The 146 kinds of native mammals of 120 species found in Tamaulipas belong to 72 genera of 25 families of 10 orders. Non-native mammals introduced by man are not included.
Class MAMMALIA
Order MARSUPIALIA
- Family Didelphidae PAGE
- Didelphis marsupialis californicus Bennett [393]
- Didelphis marsupialis texensis J. A. Allen [394]
- Philander opossum pallidus (J. A. Allen) [394]
- Marmosa mexicana mexicana Merriam [395]
Order INSECTIVORA
- Family Soricidae
- Sorex saussurei saussurei Merriam [396]
- Cryptotis parva berlandieri (Baird) [396]
- Cryptotis pergracilis pueblensis Jackson [396]
- Cryptotis mexicana madrea Goodwin [396]
- Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues) [397]
- Family Talpidae
- Scalopus inflatus Jackson [397]
Order CHIROPTERA
- Family Phyllostomatidae
- Pteronotus rubiginosus mexicana (Miller) [398]
- Pteronotus davyi fulvus (Thomas) [398]
- Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi [399]
- Mormoops megalophylla megalophylla (Peters) [399]
- Micronycteris megalotis mexicana Miller [400]
- Glossophaga sorocina leachii (Gray) [400]
- Leptonycteris nivalis nivalis (Saussure) [401]
- Sturnira lilium parvidens Goldman [401]
- Artibeus jamaicensis jamaicensis Leach [402]
- Artibeus lituratus palmarum Allen and Chapman [402]
- Artibeus toltecus (Saussure) [403]
- Artibeus aztecus Andersen [403]
- Enchistenes hartii (Thomas) [404]
- Centurio senex Gray [404]
- Family Desmodontidae
- Desmodus rotundus murinus Wagner [405]
- Diphylla ecaudata Spix [406]
- Family Natalidae
- Natalus stramineus saturatus Dalquest and Hall [407]
- Family Vespertilionidae
- Myotis velifer incautus (J. A. Allen) [407]
- Myotis keenii auriculus Baker and Stains [408]
- Myotis californicus mexicanus (Saussure) [408]
- Myotis nigricans dalquesti Hall and Alvarez [409]
- Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus (F. Cuvier) [409]
- Pipistrellus hesperus potosinus Dalquest [410]
- Eptesicus fuscus miradorensis (H. Allen) [410]
- Lasiurus borealis borealis (Müller) [411]
- Lasiurus borealis teliotis (H. Allen) [412]
- Lasiurus cinereus cinereus (Palisot and Beauvois) [412]
- Lasiurus intermedius intermedius H. Allen [412]
- Lasiurus ega xanthinus (Thomas) [413]
- Nycticeus humeralis humeralis (Rafinesque) [413]
- Nycticeus humeralis mexicanus Davis [413]
- Rhogeëssa tumida tumida H. Allen [414]
- Plecotus phyllotis (G. M. Allen) [415]
- Antrozous pallidus pallidus (Le Conte) [415]
- Family Molossidae
- Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Saussure) [415]
- Tadarida aurispinosa (Peale) [415]
- Tadarida laticaudata ferruginea Goodwin [416]
- Molossus ater nigricans Miller [417]
Order PRIMATES
- Family Cebidae
- Ateles geoffroyi velerosus Gray [417]