Mammal Identification

Order: Didelphimorphia 

Family: Didelphidae

Species: Virginia Opossum

Genus: Didelphis Virginiana


Order: Cingulata

Family: Dasypodidae

Species: Nine-Banded Armadillo 

Genus: Dasypus novemcinctus 


Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Dasypodidae


Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Family


Species: Black-Tailed Jackrabbit

Genus: Lepus Californicus


Species:  Swamp-Rabbit

Genus: sylvilagus aquaticus


Species: Eastern Cottontail

Genus:sylvilagus floridanus



Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae


Species: Eastern Gray Squirrel

Genus: Sciurus Carolinensis 


Species: Eastern Fox Squirrel 

Genus: Sciurus niger


Species: Southern Flying Squirrel

Genus: Xerospermophilus spilosoma


Species: Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Genus: Ictidomys tridecemlineatus



Species: Eastern Chipmunk

Genus: Tamias Striatus

Family Castoridae

Species: American Beaver

Genus: Castor Canadensis


Family: Heteromyidae

Species: Ord’s Kangaroo Rat

Genus: Dipodomys Ordii


Species:  Hispid Pocket Mouse

Genus: Chaetodipus Hispidus


Family: Geomyidae

Species: Plain Pocket Gopher

Genus: Geomys Bursarius