Myrtle Kraft Cottage


All of the mammals listed below, except one, live in or at the base of the Chiricahua Mountains. The pronghorn antelope, a delightful creature, grazes in the rolling grasslands only a few miles away along the east side of Route 80. Those starred (*) have been seen near Myrtle Kraft Cottage. This is the regular habitat for most of these animals. A few pass through occasionally. The mountain lion is such a visitor. One recent summer, a mountain lion stayed along Cave Creek in Portal for several weeks. It was seen a few times on Myrtle Kraft Cottage’s Cave Creek trail and at least once it was sighted napping away in the rocks above the old adobe stagecoach stop. The mammals listed below are only a few that can be found in the area around Myrtle Kraft Cottage. By clicking on any of the photos below, you can see a larger version of the photo.
	Black Bear^*
	Mountain Lion^*
	Bobcat^*
	Raccoon^*
	Coatimundi (Coati)^*
	Ringtailed Cat^*
	Striped skunk^*
	Hog-nosed skunk^*
	White-tail deer^*
	Mule deer^*
	Cottontail rabbit^*
	Jackrabbit^*
	Coyote^*
	Gray fox^*
	Kit fox^*
	Kangaroo rat^*
	Mexican woodrat (Packrat)^*
	Rock squirrel^*
	Apache fox squirrel^*
	Antelope ground squirrel^*
	Cliff chipmunk^*
	Javelina (Collared peccary)^*
	Deer mouse^*
	White-footed mouse^*
	Grasshopper mouse^*
	Bats^*

	Spotted skunk
	Pronghorn antelope


	Mammals of the Chiricahua Mountains
	Mammals in New Mexico and Arizona
	Desert USA: Desert Bats
	Bat Conservation International (This has a listing of bats in Arizona. First click "species list" and then click "bats by state")
	Organization for Bat Conservation
	American Society of Mammologists

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