Unique with white head and long, scaly, prehensile tail. A medium-sized, rather ponderous-looking ma… read more
Solid gray above and below with short tail, the largest shrew in North America.… read more
A large shrew, solid gray above and below with short tail.… read more
Tiny shrew with a very short tail (<45% of head and body length). Smaller and browner than other sho… read more
Conspicuous ears extend beyond the silvery to brownish-gray fur. Tail short (less than one third of … read more
Large, velvety, brownish-grayish dark shrew with relatively uniform belly and back. Similar to Ameri… read more
Tip of tail black. Medium-sized shrew lacking distinctive markings. Back brownish, fur of underparts… read more
Short, heavy-bodied shrew with a dark back, light belly, and long tail. Back is gray in winter and b… read more
Small brown body with long and narrow rostrum. Broadly distributed in southeastern United States, bu… read more
Small, grayish-brown shrew with medial tine on upper incisors. Fourth unicuspid larger than third. T… read more
Large shrew with black or grayish back. The long (>18mm) hind feet have fringes of stiff hairs. The … read more
Small shrew with nearly uniform, dark fur, whitish feet, and bicolored tail. This is the only shrew … read more
Unmistakable, snout has 22 fleshy, tentacle-like appendages surrounding the nostrils. Pelage is dens… read more
Smallest of the moles, with a short thick tail. Not as well adapted for life underground as other mo… read more
Fleshy tail densely haired, constricted at base, and less than one quarter of total length. Stiff ha… read more
Tail is longer and less hairy than other moles in its range. Foretoes have webbing between them, hen… read more
Hairiest tail of western moles. The snout is shorter and broader than other moles, and the unicuspid… read more
Larger than all other moles in North America. Hindfoot exceeds 24mm; tail not as hairy as Broad-foot… read more
Bizarre-looking face with wartlike protuberances on nose and leaflike appendages on chin. Dorsal fur… read more
Sole bat in Eastern US with noseleaf that has no tail. Shades of brown on upperparts; grayish and so… read more
Medium-sized leaf-nosed bat with grayish to brownish fur, an elongated muzzle, and a prominent nose … read more
Usually gray-brown (sometimes dark brown) above; paler below. Surface of interfemoral membrane well … read more
Reddish brown back; belly brownish. Erect leaf-shaped projection on tip of long nose. Large eyes. No… read more
The only leaf-nosed bat occurring in Texas, this species may overlap with the Lesser Long-nosed Bat … read more
Long ears (more than 25mm), gray fur, and a distinct, leaflike appendage on the tip of the nose. Tai… read more
A whitish bat with orange shoulders and large, well-separated pinkish ears. The eyes are relatively … read more
Has huge ears and a pair of glandular lumps on either side of the nose. The back is pale to reddish … read more
As the name suggests, this is a large brown bat with naked, dark membranes. The tail is enclosed in … read more
Beautiful dark brown or black bats with frosted hair on the back that extends down onto the basal po… read more
Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
A distinctive looking bat with mottled reddish and grayish pelage that extends well over the interfe… read more
Large, dark bat with grizzled fur that is frosted with white and marked with a yellow collar. The fr… read more
Similar to female Eastern Red Bats, this species has broadly rounded ears, long pointed wings, and a… read more
Tiny bat with short ears, relatively short hind feet, and an obviously keeled calcar. Differs from L… read more
Differs from other long-eared Myotis in slightly larger body size, longer (more than 21mm) ears that… read more
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