The Mammals of Texas

David J. Schmidly, Robert D. Bradley

University of Texas Press, Aug 9, 2016 - Nature - 720 pages

From reviews of previous editions:

“This is the standard reference about Texas mammals.” —Wildlife Activist

“A must for anyone seriously interested in the wildlife of Texas.” —Texas Outdoor Writers Association News

“[This book] easily fills the role of both a field guide and a desk reference, and is written in a style that appeals to the professional biologist and amateur naturalist alike. . . . [It] should prove useful to anyone with an interest in the mammal fauna of Texas or the southern Great Plains.” —Prairie Naturalist

The Mammals of Texas has been the standard reference since the first edition was coauthored by William B. Davis and Walter P. Taylor in 1947. Revised several times over the succeeding decades, it remains the most authoritative source of information on the mammalian wildlife of Texas, with physical descriptions and life histories for 202 species, abundant photographs and drawings, and distribution maps.

In this new edition, David J. Schmidly is joined by one of the most active researchers on Texas mammals, Robert D. Bradley, to provide a thorough update of the taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of all species of wild mammals that inhabit Texas today. Using the most recent advances in molecular biology and in wildlife ecology and management, the authors include the most current information about the scientific nomenclature, taxonomy, and identification of species, while also covering significant advances in natural history and conservation.

Contents

• Choeronycteris mexicana Mexican Longtongued: 32
• Species Accounts for Texas Mammals: 53
• order sireniaManatees and Allies: 61
• order primatesPrimates: 71
• order lagomorphaPikas Hares and Rabbits: 77
• order soricomorphaShrews and Moles: 93
• order chiropteraBats: 110
• Diphylla ecaudata Hairylegged Vampire Bat 148 Leptonycteris nivalis Mexican Longnosed: 116
• Family VespertilionidaeVesper Bats 151 Aeorestes cinereus Hoary: 151
• Antrozous pallidus Pallid: 154
• Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesques Bigeared: 157
• Corynorhinus townsendii Townsends Bigeared: 159
• Dasypterus ega Southern Yellow: 162
• Dasypterus intermedius Northern Yellow: 164
• Dasypterus xanthinus Western Yellow: 167
• Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown: 169
• Euderma maculatum Spotted: 172
• Lasionycteris noctivagans Silverhaired: 175
• Lasiurus blossevillii Western Red: 178
• Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red: 181
• Lasiurus seminolus Seminole: 184
• Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis: 186
• Myotis californicus California Myotis: 188
• Myotis ciliolabrum Western Smallfooted Myotis: 191
• Myotis occultus Southwestern Little Brown Myotis: 195
• Myotis septentrionalis Northern Longeared Myotis: 196
• Myotis thysanodes Fringed Myotis: 199
• Myotis velifer Cave Myotis: 201
• Myotis volans Longlegged Myotis: 204
• Myotis yumanensis Yuma Myotis: 206
• Nycticeius humeralis Evening: 208
• Parastrellus hesperus American Parastrelle: 211
• Perimyotis subflavus American Perimyotis: 213
• order carnivoraCarnivores: 217
• Key to the Carnivores of Texas: 218
• Family CanidaeDogs Foxes and Wolves 222 Canis latrans Coyote: 222
• Urocyon cinereoargenteus Common Gray: 227
• Vulpes macrotis Kit: 230
• Vulpes velox Swift: 232
• Family FelidaeCats 235 Leopardus pardalis Ocelot: 235
• Lynx rufus Bobcat: 238
• Puma concolor Mountain Lion: 241
• Family MephitidaeSkunks 245 Conepatus leuconotus Hognosed Skunk: 245
• order artiodactylaEventoed Ungulates: 316
• order cetaceaWhales Porpoises and Dolphins: 370
• Peponocephala electra Melonheaded Whale 409 Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale: 380
• Stenella attenuata Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 413 Stenella clymene Clymene Dolphin 415 Stenella coeruleoalba Striped Dolphin 416 Stenella fronta...: 381
• Family BalaenidaeRight Whales: 382
• Family DelphinidaeToothed Whales and Dolphins: 397
• Steno bredanensis Roughtoothed Dolphin: 420
• Tursiops truncatus Common Bottlenose Dolphin: 421
• Family KogiidaePygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales 424 Kogia breviceps Pygmy Sperm Whale: 424
• Kogia sima Dwarf Sperm Whale: 426
• Family PhyseteridaeSperm Whale 427 Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale: 427
• Family ZiphiidaeBeaked Whales: 430
• Mesoplodon densirostris Blainvilles Beaked Whale: 431
• Mesoplodon europaeus Gervaiss Beaked Whale: 432
• Ziphius cavirostris Cuviers or Goosebeaked Whale: 433
• order rodentiaRodents: 437
• Peromyscus leucopus Whitefooted Deermouse 502 Peromyscus maniculatus North American Deermouse 505 Peromyscus nasutus Northern Rock De...: 444
• Reithrodontomys megalotis Western Harvest Mouse 518 Reithrodontomys montanus Plains Harvest Mouse: 445
• Family CastoridaeBeavers 447 Castor canadensis American Beaver: 447
• Family CricetidaeNew World Mice Rats and Voles: 450
• Baiomys taylori Northern Pygmy Mouse: 451
• Microtus mogollonensis Mogollon Vole: 453
• Microtus ochrogaster Prairie Vole: 456
• Microtus pinetorum Woodland Vole: 458
• Neotoma floridana Eastern Woodrat: 461
• Neotoma leucodon Whitetoothed Woodrat: 463
• Neotoma mexicana Mexican Woodrat: 466
• Neotoma micropus Southern Plains Woodrat: 469
• Ochrotomys nuttalli Golden Mouse: 471
• Ondatra zibethicus Common Muskrat: 474
• Onychomys arenicola Chihuahuan or Mearnss Grasshopper Mouse: 477
• Onychomys leucogaster Northern Grasshopper Mouse: 479
• Oryzomys couesi Couess Rice: 482
• Oryzomys texensis Texas Marsh Rice: 484
• Peromyscus attwateri Texas Deermouse: 486
• Peromyscus boylii Brush Deermouse: 489
• Peromyscus eremicus Cactus Deermouse: 492
• Peromyscus gossypinus Cotton Deermouse: 494
• Peromyscus laceianus Laceys Whiteankled Deermouse: 497
• Sigmodon fulviventer Tawnybellied Cotton: 520
• Sigmodon hispidus Hispid Cotton: 523
• Sigmodon ochrognathus Yellownosed Cotton: 527
• Family ErethizontidaeNew World Porcupines 529 Erethizon dorsatum North American Porcupine: 529
• Family GeomyidaePocket Gophers: 532
• Cratogeomys castanops Yellowfaced Pocket Gopher: 533
• Geomys arenarius Desert Pocket Gopher: 536
• Geomys attwateri Attwaters Pocket Gopher: 538
• Geomys breviceps Bairds Pocket Gopher: 540
• Geomys bursarius Plains Pocket Gopher: 543
• Geomys jugossicularis Halls Pocket Gopher: 546
• Geomys knoxjonesi Joness Pocket Gopher: 548
• Geomys personatus Texas Pocket Gopher: 550
• Geomys streckeri Streckers Pocket Gopher: 553
• Geomys texensis Llano Pocket Gopher: 555
• Thomomys bottae Bottas Pocket Gopher: 557
• Family HeteromyidaePocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats 560 Chaetodipus eremicus Chihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse: 560
• Chaetodipus hispidus Hispid Pocket Mouse: 563
• Chaetodipus intermedius Rock Pocket Mouse: 566
• Chaetodipus nelsoni Nelsons Pocket Mouse: 568
• Dipodomys compactus Gulf Coast Kangaroo: 570
• Dipodomys elator Texas Kangaroo: 572
• Dipodomys merriami Merriams Kangaroo: 574
• Dipodomys ordii Ords Kangaroo: 576
• Dipodomys spectabilis Bannertailed Kangaroo: 579
• Liomys irroratus Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse: 581
• Perognathus flavescens Plains Pocket Mouse: 584
• Perognathus flavus Silky Pocket Mouse: 586
• Perognathus merriami Merriams Pocket Mouse: 588
• Family SciuridaeSquirrels and Allies 591 Ammospermophilus interpres Texas Antelope Squirrel: 591
• Cynomys ludovicianus Blacktailed Prairie: 594
• Glaucomys volans Southern Flying Squirrel: 598
• domesticated mammals: 631
• Family BovidaeCattle Antelope Sheep Goats and African Exotics: 637
• The Measurement System: 642
• Accounts Available for Texas: 655
• index to scientific and common names: 685

About the author

David J. Schmidly has studied Texas mammals since 1966 and has written several books about Texas mammals and natural history. He is currently a research professor of biology at the University of New Mexico.

Robert D. Bradley is a professor of biological sciences at Texas Tech University, where he is also the director and curator of mammals at the Natural Science Research Laboratory.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Mammals of Texas
• Authors: David J. Schmidly, Robert D. Bradley
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2016
• ISBN: 1477310037, 9781477310038
• Length: 720 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / Mammals; Nature / General