Spotted Skunk Photo by RSMP (infrared camera) |
Black Bear Photo by Ron Smallwood UAPD |
Woodrat (Neotoma mexicana?) Photo by RSMP (infrared camera) |
Distribution of species by vegetative
community in the Pinaleņo Mountains.
( adapted from Mammals of Arizona, Hoffmeister,
1986, pp.28-29)
Code | Biotic Community | Code | Biotic Community |
1 | Encinal and Mexican Oak-Pine Woodland |
5 | Mountain Meadow Grassland |
2 | Chaparral-Interior Chaparral | 6 | Spruce-Alpine Fir Forest |
3 | Juniper-Pinyon Woodland | 7 | Perennial Streams |
4 | Montane Conifer Forest | 8 | No information available |
ORDER |
FAMILY |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
BIOTIC COMMUNITY |
Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex monticolus |
dusky shrew |
4, 6, 1 |
Notiosorex crawfordi |
pygmy shrew |
1, 3, 2 |
||
Chiroptera |
Phyllostomatidae |
Leptonycteris curasoae |
lesser long-nosed bat |
8 |
Choeronycteris mexicana |
Mexican long-tongued bat |
1 | ||
Vespertilionidae |
Myotis velifer |
cave myotis |
1, 3, 2, 4 | |
Myotis yumanensis |
Yuma myotis |
3, 1, 2, 7 |
||
Myotis auriculus |
southwestern myotis |
1, 4, 3 |
||
Myotis thysanodes |
fringe-tailed myotis |
1, 4, 3, 2 |
||
Myotis volans |
long-legged myotis |
4, 1, 3, 2 |
||
Myotis californicus |
California myotis |
1, 3, 2, 4 |
||
Myotis ciliolabrum |
small-footed myotis |
8 |
||
Pipistrellus hesperus |
western pipistrelle |
1, 3, 2, 4, 7 |
||
Lasiurus blosservillii |
western red bat |
1, 3 |
||
Eptesicus fuscus |
big brown bat |
4, 1, 3, 2, 6 |
||
Lasionycteris noctivagans |
silver-haired bat |
4, 3, 1, 2, 6 |
||
Plecotus townsendii |
Townsend's big-eared bat |
1, 4, 3, 2 |
||
Antrozous pallidus |
pallid bat |
1, 2, 4, 3 |
||
Molossidae |
Tadarida mexicana braziliensis |
Brazilian free-tailed bat |
3, 1, 4, 2, 7 |
|
Carnivora |
Ursidae |
Ursus americanus |
black bear |
4, 3 |
Procyonidae |
Procyon lotor |
common raccoon |
4, 1, 3, 2, 7 |
|
Nasua narica |
white-nosed coati |
1, 4 |
||
Bassariscus astutus |
ringtail |
3, 4, 1, 2 |
||
Mephitidae |
Spilogale gracilis |
western spotted skunk |
3, 2, 1, 4 |
|
Mephitis mephitis |
striped skunk |
4, 3, 1, 2 |
||
Conepatus mesoleucus |
common hog-nosed skunk |
1, 3, 4 |
||
Mustelidae |
Taxidea taxus |
American badger |
4, 1, 3, 2 |
|
Mustela frenata |
long-tailed weasel |
4, 6, 1, 3 |
||
Canidae |
Vulpes macrotis |
kit fox |
1, 3 |
|
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
common gray fox |
1, 3, 2, 4 |
||
Canis latrans |
coyote |
3, 2, 1 |
||
Canis lupus |
gray wolf |
extirpated |
||
Felidae |
Felis concolor azteca |
mountain lion |
4, 1, 3, 2 |
|
Lynx rufus baileyi |
bobcat |
4, 3, 1, 2 |
||
Rodentia |
Sciuridae |
Spermophilus spilosoma |
spotted ground squirrel |
3, 4, 1 |
Spermohilus variegatus |
rock squirrel |
3, 4, 2, 1 |
||
Ammospermophilus harrisii |
Harris' antelope squirrel |
2, 1, 3 |
||
Cynomys ludoviscianus |
black-tailed prairie dog |
extirpated |
||
Tamias dorsalis |
cliff chipmunk |
8 |
||
Sciurus aberti |
tassel-eared squirrel |
4, 3, 6 |
||
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis |
Mt. Graham red squirrel |
4, 6 |
||
Heteromyidae |
Thomomys bottae grahamensis |
Mt. Graham pocket gopher |
3, 4 |
|
Thomomys bottae mearnsi |
western pocket gopher |
3, 4, 2, 1 |
||
Perognathus flavus |
silky pocket mouse |
3, 1, 2 |
||
Chaetodipus baileyi |
Bailey's pocket mouse |
1, 2, 3 |
||
Chaetodipus penicillatus |
Sonoran desert pocket mouse |
1 |
||
Dipodomys ordii |
Ord=s kangaroo rat |
3, 1, 2 |
||
Dipodomys merriami |
Merriam=s kangaroo rat |
3, 1, 2 |
||
Muridae |
Onychomys leucogaster |
Northern grasshopper mouse |
3, 2, 1 |
|
Onychomys torridus |
Southern grasshopper mouse |
1, 2 |
||
Reithrodontomys megalotis |
western harvest mouse |
3, 4, 2, 1 |
||
Baiomys taylori |
pigmy mouse |
1 |
||
Peromyscus maniculatus |
deer mouse |
3,4,1,2,6,5 |
||
Peromyscus leucopus |
white-footed mouse |
2, 1, 7 |
||
Peromyscus boylii |
brush mouse |
3, 4, 2, 1 |
||
Peromyscus ereminicus |
cactus mouse |
3, 2, 1 |
||
Sigmodon arizonae |
Arizona cotton rat |
1, 2 |
||
Sigmodon fulviventer |
tawny-bellied cotton rat |
1 |
||
Neotoma albigula |
white-throated wood rat |
3, 1, 2, 4 |
||
Neotoma mexicana |
Mexican wood rat |
4, 3, 1, 2, 5 |
||
Microtus longicaudus |
long-tailed vole |
4, 3, 2 |
||
Erethizontidae |
Erethizon dorsatum |
common porcupine |
3, 4, 6, 1 |
|
Lagomorpha |
Leporidae |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
eastern cottontail |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Sylvilagus audubonii |
desert cottontail |
3, 1, 4, 2 |
||
Artiodactyla |
Tayassuidae |
Tayassu tajacu |
collared peccary |
1, 2, 4 |
Cervidae |
Odocoileus hemionus |
desert mule deer |
2, 3, 4, 1, 6 |
|
Odocoileus virginianus |
white-tailed deer |
1, 4, 2, 3 |
||
Cervus elaphus |
elk |
8 |
Code | Vegetative Community | Code | Vegetative Community |
1 | Encinal and Mexican Oak-Pine Woodland |
5 | Mountain Meadow Grassland |
2 | Chaparral-Interior Chaparral | 6 | Spruce-Alpine Fir Forest |
3 | Juniper-Pinyon Woodland | 7 | Perennial Streams |
4 | Montane Conifer Forest | 8 | No information available |
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