon mouse - Peromyscus truei
Shrews - Soricomorpha
- Merriam's shrew - Sorex merriami
- Water shrew - Sorex palustris
Ungulates - Artiodactyla
- Mule deer - Odocoileus hemionus
- Bighorn sheep - Ovis canadensis