Mammals of the Lower Santa Fe River Canyon

Area Covered: The Randall Davey Audubon Center property down the Santa Fe River Canyon to East Alameda Street in Santa Fe, NM.

Insectivores¹
Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus
Dusky Shrew Sorex. monticolus
Water Shrew Sorex palutris navigator

Bats¹
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Small-footed Myotis Myotis subulatus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western Pipistrel Pipistrellus hesperus
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Western Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendi
Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus

Carnivora
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Ringtail Bassariscus astutus
Longtail Weasel Mustela frenata
Shorttail Weasel (Ermine) Mustela erminea
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Coyote Canis latrans
Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Bobcat Lynx rufus

Gnawing Mammals
Beaver Castor canadensis
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Rock Squirrel Spermophilus variegatus
Abert's Squirrel Sciurus aberti
Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk Tamias Minimus
Pocket Gopher Thomomys sp. (Northern Pocket GopherThomomys talpoides and Botta’s Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae identified in Santa Fe County.)
Western Harvest Mouse¹ Reithrodontomys megalotis
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
White-footed Mouse¹ Peromyscus leucopus
Pinon Mouse¹ Peromyscus truei
White-throated Woodrat Neotoma albigula
Mexican Woodrat¹ Neotoma mexicana
House Mouse Mus musculus

Lagomorphs (Hares & Rabbits)
Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus
Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttali

Deer
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus

1. Probable in Santa Fe Canyon based on records for Santa Fe County. Data available online at the New Mexico Natural Heritage project.