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Mammals
Mammals of Rice Creek Field Station
Compiled by A. P. Nelson

 

DIDELPHIMORPHIA

   Didelphidae

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Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

INSECTIVORA

   Soricidae

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Masked Shrew (Sore§ cinereus)

Smokey Shrew (Sore§ fumeus)

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Shorttail Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

   Talpidae

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Starnose Mole (Condylura cristata)

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Hairytail Mole (Parascalops breweri)

CHIROPTERA

   Vespertilionidae

Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)

Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)

Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)

Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)

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Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)

Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)

Small-footed Bat (Myhotis subulatus)

Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)

LAGOMORPHA

   Leporidae

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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

RODENTIA

   Castoridae

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Beaver (Castor canadensis)

   Dipodidae

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Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zappus hudsonius)

   Muridae

     Arvicolinae

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Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

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Muskrat (Ondatra zibethica)

Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)

     Murinae

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Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

     Sigmodontinae

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White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)

Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)

   Sciuridae

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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)

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Woodchuck (Marmota mona§)

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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

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Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

CARNIVORA

   Canidae

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Coyote (Canis latrans)

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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

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Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

   Procyonidae

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Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

   Mustelidae

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Northern River Otter (Lutra canadensis)

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Shorttail Weasel (Mustela ermina)

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Longtail Weasel (Mustela frenata)

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Mink (Mustela vison)

   Mephitidae

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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

ARTIODACTYLA

   Cervidae

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Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 Last Updated: 7/9/07