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Opossum order and family

Order Marsupialia


Family Didelphidae

Virginia opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Order and Family of shrews

Order Insectivora


Family Soricidae

Cinereus/masked shrew

Sorex cinereus

Southeastern shrew

Sorex longirostris

Water shrew

Sorex palustris

smoky shrew

Sorex fumeus

long-tailed/ rock shrew

Sorex dispar

pygmy shrew

Sorex hoyi

Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Shouthern short-tailed shrew

Blarina carolinensis

Least shrew

Cryptotis parva

Order and family of moles

Order Insectivora


Family Talpidae

Hairy-tailed mole

Parascalops breweri

Eastern mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Star-nosed mole

Condylura cristata

Order and families of bats

Order Chiroptera


Family Vespertilionidae (most bats)


Family Molassidae

little brown bat

Myotis lucifugus

southeastern myotis

Myotis austroriparius

gray myotis (endangered)

Myotis grisescens

Keen's myotis

Myotis keenii

Indiana/social myotis

Myotis sodalis

small-footed myotis

Myotis leibii

silver-haired bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

tricolor bat

Paramyotis subflavus

big brown bat

Eptesicus fuscus

red bat

Lasiurus borealis

seminole bat

Lasiurus seminolus

hoary bat

Lasiurus cinereus

evening bat

Nycticeius humeralis

Rafinesque's big-eared bat

Plecotus rafinesquii

Brazilian free-tailed bat

Family Molassidae




Tadarida brasiliensis

Order and family of armadillos

Order Edentata




Family Dasypodidae

Nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Order and family of rabbits

Order Lagomorpha




Family Leporidae

Eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

New England cottontail

Sylvilagus transitionalis

Swamp rabbit

Sylvilagus aquaticus

Order and family of squirrels, chipmunks, and ground hogs

Order Rodentia




Family Sciuridae

Eastern chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Ground hog

Marmota monax

Gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Fox squirrel

Sciurus niger

Red squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Southern flying squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Northern flying squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus




endangered!

Order and family of beavers

Order Rodentia




Family Castoridae

North American beaver

Castor canadensis

Order and family of most North American mice, rats, voles, and lemmings

Order Rodentia




Family Cricetidae



Marsh rice rat

Oryzomys palustris

Eastern harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys humulis

Fulvous harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys fulvescens

Deer mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

White-footed mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

Cotton mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus

Golden mouse

Ochrotomys nuttalli

Hispid cotton rat

Sigmodon hispidus

Eastern woodrat

Neotoma floridana

Allegheny woodrat

Neotoma magister

Southern red-backed vole

Clethirionomys gapperi

Meadow vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Rock vole

Microtus chrotorrhinus

Prairie vole

Microtus ochrogaster

Woodland vole

Microtus pinetorum

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Southern bog lemming

Synaptomys cooperi

Order and family of introduced mice and rats

Order Rodentia




Family Muridae

Black rat

Rattus rattus (introduced)

Norway rat

Rattus norvegicus (introduced)

House mouse

Mus musculus (introduced)

Order and family of jumping mice

Order Rodentia




Family Zapodidae

Meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonicus

Woodland jumping mouse

Napaeozapus insignis

Order and family of porcupines

Order Rodentia




Family Erethizontidae

Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum




extirpated!

Order and family of nutrias

Order Rodentia




Family Myocastoridae

Nutria

Myocastor coypus




introduced

Order and family of coyotes, wolves, and foxes

Order Carnivora




Family Canidae

Coyote

Canis latrans

Red wolf

Canis rufus




extirpated

Gray wolf

Canis lupus




extirpated

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Gray fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Order and family of bears

Order Carnivora




Family Ursidae

Black bear

Ursus americanus

Order and family of raccoons

Order Carnivora




Family Procyonidae

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Ring-tailed rat

Nasua nasua




also called a nasua

Order and family of family of weasels, minks, skunks, and otters

Order Carnivora




Family Mustelidae

Fisher

Martes pennanti




extirpated then reintroduced

Least weasel

Mustela nivalis

Long-tailed weasel

Mustela frenata

Mink

Mustela vison

Eastern spotted skunk

Spilogale putorius

Striped skunk

Mephitis mephitis

River otter

Lutra canadensis

Order and family of cats

Order Carnivora




Family Felidae

Mountain lion

Felis concolor




extirpated

House cat

Felis silvestris catus

Bobcat

Felis rufus

Order and family of pigs

Order Artiodactyla




Family Suidae

Wild pig

Sus scrofa




introduced

Order and family of elk and deer

Order Artiodactyla




Family Cervidae

Wapiti (elk)

Cervus elaphus




extirpated then reintroduced

Fallow deer

Cervus dama




introduced

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Order and family of cows, goats, sheep, and antellope

Order Artiodactyla




Family Bovidae

Bison

Bison bison




extirpated