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Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Animals

Mammilia

    Artiodactyla
           Antilocapridae
               Antilocapra americana Ord.
           Cervidae
               Cervus canadensis (Erxl.) Reyn
               Odocoileus hemionus Raf.
               Odocoileus virginianus couesi Coues & Kell
           Tayassuidae
               Tayassu tajacu L.
    Carnivora
           Canidae
               Canis Latrans Say.
               Urocyon cineroargentus Schr.
           Felidae
               Lynx rufus Schr.
               Puma concolor L.
           Mephitidae
               Mephitis mephitis Schr.
               Conepatus mesoleucus Lichtenstein
               Spilogale putoris L.
           Mustelidae
               Taxidea taxus Schreber
           Procyonidae
               Brassaricus astutus Lichtenstein
               Procyon lotor L.
           Ursidae
               Ursus americanus Pall.
    Chiroptera
           Vespertillionidae
               Antrozous pallidus Le Conte
               Corynorhinus townsendii Cooper
               Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvois
               Myotis californicus Audobon and Bachman
               Myotis thysanodes Miller
               Pipistrellus hesperus H. Allen
    Lagomorpha
           Leporidae
               Lepus californicus Gray
               Sylvilagus audobonii Baird
    Rodentia
           Cricetidae
               Peromyscus boylii Baird
               Peromyscus erimicus Baird
               Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque
               Peromyscus maniculatus Wag.
               Peromyscus truei Shufeldt
               Neotoma albigula Hartley
               Neotoma lepida Thomas
               Neotoma mexicana Baird
               Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird
           Erethizontidae
               Erethizon dorsatum L.
           Geomyidae
               Thomomys talpoides Eydoux and Gervais
           Heteromyidae
               Perognathus flavus Baird
           Muridae
               Microtus mexicanus Sassure
           Sciuridae
               Ammospermophilius harrisii Audobon & Bachman
               Ammospermophilius leucurus Merriam
               Sciurus arizonensis Coues
               Spermophilius variegatus Erxl.
               Tamias dorsalis Baird

Aves

    Anseriformes
           Anatidae
               Anas clypeata L.
               Anas crecca
               Anas cyanoptera Vieillot
               Anas discors L.
               Anas platyrhynchos L.
               Aythya affinis Eyton
               Aythya americana Eyton
    Apodiformes
           Apodidae
               Aeronautes saxatalis Woodhouse
           Trochilidae
               Eugenes fulgens Swainson
               Selasphorus platycercus Swainson
    Caprimulgiformes
           Caprimulgidae
               Caprimulgus vociferous Wilson
               Chordeiles minor Forester
    Charadriiformes
           Charadriidae
               Charadrius vociferous L.
           Scolopacidaeidae
               Actitis macularia L.
               Calidris mauri
               Calidris minutilla L.
    Ciconiiformes
           Ardeidae
               Ardea herodias L.
           Cathartidae
               Cathartes aura L.
    Columbiformes
           Columbidae
               Columba fasciata Say.
               Zenaida macroura L.
    Coraciiformes
           Alcedinidae
               Megaceryle alcyon L.
    Falconiformes
           Accipitridae
               Accipiter cooperii Bonaparte
               Aquila chrysaetos L.
               Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin
               Buteo albonotatus Kaup
               Circus cyaneus L.
               Haliaeetus leucocephalus L.
           Falconidae
               Falco sparverius L.
           Pandionidae
               Pandion haliaetus L.
    Galliformes
           Meleagrididae
               Meleagris gallopavo L.
           Phasianidae
               Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors
               Lophortyx gambelii Gambel
    Gruiformes
           Rallidae
               Fulica americana Gmelin
    Passeriformes
           Corvidae
               Aphelocoma coerulescens Bosc.
               Aphelocoma ultramarina Bonaparte
               Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm
               Corvus corax L.
               Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Wied
           Emberzidae
               Junco oregonus Townsend
               Piranga flava Vieillot
               Spizella passerina Bechstein
               Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster
           Hirundinidae
               Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot
           Icteridae
               Icterus parisorum Bonaparte
           Paridae
               Parus gambeli Ridgeway
               Parus inornatus Gamble
               Parus wollweberi Bonaparte
           Parulidae
               Dendroica nigriscens Townsend
               Myioborus pictus Swainson
           Sittidae
               Sitta pygmaea Vigors
           Troglodytidae
               Catherpes mexicanus Swainson
               Salphinctes obsoletus Say
               Thryomanes bewickii Audobon
           Turdidae
               Catharus guttatus Pall.
               Myadestes townsendi Audobon
               Sialia currucoides Bechstein
               Sialia mexicana Swainson
           Tyrannidae
               Contopus sordidulus Sclater
               Empidonax wrightii Baird
               Myiarchus cinerascens Lawrence
               Myiarchus tuberculifer Lafresnaye & D'Orbigry
               Tyrannus verticalis Say.
               Tyrannus vociferans Swainson
           Vireonidae
               Vireo solitarius Wilson
               Vireo vicinior Coues
    Piciformes
           Picidae
               Colaptes auratus cafer Gmelin
               Melanerpes formicivorus
               Picioides stricklandi
               Sphyrapicus varius L.
    Podicipediformes
           Podicipedidae
               Podiceps nigricollis
               Podilymbus podiceps L.
    Strigiformes
           Strigidae
               Bubo virginianus Gmelin
               Otus kennicotii L.
               Otus trichopsis Wagler
           Tytonidae
               Tyto alba Scopoli
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