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Local animals in this group:
bats
bears, cats, wolves, weasels, and relatives
even-toed ungulates
marsupials
moles and desmans
rabbits, hares, and pikas
rodents
shrews
tenrecs and golden moles
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Mammals
Mammalia
Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
Phylum Chordata (chordates)
Class
Mammalia
(mammals)
Order
Afrosoricida
(tenrecs and golden moles)
Order
Carnivora
(bears, cats, wolves, weasels, and relatives)
Family
Canidae
(wolves, foxes, and relatives)
Species
Canis latrans
(coyote)
Species
Canis lupus
(gray wolf)
Subspecies
Canis lupus familiaris
(dog)
Species
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(gray fox)
Species
Vulpes vulpes
(red fox)
Family
Mephitidae
(skunks)
Species
Mephitis mephitis
(striped skunk)
Family
Mustelidae
(weasels, badgers, and relatives)
Subfamily
Lutrinae
(otters)
Species
Lontra canadensis
(North American river otter)
Species
Martes americana
(American marten)
Species
Martes pennanti
(fisher)
Species
Mustela erminea
(ermine)
Species
Mustela frenata
(long-tailed weasel)
Species
Mustela nivalis
(least weasel)
Species
Neovison vison
(American mink)
Species
Taxidea taxus
(American badger)
Family
Procyonidae
(raccoons)
Species
Procyon lotor
(raccoon)
Family
Ursidae
(bears)
Species
Ursus americanus
(American black bear)
Species
Ursus arctos
(brown bear)
Family
Felidae
(cats)
Species
Felis silvestris
(domestic cat)
Species
Lynx canadensis
(Canada lynx)
Species
Lynx rufus
(bobcat)
Species
Puma concolor
(mountain lion, puma, cougar)
Order
Artiodactyla
(even-toed ungulates)
Family
Bovidae
(cattle, sheep, goats, and relatives)
Family
Cervidae
(deer)
Species
Alces alces
(Eurasian elk)
Species
Odocoileus virginianus
(white-tailed deer)
Species
Rangifer tarandus
(caribou, reindeer)
Species
Cervus elaphus
(elk, wapiti)
Order
Chiroptera
(bats)
Family
Vespertilionidae
(vesper bats)
Species
Lasionycteris noctivagans
(silver-haired bat)
Species
Myotis lucifugus
(little brown bat)
Species
Myotis septentrionalis
(northern bat)
Species
Myotis sodalis
(Indiana bat)
Species
Eptesicus fuscus
(big brown bat)
Species
Lasiurus borealis
(red bat)
Species
Lasiurus cinereus
(hoary bat)
Species
Nycticeius humeralis
(evening bat)
Species
Pipistrellus subflavus
(eastern pipistrelle)
Order
Lagomorpha
(rabbits, hares, and pikas)
Family
Leporidae
(rabbits and hares)
Species
Lepus americanus
(snowshoe hare)
Species
Sylvilagus floridanus
(eastern cottontail)
Order
Rodentia
(rodents)
Suborder
Castorimorpha
(beavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, and relatives)
Family
Castoridae
(beavers)
Species
Castor canadensis
(American beaver)
Suborder
Hystricomorpha
(hystricognath rodents)
Family
Erethizontidae
(New World porcupines)
Species
Erethizon dorsatum
(North American porcupine)
Suborder
Myomorpha
(mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
Family
Dipodidae
(jumping mice and their relatives)
Species
Napaeozapus insignis
(woodland jumping mouse)
Species
Zapus hudsonius
(meadow jumping mouse)
Family
Cricetidae
(New World mice and woodrats, voles, hamsters, and their relatives)
Subfamily
Arvicolinae
(voles and lemmings)
Species
Microtus ochrogaster
(prairie vole)
Species
Microtus pennsylvanicus
(meadow vole)
Species
Microtus pinetorum
(woodland vole)
Species
Myodes gapperi
(southern red-backed vole)
Species
Ondatra zibethicus
(muskrat)
Species
Synaptomys cooperi
(southern bog lemming)
Subfamily
Neotominae
(deer mice, woodrats, and relatives)
Species
Peromyscus leucopus
(white-footed mouse)
Species
Peromyscus maniculatus
(deer mouse)
Family
Muridae
(Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
Species
Mus musculus
(house mice)
Species
Rattus norvegicus
(norway rat)
Species
Rattus norvegicus
(norway rat)
Suborder
Sciuromorpha
(squirrels and relatives)
Family
Sciuridae
(squirrels)
Species
Glaucomys sabrinus
(northern flying squirrel)
Species
Glaucomys volans
(southern flying squirrel)
Species
Sciurus carolinensis
(eastern grey squirrel)
Species
Sciurus niger
(fox squirrel)
Species
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(red squirrel)
Species
Marmota monax
(woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig)
Species
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(thirteen-lined ground squirrel)
Species
Tamias minimus
(least chipmunk)
Species
Tamias striatus
(eastern chipmunk)
Family
Soricidae
(shrews)
Species
Blarina brevicauda
(northern short-tailed shrew)
Species
Cryptotis parva
(least shrew)
Species
Sorex arcticus
(Arctic shrew)
Species
Sorex cinereus
(masked shrew)
Species
Sorex fumeus
(smoky shrew)
Species
Sorex hoyi
(pygmy shrew)
Species
Sorex palustris
(water shrew)
Family
Talpidae
(moles and desmans)
Species
Condylura cristata
(star-nosed mole)
Species
Scalopus aquaticus
(eastern mole)
Order
Didelphimorphia
(marsupials)
Family
Didelphidae
(American opossums)
Species
Didelphis virginiana
(virginia opossum)