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Tarrant County Vertebrate Animals

This is a list of vertebrate animals (i.e., those with a backbone) in Tarrant County, Texas.

Cottonmouth 1
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 2
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 3
Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 4
Crotalus atrox
Pygmy Rattlesnake 1
Sistrurus miliarius
Slender Glass Lizard 5
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Texas Blind Snake
Rena dulcis
Eastern Collared Lizard 6
Crotaphytus collaris
Mediterranean House Gecko 7
Hemidactylus turcicus
Greater Earless Lizard 8
Cophosaurus texanus
Texas Spiny Lizard 9
Sceloporus olivaceus
Western Earless Lizard 10
Holbrookia maculata
Green Anole 11
Anolis carolinensis
Spiny Softshell Turtle 12
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 13
Chelydra serpentina
Razor-backed Musk Turtle 14
Sternotherus carinatus
Yellow Mud Turtle 15
Kinosternon flavescens
Painted Turtle 16
Chrysemys picta
Common Slider 17
Trachemys scripta
Ornate Box Turtle 15
Terrapene ornata
Common Box Turtle 18
Terrapene carolina
Texas Cooter 12
Pseudemys texana
River Cooter 19
Pseudemys concinna
False Map Turtle 14
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Texas Tortoise 20
Gopherus berlandieri
Cave Myotis
Myotis velifer
Eastern Pipistrelle 21
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat 22
Eptesicus fuscus
Eastern Red Bat 23
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 24
Lasiurus cinereus
Evening Bat 1
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 25
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 26
Tadarida brasiliensis
Common Raccoon 27
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 28
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 29
Lontra canadensis
American Badger 2
Taxidea taxus
Black-footed Ferret 30
Mustela nigripes
Long-tailed Weasel 31
Mustela frenata
Hooded Skunk 32
Mephitis macroura
Striped Skunk 33
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 34
Spilogale putorius
Bobcat 35
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 36
Puma concolor
Coyote 37
Canis latrans
Red Fox 38
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 39
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Collared Peccary 40
Pecari tajacu
Wild Boar 41
Sus scrofa
White-tailed Deer 42
Odocoileus virginianus
American Bison 43
Bison bison
Virginia Opossum 44
Didelphis virginiana
Eastern Cottontail 45
Sylvilagus floridanus
Swamp Rabbit 46
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 29
Lepus californicus
European Rabbit 47
Oryctolagus cuniculus
American Beaver 48
Castor canadensis
Nutria 12
Myocastor coypus
North American Porcupine 49
Erethizon dorsatum
Baird’s Pocket Gopher 50
Geomys breviceps
Plains Pocket Gopher 51
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 22
Chaetodipus hispidus
Woodland Vole
Microtus pinetorum
Texas Mouse 52
Peromyscus attwateri
White-footed Mouse 53
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 54
Peromyscus maniculatus
Fulvous Harvest Mouse 12
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Plains Harvest Mouse 55
Reithrodontomys montanus
Black Rat 56
Rattus rattus
Brown Rat 57
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 58
Mus musculus
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Southern Plains Woodrat 59
Neotoma micropus
Hispid Cotton Rat 60
Sigmodon hispidus
Northern Pygmy Mouse 12
Baiomys taylori
Muskrat 61
Ondatra zibethicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 62
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 63
Sciurus niger
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 7
Cynomys ludovicianus
Southern Flying Squirrel 64
Glaucomys volans
North American Least Shrew 51
Cryptotis parva
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 65
Blarina carolinensis
Crawford's Gray Shrew 66
Notiosorex crawfordi
Eastern Mole 67
Scalopus aquaticus
Nine-banded Armadillo 68
Dasypus novemcinctus
Largemouth Bass 69
Micropterus salmoides
Bluegill 70
Lepomis macrochirus
White Crappie 71
Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie 72
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Freshwater Drum 73
Aplodinotus grunniens
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Belut 74
Monopterus albus
European Carp 75
Cyprinus carpio
Alligator Gar 76
Atractosteus spatula
Longnose Gar 30
Lepisosteus osseus
Goldfish 77
Carassius auratus
Longear Sunfish 78
Lepomis megalotis
Green Sunfish 78
Lepomis cyanellus
Yellow Bullhead 79
Ameiurus natalis
Western Mosquitofish 80
Gambusia affinis

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