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Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown [1] Reptile: Texas horned lizard [1] (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the horny toad or horned frog. 1993: Shell: Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum pulleyi) 1987: Ship: The battleship USS Texas (BB-35) [1] Shrub: Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) Shrub (native)
Topographic map of Texas. This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately. The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals.
(blue — native, black — probably extant origin uncertain) The Etruscan shrew ( Suncus etruscus ), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew , white-toothed pygmy shrew and Savi’s pygmy shrew , is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about 1.8 g (0.063 oz) on average.
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal native to North America and is one of the smallest mammals in the world, just slightly larger than the Etruscan shrew of Eurasia. Its body is about 5 cm (2 in) long including a 2-cm-long tail, and it weighs about 2.0 to 4.5 g (0.07 to 0.16 oz). [ 9 ]
The diet of S. miliarius includes small mammals and birds, lizards, insects, and frogs, [3] as well as other snakes. [16] [17] Pygmy rattlesnakes also include giant desert centipedes in their diet, which they hunt by active pursuit, grabbing and flipping the centipedes around while simultaneously injecting venom to prevent injury by the victim ...
The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), which stands around 30–33 cm (12–13 in) tall and weighs 1.2–1.3 kg (2.6–2.9 lb). [69] The smallest bird of prey is the Black-thighed falconet (Microhierax fringillarius), with a wingspan of 27–32 centimetres (11–13 in), roughly the size of a sparrow. [70]
Hyraxes (from Ancient Greek ὕραξ hýrax 'shrew-mouse'), also called dassies, [1] [2] are small, stout, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. [3] Modern hyraxes are typically between 30 and 70 cm (12 and 28 in) in length and weigh between 2 and 5 kg (4 and 11 lb).