Mammal Specimens + Scientific Names

Wildlife Field Biology Fall 2025

Southern Flying Squirrel - Glaucomys volans

Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Eastern Fox Squirrel - Sciurus niger

Eastern Gray Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis

Least Weasel - Mustela nivalis

Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata

Northern River Otter - Lontra canadensis

American Mink - Mustela vison

Eastern Chipmunk - Tamias striatus

Northern Short-tailed Shrew - Blarina brevicanda

Smoky Shrew - Sorex fumeus

White-footed Mouse - Peromyscus leucopus

Woodland Vole - Microtus pinetorum

Meadow Vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern Red-backed Vole - Clethrionomys gapperi

Star-nosed Mole - Condylura cristata

Hairy-tailed Mole - Parascalops breweri

Eastern Mole - Scapanus aquaticus

Eastern Red Bat - Lasiurus borealis

Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus

Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus

North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum

Common Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus

American Beaver - Castor canadensis

Eastern Spotted Skunk - Spilogale putorius

Stripped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis

Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

Northern Raccoon - Procyon lotor

Coyote - Canis latrans

Bobcat - Lynx rufus

Common Gray Fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes

Cougar - Puma concolor

Black Bear - Ursus americanus