Mammals of Rice Creek Field Station


Compiled by A. P. Nelson



DIDELPHIMORPHIA

  Didelphidae

Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)


INSECTIVORA


   Soricidae

Masked Shrew (Sore§ cinereus)

Smokey Shrew (Sore§ fumeus)

Shorttail Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)


   Talpidae

Starnose Mole (Condylura cristata)

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)

Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)

Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)

Small-footed Bat (Myhotis subulatus)

Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)


LAGOMORPHA


   Leporidae

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)


RODENTIA


   Castoridae

Beaver (Castor canadensis)


   Dipodidae

Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zappus hudsonius)


   Muridae


     Arvicolinae

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethica)

Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)


     Murinae

Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)


     Sigmodontinae

White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)


Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)


   Sciuridae

Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)

Woodchuck (Marmota mona§)

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)


CARNIVORA


   Canidae

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)


   Procyonidae

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


   Mustelidae

Northern River Otter (Lutra canadensis)

Shorttail Weasel (Mustela ermina)

Longtail Weasel (Mustela frenata)

Mink (Mustela vison)


   Mephitidae

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)


ARTIODACTYLA


   Cervidae

Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)