The MAMMALS of the Black Range

Tadarida brasiliensis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Armendaris Ranch
New Mexico
August 23, 2024

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Antrozous pallidus
Pallid Bat
Hillsboro
New Mexico

Myotis occultus
Southwestern Little Brown Bat
Black Range
New Mexico

Hillsboro

Railroad Canyon

Hillsboro

Railroad Canyon

Ursus americanus
American Black Bear
Black Range
New Mexico

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Middle Percha Creek

South Percha Creek 5/26/21

Scat - Railroad Canyon

Lynx rufus baileyi
Bobcat
West of Kingston
Black Range
New Mexico

Tamias dorsalis
Cliff Chipmunk
Hillsboro
New Mexico
April 2023

Sylvilagus audubonii
Desert Cottontail
Black Range
New Mexico

Desert Cottontails are amazing little creatures. For instance, they rarely have to drink water, obtaining enough hydration from the vegetation which they eat - in this, a rather dry part of the world. As far as mammals go, Desert Cottontails are at the bottom of the meat eating food chain, not that they eat meat, it is just that about everything that does will feast on these Cottontails. Their response is to breed like rabbits.

The range of the Desert Cottontail is fairly extensive, extending throughout the US southwest and beyond. These are small creatures, an adult weighs roughly three pounds and range in length from a foot to a foot and a half. They live for about two years, if not eaten or dying from other causes.

Canis latrans mearnsi
Coyote
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico

Odocoileus hemionus
Mule Deer
Railroad Canyon and Foothills
Black Range
New Mexico

Cervus canadensis
Elk
Black Range
New Mexico

Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Gray Fox
North Wicks Gulch
East of Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico
June

Vulpes macrotis
Kit Fox
Black Range
New Mexico
(tentative)

Thomomys bottae
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico
March

Species of the Thomomys genus do not have grooves in their (2) upper incisors. The range of this species is limited to the southern half of the western United States and northern Mexico. During 2018 Hillsboro had a major population explosion of this species.

Pecari tajacu 
Javelina (Collared Peccary)
Widespread
Black Range
New Mexico

Dipodomys spectabilis
Banner-tailed Kangaroo-Rat
South of Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico

Cynomys ludovicianus
Black-tailed Prairie-Dog
East of Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico

Antilocapra americana
Pronghorn
Nutt Grasslands
South of Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico

Procyon lotor
American Raccon
Hillsboro
Black Range
New Mexico

Mephitis mephitis
Striped Skunk
Tierra Blanca Road
Black Range
New Mexico

Sciurus aberti aberti
Abert’s Squirrel
Railroad Canyon
Black Range
New Mexico

Otospermophilus variegatus grammurus
Rock Squirrel
Middle Percha Creek
Black Range
New Mexico