Mammal scientific name

Species to know

  ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA (S) 

  • Didelphiidae 

    • *Didelphis virginiana - Virginia Opossum


  ORDER EULIPOTYPHLA (F) 

  • Talpidae 

    • *Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern Mole 

  • Soricidae

    • *Sorex cinereus - Masked Shrew

    • *Blarina brevicauda - Short-tailed Shrew 

                        *Blarina brevicauda - Short-tailed Shrew 


ORDER CHIROPTERA (O) 

  • Vespertilionidae 

    • *Myotis lucifugus - Little Brown Myotis (Bat) 

    • *Eptesicus fuscus - Big Brown Bat

                        

ORDER CARNIVORA (S) 

  • Ursidae 

    • Ursus americanus - Black Bear 

  • Procyonidae 

    • *Procyon lotor - Raccoon 


  • Mustelidae 

    • *Mustela ermina - Ermine 

    • *Mustela vison - Mink 

    • *Taxidea taxus – Badger 


  •  Mephitidae 

    • *Mephitis mephitis- Striped Skunk 


  • Canidae 

    • *Vulpes vulpes- Red Fox

    •  *Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox

  • Felidae


ORDER RODENTIA 

  • Sciuridae S 

    • *Marmota monax - Woodchuck (Groundhog) F 

    • *Ictidomys (Spermophilus) tridecemlineatus - 13-lined Ground Squirrel F

    • *Poliocitellus (Spermophilus) franklinii – Franklin’s Ground squirrel F

    • *Tamias striatus - Eastern Chipmunk F 

    • *Tamias minimus – Least Chipmunk F 

    • *Tamiasciurus hudsonicus - Red Squirrel F 

    • *Sciurus carolinensis - Gray Squirrel F

  •  Geomyidae (O)

    •  *Geomys bursarius – Plains pocket gopher 


  • Heteromyidae (O) Perognathus flavescens – Plains pocket mouse Perognathus fasciatus – Olive-backed pocket mouse Chaetodipus hispidus – Hispid pocket mouse Dipodomys ordii – Ord’s Kangaroo rat 

  • Castoridae (S) 

    • *Castor canadensis - Beaver 

  • Muridae (O)

  • Cricetidae (O)

    •  *Peromyscus leucopus - White-footed Mouse 

    • *Myodes gapperi - Red-backed Vole 

    • *Microtus pennsylvanicus - Meadow Vole 

    • *Ondatra zibethicus – Muskrat 



  • Zapodidae (O)

    •  *Zapus hudsonius - Meadow Jumping Mouse 


  • Erethizontidae (S) 

    • *Erethizon dorsatum - Porcupine


ORDER LAGOMORPHA (O) 

  • Leporidae 

    • Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail 


ORDER ARTIODACTYLA (S) 

  • Cervidae 

    • *Odocoileus virginianus - White-tailed Deer

  • Antilocapridae

  • Bovidae

    • *Bison bison – Bison