Mammals of the Kaibab National Forest

Whether your visit to the Kaibab National Forest takes you north or south of the Grand Canyon, you may encounter a wide variety of mammals. As part of the Colorado Plateau ecosystem adjacent to the Grand Canyon, the Kaibab National Forest is uniquely situated and provides a diversity of habitat ...more ↓

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Coyote ¹
Canis latrans

Gray Fox ²
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Kit Fox ³
Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox ⁴
Vulpes vulpes

Mountain Lions and Jaguarundis ⁵
Puma

Bobcat ⁶
Lynx rufus

Gunnison's Prairie Dog ⁷
Cynomys gunnisoni

Rock Squirrel ⁸
Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ⁹
Callospermophilus lateralis

Least Chipmunk ¹⁰
Tamias minimus

Spotted Ground Squirrel ¹¹
Xerospermophilus spilosoma

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel ¹²
Ammospermophilus leucurus

Harris' Antelope Squirrel ¹³
Ammospermophilus harrisii

Cliff Chipmunk ¹⁴
Tamias dorsalis

Grey-collared Chipmunk ¹⁵
Tamias cinereicollis

Uinta Chipmunk ¹⁶
Tamias umbrinus

Abert's Squirrel ¹⁷
Sciurus aberti

American Red Squirrel ¹⁸
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Kaibab Squirrel ¹⁹
Sciurus aberti kaibabensis

Botta's Pocket Gopher ²⁰
Thomomys bottae

Northern Pocket Gopher ²¹
Thomomys talpoides

Plains Pocket Mouse
Perognathus flavescens

Little Pocket Mouse ²²
Perognathus longimembris

Rock Pocket Mouse ⁹
Chaetodipus intermedius

Silky Pocket Mouse ²³
Perognathus flavus

Great Basin Pocket Mouse ²⁴
Perognathus parvus

Long-tailed Pocket Mouse ²⁵
Chaetodipus formosus

Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat ²⁶
Dipodomys microps

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat ⁹
Dipodomys merriami

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ²⁷
Dipodomys ordii

Beavers ²⁸
Castor

Western Harvest Mouse ⁹
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Cactus Mouse ⁹
Peromyscus eremicus

Brush Mouse ²³
Peromyscus boylii

House Mouse ²⁹
Mus musculus

Deer Mouse ³⁰
Peromyscus maniculatus

Pinyon Mouse ³¹
Peromyscus truei

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ²⁴
Onychomys leucogaster

Southern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys torridus

Stephens's Woodrat
Neotoma stephensi

Desert Woodrat ³²
Neotoma lepida

Mexican Woodrat ²³
Neotoma mexicana

White-throated Woodrat ⁹
Neotoma albigula

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ³³
Neotoma cinerea

Long-tailed Vole ³⁴
Microtus longicaudus

Mexican Vole ³⁵
Microtus mexicanus

Common Porcupine ³⁶
Erethizon dorsatum

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ³⁷
Lepus californicus

Eastern Cottontail ³⁸
Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail ³⁹
Sylvilagus nuttallii

Mule Deer ⁴⁰
Odocoileus hemionus

Desert Cottontail ⁴¹
Sylvilagus audubonii

Elk ⁴²
Cervus elaphus

Collared Peccary ⁴³
Pecari tajacu

White-tailed Deer ⁴⁴
Odocoileus virginianus

Bison ⁴⁵

Pronghorn ⁴³
Antilocapra americana

Bighorn Sheep ⁴⁶
Ovis canadensis

Crawford's Gray Shrew ⁴⁷
Notiosorex crawfordi

Dwarf Shrew
Sorex nanus

Merriam's Shrew ²⁴
Sorex merriami

Ringtail ⁴⁸
Bassariscus astutus

American Black Bear ⁴⁹
Ursus americanus

Dusky Shrew ²⁴
Sorex monticolus

North American River Otter ⁵⁰
Lontra canadensis

Common Raccoon ⁵¹
Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel ⁵²
Mustela frenata

Western Spotted Skunk ⁵³
Spilogale gracilis

Hooded Skunk ⁵⁴
Mephitis macroura

American Badger ⁴³
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁵⁵
Mephitis mephitis

Hog-nosed Skunks ⁵⁶
Conepatus

Yuma Myotis ⁹
Myotis yumanensis

Long-legged Myotis ⁵⁷
Myotis volans

Miller's Myotis ⁵⁸
Myotis evotis

Arizona Myotis ⁵⁹
Myotis occultus

Southwestern Myotis ⁶⁰
Myotis auriculus

Fringed Myotis ⁶¹
Myotis thysanodes

California Myotis ⁶²
Myotis californicus

Western Small-footed Myotis ⁶³
Myotis ciliolabrum

Canyon Bat ⁶⁴
Parastrellus hesperus

Silver-haired Bat ⁶⁵
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Big Brown Bat ²³
Eptesicus fuscus

Hoary Bat ⁶⁶
Lasiurus cinereus

Townsend's Big-eared Bat ⁹
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Red Bat ²³
Lasiurus blossevillii

Spotted Bat ⁶⁷
Euderma maculatum

Pallid Bat ⁶⁸
Antrozous pallidus

Mexican Free-tailed Bat ⁶⁹
Tadarida brasiliensis

Big Free-tailed Bat ⁷⁰
Nyctinomops macrotis

Allen's Big-eared Bat ²³
Idionycteris phyllotis

Western Mastiff Bat ⁷¹
Eumops perotis californicus

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Mammals of the Kaibab National Forest

Coyote 1 Canis latrans

Gray Fox 2 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Kit Fox 3 Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox 4 Vulpes vulpes

Mountain Lions and Jaguarundis 5 Puma

Bobcat 6 Lynx rufus

Gunnison's Prairie Dog 7 Cynomys gunnisoni

Rock Squirrel 8 Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 9 Callospermophilus lateralis

Least Chipmunk 10 Tamias minimus

Spotted Ground Squirrel 11 Xerospermophilus spilosoma

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 12 Ammospermophilus leucurus

Harris' Antelope Squirrel 13 Ammospermophilus harrisii

Cliff Chipmunk 14 Tamias dorsalis

Grey-collared Chipmunk 15 Tamias cinereicollis

Uinta Chipmunk 16 Tamias umbrinus

Abert's Squirrel 17 Sciurus aberti

American Red Squirrel 18 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Kaibab Squirrel 19 Sciurus aberti kaibabensis

Botta's Pocket Gopher 20 Thomomys bottae

Northern Pocket Gopher 21 Thomomys talpoides

Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens

Little Pocket Mouse 22 Perognathus longimembris

Rock Pocket Mouse 9 Chaetodipus intermedius

Silky Pocket Mouse 23 Perognathus flavus

Great Basin Pocket Mouse 24 Perognathus parvus

Long-tailed Pocket Mouse 25 Chaetodipus formosus

Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat 26 Dipodomys microps

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat 9 Dipodomys merriami

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 27 Dipodomys ordii

Beavers 28 Castor

Western Harvest Mouse 9 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Cactus Mouse 9 Peromyscus eremicus

Brush Mouse 23 Peromyscus boylii

House Mouse 29 Mus musculus

Deer Mouse 30 Peromyscus maniculatus

Pinyon Mouse 31 Peromyscus truei

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 24 Onychomys leucogaster

Southern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys torridus

Stephens's Woodrat Neotoma stephensi

Desert Woodrat 32 Neotoma lepida

Mexican Woodrat 23 Neotoma mexicana

White-throated Woodrat 9 Neotoma albigula

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 33 Neotoma cinerea

Long-tailed Vole 34 Microtus longicaudus

Mexican Vole 35 Microtus mexicanus

Common Porcupine 36 Erethizon dorsatum

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 37 Lepus californicus

Eastern Cottontail 38 Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail 39 Sylvilagus nuttallii

Mule Deer 40 Odocoileus hemionus

Desert Cottontail 41 Sylvilagus audubonii

Elk 42 Cervus elaphus

Collared Peccary 43 Pecari tajacu

White-tailed Deer 44 Odocoileus virginianus

Bison 45

Pronghorn 43 Antilocapra americana

Bighorn Sheep 46 Ovis canadensis

Crawford's Gray Shrew 47 Notiosorex crawfordi

Dwarf Shrew Sorex nanus

Merriam's Shrew 24 Sorex merriami

Ringtail 48 Bassariscus astutus

American Black Bear 49 Ursus americanus

Dusky Shrew 24 Sorex monticolus

North American River Otter 50 Lontra canadensis

Common Raccoon 51 Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel 52 Mustela frenata

Western Spotted Skunk 53 Spilogale gracilis

Hooded Skunk 54 Mephitis macroura

American Badger 43 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 55 Mephitis mephitis

Hog-nosed Skunks 56 Conepatus

Yuma Myotis 9 Myotis yumanensis

Long-legged Myotis 57 Myotis volans

Miller's Myotis 58 Myotis evotis

Arizona Myotis 59 Myotis occultus

Southwestern Myotis 60 Myotis auriculus

Fringed Myotis 61 Myotis thysanodes

California Myotis 62 Myotis californicus