Mammalogy Practical 1

Scientific name - Virginia opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Scientific name - West Indian manatee

Trichechus manatus

Scientific name - Mexican long-nosed armadillo

Dasypus mexicanus

Scientific name - northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Scientific name - southern short-tailed shrew

Blarina carolinensis

Scientific name - least shrew

Cryptotis parva

Scientific name - smoky shrew

Sorex fumeus

Scientific name - pygmy shrew

Sorex hoyi

Scientific name - southeastern shrew

Sorex longirostris

Scientific name - eastern mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Scientific name - Rice’s whale

Balaenoptera recei

Scientific name - orca

Orcinus orca

Scientific name - common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Scientific name - Atlantic spotted dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Scientific name - sperm whale

Phyester macrocephalus

Scientific name - Brazilian free-tailed bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Scientific name - big brown bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Scientific name - Eastern red bat

Lasiurus borealis

Scientific name - hoary bat

Lasiurus cinereus

Scientific name - Northern yellow bat

Lasiurus intermedius

Scientific name - Seminole bat

Lasiurus seminolus

Scientific name - evening bat

Nycticeius humeralis

Scientific name - tri-colored bat

Perimyotis subflavus

Scientific name - Rafinesque’s big-eared bat

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

Scientific name - silver-haired bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Scientific name - southeastern myotis

Myotis austroriparius

Scientific name - gray myotis

Myotis grisescens

Scientific name - eastern small-footed myotis

Myotis leibii

Scientific name - little brown bat

Myotis lucifugus

Scientific name - northern long-eared myotis

Myotis septentrionalis

Myotis sodalis

Indiana myotis

What is the scientific name of this mammal?

Scalopus aquaticus

What is the common name for this mammal?

Eastern mole

What is the genus of this mammal?

Blarina

What is the common name of this mammal?

Least shrew

What is the scientific name of this mammal?

Cryptotis parva

What is the genus of this mammal?

Sorex