Arizona mammals

Northern Pygmy Mouse in Arizona

Baiomys taylori

Native to Arizona S3 Vulnerable in Arizona

Not listed as nonindigenous in Arizona by USGS NAS; native to its Arizona range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Northern Pygmy Mouse in Arizona, by the numbers

Rare in Arizona 140th most recorded of 158 mammals logged in Arizona

204 occurrence records

Records from 2000–2026.

204 total records count every Arizona occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 201 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Northern Pygmy Mouse in Arizona

Most sightings fall in August.

201 Arizona occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Arizona records (table)
MonthRecords
January1
February14
March10
April6
May2
June8
July2
August75
September24
October46
November11
December2

Monthly northern pygmy mouse occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Arizona, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Arizona, with recorded sightings peaking in August, with a smaller rise in October.

Occurrence map

Where Northern Pygmy Mouse has been recorded in Arizona

204 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

204 Arizona records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Coronado National Forest 7
State Trust Land 1

Protected places with the most northern pygmy mouse sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Arizona

CountyRecords
Cochise County 136
Pima County 39
Santa Cruz County 28
Graham County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 4 Arizona counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Northern pygmy mouse reaches Arizona only at the extreme southeastern edge of its range, a tiny grassland mouse more characteristic of Texas and northern Mexico. Its bottom-tier record here fits a species that barely crosses into the state at all.

Two isolated records, in June and November, are too few to describe any real seasonal pattern; this is an edge-of-range population that was always going to be thinly documented.

More mammals in Arizona in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"