Desert Mammals
The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary glands in the female which produce milk for the nourishment of young; the presence of hair or fur; and which have endothermic or "warm blooded" bodies. The brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems.
American BadgerBig Free-tailed Bat
Bighorn Sheep
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Bobcat
Borra's Pocket Gopher
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat
Brush Mouse
Cactus Mouse
California Leaf-nosed Bat
California Myotis
Coyote
Deer Mouse
Desert Cottontail
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Desert Pocket Mouse
Desert Shrew
Desert Woodrat
Gray Fox
House Mouse
Kit Fox
Little Pocket Mouse
Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Mountain Lion
Mule Deer
Pallid Bat
Panamint Kangaroo Rat
Porcupine
Pronghorn
Raccoon
Ringtail
Rock Squirrel
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Southern Grasshopper Mouse
Spotted Bat
Striped Skunk
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Western Harvest Mouse
Western Pipistrelle
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
Yuma Myotis
Wild Horse
Wild Burro
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(Rodents)
References:
Deserts, Audubon Society Nature Guides, James A. MacMahon, 1985 - Alfred A. Knopf publisher
California Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park Service
Black-tailed jackrabbit
Mule deer
Mountain lion
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