Mammalogy Species 2026

Learn the scientific names of the animals taught in WLDL311

Virginia opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Arctic shrew

Sorex arcticus

American pygmy shrew

Sorex hoyi

Cinereus shrew

Sorex cinereus

American water shrew

Sorex palustris

Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Star-nosed mole

Condylara cristata

Eastern mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Big brown bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Red bat

Lasiurus borealis

Hoary bat

Lasiurus cinereus

Tricolor bat (aka Eastern pipistrelle)

Perimyotis subflavus

Silver-haired bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Little brown bat

Myotis lucifugus

Indiana bat

Myotis sodalis

Northern long-eared bat

Myotis septentrionalis

Evening bat

Nycticeius humeralis

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Coyote

Canis latrans

Gray wolf

Canis lupus

Gray fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Canadian lynx

Lynx canadensisC

Cougar

Puma concolor

Striped skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Ermine

Mustela erminea

Least weasel

Mustela nivalis

Long-tailed weasel

Neogale frenata

American mink

Neogale vison

Fisher

Pekania pennanti

American marten

Martes americana

American badger

Taxidea taxus

Northern river otter

Lontra canadensis

Common raccoon

Procyon lotor

American black bear

Ursus americanus

American beaver

Castor canadensis

Common porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

Plains pocket gopher

Geomys bursarius

Eastern gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern fox squirrel

Sciurus niger

Red squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Southern flying squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Northern flying squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Ictidomys sabrinus

Franklin’s ground squirrel

Poliocitellus franklinii

Woodchuck

Marmota monax

Eastern chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Least chipmunk

Tamias minimus

Snowshare hare

Lepus americanus

Eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Meadow vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Woodland vole

Microtus pinetorum

Prairie vole

Microtus ochrogaster

Southern red-backed vole

Myodes gapperi

Western harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis

Common muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Southern bog lemming

Synaptomys cooperi

Deer mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

White-footed mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

Woodland jumping mouse

Napaeozapus insignis

Meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonius

House mouse

Mus musculus

Norway rat

Rattus norvegicus

Moose

Alces americanus

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Elk

Cervus elaphus

Short-beaked echinda

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Antechinus

Antechinus spp.

Monito del Monte

Quoll (aka native cat; eastern and tiger)

Dasyurus spp.

Tasmanian devil

Sarcophilus horrisii

Numbat

Myrmecobius fasciatus

Kangaroo

Macropus spp.

Koala

Phascolarctus cinereus

Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Southern African hedgehog

Atelerix frontalis

Eurasion water shrew

Neomys fodiens

White-toothed/Afrotherian shrews

Crocidura spp.

Vampire bat

Desmodus rotundus

Brazilian/Mexican free-tailed bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Pangolin Order

Pholidota

Aardvark Order

Tubulidentata

Armadillo Family

Dasypodidae

Sloth Family

Megalonychidae

Anteater Family

Myrmecophagidae

Oral emitting bats

Vespertilionidae

Nasal emitting bats

Phyllostomidae