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Animals in Mexico
Sheltered in a northeastern Mexican forest is the only known colony of Flat-Headed Myotis. This 2.5 gram bat weighs about the same as two peanuts and has a hunting range smaller than Mexico City. Named for its distinctive flat forehead, scientists recently rediscovered eight members of this rare species that had been declared extinct.
Mexican islands are the endemic home for two rodents, the Margarita Island Kangaroo Rat and the San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat. Each rodent lives on the island for which it is named and no where else on the planet. Both are critically endangered because they exist on less than 100 km2 and their populations are declining.
The Mexican Caecilian is a legless-amphibian that lives in burrows and swallows its prey whole. It emerges from the ground at dusk and after light rainfalls to feed. The Caecilian's tiny eyes and retractable tentacles are used to search for food.
Axolotl, the Mexican walking fish, is an aquatic salamander that can regenerate most of its body parts. It is endemic to two lakes in central Mexico.
Mexico is the destination for two marathon migrations, the monarch butterfly and the gray whale. Every year one billion monarch butterflies travel 2,500 miles to spend the winter in Michoac'n's pine and oyamel fir forest. The 36-ton gray whales migrate 6,000 miles to Baja peninsula to mate and give birth to their calves. This distance holds the record for the longest known mammal migration.
Mexico is home to some of the most interesting animals on earth.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Mexico.
Even-toed ungulates in Mexico
Mexican pronghorn Bighorn sheep Red brocket Collared peccary White-lipped peccary Elk Black-tailed deer White-tailed deerCarnivores in Mexico
Arctic wolf Sea otter Common seal American hog-nosed skunk Jaguar Amazonian hog-nosed skunk Hooded skunk Guadalupe fur seal Striped skunk Eastern spotted skunk Pygmy spotted skunk Common hog-nosed skunk Greater grison Gray fox Tayra Ocelot Long-tailed weasel Margay Cozumel island raccoon American badger Tres marias islands raccoon Californian sea lion Kinkajou Ringtail Coatimundi Northern elephant seal Northern raccoon American black bear Cougar Brown bear Eyra cat Central american cacomistle North american otter Caribbean monk seal La plata otter Bay lynx American jackalDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Mexico
Pygmy sperm whale Fraser's dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin Devil fish Cochito Bunch Dall's porpoise Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Bottle-nosed dolphin Lesser beaked whale Pygmy killer whale Bridled dolphin Melon-headed whale Atlantic spinner dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Pacific pilot whale Atlantic spotted dolphin False killer whale Long-beaked dolphin Common minke whale Cuvier's beaked whale Rough-toothed dolphin Coalfish whale Bryde's whale Grey dolphin Blue whale Killer whale Common rorqual Northern right whale dolphin Baird's beaked whale Atlantic dolphinBats in Mexico
California leaf-nosed bat Silver-tipped myotis Underwood's long-tongued bat Common vampire bat Silky short-tailed bat Southwestern myotis Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat Allen's big-eared bat White-winged vampire bat Brazilian brown bat Seba's short-tailed bat California myotis Northern ghost bat Argentine brown bat Gray short-tailed bat Greater dog-like bat Elegant myotis Spix's disk-winged bat Hairy-legged vampire bat Big brown bat Lesser dog-like bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Long-eared myotis Shaggy bat Findley's myotis Wrinkle-faced bat Cinnamon myotis Fringe-lipped bat Silver-haired bat Allen's yellow bat Spotted bat Pallid bat Hairy-legged myotis Hawaiian hoary bat Genoways's yellow bat Black bonneted bat Pale-faced bat Eastern small-footed myotis Slender yellow bat Dwarf bonneted bat Pale spear-nosed bat Aztec fruit-eating bat Lesser bulldog bat Little brown bat Red bat Least yellow bat Wagner's bonneted bat Western pipistrelle Greater bulldog bat Miller's myotis Schmidts's big-eared bat Southern yellow bat Little yellow bat Sanborn's bonneted bat Eastern pipistrelle Hairy fruit-eating bat Evening bat Black myotis Northern yellow bat Black-winged little yellow bat Western bonneted bat Heller's broad-nosed bat Peale's free-tailed bat Peninsular myotis Seminole bat Proboscis bat Townsend's big-eared bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Pocketed free-tailed bat Flat-headed myotis Tent-maiking bat Mexican big-eared bat Great fruit-eating bat Broad-eared bat Fringed myotis Brown tent-making bat Greater sac-winged bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat Big free-tailed bat Cave myotis Little yellow-eared bat Greater long-nosed bat Lesser sac-winged bat Toltec fruit-eating bat Fish-eating bat Great stripe-faced bat Southern long-nosed bat Big crested mastiff bat Long-legged myotis Spectral bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat Yuma myotis Striped hairy-nosed bat Gray long-tongued bat Davy's naked-backed bat Western long-tongued bat Salvin's big-eyed bat Big naked-backed bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Dark long-tongued bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Hairy big-eyed bat Parnell's mustached bat Wagner's mustached bat Black mastiff bat Highland yellow-shouldered bat Godman's long-tailed bat Bonda mastiff bat Mexican long-tongued bat Big-eared wooly bat Thomas's sac-winged bat Gray sac-winged bat Pallas's mastiff bat Miller's mastiff bat Brazilian free-tailed bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Sinaloan mastiff bat Ghost-faced bat Long-legged bat Banana batAmerican marsupials in Mexico
Grayish mouse opossum Water opossum Common opossum Virginia opossum Mexican mouse opossum Gray four-eyed opossum Central american woolly opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Mexico
Forest rabbit Eastern cottontail Brush rabbit Volcano rabbit Tehuantepec hare White-sided jackrabbit Black jackrabbit Tres marias cottontail Omilteme cottontail San jose brush rabbit Mexican cottontail Antelope jackrabbit Black-tailed jackrabbit Audubon's cottontailHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Mexico
Baird's tapirPrimates in Mexico
Guatemalan black howler monkey Black-handed spider monkey Golden-mantled howling monkeyRodents in Mexico
Mearns's squirrel Tawny-bellied cotton rat Allen's wood rat Plains harvest mouse Phillips's kangaroo rat Winkelmann's mouse Eva's desert mouse Long-nosed rice rat Espirito santo island sqirrel Goldman's woodrat Hispid cotton rat Cozumel harvest mouse Yucatan deer mouse Blackish deer mouse Cloud forest rice rat Texas antelope squirrel Desert woodrat Botta's pocket gopher White-eared cotton rat Sumichrast's harvest mouse Chiapan deer mouse Spotted paca Osgood's mouse Michoacan deer mouse White-tailed antelope sqirrel Mexican woodrat Southern pocket gopher Jaliscan cotton rat Narrow-nosed harvest mouse Angel island mouse Hatt's vesper rat Abert's squirrel Southern plains woodrat Oaxaca giant deer mouse Yellow-nosed cotton rat Zacatecas harvest mouse American beaver Guatemalan deer mouse Big-eared climbing rat Spotted ground squirrel Nelson's woodrat Nelson's giant deer mouse Tropical ground squirrel San quintin kangaroo rat Mexican water mouse North american porcupine Naked-eared deer mouse Cliff chipmunk Bolaños woodrat Thomas's giant deer mouse Ring-tailed ground squirrel Agile kangaroo rat Thomas's water mouse Hooper's mouse Giant pocket gopher Sonoran woodrat Baja california rock squirrel Gulf coast kangaroo rat Little desert pocket mouse San lorenzo mouse Alcorn's pocket gopher Big pocket gopher Turner island woodrat Zempoaltepec vole Mexican volcano mouse California ground squirrel Desert kangaroo rat Narrow-skulled pocket mouse White-footed mouse Buller's pocket gopher Sierra madre ground squirrel Bailey's pocket mouse Nimble-footed mouse Yellow-faced pocket gopher Chiapan climbing rat Mexican ground squirrel California pocket mouse Tres marias island mouse Smoky pocket gopher Peters's climbing rat Perote ground squirrel San diego pocket mouse Brown deer mouse Llano pocket gopher Merriam's pocket gopher Tumbala climbing rat Round-tailed ground squirrel Long-tailed pocket mouse Puebla deer mouse Querétaro pocket gopher California vole Rock squirrel Goldman's pocket mouse Zempoaltepec Naked-nosed pocket gopher Guatemalan vole Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine Desert pocket gopher Hispid pocket mouse Plateau mouse Zinser's pocket gopher Mexican vole Texas pocket gopher Rock pocket mouse Black-eared mouse Tarabundi vole Tropical pocket gopher Nelson's pocket mouse Black-tailed mouse Arizona pocket mouse Vesper rat Meadow vole Deppe's squirrel Desert pocket mouse Mesquite mouse Plains pocket mouse Fulvous pygmy rice rat Jalapan pine vole Allen's squirrel Sinaloan pocket mouse Southern pygmy mouse Mexican deer mouse Silky pocket mouse Muskrat Magdalena rat Arizona gray squirrel Spiny pocket mouse Northern pygmy mouse Northern rock mouse Little pocket mouse Mearns's grasshopper mouse Red-bellied squirrel El carrizo deer mouse Great basin pocket mouse Northern grasshopper mouse Michoacan pocket gopher Collie's squirrel White-ankled mouse Pemberton's deer mouse Southern grasshopper mouse Nelson and coldman's woodrat Mexican spiny pocket mouse Western gray squirrel Marsh mouse Aztec mouse Diminutive woodrat Painted spiny pocket mouse Mexican fox squirrel Chinanteco deer mouse Sonoran harvest mouse Chihuahuan mouse Brush mouse Oaxacan pocket gopher Anthony's woodrat Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Eastern fox squirrel Slender-tailed deer mouse Crested-tailed deer mouse Volcano harvest mouse False canyon mouse Perote mouse Hispid pocket gopher Bunker's woodrat Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse Jico deer mouse Mexican prairie dog Fulvous harvest mouse San jose island kangaroo rat Santa cruz mouse California mouse Nelson's rice rat San martin island woodrat Peters's squirrel Variegated squirrel Arizona black-tailed prairie dog Slender harvest mouse Margarita island kangaroo rat Nayarit mouse Burt's deer mouse Alfaro's rice rat White-throated woodrat Yucatan squirrel Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Central american agouti Hairy harvest mouse Merriam's kangaroo rat Slevins's mouse Canyon mouse Chapman's rice rat Tamaulipan woodrat Buller's chipmunk Alston's brown mouse Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse Mexican agouti Western harvest mouse Nelson's kangaroo rat Gleaning mouse Dickey's deer mouse Coues's rice rat Bryant's woodrat Durango chipmunk Allen's cotton rat Goldman's spiny pocket mouse Mexican harvest mouse Ord's kangaroo rat San esteban island mouse Zacatecan deer mouse Black-eared rice rat Arizona woodrat Merriam's chipmunk California chipmunk Arizona cotton rat Nelson's spiny pocket mouse Small-toothed harvest mouse Pinyon mouse Cactus mouse Striped rice rat Harris's antelope squirrel Dusky-footed woodratDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Mexico
American manateeEdentates in Mexico
Northern naked-tailed armadillo Common long-nosed armadillo
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