Mammal List

Marsupials - Order Marsupialia

Opossums - Family Didelphidae: Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) Status: Rare

Shrews - Family Soricidae: Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus) Status: Abundant; Shorttail Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) Status: Possible
Moles - Family Talpidae: Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) Status: Common

Bats - Family Vespertilionidae: Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) Status: Rare; Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Status: Possible; Keen Bat (Myotis keeni) Status: Possible; Small-footed Bat (Myotis subulatus) Status: Possible; Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivangans) Status: Possible; Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Status: Possible; Hoary Bat (Lariurus cinereus) Status: Rare; Small-footed myotis (Myotis lucifugus) Status: ????

Bears -Family Ursidae: Plains Grizzley (Ursus horribilis) Status: Extirpated
Racoons -Family Procyonidae: Racoon (Procyon lotor) Status: Common
Weasels and Skunks -Family Musielidae: Least Weasel (Mustela rixosa) Status: Rare; Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) Status: Common; Mink (Mustela vison) Status: Rare; Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) Status: Extirpated; River Otter (Lutra canadensis) Status: Possible; Badger (Taxidea taxus) Status: Uncommon; Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putoris) Status: Uncommon; Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitus) Status: Uncommon
Dogs -Family Canidae: Coyote (Canis latrans) Status: Abundant; Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Status: Possible; Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Status: Rare; Plains Wolf (Canis lupus) Status: Extirpated
Cats -Family Felidae: Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Status: Rare

Squirrels -Family Scuridae: Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) Status: Rare; Eastern Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) Status: Possible; Black-tailed Praire Dog (Cynomys ludovidicianus) Status: Extirpated
Pocket Gophers -Family Geomyidae: Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomyus bursarius) Status: Abundant
Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Mice and Rats -Family Heteromyidae: Plains Pocket Mouse (Peroganthus favescens) Status: Abundant; Silky Pocket Mouse (Peroganthus flavus) Status: Abundant; Hispid Pocket Mouse (Peroganthus hispidus) Status: Possible; Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) Status: Abundant
Beaver -Family Castoridae: Beaver (Castor canadensis) Status: Possible
Mice, Rats, and Voles -Family Cricetidae: Plains Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomyus montanus) Status: Uncommon; Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomyus megalotis) Status: Uncommon; Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) Status: Abundant; Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) Status: Uncommon; Bushytail Wood Rat (Neotoma cinerea) Status: Rare; Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Status: Abundant; Praire Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) Status: Uncommon; Muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) Status: Abundant; White-footed Mouse (Peromuscus leucopus) Status: Possible
Jumping Mice -Family Zapodidae: Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus Hudsonius) Status: Common
Porcupine -Family Erethizontidae: Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Status: Uncommon

Hares and Rabbits -Family Leporidae: Whitetail Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendi) Status: Common; Blacktail Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) Status: Common; Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Status: Common; Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni) Status: Possible

Deer -Family Cervidae: Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Status: Abundant; Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Status: Abundant; Elk (Cervus canadensis) Status: Extirpated
Bison -Family Bovidae: Bison (Bison bison) Status: Extirpated
Pronghorn -Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Status: Uncommon

Last updated: November 2, 2008