Species Information
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Desert Bighorn Sheep
Scientific Name: Ovis canadensis mexicana
Number of Subpopulations: 32
Number of Mapped Locations: 50
Number of Observations: 220
Observation date range: 01-01-1927 to 09-14-2013
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- Plecotus townsendii pallescens
- Eutamias quadrivittatus australis
- MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS OCCULTUS-2
- Myotis thysanodes
- Sigmodon arizonae
- ARIZONA COTTON RAT
- MEXICAN LONG-TONGUED BAT
- NORTHERN PYGMY MOUSE
- ORGAN MOUNTAINS COLORADO CHIPMUNK
- PALE TOWNSEND'S BIG-EARED BAT
- WHITE-NOSED COATI
- WHITE-SIDED JACKRABBIT
- Thomymys bottae mearnsi
- VULPES VELOX
- Tadarida brasiliensis
- Tadarida femorosacca
- Tadarida macrotis
- Plecotus townsendii pallescens
- Reithrodontomys fulvescens
- Ochotona princeps
- Ovis canadensis mexicana
- Pappogeomys castanops
- Myotis velifer
- Myotis volans
- Myotis yumanensis
- Myotis evotis
- Myotis lucifugus occultus
- Myotis thysanodes
- Lepus callotis gaillardi
- Lontra canadensis sonora
- Eutamias quadrivittatus australis
- Idionycteris phyllotis
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Cynomys ludovicianus arizonensis
- Baiomys taylori
- Choeronycteris mexicana
- Cynomys gunnisoni
- Allium gooddingii
- Ammodramus bairdii
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Astragalus iodopetalus
- Astragalus naturitensis
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- Schiedeella arizonica
- spotted bat
- ARIZONA SHREW
- DUNE UNICORN-PLANT
- FULVOUS HARVEST MOUSE
- GALISTEO SAND VERBENA
- KNOWLTON CACTUS
- LOACH MINNOW
- MESCALERO MILKWORT
- MEXICAN LONG-TONGUED BAT
- NATURITA MILKVETCH
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NORTHERN PYGMY MOUSE
- PARASITE LADY'S-TRESSES
- RIPLEY MILKVETCH
- WHITE-ANKLED MOUSE
- WHITE-SIDED JACKRABBIT
- WINN FALLS FLEABANE
1946
Halloran, A.F. 1946. The carnivores of the San Andres Mountains, New Mexico. J. Mamm. 27(2):154-161.
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B71FIN01NMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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1975
Findley, J. S., A. H. Harris, D. E. Wilson, and C. Jones. 1975. Mammals of New Mexico. Univ. of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 360 pp.
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1996
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge. 1996. Database of bighorn sheep observations: 1980-1995. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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1995
Douglas, N. 1995. Field map with location of possible Desert Bighorn sighting indicated.
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S51KENUSNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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S68HARUTNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
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1958
Kennedy, C.A, L.A. Mehrhoff Jr., J.C. Roberts, and H.A. Ogren. 1958. Results of a bighorn sheep survey in San Andres and Organ Mountains. San Andres National Wildlife Refuge.. 5 p.
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1964
Halloran, A.F. 1964. 1964 wildlife reconnaissance of the White Sands Missile Range. 51 p.
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1979
Sandoval, Andres V. 1979. Preferred habitat of desert bighorn sheep in the San Andres Mountains, New Mexico. M.S. thesis, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. December 1979. 314 pp.
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1989
Hoban, P. 1989. Memorandum to Regional Director, Region 2 (USFWS), subject: monthly activities report - March 1989. San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 3 April 1989. 2 pp.
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1989
Hoban, P. 1989. Memorandum to Regional Director, Region 2 (USFWS), subject: monthly activities report - January. San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 6 February 1989. 2 pp.
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1991
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1991. Mammals from New Mexico printout. 3 March 1991. 117 pp.
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1996
Gaines, K.H. 1996. Specimen tag information from the mammal and bird collection, University of Texas, El Paso. August 1996.
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1996
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1996. Printout of mammals collected from New Mexico since 1950. April 1996.
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1978
New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. Unpublished computer database (LCD) plant and animal records from NM Natural Heritage Program 1978 - 86.
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