Texas mammals are diverse. The smallest, the least shrew, weighs about 5 grams, or as much as a AA battery. The largest, the bison, weighs as much as a pickup truck. There are volant (flying or gliding) mammals, cursorial (running) mammals, saltatorial (hopping) mammals, fossorial (burrowing) mammals, natant (swimming) mammals, and arboreal (climbing) mammals. Texas is home to over 20% of the nation’s total deer population, over 75% of the carnivore species, and more than three-quarters of the bat species in the United States.
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