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Agouti paca - paca
Alces alces - Moose
Alopex lagopus - arctic fox
Alouatta palliata - mantled howler monkey
Ammospermophilus harrisii - white-tailed antelope squirrel
Ammospermophilus leucurus - antelope squirrel
Antilocapra americana - pronghorn
Antrozous pallidus - pallid bat
Aotus trivirgatus - three-banded douroucouli
Aplodontia rufa - Mountain Beaver
Artibeus cinereus - Gervais' fruit-eating bat
Artibeus lituratus - great fruit-eating bat
Ateles geoffroyi - spider monkey

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Baiomys taylori - Northern Pygmy Mouse
Bassaricyon gabbi - bush-tailed olingo
Bassariscus astutus - ringtail
Bison antiquus - Pleistocene bison
Bison bison - American bison
Blarina brevicauda - short-tailed shrew
Bos taurus - Domestic Cattle
Bradypus variegatus - brown-throated three-toed tree sloth

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Caluromys derbianus - Central American woolly opossum
Camelus dromedarius - Camel
Canis familiaris - domestic dog
Canis latrans - coyote
Canis lupus - gray wolf
Capra hircus - Domestic Goat
Carollia castanea - Chestnut short-tailed bat
Carollia percepicillata - Seba's short-tailed bat
Castor canadensis - beaver
Cavia porcellus - guinea pig
Cebus capucinus - white-faced capuchin
Cebus sp. - capuchin
Cervus elaphus - elk (American wapiti, European red deer)
Chinchilla laniger - Chinchilla
Choloepus hoffmanni - two-toed tree sloth
Clethrionomys sp. - red-backed mouse
Coendou mexicanus - prehensile-tailed porcupine
Coendou rothschildi - Rothschild's porcupine
Conepatus mesoleucus - Hog-nosed Skunk
Cryptotis parva - least shrew
Cyclopes didactylus - two-toed anteater
Cynodesmus iamonensis - fossil canid
Cynomys gunnisoni - white-tailed prairie dog
Cynomys ludovicianus - black-tailed prairie dog

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Dasyprocta punctata - agouti
Dasypus novemcinctus - armadillo
Delphinapterus leucas - beluga (white whale)
Delphinus sp. - dolphin
Desmodus rotundus - common vampire bat
Didelphis marsupialis - opossum
Didelphis virginiana - Virginia opossum
Diplomys labilis - rufous tree rat
Dipodomys deserti - Desert Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys merriami - Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys ordii - Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys sp. - Kangaroo Rat

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Eira barbara - tayra
Enhydra lutris - Sea Otter
Eptesicus fuscus - big brown bat
Equus asinus - burro (donkey, wild ass)
Equus caballus - domestic horse
Erethizon dorsatum - Porcupine
Erinaceus europaeus - hedgehog
Eutamias cinereicollis - Gray-collared Chipmunk
Eutamias dorsalis - Cliff Chipmunk
Eutamias quadrimaculatus - long-eared chipmunk
Eutamias quadrivittatus - Colorado Chipmunk

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Felis canadensis - Canada lynx
Felis catus - Domestic Cat
Felis concolor - mountain lion (cougar, puma, panther)
Felis pardalis - ocelot
Felis rufus - bobcat

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Geomys arenarius - Desert Pocket Gopher
Geomys bursarius - plains pocket gopher
Geomys pinetis - Southeastern Pocket Gopher
Glaucomys volans - Southern flying squirrel
Globicephala sp. - Pilot whale
Glossophaga soricina - common long-tongued bat

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Herpestes sp. - mongoose
Hoplomys gymnurus - thick spined rat
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris - Panama capybara

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Lama glama - Llama
Lemur catta - ring-tailed lemur
Lemur rufifrons - lemur
Leptonycteris nivalis - Mexican long-nosed bat
Lepus alleni - antelope jack rabbit
Lepus americanus - snowshoe rabbit
Lepus californicus - black-tailed jack rabbit
Liomys adspersus - Panama spiny pocket mouse
Lutra canadensis - river otter
Lutra longicaudis - Central American otter

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Macaca mulatta - rhesus monkey
Macaca sp. - macaque
Mammuthus columbi - Columbian Mammoth
Mammuthus imperator - Imperial Mammoth
Marmota flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Marmot
Marmota monax - eastern woodchuck
Martes americana - marten
Mazama americana - red brocket deer
Mephitis macroura - Hooded Skunk
Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk
Mephitis sp. - skunk
Microtus longicaudis - Long-tailed Vole
Microtus montanus - mountain vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus - Meadow Vole
Microtus sp. - Vole
Molossus sinaloae - velvety free-tailed bat
Mus musculus - House Mouse
Mustela frenata - long-tailed weasel
Mustela nigripes - black-footed ferret
Mustela sp. - mink/ferret
Mustela vison - Mink
Myocastor coypus - nutria
Myotis austroriparius - southeastern myotis
Myotis evotis - Long-eared Myotis
Myotis lucifugus - little brown myotis
Myotis thysanodes - Fringed Myotis
Myotis velifer - Cave Myotis
Myotis volans - Long-legged Myotis
Myrmecophaga tridactyla - great anteater

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Nasua nasua - coatimundi
Neofiber alleni - round-tailed muskrat
Neotoma albigula - white-throated wood rat (pack rat, trade rat)
Neotoma cinerea - bushy-tailed wood rat
Neotoma floridana - Florida woodrat
Neotoma fuscipes - dusky-footed woodrat
Neotoma lepida - Desert Wood Rat
Neotoma mexicana - Mexican Wood Rat
Neotoma sp. - Wood Rat
Neotoma stephensi - Stephen's Wood Rat
Neotomodon alstoni - Volcano Mouse
Notiosorex crawfordi - gray shrew (desert shrew)
Nycticebus coucang - slow loris

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Ochotona princeps - pika
Odocoileus hemionus - mule deer
Odocoileus sp. - deer
Odocoileus virginianus - white-tailed deer
Ondatra zibethicus - Muskrat
Onychomys leucogaster - Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys sp. - Grasshopper Mouse
Oreamnos americanus - mountain goat
Orozomys capito - rice rat
Orozomys sp. - rice rat
Oryctolagus cunniculus - Old World rabbit (domestic rabbit)
Ovis aries - Domestic Sheep
Ovis canadensis - bighorn (Mountain Sheep)

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Pan sp. - Chimpanzee
Panthera onca - Jaguar
Perognathus amplus - Arizona pocket mouse
Perognathus baileyi - Bailey's pocket mouse
Perognathus flavus - Silky Pocket Mouse
Perognathus intermedius - Rock Pocket Mouse
Perognathus penicillatus - Desert Pocket Mouse
Perognathus sp. - Pocket Mouse
Peromyscus boylii - deer mouse (white-footed mouse, brush mouse)
Peromyscus crinitus - Canyon Mouse
Peromyscus difficilis - Zacatecan deer mouse
Peromyscus eremicus - cactus mouse
Peromyscus floridanus - Florida mouse
Peromyscus gossypinus - cotton mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus - Deer Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus - Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nuttalli - Golden Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus - Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus truei - deer mouse (pinon mouse)
Philander opossum - gray four-eyed opossum
Phoca vitulina - harbor seal
Phyllostomus hastatus - spear-nosed bat
Pipistrellus hesperus - Western Pipistrelle
Potos flavus - kinkajou
Procyon lotor - Raccoon
Proechimys semispinosus - Tome's spiny rat
Pteronotus parnelli - Common mustached bat

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Rattus norvegicus - Norway Rat
Rattus rattus - black rat (roof rat, house rat)
Reithrodontomys humulis - Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis - Western Harvest Mouse
Romerolagus diazi - volcano rabbit

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Saguinus geoffroyi - Geoffroy's tamarin
Scalopus aquaticus - eastern mole
Scalopus townsendii - Townsend's mole
Sciurus aberti - Abert's squirrel
Sciurus arizonensis - Arizona gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis - gray squirrel
Sciurus granatensis - red-tailed squirrel
Sciurus niger - fox squirrel
Sciurus yucatanicus - Yucatan squirrel
Sigmodon hispidus - Hispid Cotton Rat
Sigmodon minimus - Least Cotton Rat
Sorex arcticus - arctic shrew
Sorex cinerus - masked shrew
Sorex longirostris - southeastern shrew
Sorex sp. - shrew
Sorex vagrans - vagrant shrew
Spermophilus adocetus - lesser tropical ground squirrel
Spermophilus franklinii - Franklin's ground squirrel
Spermophilus lateralis - golden-mantled ground squirrel
Spermophilus richardsoni - Richardson's ground squirrel
Spermophilus sp. - Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus spilosoma - spotted ground squirrel
Spermophilus tereticaudus - round-tailed ground squirrel
Spermophilus variegatus - Colorado rock squirrel
Spilogale putorius - Spotted Skunk
Sturnira lilium - little yellow-shouldered bat
Sus scrofa - Domestic Pig
Sylvilagus audubonii - Desert Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttalli - mountain cottontail
Sylvilagus palustris - marsh rabbit
Sylvilagus sp. - cottontail
Synaptomys cooperi - southern bog lemming

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Tadarida brasiliensis - Brazilian free-tailed bat
Tadarida molossa - big free-tailed bat
Tamandua tetradactyla - tamandua
Tamias minimus - Least Chipmunk
Tamias striatus - eastern chipmunk
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus - Red Squirrel
Tanupolama sp. - Pleistocene Camel
Tapirus bairdii - tapir
Taxidea taxus - badger
Tayassu tajacu - Javelina or Collared Peccary
Thomomys bottae - Botta's pocket gopher
Thomomys talpoides - Northern Pocket Gopher
Thomomys umbrinus - Southern Pocket Gopher
Trichechus manatus - manatee
Tylomys panamensis - Panama climbing rat

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus - gray fox
Ursus americanus - American black bear
Ursus arctos - brown bear (grizzly bear)
Ursus maritimus - polar bear

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Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
Vulpes velox - Swift Fox
Vulpes vulpes - red fox

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Zalophus californianus - California sea lion
Zapus sp. - jumping mouse

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