Difference between revisions of "Mammals"
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== Marsupials == | == Marsupials == | ||
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) | Virginia Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) | ||
| + | [[File:Possum.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Virginia Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) © David Malak]] | ||
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== Haires & Rabbits == | == Haires & Rabbits == | ||
* [[Eastern Cottontail]] (Sylvilagus floridanus) | * [[Eastern Cottontail]] (Sylvilagus floridanus) | ||
| + | [[File:Eastern Cottontail.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) - © David Malak]] | ||
* Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) | * Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) | ||
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* White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) | * White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) | ||
* Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) | * Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) | ||
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* Muscrat (Ondatra zibethicus) | * Muscrat (Ondatra zibethicus) | ||
| + | [[File:Muskrat2.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Muscrat (Ondatra zibethicus) © David Malak]] | ||
* Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) | * Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) | ||
* House Mouse(Mus musculus) | * House Mouse(Mus musculus) | ||
Revision as of 02:14, 22 January 2011
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MAMMALS
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Among local mammals are marsupials (Opposum), Moles & Shrews, Bats, Hares & Rabbits, Rodents, Carnivores, and Deer
Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - © David Malak
Contents
Marsupials
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Moles & Shrews
- Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
- Shorttail Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
- Hairytail Mole (Parascalops breweri)
- Starnose Mole (Condylura cristata)
Bats
- Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifungus)
- Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
- Keen Myotis (Myotis keeni)
- Small-footed Myotis (Myotis subulatus)
- Silver-haird Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
- Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflaveus)
- Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
Haires & Rabbits
- Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Rodents
- Eastern Chipmonk (Tamias striatus)
- Woodchuck (Groundhog) (Marmota monax)
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensus)
- Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
- Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
- Beaver (Castor canadensis)
- Deer Mouse (Peromyscus manicultatus)
- White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
- Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
- Muscrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
- House Mouse(Mus musculus)
- Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
- Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
- Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Carnivores
- Coyote (Canus latrans)
- Red Fox (Vulpes fulva)
- Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Shorttail Weasel (Mustela erminea)
- Longtail Weasel (Mustela frenata)
- Mink (Mustela vison)
- Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Hooved Animals
- Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
