Mammals
         

A Note on Capitalization

 

Mammal common names are not capitalized. Some authors capitalize mammal common names, but this is controversial and generally not accepted.

 
         
   

Common Name

Status

 
   

 
   

American bison (Bison bison)

 

American black bear

 

 

 

 

American red squirrel

 

 

 

 

Canadian beaver

 

 

 

 

eastern chipmunk

 

 

 

 

eastern fox squirrel

 

 

 

 

eastern gray squirrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mearns’ cottontail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North American porcupine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

plains pocket gopher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

whitetail deer

 

 

 

 

woodchuck

Profile Photo

American black bear (Ursus americanus americanus)

 
   

American marten (Martes americana)

 
   

American mink (Neovison vison)

 
Profile Photo

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

 
   

arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus)

 
   

bobcat (Lynx rufus)

 
   

Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

 
Profile Photo

Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis)

 
   

coyote (Canis latrans thamnos)

 
  Photo

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

 
  Photo

eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)

 
  Photo

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

 
   

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

 
   

eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)

special concern
   

eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)

threatened
   

elk (Cervus elaphus)

special concern
   

ermine (Mustela erminea)

 
   

fisher (Martes pennanti)

 
   

Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii)

 
   

gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

 
   

gray wolf (Canis lupus)

special concern
   

heather vole (Phenacomys intermedius)

special concern
   

least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)

 
   

least shrew (Cryptotis parva)

special concern
   

least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

special concern
   

long-tailed weasel (long-tailed weasel)

 
   

masked shrew (Sorex cinereus)

 
  Photo

Mearns’ cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi)

 
   

meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)

 
   

meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

 
   

moose (Alces alces)

 
   

mountain lion (Puma concolor)

special concern
   

muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

 
  Photo

North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum)

 
   

northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis)

special concern
   

northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)

 
   

northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)

special concern
   

northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)

special concern
   

northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)

 
   

northern river otter (Lontra canadensis)

 
Profile Photo

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

 
   

plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)

special concern
   

prairie deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)

 
Profile  

prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

special concern
   

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

 
   

Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)

 
   

short-tailed shrew (short-tailed shrew)

 
   

smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus)

special concern
   

snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)

 
   

striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

 
Profile  

thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

 
   

Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

 
   

western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)

 
  Photo

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 
   

white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)

 
   

white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)

 
  Photo

woodchuck (Marmota monax)

 
   

woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)

 
   

woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum)

special concern
   

 

 
         
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