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Wildlife Species Information: Mammals

PhotoCommon NameScientific NameCommon Family Name
An image of Allegheny woodratAllegheny woodratNeotoma magister (Muridae)
American water shrewSorex palustris
Appalachian cottontailSylvilagus obscurus (Leporidae)
ashen masked shrewSorex cinereus cinereus
beaverCastor canadensis
An image of Big Brown BatBig Brown BatEptesicus fuscus
Black BearUrsus americanus americanus
black ratRattus rattus (Muridae)
black-tailed jackrabbitLepus californicus (Leporidae)
bobcatLynx rufus rufus
An image of Brazilian Free-tailed BatBrazilian Free-tailed BatTadarida brasiliensis
Carolina beaverCastor canadensis carolinensis
Carolina Gapper’s red-backed voleClethrionomys gapperi carolinensis
Carolina northern flying squirrelGlaucomys sabrinus coloratus
coastal Gapper’s red-backed voleClethrionomys gapperi maurus
An image of common eastern chipmunkcommon eastern chipmunkTamias striatus striatus (Sciuridae)
common Gapper’s red-backed voleClethrionomys gapperi gapperi
common golden mouseOchrotomys nuttalli aureolus
common minkMustela vison mink (Mustelidae)
common muskratOndatra zibethicus zibethicus
common pine voleMicrotus pinetorum pinetorum
common white-footed mousePeromyscus leucopus leucopus
cotton mousePeromyscus gossypinus gossypinus
An image of coyotecoyoteCanis latrans (Canidae)
dark meadow voleMicrotus pennsylvanicus nigrans (Cricetidae)
deer mousePeromyscus maniculatus nubiterre
Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrelSciurus niger cinereus
Dismal Swamp short-tailed shrewBlarina brevicauda telmalestes
Dismal Swamp southeastern shrewSorex longisrostris fisheri (Soricidae)
An image of eastern cottontaileastern cottontailSylvilagus floridanus mallurus (Leporidae)
eastern cougar (puma)Puma (=Felis) concolor cougar (Felidae)
eastern gray foxUrocyon cinereoargenteneus cinereoargenteneus
eastern harvest mouseReithrodontomys humulis humulis
eastern harvest mouseReithrodontomys humulis virginianus
eastern moleScalopus aquaticus aquaticus
An image of eastern pipistrelle (Tri-colored bat)eastern pipistrelle (Tri-colored bat)Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus (Vespertilionidae)
An image of Eastern Red BatEastern Red BatLasiurus borealis
An image of Eastern Small-footed BatEastern Small-footed BatMyotis leibii
eastern small-footed myotisMyotis leibii
An image of Eastern Spotted SkunkEastern Spotted SkunkSpilogale putorius putorius (Mephitidae)
An image of ElkElkCervus canadensis (Cervidae)
An image of Evening BatEvening BatNycticeius humeralis
fisherMartes pennanti pennanti (Mustelidae)
Fisher’s eastern chipmunkTamias striatus fisheri (Sciuridae)
An image of Florida bobcatFlorida bobcatLynx rufus floridanus (Felidae)
fox squirrelSciurus niger vulpinus (Sciuridae)
An image of Gray BatGray BatMyotis grisescens
An image of gray squirrelgray squirrelSciurus carolinensis carolinensis (Sciuridae)
gray wolfCanis lupus (Canidae)
hairy-tailed moleParascolops breweri (Talpidae)
hispid cotton ratSigmodon hispidus virginianus
An image of Hoary BatHoary BatLasiurus cinereus
house mouseMus musculus musculus (Cricetidae)
Howell’s eastern moleScalopus aquaticus howelli (Talpidae)
An image of Indiana BatIndiana BatMyotis sodalis
Kirtland’s short-tailed shrewBlarina brevicauda kirtlandi (Soricidae)
large-toothed muskratOndatra zibethicus macrodon
least shrewCryptotis parva parva (Soricidae)
least weaselMustela nivalis allegheniensis (Mustelidae)
Lewis’ golden mouseOchrotomys nuttalli nuttalli (Cricetidae)
An image of Little Brown BatLittle Brown BatMyotis lucifugus
long-tailed (=rock) shrewSorex dispar dispar
long-tailed weaselMustela frenata noveboracensis (Mustelidae)
marsh rabbitSylvilagus palustris palustris (Leporidae)
marsh rice ratOryzomys palustris palustris
masked shrewSorex cinereus fontinalis
meadow jumping mouseZapus hudsonius americanus
meadow voleMicrotus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus
Mearn’s eastern cottontailSylvilagus floridanus mearnsii (Leporidae)
northern gray squirrelSciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus (Sciuridae)
An image of Northern Long eared batNorthern Long eared batMyotis septentrionalis septentrionalis (Vespertilionidae)
An image of Northern Long-eared BatNorthern Long-eared BatMyotis septentrionalis
An image of northern river otternorthern river otterLontra canadensis laxatina (Mustelidae)
northern white-footed mousePeromyscus leucopus noveboracensis
An image of Northern Yellow BatNorthern Yellow BatLasiurus intermedius
Norway ratRattus norvegicus norvegicus
nothern short-tailed shrewBlarina brevicauda churchi (Soricidae)
nutriaMyocastor coypus
pine voleMicrotus pinetorum scalapsoides
pine voleMicrotus pinetorum carbonarius (Cricetidae)
porcupineErithizon dorsatum dorsatum
prairie deer mousePeromyscus maniculatus bairdii (Cricetidae)
Pungo white-footed mousePeromyscus leucopus easti (Cricetidae)
pygmy shrewSorex hoyi winnemana (Soricidae)
An image of raccoonraccoonProcyon lotor lotor (Procyonidae)
An image of raccoonraccoonProcyon lotor martitimus (Procyonidae)
An image of Rafinesque’s Big-eared BatRafinesque’s Big-eared BatCorynorhinus rafinesquii
An image of Red foxRed foxVulpes vulpes fulva (Canidae)
An image of red squirrelred squirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus abieticola (Sciuridae)
reddish fox squirrelSciurus niger rufiventer (Sciuridae)
rock voleMicrotus chrotorrhinus (Cricetidae)
An image of Seminole BatSeminole BatLasiurus seminolus
sika deerCervus nippon nippon (Cervidae)
An image of Silver-haired BatSilver-haired BatLasionycteris noctivagans
Smith’s island cottontailSylvilagus floridanus hitchensis (Leporidae)
smoky shrewSorex fumeus fumeus
snowshoe hareLepus americanus virginianus (Leporidae)
snowshoe hareLepus americanus
An image of Southeastern BatSoutheastern BatMyotis austroriparius
southeastern fox squirrelSciurus niger niger
An image of southeastern myotissoutheastern myotisMyotis austroriparius (Vespertilionidae)
southeastern shrewSorex longirostris longirostris (Soricidae)
southern bog lemmingSynaptomys cooperi helaletes (Cricetidae)
southern flying squirrelGlaucomys volans volans
southern flying squirrelGlaucomys volans saturatus (Sciuridae)
southern short-tailed shrewBlarina carilonensis carilonensis (Soricidae)
southwestern minkMustela vison vison (Mustelidae)
star-nosed moleCondylura cristata cristata
star-nosed moleCondylura cristata parva (Talpidae)
Stone’s southern bog lemmingSynaptomys cooperi stonei (Cricetidae)
striped skunkMephitis mephitis nigra (Mephitidae)
striped skunkMephitis mephitis mephitis (Mephitidae)
talkative red squirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus loquax (Sciuridae)
An image of Tri-colored BatTri-colored BatPerimyotis subflavus
An image of Virginia Big-eared BatVirginia Big-eared BatCorynorhinus townsendii virginianus
Virginia northern flying squirrelGlaucomys sabrinus fuscus
Virginia opossumDidelphis virginiana virginiana
An image of white-tailed deerwhite-tailed deerOdocoileus virginianus (Cervidae)
woodchuck (Groundhog)Marmota monax monax (Sciuridae)
woodland jumping mouseNapaeozapus insignis roanensis
woodland jumping mouseNapaeozapus insignis insignis (Zapodidae)