MAMMALS OF THE ABA AREA

Brian W. Keelan

There is no single, universally recognized authority for taxonomy of mammals within the ABA area, analogous to the AOU for birds in North America. So the construction of a checklist of mammals of the ABA area requires a somewhat arbitrary decision. I have chosen to use the 2009 edition of the Princeton Guide . Its taxonomy is based on Wilson and Reeder , a 2005 two-volume set on mammals of the world, but the Princeton guide also includes updates based on more recent publications. It appears to be the most up to date single work available, from which a checklist could be constructed.

Another excellent field book, from just a few years earlier, is the Kaufman Guide . Anyone with even the sightest interest in mammals should own both the Princeton and Kaufman guides. Mention should also be made of the Revised Checklist of North Americal Mammals North of Mexico, 2003 , which is available free, at the link given, and is very readable and interesting. I have adopted its classification at the levels of family and order, as the field guides do not give a complete classification at this level. There is still debate regarding the higher classification of mammals; as a large committee authored the 2003 checklist, the approach is likely to be a moderate one.

If you'd like more information on a species than is found in the field guides, the best on-line source I have found are the Mammalian Species Accounts published by the American Society of Mammalogists. In the linked page, click on "PDFs", which will produce a listing in order of publication. Although this is hardly convenient, control-F will give a search field in most browsers, allowing rapid location of the species in question.

The Princeton Guide includes 444 native mammals of the ABA area, as well as 15 non-native species. As in the case of birds, deciding which introduced species to include in a checklist is difficult. There is no body like the ABA providing listing guidance. I am solving this problem by simply excluding non-natives.

The arrangement of the checklist is as follows: the 10 Latinized orders are farthest left, with number of species given in square brackets. Scientific, rather than common names, are used for the orders because the latter are awkward at this level; there are so few to learn; and they often provide convenient monikers in the field (e.g., "lagomorphs" for anything resembling a rabbit). The 41 families are indented once, with members again in []. Species are indented twice. The checklist is preceded by a list of orders and families only; this allows a more convenient overview of the higher taxonomic levels.


ORDERS AND FAMILIES

Didelphimorphia [1]       
  Opossums [1]    
Insectivora [45]    
  Shrews [38]     
  Moles [7]       
Chiroptera [47]   
  Leaf-chinned Bats [1]   
  New World Leaf-nosed Bats  [5]  
  Vesper Bats [34]  
  Free-tailed Bats [7]    
Xenarthra [1]     
  Armadillos [1]  
Lagomorpha [20]   
  Pikas [2]       
  Hares and Rabbits [18]  
Rodentia [216]    
  Mountain Beaver [1]     
  Squirrels [67]  
  Pocket Gophers [18]     
  Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats [39]      
  Beavers [1]     
  Mice, Rats, and Voles [84]      
  Jumping Mice [4]  
  New World Porcupines [1]  
Carnivora [52]    
  Dogs [8]  
  Bears [3]       
  Eared Seals [4] 
  Walrus [1]      
  True Seals [10] 
  Raccoons, etc. [3]      
  Weasels [11]    
  Skunks [5]      
  Cats [7]  
Cetacea [50]      
  Gray Whale [1]  
  Rorquals [6]    
  Right Whales [3]  
  Beluga and Narwhal [2]  
  Dolphins [21]   
  Porpoises [2]   
  Beaked Whales [12]      
  Pygmy Sperm Whales [2]  
  Sperm Whales [1]  
Sirenia [1]       
  Manatees [1]    
Artiodactyla [12]   
  Peccaries [1]   
  Deer [5]  
  Pronghorn [1]   
  Sheep, Goats, etc. [5]  


CHECKLIST OF SPECIES

Didelphimorphia [1]          
   Opossums [1]      
      Virginia Opossum [Didelphis virginiana]
Insectivora [45]      
   Shrews [38]       
      Cinereus Shrew [Sorex cinereus]
      Southeastern Shrew [Sorex longirostris]
      American Pygmy Shrew [Sorex hoyi]
      Long-tailed Shrew [Sorex dispar]
      Smoky Shrew [Sorex fumeus]
      Gaspe Shrew [Sorex gaspensis]
      Arctic Shrew [Sorex arcticus]
      Maritime Shrew [Sorex maritimensis]
      Alaska Tiny Shrew [Sorex yukonicus]
      Tundra Shrew [Sorex tundrensis]
      Pribilof Island Shrew [Sorex pribilofensis]
      Barren Ground Shrew [Sorex ugyunak]
      American Water Shrew [Sorex palustris]
      Marsh Shrew [Sorex bendirei]
      Rohwer's Shrew [Sorex rohweri]
      Saint Lawrence Island Shrew [Sorex jacksoni]
      Prairie Shrew [Sorex haydeni]
      Dwarf Shrew [Sorex nanus]
      Merriam's Shrew [Sorex merriami]
      Arizona Shrew [Sorex arizonae]
      Preble's Shrew [Sorex preblei]
      Mount Lyell Shrew [Sorex lyelli]
      Inyo Shrew [Sorex tenellus]
      Dusky Shrew [Sorex monticolus]
      Ornate Shrew [Sorex ornatus]
      Baird's Shrew [Sorex bairdi]
      New Mexico Shrew [Sorex neomexicanus]
      Fog Shrew [Sorex sonomae]
      Vagrant Shrew [Sorex vagrans]
      Pacific Shrew [Sorex pacificus]
      Trowbridge's Shrew [Sorex trowbridgei]
      North American Least Shrew [Cryptotis parva]
      Northern Short-tailed Shrew [Blarina brevicauda]
      Eliot's Short-tailed Shrew [Blarina hylophaga]
      Southern Short-tailed Shrew [Blarina carolinensis]
      Everglades Short-tailed Shrew [Blarina peninsulae]
      Desert Shrew [Notiosorex crawfordi]
      Cockrum's Gray Shrew [Notiosorex cockrumi]
   Moles [7]          
      Shrew-Mole [Neurotrichus gibbsii]
      Townsend's Mole [Scapanus townsendii]
      Broad-footed Mole [Scapanus latimanus]
      Coast Mole [Scapanus orarius]
      Eastern Mole [Scalopus aquaticus]
      Hairy-tailed Mole [Parascalops breweri]
      Star-nosed Mole [Condylura cristata]
Chiroptera [47]    
   Leaf-chinned Bats [1]    
      Peters's Ghost-faced Bat [Mormoops megalophylla]
   New World Leaf-nosed Bats   [5]   
      California Leaf-nosed Bat [Macrotus californicus]
      Mexican Long-tongued Bat [Choeronycteris mexicana]
      Mexican Long-nosed Bat [Leptonycteris nivalis]
      Lesser Long-nosed Bat [Leptonycteris yerbabuenae]
      Hairy-legged Vampire Bat [Diphylla ecaudata]
   Vesper Bats [34]   
      Eastern Red Bat [Lasiurus borealis]
      Western Red Bat [Lasiurus blossevillii]
      Seminole Bat [Lasiurus seminolus]
      Northern Yellow Bat [Lasiurus intermedius]
      Southern Yellow Bat [Lasiurus ega]
      Western Yellow Bat [Lasiurus xanthinus]
      Hoary Bat [Lasiurus cinereus]
      Silver-haired Bat [Lasionycteris noctivagans]
      Spotted Bat [Euderma maculata]
      Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat [Corynorhinus rafinesquii]
      Townsend's Big-eared Bat [Corynorhinus townsendii]
      Allen's Big-eared Bat [Idionycteris phyllotis]
      Pallid bat [Antrozous pallidus]
      Southwestern Myotis [Myotis auriculus]
      Fringed Myotis [Myotis thysanodes]
      Long-eared Myotis [Myotis evotis]
      Keen's Myotis [Myotis keenii]
      Northern Myotis [Myotis septentrionalis]
      California Myotis [Myotis californicus]
      Western Small-footed Myotis [Myotis ciliolabrum]
      Dark-nosed Small-footed Myotis [Myotis melanorhinus]
      Long-legged Myotis [Myotis volans]
      Cave Myotis [Myotis velifer]
      Little Brown Myotis [Myotis lucifugus]
      Arizona Myotis [Myotis occultus]
      Yuma Myotis [Myotis yumanensis]
      Gray Myotis [Myotis grisescens]
      Eastern Small-footed Myotis [Myotis leibii]
      Southeastern Myotis [Myotis austroriparius]
      Indiana Myotis [Myotis sodalis]
      Western Pipistrelle [Pipistrellus hesperus]
      Eastern Pipistrelle [Perimyotis subflavus]
      Big Brown Bat [Eptesicus fuscus]
      Evening Bat [Nycticeius humeralis]
   Free-tailed Bats [7]      
      Mexican Free-tailed Bat [Tadarida brasiliensis]
      Pocketed Free-tailed Bat [Nyctinomops femorosaccus]
      Big Free-tailed Bat [Nyctinomops macrotis]
      Greater Bonneted Bat [Eumops perotis]
      Underwood's Bonneted Bat [Eumops underwoodi]
      Florida Bonneted Bat [Eumops floridanus]
      Pallas's Mastiff Bat [Molossus molossus]
Xenarthra [1]       
   Armadillos [1]   
      Nine-banded Armadillo [Dasypus novemcinctus]
Lagomorpha [20]    
   Pikas [2]          
      Collared Pika [Ochotona collaris]
      American Pika [Ochotona princeps]
   Hares and Rabbits [18]   
      Mountain Cottontail [Sylvilagus nuttallii]
      Desert Cottontail [Sylvilagus audubonii]
      Manzano Mountain Cottontail [Sylvilagus cognatus]
      Robust Cottontail [Sylvilagus robustus]
      Brush Rabbit [Sylvilagus bachmani]
      Swamp Rabbit [Sylvilagus aquaticus]
      Marsh Rabbit [Sylvilagus palustris]
      Eastern Cottontail [Sylvilagus floridanus]
      New England Cottontail [Sylvilagus transitionalis]
      Appalachian Cottontail [Sylvilagus obscurus]
      Pygmy Rabbit [Brachylagus idahoensis]
      Snowshoe Hare [Lepus americanus]
      Alaskan Hare [Lepus othos]
      Arctic Hare [Lepus arcticus]
      Antelope Jackrabbit [Lepus alleni]
      White-tailed Jackrabbit [Lepus townsendii]
      Black-tailed Jackrabbit [Lepus californicus]
      White-sided Jackrabbit [Lepus callotis]
Rodentia [216]      
   Mountain Beaver [1]       
      Sewellel [Aplodontia rufa]
   Squirrels [68]   
      Alaska Marmot [Marmota broweri]
      Yellow-bellied Marmot [Marmota flaviventris]
      Hoary Marmot [Marmota caligata]
      Olympic Marmot [Marmota olympus]
      Vancouver Island Marmot [Marmota vancouverensis]
      Woodchuck [Marmota monax]
      Eastern Gray Squirrel [Sciurus carolinensis]
      Eastern Fox Squirrel [Sciurus niger]
      Mexican Fox Squirrel [Sciurus nayaritensis]
      Abert's Squirrel [Sciurus aberti]
      Arizona Gray Squirrel [Sciurus arizonensis]
      Western Gray Squirrel [Sciurus griseus]
      Douglas's Squirrel [Tamiasciurus douglasii]
      Red Squirrel [Tamiasciurus hudsonicus]
      Southern Flying Squirrel [Glaucomys volans]
      Northern Flying Squirrel [Glaucomys sabrinus]
      Gunnison's Prairie Dog [Cynomys gunnisoni]
      White-tailed Prairie Dog [Cynomys leucurus]
      Utah Prairie Dog [Cynomys parvidens]
      Black-tailed Prairie Dog [Cynomys ludovicianus]
      Rock Squirrel [Otospermophilus variegatus]
      California Ground Squirrel [Otospermophilus beecheyi]
      Columbian Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus columbianus]
      Arctic Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus parryii]
      Belding's Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus beldingi]
      Uinta Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus armatus]
      Wyoming Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus elegans]
      Richardson's Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus richardsonii]
      Townsend's Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus townsendii]
      Merriam's Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus canus]
      Piute Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus mollis]
      Washington Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus washingtoni]
      Idaho Ground Squirrel [Urocitellus brunneus]
      Franklin's Ground Squirrel [Poliocitellus franklinii]
      Round-tailed Ground Squirrel [Xerospermophilus tereticaudus]
      Mohave Ground Squirrel [Xerospermophilus mohavensis]
      Spotted Ground Squirrel [Xerospermophilus spilosoma]
      Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel [Ictidomys tridecemlineatus]
      Mexican Ground Squirrel [Ictidomys parvidens]
      Harris's Antelope Squirrel [Ammospermophilus harrisii]
      Texas Antelope Squirrel [Ammospermophilus interpres]
      White-tailed Antelope Squirrel [Ammospermophilus leucurus]
      Nelson's Antelope Squirrel [Ammospermophilus nelsoni]
      Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel [Callospermophilus lateralis]
      Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel [Callospermophilus saturatus]
      Least Chipmunk [Tamias minimus]
      Eastern Chipmunk [Tamias striatus]
      Cliff Chipmunk [Tamias dorsalis]
      Red-tailed Chipmunk [Tamias ruficaudus]
      Yellow-Pine Chipmunk [Tamias amoenus]
      Uinta Chipmunk [Tamias umbrinus]
      Gray-collared Chipmunk [Tamias cinereicollis]
      Gray-footed Chipmunk [Tamias canipes]
      Colorado Chipmunk [Tamias quadrivittatus]
      Hopi Chipmunk [Tamias rufus]
      Lodgepole Chipmunk [Tamias speciosus]
      Merriam's Chipmunk [Tamias merriami]
      California Chipmunk [Tamias obscurus]
      Palmer's Chipmunk [Tamias palmeri]
      Panamint Chipmunk [Tamias panamintinus]
      Townsend's Chipmunk [Tamias townsendii]
      Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk [Tamias ochrogenys]
      Sonoma Chipmunk [Tamias sonomae]
      Shadow Chipmunk [Tamias senex]
      Alpine Chipmunk [Tamias alpinus]
      Long-eared Chipmunk [Tamias quadrimaculatus]
      Siskiyou Chipmunk [Tamias siskiyou]
   Pocket Gophers [18]       
      Camas Pocket Gopher [Thomomys bulbivorus]
      Northern Pocket Gopher [Thomomys talpoides]
      Wyoming Pocket Gopher [Thomomys clusius]
      Idaho Pocket Gopher [Thomomys idahoensis]
      Western Pocket Gopher [Thomomys mazama]
      Botta's Pocket Gopher [Thomomys bottae]
      Southern Pocket Gopher [Thomomys umbrinus]
      Townsend's Pocket Gopher [Thomomys townsendii]
      Mountain Pocket Gopher [Thomomys monticola]
      Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher [Cratogeomys castanops]
      Baird's Pocket Gopher [Geomys breviceps]
      Attwater's Pocket Gopher [Geomys attwateri]
      Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher [Geomys knoxjonesi]
      Central Texas Pocket Gopher [Geomys texensis]
      Plains Pocket Gopher [Geomys bursarius]
      Texas Pocket Gopher [Geomys personatus]
      Desert Pocket Gopher [Geomys arenarius]
      Southeastern Pocket Gopher [Geomys pinetis]
   Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats [39]         
      White-eared Pocket Mouse [Perognathus alticolus]
      San Joaquin Pocket Mouse [Perognathus inornatus]
      Arizona Pocket Mouse [Perognathus amplus]
      Little Pocket Mouse [Perognathus longimembris]
      Olive-backed Pocket Mouse [Perognathus fasciatus]
      Plains Pocket Mouse [Perognathus flavescens]
      Merriam's Pocket Mouse [Perognathus merriami]
      Silky Pocket Mouse [Perognathus flavus]
      Great Basin Pocket Mouse [Perognathus parvus]
      California Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus californicus]
      San Diego Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus fallax]
      Nelson's Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus nelsoni]
      Spiny Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus spinatus]
      Rock Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus intermedius]
      Bailey's Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus baileyi]
      Baja California Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus rudinoris]
      Long-tailed Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus formosus]
      Hispid Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus hispidus]
      Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus eremicus]
      Desert Pocket Mouse [Chaetodipus penicillatus]
      Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse [Liomys irroratus]
      Dark Kangaroo Mouse [Microdipodops megacephalus]
      Pale Kangaroo Mouse [Microdipodops pallidus]
      Merriam's Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys merriami]
      San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys nitratoides]
      Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys spectabilis]
      Desert Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys deserti]
      Texas Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys elator]
      California Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys californicus]
      Heermann's Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys heermanni]
      Giant Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys ingens]
      Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys venustus]
      Dulzura Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys simulans]
      Stephens's Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys stephensi]
      Agile Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys agilis]
      Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys microps]
      Panamint Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys panamintinus]
      Ord's Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys ordii]
      Compact Kangaroo Rat [Dipodomys compactus]
   Beavers [1]       
      American Beaver [Castor canadensis]
   Mice, Rats, and Voles [84]         
      Round-tailed Muskrat [Neofiber alleni]
      Common Muskrat [Ondatra zibethicus]
      Eastern Woodrat [Neotoma floridana]
      Allegheny Woodrat [Neotoma magister]
      Mexican Woodrat [Neotoma mexicana]
      Southern Plains Woodrat [Neotoma micropus]
      White-throated Woodrat [Neotoma albigula]
      White-toothed Woodrat [Neotoma leucodon]
      Stephens's Woodrat [Neotoma stephensi]
      Bushy-tailed Woodrat [Neotoma cinerea]
      Dusky-footed Woodrat [Neotoma fuscipes]
      Big-eared Woodrat [Neotoma macrotis]
      Arizona Woodrat [Neotoma devia]
      Desert Woodrat [Neotoma lepida]
      Bryant's Woodrat [Neotoma bryanti]
      Northern Grasshopper Mouse [Onychomys leucogaster]
      Southern Grasshopper Mouse [Onychomys torridus]
      Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse [Onychomys arenicola]
      Coues's Oryzomys [Oryzomys couesi]
      Marsh Oryzomys [Oryzomys palustris]
      Northern Pygmy Mouse [Baiomys taylori]
      Fulvous Harvest Mouse [Reithrodontomys fulvescens]
      Eastern Harvest Mouse [Reithrodontomys humulis]
      Plains Harvest Mouse [Reithrodontomys montanus]
      Western Harvest Mouse [Reithrodontomys megalotis]
      Salt-Marsh Harvest Mouse [Reithrodontomys raviventris]
      White-footed Deermouse [Peromyscus leucopus]
      North American Deermouse [Peromyscus maniculatus]
      Northwestern Deermouse [Peromyscus keeni]
      Cotton Deermouse [Peromyscus gossypinus]
      Oldfield Deermouse [Peromyscus polionotus]
      Florida Deermouse [Peromyscus floridanus]
      California Deermouse [Peromyscus californicus]
      Canyon Deermouse [Peromyscus crinitus]
      Cactus Deermouse [Peromyscus eremicus]
      Northern Baja Deermouse [Peromyscus fraterculus]
      Merriam's Deermouse [Peromyscus merriami]
      Black-eared Deermouse [Peromyscus melanotis]
      Pinyon Deermouse [Peromyscus truei]
      Northern Rock Deermouse [Peromyscus nasutus]
      Saxicoline Deermouse [Peromyscus gratus]
      Texas Deermouse [Peromyscus attwateri]
      Brush Deermouse [Peromyscus boylii]
      White-ankled Deermouse [Peromyscus pectoralis]
      Golden Mouse [Ochrotomys nuttallii]
      Hispid Cotton Rat [Sigmodon hispidus]
      Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat [Sigmodon ochrognathus]
      Arizona Cotton Rat [Sigmodon arizonae]
      Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat [Sigmodon flaviventer]
      Red Tree Vole [Arborimus longicaudus]
      Sonoma Tree Vole [Arborimus pomo]
      White-footed Vole [Arborimus albipes]
      Western Red-backed Vole [Myodes californicus]
      Southern Red-backed Vole [Myodes gapperi]
      Northern Red-backed Vole [Myodes rutilus]
      Gray-tailed Vole [Microtus canicaudis]
      California Vole [Microtus californicus]
      Creeping Vole [Microtus oregoni]
      Townsend's Vole [Microtus townsendii]
      Montane Vole [Microtus montanus]
      Long-tailed Vole [Microtus longicaudus]
      North American Water Vole [Microtus richardsoni]
      Taiga Vole [Microtus xanthognathus]
      Insular Vole [Microtus abbreviatus]
      Singing Vole [Microtus miurus]
      Root Vole [Microtus oeconomus]
      Mexican Vole [Microtus mexicanus]
      Prairie Vole [Microtus ochrogaster]
      Beach Vole [Microtus breweri]
      Meadow Vole [Microtus pennsylvanicus]
      Woodland Vole [Microtus pinetorum]
      Rock Vole [Microtus chrotorrhinus]
      Sagebrush Vole [Lemmiscus curtatus]
      Eastern Heather Vole [Phenacomys ungava]
      Western Heather Vole [Phenacomys intermedius]
      Southern Bog Lemming [Synaptomys cooperi]
      Northern Bog Lemming [Synaptomys borealis]
      Nearctic Brown Lemming [Lemmus trimucronatus]
      Ungava Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx hudsonius]
      Richardson's Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx richardsoni]
      Nearctic Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx groenlandicus]
      Nelson's Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx nelsoni]
      Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx nunatakensis]
      Unalaska Collared Lemming [Dicrostonyx unalascensis]
   Jumping Mice [4]   
      Woodkland Jumping Mouse [Napaeozapus insignis]
      Meadow Jumping Mouse [Zapus hudsonius]
      Western Jumping Mouse [Zapus princeps]
      Pacific Jumping Mouse [Zapus trinotatus]
   New World Porcupines [1]   
      North American Porcupine [Erethizon dorsatum]
Carnivora [52]      
   Dogs [8]   
      Wolf [Canis lupus]
      Coyote [Canis latrans]
      Swift Fox [Vulpes velox]
      Kit Fox [Vulpes macrotis]
      Arctic Fox [Vulpes lagopus]
      Red Fox [Vulpes vulpes]
      Gray Fox [Urocyon cinereoargentus]
      Island Gray Fox [Urocyon littoralis]
   Bears [3]          
      Black Bear [Ursus americanus]
      Brown Bear [Ursus arctos]
      Polar Bear [Ursus maritimus]
   Eared Seals [4] 
      California Sea Lion [Zalophus californianus]
      Northern Fur-Seal [Callorhinus ursinus]
      Guadalupe Fur Seal [Arctocephalus townsendi]
      Steller's Sea Lion [Eumetopias jubata]
   Walrus [1]         
      Walrus [Odobenus rosmarus]
   True Seals [10] 
      Harp Seal [Pagophilus groenlandica]
      Ringed Seal [Pusa hispida]
      Ribbon Seal [Histriophoca fasciata]
      Hooded Seal [Cystophora cristata]
      Spotted seal [Phoca largha]
      Harbor Seal [Phoca vitulina]
      Gray Seal [Halichoerus grypus]
      Caribbean Monk Seal [Monachus tropicalis]
      Northern Elephant Seal [Mirounga angustirostris]
      Bearded Seal [Erignathus barbatus]
   Raccoons, etc. [3]         
      Ringtail [Bassariscus astutus]
      Raccoon [Procyon lotor]
      White-nosed Coati [Nasua narica]
   Weasels [11]      
      American Mink [Neovison vison]
      North American River Otter [Lontra canadensis]
      Sea Otter [Enhydra lutris]
      American Marten [Martes americana]
      Fisher [Martes pennanti]
      Wolverine [Gulo gulo]
      American Badger [Taxidea taxus]
      Least Weasel [Mustela nivalis]
      Ermine [Mustela erminea]
      Long-tailed Weasel [Mustela frenata]
      Black-footed Ferret [Mustela nigripes]
   Skunks [5]         
      Western Spotted Skunk [Spilogale gracilis]
      Eastern Spotted Skunk [Spilogale putorius]
      American Hog-nosed Skunk [Conepatus leuconotus]
      Striped Skunk [Mephitis mephitis]
      Hooded Skunk [Mephitis macroura]
   Cats [7]   
      Bobcat [Lynx rufus]
      Canadian Lynx [Lynx canadensis]
      Margay [Leopardus wiedii]
      Ocelot [Leopardus pardalis]
      Cougar [Puma concolor]
      Jaguarundi [Puma yagouaroundi]
      Jaguar [Panthera onca]
Cetacea [50]         
   Gray Whale [1]   
      Gray Whale [Eschrichtius robustus]
   Rorquals [6]      
      Humpback Whale [Megaptera novaeangliae]
      Blue Whale [Balaenopterus musculus]
      Fin Whale [Balaenoptera physalus]
      Bryde's Whale [Balaenoptera edeni]
      Sei Whale [Balaenoptera borealis]
      Common Minke Whale [Balaenoptera acutarostrata]
   Right Whales [3]   
      Bowhead [Balaena mysticetus]
      North Atlantic Right Whale [Eubalaena glacialis]
      North Pacific Right Whale [Eubalaena japonica]
   Beluga and Narwhal [2]   
      Narwhal [Monodon monoceros]
      Beluga [Delphinapterus leucas]
   Dolphins [21]    
      Risso's Dolphin [Grampus griseus]
      Long-finned Pilot Whale [Globicephala melas]
      Short-finned Pilot Whale [Globicephala macrorhynchus]
      Pygmy Killer Whale [Feresa attenuata]
      Melon-headed Whale [Peponocephala electra]
      Killer Whale [Orcinus orca]
      False Killer Whale [Pseudorca crassidens]
      Rough-toothed Dolphin [Steno bredanensis]
      Bottlenose Dolphin [Tursiops truncatus]
      Atlantic Spotted Dolphin [Stenella frontalis]
      Pantropical Spotted Dolphin [Stenella attenuata]
      Spinner Dolphin [Stenella longirostris]
      Clymeme Dolphin [Stenella clymene]
      Striped Dolphin [Stenella coeruleoalba]
      Northern Right Whale Dolphin [Lissodelphis borealis]
      Short-beaked Common Dolphin [Delphinus delphis]
      Long-beaked Common Dolphin [Delphinus capensis]
      Pacific White-sided Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus obliquidens]
      Atlantic White-sided Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus acutus]
      White-beaked Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus albirostris]
      Fraser's Dolphin [Lagenodelphis hosei]
   Porpoises [2]    
      Harbor Porpoise [Phocoena phocoena]
      Dall Porpoise [Phocoenoides dalli]
   Beaked Whales [12]         
      Northern Bottlenose Whale [Hyperoodon ampullatus]
      Baird's Beaked Whale [Berardius bairdii]
      Cuvier's Beaked Whale [Ziphius cavirostris]
      True's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon mirus]
      Stejneger's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon stejnegeri]
      Sowerby's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon bidens]
      Gingko-toothed Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon ginkgodens]
      Gervais' Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon europaeus]
      Blainville's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon densirostris]
      Hector's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon perrini]
      Hubb's Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon carlhubbsi]
      Pygmy Beaked Whale [Mesoplodon peruvianus]
   Pygmy Sperm Whales [2]   
      Dwarf Sperm Whale [Kogia sima]
      Pygmy Sperm Whale [Kogia breviceps]
   Sperm Whales [1]   
      Sperm Whale [Physeter catodon]
Sirenia [1]          
   Manatees [1]      
      West Indian Manatee [Trichechus manatus]
Artiodactyla [12]             
   Peccaries [1]    
      Collared Peccary [Pecari tajacu]
   Deer [5]   
      Caribou [Rangifer tarandus]
      Elk [Cervus elaphus]
      Moose [Alces alces]
      Mule Deer [Odocoileus hemionus]
      White-tailed Deer [Odocoileus virginianus]
   Pronghorn [1]    
      Pronghorn [Antilocapra americana]
   Sheep, Goats, etc. [5]   
      Mountain Goat [Oreamnos americanus]
      Bighorn Sheep [Ovis canadensis]
      Dall's Sheep [Ovis dalli]
      American Bison [Bison bison]
      Muskox [Ovibos moschatus]