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Additionally, its proximity to Mexico is such that many species found there and into Central America also range as far north as Texas. [1] Texas recognizes three official mammals: the nine-banded armadillo, the Texas Longhorn, and the Mexican free-tailed bat. State law protects numerous species. The state also recognizes the Texas State Bison ...
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Varanosaurus. † Varanosaurus – type locality for genus. † Varanosaurus acutirostris – type locality for species. † Vidria. † Waagenina. † Waagenoceras. † Waggoneria – type locality for genus. † Walchia. † Wattia – type locality for genus.
Acrocanthosaurus.. Archaeologist Jack. T. Hughes has found evidence that the paleo-Indians of Texas collected fossils. [20] After the establishment of paleontology as a formal science, in 1878, professor Jacob Boll made the first scientifically documented Texan fossil finds in Archer and Wichita counties while collecting fossils on behalf of Edward Drinker Cope.
Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are included. According to the IUCN Red List 3 of these species are critically endangered, 20 endangered, 15 vulnerable, 20 near threatened and 4 extinct. [1] Some species are identified as indicated below: (A) - Accidental (E) - Extinct
Family † Kermackodontidae Butler & Hooker 2005. Family † Albionbaataridae Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom 1994. Family † Eobaataridae Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg & Trofimov 1987. Superfamily † Allodontoidea Marsh 1889. Genus † Glirodon Engelmann & Callison 2001. Family † Arginbaataridae Hahn & Hahn 1983 non Trofimov 1980.
The Peterson Field Guides (PFG) are a popular and influential series of American field guides intended to assist the layman in identification of birds, plants, insects and other natural phenomena. The series was created and edited by renowned ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996). His inaugural volume was the classic 1934 book A Field ...
Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbean have links to more specific species lists.
List of spiders of Texas. Categories: Natural history of Texas. Lists of fauna of the United States by state. Texas-related lists. Biota of Texas.