Family names of mammals in Iowa

Virginia opossum

Family Didelphidae

Masked shrew

Family Soricidae

Prairie shrew

Family Soricidae

Pygmy shrew

Family Soricidae

Northern Short-tailed shrew

Family Soricidae

Elliot’s short-tailed shrew

Family Soricidae

Least shrew

Family Soricidae

Eastern mole

Family Talpidae

Little brown bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Northern long-eared bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Indiana bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Silver-haired bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Tricolored bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Big brown bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Eastern red bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Hoary bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Evening bat

Family Vespertilionidae

Big free-tailed bat

Family Molossidae

Mexican free-tailed bat

Family Molossidae

Nine-banded armadillo

Family Dasypodidae

Eastern cottontail

Family Leporidae

White-tailed jackrabbit

Family Leporidae

Eastern chipmunk

Family Sciuridae

Woodchuck

Family Sciuridae

Franklin’s ground squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Richardson’s ground squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Eastern gray squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Fox squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Red squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Southern flying squirrel

Family Sciuridae

Plains pocket gopher

Family Geomyidae

Plains pocket mouse

Family Heteromyidae

Beaver

Family Castoridae

Marsh rice rat - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Western harvest mouse - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

White-footed deermouse - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

North American deermouse - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Northern grasshopper mouse - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Hispid cotton rat - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Eastern woodrat - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Sigmodontinae

Southern red-backed vole - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Southern bog lemming - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Prairie vole - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Meadow vole - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Woodland vole - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

Muskrat - family + subfamily

Family Cricetidae

Subfamily Arvicolinae

House mouse

Family Muridae

Norway rat

Family Muridae

Meadow jumping mouse

Family Zapodidae

Porcupine

Family Erethizontidae

Coyote

Family Canidae

Gray wolf

Family Canidae

Swift fox

Family Canidae

Red fox

Family Canidae

Gray fox

Family Canidae

Black bear

Family Ursidae

Common raccoon

Family Procyonidae

Marten

Family Mustelidae

Fisher

Family Mustelidae

Ermine

Family Mustelidae

Least weasel

Family Mustelidae

Long-tailed weasel

Family Mustelidae

American mink

Family Mustelidae

Wolverine

Family Mustelidae

Badger

Family Mustelidae

River otter

Family Mustelidae

Striped skunk

Family Mephitidae

Spotted skunk

Family Mephitidae

Mountain lion

Family Felidae

Bobcat

Family Felidae

Lynx

Family Felidae

Elk

Family Cervidae

Mule deer

Family Cervidae

White-tailed deer

Family Cervidae

Moose

Family Cervidae

Pronghorn

Family Antilocapridae

Bison

Family Bovidae