Mammals of Texas

152 established wild species in Texas. Plus 42 range-listed species with few or no digitized records.

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A big male Addax showing as the power of his horns

Addax

Addax nasomaculatus

Marginal occurrence · 4 records
Size 1.7 m5.6 ft Weight 75–112.5 kg165.3–248 lb desert
Alleghanian spotted skunk foraging among rocks and pine needles in daylight

Alleghanian Spotted Skunk

Spilogale putorius

Occasional in Texas 43 sightings
Size 32 cm12.6 in Weight 583 g1.3 lb active by night forest edge

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AmericanBadger

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

Common in Texas 499 sightings
Size 63.9 cm2.1 ft Weight 4–12 kg8.8–26.5 lb active by night grassland

Sightings by month

Beaver swimming low in murky green pond water with only its wet head and back above the surface

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Common in Texas 3,657 sightings
Size 60–90 cm2–3 ft Weight 11–32 kg24.3–70.5 lb active day & night river

Sightings by month

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American Bison

Bison bison

Common in Texas 808 sightings
Size 1.9–2 m6.1–6.6 ft Weight 360–1000 kg793.7–2204.6 lb active day & night grassland

Sightings by month

Oso negro (Ursus americanus), Parque natural provincial Tatshenshini-Alsek, Yukón, Canadá, 2017-08-25, DD 85

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Common in Texas 530 sightings
Size 1.2–2 m3.9–6.6 ft Weight 40–250 kg88.2–551.2 lb active by night conifer forest

Sightings by month

American hog-nosed skunk walking through dry grassland at night, showing its single broad white back stripe and long pig-like snout

American Hog-nosed Skunk

Conepatus leuconotus

Common in Texas 494 sightings
Size 44.4–93.4 cm1.5–3.1 ft Weight 1.1–4.5 kg2.4–9.9 lb active by night urban

Sightings by month

Norka amerykańska (neovison vison)

American Mink

Neogale vison

Occasional in Texas 68 sightings
Size 33–45.7 cm13–18 in Weight 0.5–1.4 kg1–3 lb active day & night lake

Sightings by month

Wild aoudad standing among dry scrub and rocks with a long chest fringe

Aoudad

Ammotragus lervia

Common in Texas 1,079 sightings
Size 0.8–1.1 m2.5–3.6 ft Weight 40–145 kg88.2–319.7 lb active dawn & dusk desert

Sightings by month

European mouflon

Asian Mouflon

Ovis gmelini

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Weight 35–50 kg77.2–110.2 lb grassland
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) NOAA

Atlantic spotted dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Rarely seen in Texas 16 sightings
Size 2.8 m9.2 ft Weight 100 kg220.5 lb active day & night river

Sightings by month

Attwater's pocket gopher emerging from loose sandy soil

Attwater's Pocket Gopher

Geomys attwateri

Common in Texas 566 sightings
Size 17.7 cm7 in Weight 177 g6.2 oz active day & night coastal

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GeomysBreviceps

Baird's Pocket Gopher

Geomys breviceps

Common in Texas 337 sightings
Size 17.7 cm7 in Weight 177 g6.2 oz active by night coastal

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Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)

Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys spectabilis

Occasional in Texas 33 sightings
Size 32–42 cm12.6–16.5 in Weight 100–180 g3.5–6.3 oz active by night desert

Sightings by month

Swamp deer (Cervus duvaucelii branderi) male

Barasingha

Rucervus duvaucelii

Marginal occurrence · 5 records
Size 1.5 m4.9 ft Weight 171.2 kg377.5 lb grassland
Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Occasional in Texas 163 sightings
Size 7.5 cm3 in Weight 17 g0.6 oz active by night agricultural

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Big free-tailed bat clinging to tree bark with long ears and narrow wings visible

Big Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops macrotis

Occasional in Texas 178 sightings
Size 12–16 cm4.7–6.3 in Weight 21 g0.7 oz active by night cave

Sightings by month

New Mexico Bighorn Sheep

Bighorn Sheep

Ovis canadensis

Occasional in Texas 58 sightings
Size 1.7 m5.5 ft Weight 58–143 kg127.9–315.3 lb active day & night desert

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Live black rat climbing through branches

Black Rat

Rattus rattus

Common in Texas 650 sightings
Size 16–24 cm6.3–9.4 in Weight 75–230 g2.6–8.1 oz active by night agricultural

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Black-tailed jackrabbit (6785302534)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

Common in Texas 3,126 sightings
Size 47–63 cm1.5–2.1 ft Weight 1.3–3.6 kg2.9–7.9 lb active by night open desert

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black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Cynomys ludovicianus

Common in Texas 3,101 sightings
Size 28–36 cm11–14.2 in Weight 0.7–1.5 kg1.5–3.3 lb active by day grassland

Sightings by month

Two blackbuck bucks face off, showing near-black backs, white bellies, and long spiraled horns

Blackbuck

Antilope cervicapra

Common in Texas 399 sightings
Size 1–1.5 m3.3–4.9 ft Weight 20–57 kg44.1–125.7 lb active by day desert

Sightings by month

Beaked Whale

Blainville's beaked whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 4–6 m13.1–19.7 ft Weight 800–1500 kg1763.7–3306.9 lb active day & night river
Live blue whale surfacing with a tall bushy blow spray rising from its blowhole in sunlit open ocean

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 21–30.5 m68.9–100.1 ft Weight 70000–200000 kg154323.7–440924.9 lb active by day estuary
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Common in Texas 55,557 sightings
Size 30–60 cm11.8–23.6 in Weight 4–18 kg8.8–39.7 lb active by night forest edge

Sightings by month

Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)

Botta's Pocket Gopher

Thomomys bottae

Common in Texas 316 sightings
Size 18–27 cm7.1–10.6 in Weight 160–250 g5.6–8.8 oz active day & night woodland

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Brush mouse on a rocky slope

Brush Mouse

Peromyscus boylii

Occasional in Texas 68 sightings
Size 10.7 cm4.2 in Weight 24 g0.8 oz active by night chaparral

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Live Bryde's whale surfacing in deep blue open ocean with a small bow wave around its pointed rostrum

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 14.4 m47.3 ft Weight 20000 kg44092.5 lb coastal
Cactus Deermouse (Peromyscus eremicus)

Cactus Deermouse

Peromyscus eremicus

Occasional in Texas 117 sightings
Size 9.1 cm3.6 in Weight 22 g0.8 oz active by night desert

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California Myotis (Myotis californicus)

California Myotis

Myotis californicus

Rarely seen in Texas 15 sightings
Size 3–3.5 cm1.2–1.4 in Weight 4 g0.1 oz active by night coastal

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Canyon bat clinging to weathered tree bark

Canyon Bat

Parastrellus hesperus

Occasional in Texas 53 sightings
Size 6.2–8 cm2.4–3.1 in Weight 3–6 g0.1–0.2 oz active by night desert

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Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris in Brazil in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 09

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Rarely seen in Texas 10 sightings
Size 1.1–1.3 m3.5–4.4 ft Weight 35–65 kg77.2–143.3 lb active by day savanna

Sightings by month

Cluster of cave myotis bats roosting on a cave ceiling in Texas

Cave Myotis

Myotis velifer

Common in Texas 240 sightings
Size 5–6 cm2–2.4 in Weight 12–15 g0.4–0.5 oz active by night cave

Sightings by month

Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) Peten 3

Central American Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 53.4 cm21 in Weight 7.3 kg16 lb urban
Chihuahuan Desert pocket mouse resting on lichen-covered rock, close-up of face and whiskers

Chihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus eremicus

Occasional in Texas 136 sightings
Size 7.7 cm3 in Weight 15–23 g0.5–0.8 oz active by night chihuahuan desert

Sightings by month

Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse facing the camera on open rocky ground

Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse

Onychomys arenicola

Occasional in Texas 29 sightings
Size 11.5 cm4.5 in Weight 25 g0.9 oz active by night chihuahuan desert

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Spotted deer (Axis axis) female

Chital

Axis axis

Common in Texas 1,172 sightings
Size 0.9–1 m3–3.3 ft Weight 70–90 kg154.3–198.4 lb active day & night grassland

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Clymene dolphins leaping clear of the water

Clymene dolphin

Stenella clymene

Occasional in Texas 18 sightings
Size 2.5 m8.3 ft Weight 75 kg165.3 lb active day & night coastal

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Two collared peccaries standing together in warm evening light

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

Common in Texas 4,565 sightings
Size 1.2–1.4 m3.9–4.5 ft Weight 16–27 kg35.3–59.5 lb active day & night cave

Sightings by month

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Common in Texas 1,535 sightings
Size 2–4 m6.6–13.1 ft Weight 150–650 kg330.7–1433 lb active by day coastal

Sightings by month

Common Raccoon in Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Common in Texas 25,034 sightings
Size 40–70 cm1.3–2.3 ft Weight 3.5–9 kg7.7–19.8 lb active by night mixed forest

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Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) male

Common Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Marginal occurrence · 4 records
Size 1.4 m4.4 ft Weight 91.3 kg201.2 lb active by night grassland

Sightings by month

Hisbid Cotton Mouse Mission TX 2018-03-12 08-18-23 (27112942988)

Cotton Mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus

Occasional in Texas 76 sightings
Size 10.3 cm4.1 in Weight 34–51 g1.2–1.8 oz active by night woodland

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Oryzomys couesi, Tylomys panamensis

Coues' Oryzomys

Oryzomys couesi

Common in Texas 228 sightings
Size 14.2 cm5.6 in Weight 43–82 g1.5–2.9 oz active day & night shrubland

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Mother Coyote Sitting, Watching Over Den, Photo 1 of 2 (47924154788)

Coyote

Canis latrans

Common in Texas 11,979 sightings
Size 0.8–1 m2.5–3.3 ft Weight 7–21 kg15.4–46.3 lb active day & night urban

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Coypus

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

Common in Texas 4,073 sightings
Size 40–60 cm15.7–23.6 in Weight 4–10 kg8.8–22 lb active by night river

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AI-generated image: Crawford's gray shrew walking through leaf litter with its snout lowered. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Crawford's Gray Shrew

Notiosorex crawfordi

Rarely seen in Texas 10 sightings
Size 7–10 cm2.8–3.9 in Weight 3–5 g0.1–0.2 oz active by night desert

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Ziphius cavirostris Mar Ligure

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Marginal occurrence · 6 records
Size 5–7 m16.4–23 ft Weight 2000–3500 kg4409.2–7716.2 lb active day & night coastal
Desert cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus audubonii) (5-13-11) patagonia lake, scc, az -01 (5720663856)

Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii

Common in Texas 873 sightings
Size 35–43 cm13.8–16.9 in Weight 0.7–1.2 kg1.5–2.6 lb active day & night desert

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Desert pocket gopher

Desert Pocket Gopher

Geomys arenarius

Rarely seen in Texas 17 sightings
Size 17.7 cm7 in Weight 186–226 g6.6–8 oz active day & night desert

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POCKETMOUSE, DESERT? (Chaetodipus penicillatus) (7-14-12) 78 circulo montana, patagonia lake ranch estates, scc, az -01 (7578750708)

Desert Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus penicillatus

Common in Texas 678 sightings
Size 7.7 cm3 in Weight 16 g0.6 oz active by night desert

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Desert spotted skunk walking along a low wall at night, showing its broken white stripe pattern

Desert Spotted Skunk

Spilogale leucoparia

Occasional in Texas 83 sightings
Size 35–55 cm13.8–21.7 in Weight 200–700 g0.4–1.5 lb active by night coastal

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Dwarf sperm whale logging at the ocean surface

Dwarf Sperm Whale

Kogia sima

Rarely seen in Texas 11 sightings
Size 2.1–2.7 m6.9–8.9 ft Weight 136–270 kg299.8–595.2 lb active day & night coastal

Sightings by month

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 16.6 cm6.5 in Weight 93 g3.3 oz active by day urban
Blacklick Woods - Eastern cottontail feeding 1

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Marginal occurrence · 13,419 records
Size 36–43 cm14.2–16.9 in Weight 0.8–1.5 kg1.8–3.3 lb active day & night lake

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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Common in Texas 8,364 sightings
Size 23–30 cm9.1–11.8 in Weight 400–710 g0.9–1.6 lb active by day wetland

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Eastern harvest mouse moving through grass and herb stems

Eastern Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys humulis

Rarely seen in Texas 6 sightings
Size 7.1 cm2.8 in Weight 9 g0.3 oz active by night grassland

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Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Common in Texas 313 sightings
Size 14.8 cm5.8 in Weight 75 g2.6 oz active day & night river

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Eastern red bat roosting among green leaves, disguised as a dead leaf

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Common in Texas 393 sightings
Size 9.3–11.7 cm3.7–4.6 in Weight 7–13 g0.2–0.5 oz active by night desert

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Eastern woodrat climbing in a shrub

Eastern Woodrat

Neotoma floridana

Common in Texas 203 sightings
Size 21.4 cm8.4 in Weight 208 g7.3 oz active by night coastal

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Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Elk

Cervus canadensis

Common in Texas 287 sightings
Size 1.6–2.7 m5.2–8.9 ft Weight 178–497 kg392.4–1095.7 lb active day & night forest edge

Sightings by month

AI-generated image: Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew in side profile on leaf litter soil. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina hylophaga

Rarely seen in Texas 13 sightings
Size 9–12 cm3.5–4.7 in Weight 15 g0.5 oz active day & night grassland

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Fallow deer in field

European Fallow Deer

Dama dama

Occasional in Texas 188 sightings
Size 1.3–1.8 m4.3–5.9 ft Weight 30–100 kg66.1–220.5 lb active day & night mixed forest

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European rabbit feeding in dry vegetation

European Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Occasional in Texas 158 sightings
Size 34–50 cm13.4–19.7 in Weight 1–2.5 kg2.2–5.5 lb active by night grassland

Sightings by month

Evening bat resting, brown fur and dark ears and wings visible, not restrained

Evening Bat

Nycticeius humeralis

Common in Texas 351 sightings
Size 5 cm2 in Weight 7–15 g0.2–0.5 oz active by night agricultural

Sightings by month

Two false killer whales bow-riding at speed through breaking white spray

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Size 4–6.1 m13.1–20 ft Weight 700–2200 kg1543.2–4850.2 lb active day & night coastal
Fin whale from air

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Size 17–22 m55.8–72.2 ft Weight 40000–80000 kg88185–176370 lb active by day coastal
Sciurus niger

Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Common in Texas 57,059 sightings
Size 25.4–38.1 cm10–15 in Weight 804 g1.8 lb active by day river

Sightings by month

Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes)

Fringed Myotis

Myotis thysanodes

Occasional in Texas 18 sightings
Size 5.4 cm2.1 in Weight 9 g0.3 oz active by night desert

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Fulvous harvest mouse climbing through dry seed heads at night

Fulvous harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys fulvescens

Common in Texas 366 sightings
Size 8.1 cm3.2 in Weight 13 g0.5 oz active by night desert

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Oryx gazella (Gemsbok)

Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

Occasional in Texas 22 sightings
Size 45–90 cm1.5–3 ft Weight 180–240 kg396.8–529.1 lb active dawn & dusk desert

Sightings by month

Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)

Gervais' beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus

Marginal occurrence · 5 records
Size 6.7 m22 ft Weight 948–1090 kg2090–2403 lb active day & night urban
Extreme close-up of a ghost-faced bat clinging upside down, showing its fused wrinkled ear rims and folded muzzle skin

Ghost-faced Bat

Mormoops megalophylla

Rarely seen in Texas 15 sightings
Size 7.1 cm2.8 in Weight 16 g0.6 oz active by night cave

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Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)

Golden Mouse

Ochrotomys nuttalli

Occasional in Texas 28 sightings
Size 9.7 cm3.8 in Weight 22 g0.8 oz active dawn & dusk woodland

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Gray fox standing in dappled woodland

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Common in Texas 9,419 sightings
Size 0.8–1.1 m2.5–3.7 ft Weight 3–9 kg6.6–19.8 lb active day & night brushy woodland

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Gray-footed Chipmunk

Neotamias canipes

Rarely seen in Texas 16 sightings
Size 22.7–26.4 cm8.9–10.4 in Weight 65–75 g2.3–2.6 oz active by day coniferous forest

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Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys compactus)

Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys compactus

Occasional in Texas 35 sightings
Size 16.8 cm6.6 in Weight 49 g1.7 oz active by night savanna

Sightings by month

AI-generated image: Hall's Pocket Gopher in side profile beside soil mound in grassland. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Hall's Pocket Gopher

Geomys jugossicularis

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 13–18 cm5.1–7.1 in Weight 187 g6.6 oz active day & night wetland

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Hispid cotton rat moving through short green grass

Hispid cotton rat

Sigmodon hispidus

Common in Texas 3,073 sightings
Size 18.5 cm7.3 in Weight 160 g5.6 oz active day & night river

Sightings by month

Hispid pocket mouse standing on pale rocky ground at night

Hispid Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus hispidus

Occasional in Texas 187 sightings
Size 17–23 cm6.7–9.1 in Weight 30–47 g1.1–1.7 oz active by night river

Sightings by month

Holzner cottontail standing on a rocky woodland path

Holzner Cottontail

Sylvilagus holzneri

Rarely seen in Texas 10 sightings
Size 36–47 cm14.2–18.5 in Weight 1.3–1.8 kg2.9–4 lb active day & night coniferous forest

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Live hooded skunk in rocky cover at night

Hooded Skunk

Mephitis macroura

Rarely seen in Texas 13 sightings
Size 55.8–79 cm1.8–2.6 ft Weight 0.4–2.7 kg0.9–6 lb active day & night grassland

Sightings by month

House mouse in dry plant litter

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Common in Texas 301 sightings
Size 5–10 cm2–3.9 in Weight 12–30 g0.4–1.1 oz active by night agricultural

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Black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) female head composite

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Marginal occurrence · 8 records
Size 1.5 m4.8 ft Weight 52.5 kg115.7 lb grassland
Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)

Jaguarundi

Puma yagouaroundi

Marginal occurrence · 6 records
Size 73.6 cm2.4 ft Weight 7 kg15.4 lb deciduous forest
Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) standing in profile at night in desert scrub

Kit Fox

Vulpes macrotis

Rarely seen in Texas 16 sightings
Size 37–53 cm14.6–20.9 in Weight 1.6–2.7 kg3.5–6 lb active by night desert

Sightings by month

AI-generated image: Knox Jones's pocket gopher in side profile beside soil mound on arid grassland. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Knox Jones's pocket gopher

Geomys knoxjonesi

Occasional in Texas 78 sightings
Size 22.6–24.7 cm8.9–9.7 in Weight 177 g6.2 oz active day & night desert

Sightings by month

Lacey's white-ankled mouse clinging to a weathered wooden post, white ankles visible

Lacey's White-Ankled Mouse

Peromyscus laceianus

Common in Texas 317 sightings
Size 9.2 cm3.6 in Weight 24–39 g0.8–1.4 oz active by night oak-juniper woodland

Sightings by month

AI-generated image: Llano Pocket Gopher in side profile at burrow entrance in gravelly grassland. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Llano Pocket Gopher

Geomys texensis

Occasional in Texas 104 sightings
Size 21.6–24.6 cm8.5–9.7 in Weight 177 g6.2 oz active day & night lake

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Long-legged myotis roosting on tree bark with wings folded

Long-legged Myotis

Myotis volans

Occasional in Texas 19 sightings
Size 8.3–10.6 cm3.3–4.2 in Weight 6–10 g0.2–0.4 oz active by night urban

Sightings by month

Long-tailed weasel standing alert in grass with its black-tipped tail curled behind it, Sonoma County, California

Long-tailed Weasel

Neogale frenata

Occasional in Texas 33 sightings
Size 24.8 cm9.8 in Weight 170 g6 oz active day & night wetland

Sightings by month

Close-up of a live margay's head and shoulders, dense dark rosette markings and large amber eyes

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 69.4 cm2.3 ft Weight 3.6 kg7.9 lb deciduous forest
Peponocephala electra Mayotte

Melon-headed Whale

Peponocephala electra

Marginal occurrence · 7 records
Size 2.8 m9.2 ft Weight 206 kg454.2 lb active day & night coastal
Merriam's kangaroo rat on desert sand at night

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys merriami

Common in Texas 201 sightings
Size 21–28 cm8.3–11 in Weight 33–53 g1.2–1.9 oz active by night sonoran desert

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Merriam's Pocket Mouse (Perognathus merriami)

Merriam's Pocket Mouse

Perognathus merriami

Occasional in Texas 177 sightings
Size 5.9 cm2.3 in Weight 7 g0.2 oz active by night grassland

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Tadarida brasiliensis - Bahamas - Long Island (sic) - Cartwright Cave - March 2006 - 2

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Common in Texas 1,931 sightings
Size 3.1–4.1 cm1.2–1.6 in Weight 7–12 g0.2–0.4 oz active by night cave

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Mexican Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)

Mexican Long-nosed Bat

Leptonycteris nivalis

Occasional in Texas 127 sightings
Size 9.3 cm3.7 in Weight 23 g0.8 oz active by night desert

Sightings by month

Mexican long-tongued bat hovering at an agave flower cluster with tongue extended toward the blossoms

Mexican Long-tongued Bat

Choeronycteris mexicana

Marginal occurrence · 3 records
Size 8 cm3.1 in Weight 10–20 g0.4–0.7 oz active by night coniferous forest

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Heteromys irroratus texensis

Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys irroratus

Rarely seen in Texas 9 sightings
Size 12 cm4.7 in Weight 47 g1.7 oz active by night shrubland

Sightings by month

Mexican woodrat on a bed of pine needles, showing its gray-brown coat and large rounded ears

Mexican Woodrat

Neotoma mexicana

Occasional in Texas 83 sightings
Size 19.1 cm7.5 in Weight 140–185 g4.9–6.5 oz active by night coniferous forest

Sightings by month

Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Teriberka

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Size 7–10 m23–32.8 ft Weight 5000–10000 kg11023.1–22046.2 lb active by day wetland
Mogollon Vole (Microtus mogollonensis)

Mogollon Vole

Microtus mogollonensis

Occasional in Texas 32 sightings
Size 10–13 cm3.9–5.1 in Weight 28–50 g1–1.8 oz active day & night grassland

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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

Mountain Lion

Puma concolor

Occasional in Texas 92 sightings
Size 1–1.5 m3.3–5.1 ft Weight 36–120 kg79.4–264.6 lb active day & night montane forest

Sightings by month

Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Common in Texas 2,157 sightings
Size 1.3–1.7 m4.1–5.5 ft Weight 55–150 kg121.3–330.7 lb active day & night river

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Muskrats resting on a floating log in open water

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Occasional in Texas 27 sightings
Size 25–36 cm9.8–14.2 in Weight 0.6–2 kg1.3–4.4 lb active day & night wetland

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Nelson's Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni)

Nelson's Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus nelsoni

Rarely seen in Texas 3 sightings
Size 8 cm3.1 in Weight 15 g0.5 oz active by night sonoran desert

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Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) in Gujarat

Nilgai

Boselaphus tragocamelus

Common in Texas 715 sightings
Size 1.8–2.1 m5.9–6.9 ft Weight 120–300 kg264.6–661.4 lb active by day agricultural

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Nine-banded Armadillo

Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus mexicanus

Common in Texas 16,785 sightings
Size 60–90 cm2–3 ft Weight 3–8 kg6.6–17.6 lb active by night forest

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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) (9310532204)

North American Deermouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Common in Texas 3,133 sightings
Size 8–10 cm3.1–3.9 in Weight 21 g0.7 oz active by night river

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North American least shrew moving through short grass

North American Least Shrew

Cryptotis parvus

Common in Texas 254 sightings
Size 5–8 cm2–3.1 in Weight 6 g0.2 oz active by night grassland

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Erethizontidae Erethizon dorsatum 3.2

North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatus

Common in Texas 2,285 sightings
Size 60–90 cm2–3 ft Weight 3.5–12 kg7.7–26.5 lb active by night mixed forest

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River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

North American River Otter

Lontra canadensis

Common in Texas 1,444 sightings
Size 0.7–1.1 m2.2–3.5 ft Weight 5–15 kg11–33.1 lb active day & night river

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Live North Atlantic right whale head at the surface, rough pale callosity patches visible on the rostrum

North Atlantic right whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 17.6 m57.8 ft Weight 23000 kg50706.4 lb active day & night coastal
Live northeastern marsh rice rat peering out from dense dry grass and green shoots

Northeastern Marsh Rice Rat

Oryzomys palustris

Marginal occurrence · 983 records
Size 14.2 cm5.6 in Weight 50 g1.8 oz active day & night wetland
Northern grasshopper mouse walking beside desert grass

Northern Grasshopper Mouse

Onychomys leucogaster

Occasional in Texas 99 sightings
Size 12.7 cm5 in Weight 33 g1.2 oz active by night grassland

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Hoary bat in flight against blue sky, wings spread to show its yellow throat patch and heavily frosted fur

Northern Hoary Bat

Lasiurus cinereus

Occasional in Texas 132 sightings
Size 13–15 cm5.1–5.9 in Weight 26 g0.9 oz active by night cave

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Northern pygmy mouse tucked into dry grass cover in Texas

Northern Pygmy Mouse

Baiomys taylori

Occasional in Texas 191 sightings
Size 7.2 cm2.8 in Weight 7 g0.2 oz active day & night urban

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Northern rock mouse peering out from cover with large ears and long whiskers

Northern Rock Mouse

Peromyscus nasutus

Occasional in Texas 189 sightings
Size 10.2 cm4 in Weight 28 g1 oz active by night desert

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AI-generated image: northern yellow bat hanging head-down among dead palm fronds. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Northern Yellow Bat

Lasiurus intermedius

Occasional in Texas 68 sightings
Size 8.9 cm3.5 in Weight 20 g0.7 oz active by night coastal

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Northwestern marsh rice rat on a bare soil bank, unrestrained

Northwestern Marsh Rice Rat

Oryzomys texensis

Occasional in Texas 199 sightings
Size 22.6–30.5 cm8.9–12 in Weight 40–80 g1.4–2.8 oz active by night wetland

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Live Norway rat beside shallow water

Norway Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Occasional in Texas 96 sightings
Size 15–28 cm5.9–11 in Weight 140–500 g0.3–1.1 lb active by night urban

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Capra nubiana, Israel 12

Nubian ibex

Capra nubiana

Marginal occurrence · 7 records
Size 1.7 m5.6 ft Weight 70.5 kg155.5 lb desert
Wild ocelot standing alert on a mossy branch in a Brazilian forest

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

Common in Texas 17,776 sightings
Size 40–50 cm15.7–19.7 in Weight 7–15.5 kg15.4–34.2 lb active by night coastal

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Killer Whales Hunting a Seal

Orca

Orcinus orca

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 5–9.8 m16.4–32.2 ft Weight 2600–10000 kg5732–22046.2 lb active day & night coastal
Ord's kangaroo rat standing in profile, showing its huge hind feet and long tufted tail

Ord's Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys ordii

Occasional in Texas 80 sightings
Size 21–36.5 cm8.3–14.4 in Weight 50 g1.8 oz active by night great basin desert

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Pallid bat roosting on a cave wall

Pallid Bat

Antrozous pallidus

Occasional in Texas 185 sightings
Size 6–8.5 cm2.4–3.3 in Weight 14–25 g0.5–0.9 oz active by night desert scrub

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Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Père David's Deer

Elaphurus davidianus

Marginal occurrence · 4 records
Size 2.2 m7.1 ft Weight 166 kg365.9 lb river
Pinyon mouse under loose bark showing large ears and long tail

Pinyon mouse

Peromyscus truei

Occasional in Texas 80 sightings
Size 10.2 cm4 in Weight 33 g1.2 oz active by night pinyon-juniper woodland

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Plains harvest mouse close-up among dry grass stems and twigs

Plains Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys montanus

Occasional in Texas 76 sightings
Size 7.6 cm3 in Weight 10 g0.4 oz active by night grassland

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Plains pocket gopher emerging from a burrow in reddish soil

Plains Pocket Gopher

Geomys bursarius

Common in Texas 364 sightings
Size 25–35 cm9.8–13.8 in Weight 187 g6.6 oz active day & night grassland

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Apache pocket mouse, a subspecies of the plains pocket mouse, eating seeds on sandy ground

Plains pocket mouse

Perognathus flavescens

Rarely seen in Texas 6 sightings
Size 6.9 cm2.7 in Weight 9 g0.3 oz active by night desert

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Plains spotted skunk walking through rocky leaf litter in Texas

Plains Spotted Skunk

Spilogale interrupta

Occasional in Texas 56 sightings
Size 35–55 cm13.8–21.7 in Weight 583 g1.3 lb active by night wetland

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Plains zebras (Equus quagga) Maputo

Plains Zebra

Equus quagga

Marginal occurrence · 3 records
Size 2.6 m8.4 ft Weight 302–313 kg665.8–690 lb active day & night grassland
AI-generated image: Pocketed free-tailed bat roosting on tree bark, large joined wrinkled ears and free tail visible. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Occasional in Texas 52 sightings
Size 11.2 cm4.4 in Weight 15 g0.5 oz active by night cave

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Prairie Vole

Microtus ochrogaster

Marginal occurrence · 8 records
Size 12.4 cm4.9 in Weight 47 g1.7 oz active day & night grassland
Pronghorn buck standing in a meadow of yellow wildflowers

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

Common in Texas 985 sightings
Size 1.2–1.5 m3.9–4.9 ft Weight 32–70 kg70.5–154.3 lb active day & night grassland

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Orques pygmées (Feresa attenuata) (Ifremer 00574-68627 - 46051)

Pygmy Killer Whale

Feresa attenuata

Marginal occurrence · 7 records
Size 2.7 m8.9 ft Weight 151.5 kg334 lb active day & night coastal
Live pygmy sperm whales logging at the sea surface, backs and dorsal fins exposed

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

Occasional in Texas 19 sightings
Size 2.7–4 m8.9–13.1 ft Weight 320–450 kg705.5–992.1 lb active day & night urban

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Rafinesques big-eared bat (5494435840)

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Occasional in Texas 27 sightings
Size 10.5 cm4.1 in Weight 9–11 g0.3–0.4 oz active by night cave

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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Common in Texas 336 sightings
Size 43 cm16.9 in Weight 5–10 kg11–22 lb active day & night desert

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Canis rufus running

Red Wolf

Canis rufus

Common in Texas 455 sightings
Size 1.4–1.6 m4.5–5.4 ft Weight 20–39 kg44.1–86 lb active by night river

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Rice's whale close to surface

Rice's whale

Balaenoptera ricei

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 12.7 m41.5 ft Weight 27200 kg59965.8 lb coastal
Ring tailed lemur portrait

Ring-tailed Lemur

Lemur catta

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Size 42.5 cm16.7 in Weight 2.6 kg5.6 lb deciduous forest
Ringtail standing on rocks at night with its black-and-white banded tail visible

Ringtail

Bassariscus astutus

Common in Texas 1,876 sightings
Size 30–42 cm11.8–16.5 in Weight 0.7–1.1 kg1.5–2.5 lb active by night urban

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Ictidomys parvidens

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys parvidens

Common in Texas 1,158 sightings
Size 30 cm11.8 in Weight 90–210 g3.2–7.4 oz active by day grassland

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Rock Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)

Rock Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus intermedius

Occasional in Texas 32 sightings
Size 8.4–11.2 cm3.3–4.4 in Weight 15 g0.5 oz active by night rocky outcrop

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Rock squirrel perched on a sunlit boulder

Rock Squirrel

Otospermophilus variegatus

Common in Texas 4,197 sightings
Size 43–53 cm16.9–20.9 in Weight 450–875 g1–1.9 lb active by day lake

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Rough-toothed dolphin porpoising at the surface of blue ocean water, showing its slender uncreased rostrum and low sloped forehead

Rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Marginal occurrence · 3 records
Size 2.6 m8.5 ft Weight 118.3 kg260.7 lb active day & night river
Sambar (Cervus unicolor unicolor) male

Sambar

Rusa unicolor

Occasional in Texas 73 sightings
Size 1.6–2.7 m5.2–8.9 ft Weight 150–320 kg330.7–705.5 lb active by night mixed forest

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Oryx algazelle - Parc national de Bouhedma

Scimitar-horned Oryx

Oryx dammah

Occasional in Texas 109 sightings
Size 1.4–2.4 m4.6–7.9 ft Weight 140–210 kg308.6–463 lb active day & night desert

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Sei whale surfacing in deep blue ocean water, small curved dorsal fin visible with a splash at the blowhole

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Range-listed · no digitized records yet
Size 12–20 m39.4–65.6 ft Weight 14000–30000 kg30864.7–66138.7 lb active by day urban
Seminole bat resting on leaf litter at night with wings partly folded

Seminole Bat

Lasiurus seminolus

Occasional in Texas 27 sightings
Size 10.8–11.4 cm4.3–4.5 in Weight 13 g0.5 oz active by night coastal

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Short-finned Pilot Whale off Tenerife

Short-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Marginal occurrence · 1 record
Size 6.1 m20 ft Weight 726 kg1600.6 lb active by night coastal
Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Sika Deer

Cervus nippon

Occasional in Texas 64 sightings
Size 1.1–1.7 m3.6–5.6 ft Weight 30–90 kg66.1–198.4 lb active by night urban

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Silky pocket mouse crouched on sandy grassland ground

Silky Pocket Mouse

Perognathus flavus

Occasional in Texas 24 sightings
Size 9.5–11.8 cm3.7–4.6 in Weight 6–9 g0.2–0.3 oz active by night grassland

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Silver-haired bat tucked into loose bark

Silver-haired Bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Occasional in Texas 38 sightings
Size 9.5–11.5 cm3.7–4.5 in Weight 11 g0.4 oz active by night river

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Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)

Southeastern Myotis

Myotis austroriparius

Rarely seen in Texas 10 sightings
Size 7.7–8.9 cm3–3.5 in Weight 6–7 g0.2 oz active by night coastal

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Southern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Common in Texas 380 sightings
Size 17.1 cm6.7 in Weight 65 g2.3 oz active by night deciduous forest

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Southern Plains Wood rat

Southern Plains Woodrat

Neotoma micropus

Common in Texas 376 sightings
Size 21.3 cm8.4 in Weight 203 g7.2 oz active by night rocky outcrop

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Southern short-tailed shrew walking through moss and leaf litter beside green plant shoots

Southern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina carolinensis

Occasional in Texas 58 sightings
Size 10.2 cm4 in Weight 20 g0.7 oz active day & night agricultural

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Southern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus ega)

Southern Yellow Bat

Lasiurus ega

Rarely seen in Texas 3 sightings
Size 7.5 cm3 in Weight 12 g0.4 oz active by night coastal

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Southwestern Texas pocket gopher (Megascapheus baileyi)

Southwestern Texas pocket gopher

Megascapheus baileyi

Occasional in Texas 44 sightings
Size 21.2–22 cm8.3–8.7 in Weight 120–250 g4.2–8.8 oz desert

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Sperm whale pod recolored

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Marginal occurrence · 7 records
Size 10.7–11 m35–36 ft Weight 13500–57000 kg29762.4–125663.6 lb active day & night urban

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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirotris)

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Marginal occurrence · 7 records
Size 2.5 m8.3 ft Weight 72.7 kg160.2 lb active day & night coastal
Spotted bat facing forward with huge pale ears and white shoulder patches

Spotted Bat

Euderma maculatum

Marginal occurrence · 3 records
Size 12.6 cm5 in Weight 16–20 g0.6–0.7 oz active by night rocky outcrop
Spotted ground squirrel sitting upright at a burrow entrance, its back covered in scattered white spots

Spotted Ground Squirrel

Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Common in Texas 300 sightings
Size 18–25 cm7.1–9.8 in Weight 100–200 g3.5–7.1 oz active by day grassland

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Mephitis mephitis in Dierenpark Zie-ZOO

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Common in Texas 6,297 sightings
Size 46.5–81.5 cm1.5–2.7 ft Weight 0.6–6.3 kg1.3–13.9 lb active by night grassland

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Sylvilagus aquaticus - Sumpfkaninchen 193808230

Swamp Rabbit

Sylvilagus aquaticus

Common in Texas 2,720 sightings
Size 40–55 cm15.7–21.7 in Weight 1.5–2.7 kg3.3–6 lb active day & night wetland

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Swift fox at a burrow entrance on the shortgrass prairie

Swift Fox

Vulpes velox

Occasional in Texas 44 sightings
Size 38–53 cm15–20.9 in Weight 1.6–3 kg3.5–6.6 lb active day & night grassland

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Tawny-bellied cotton rat emerging from beneath a log in desert grassland

Tawny-Bellied Cotton Rat

Sigmodon fulviventer

Marginal occurrence · 4 records
Size 18 cm7.1 in Weight 196 g6.9 oz active day & night grassland
Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres)

Texas Antelope Squirrel

Ammospermophilus interpres

Common in Texas 239 sightings
Size 16 cm6.3 in Weight 99–112 g3.5–4 oz active by day chihuahuan desert

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AI-generated image: Texas Deermouse in three-quarter view standing on limestone rocks at night. No public-domain photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy

Texas Deermouse

Peromyscus attwateri

Common in Texas 348 sightings
Size 10.5 cm4.1 in Weight 28 g1 oz active by night rocky outcrop

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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel crouched beside short grass

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Occasional in Texas 118 sightings
Size 17–30 cm6.7–11.8 in Weight 173 g6.1 oz active by day grassland

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Townsend's big-eared bat roosting on a cave wall

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

Occasional in Texas 47 sightings
Size 5.8 cm2.3 in Weight 9–11 g0.3–0.4 oz active by night coastal

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Tricolored Bat hibernating on a limestone mine wall

Tricolored Bat

Perimyotis subflavus

Common in Texas 490 sightings
Size 7.7–8.9 cm3–3.5 in Weight 5–8 g0.2–0.3 oz active by night cave

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Virginia Opossum clinging to a tree branch in a snowy winter woodland

Virginia Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Common in Texas 14,642 sightings
Size 40.8 cm16.1 in Weight 1.1–1.6 kg2.5–3.6 lb active by night river

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Ugandan defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) juvenile female

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Marginal occurrence · 2 records
Size 2.4 m7.7 ft Weight 175.3 kg386.5 lb grassland
Manatee with calf.PD - colour corrected

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

Marginal occurrence · 3 records
Size 4 m13.1 ft Weight 387.5 kg854.3 lb active day & night coastal
Western mastiff bat

Western Bonneted Bat

Eumops perotis

Rarely seen in Texas 10 sightings
Size 15.7–18.3 cm6.2–7.2 in Weight 57 g2 oz active by night desert

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Western deer mouse sheltering in a rock crevice

Western Deer Mouse

Peromyscus sonoriensis

Size 12–20 cm4.7–7.9 in Weight 15–32 g0.5–1.1 oz active by night river

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Western harvest mouse moving through dry stems and gravel

Western Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis

Occasional in Texas 35 sightings
Size 11.8–17 cm4.6–6.7 in Weight 11 g0.4 oz active by night wetland

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Western red bat roosting among green leaves, showing rusty-orange fur and dark wing membranes

Western Red Bat

Lasiurus frantzii

Marginal occurrence · 5 records
Size 10–12 cm3.9–4.7 in Weight 9–15 g0.3–0.5 oz active by night desert

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Western small-footed myotis roosting on wood with its dark face mask visible

Western Small-footed Myotis

Myotis ciliolabrum

Occasional in Texas 31 sightings
Size 8–10 cm3.1–3.9 in Weight 4–5 g0.1–0.2 oz active by night desert

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Western yellow bat roosting against tree bark with wings folded

Western Yellow Bat

Lasiurus xanthinus

Occasional in Texas 19 sightings
Size 7.5 cm3 in Weight 16 g0.6 oz active by night desert

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White-footed mouse on a fallen log in leaf litter

White-footed Mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

Common in Texas 2,138 sightings
Size 10.1 cm4 in Weight 20–30 g0.7–1.1 oz active by night urban

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White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) Peten

White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

Marginal occurrence · 8 records
Size 0.8–1.3 m2.6–4.3 ft Weight 3–6 kg6.6–13.2 lb active by day oak-sycamore canyon

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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Common in Texas 52,837 sightings
Size 0.9–2.2 m3.1–7.2 ft Weight 68–136 kg149.9–299.8 lb active day & night mixed forest

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Whitethroat Woodrat - (Neotoma albigula) (9853933874)

White-throated Woodrat

Neotoma albigula

Common in Texas 343 sightings
Size 19.6 cm7.7 in Weight 191 g6.7 oz active by night sonoran desert

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White-toothed woodrat

White-toothed Woodrat

Neotoma leucodon

Occasional in Texas 76 sightings
Size 19.6 cm7.7 in Weight 191 g6.7 oz active by night river

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Adult wild boar foraging in grass

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

Common in Texas 7,206 sightings
Size 85–90 cm2.8–3 ft Weight 40–50 kg88.2–110.2 lb active day & night lake

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Microtus pinetorum - crlevy - 550023152

Woodland Vole

Microtus pinetorum

Rarely seen in Texas 3 sightings
Size 10.3 cm4.1 in Weight 26 g0.9 oz active day & night woodland

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Yellow-faced pocket gopher looking out from a burrow entrance in dry grass

Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher

Cratogeomys castanops

Occasional in Texas 70 sightings
Size 22.6 cm8.9 in Weight 266 g9.4 oz active day & night grassland

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Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat moving through leaf litter and rocks

Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat

Sigmodon ochrognathus

Occasional in Texas 21 sightings
Size 18–25 cm7.1–9.8 in Weight 50–95 g1.8–3.4 oz active day & night grassland

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Yuma myotis crouched on the ground at night

Yuma Myotis

Myotis yumanensis

Occasional in Texas 28 sightings
Size 8.4–9.9 cm3.3–3.9 in Weight 6 g0.2 oz active by night coniferous forest

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