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![[Harris' antelope squirrel (they resemble chipmunks) on a rock: 82k]](images/squirrel.jpg "Harris' antelope squirrel, Gates Pass area, Tucson Mtns, AZ.")
(Based on Roger Carpenter's observations and data from Cockrum, E. Lendell. The Recent Mammals of Arizona: Their Taxonomy and Distribution. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1960. Asterisks in the lists indicate species we believe likely, but for which confirmation is needed)
Figure 1: Harris' antelope squirrel, Gates Pass area, Tucson Mtns, Arizona. This active little squirrel shades its back with its tail as it gathers seeds and cactus fruits. Photo courtesy of Roger Carpenter.
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' antelope 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)
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Updated from the Gates Pass Area Neighborhood Association Newsletter, Winter 2000.
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