Mammals

A list of the Mammals (present and recent) of the Edwin S. George Reserve


Marsupialia

Didelphidae

  • Opossum,   Didelphis virginiana

Insectivora

Talpidae

  • Prairie Mole,   Scalopus aquaticus
  • Star-nosed Mole,   Condylura cristata

Soricidae

  • Masked Shrew,   Sorex cinereus
  • Least Shrew,   Cryptotis parva
  • Short-tailed Shrew,   Blarina brevicauda

Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

  • Red Bat,   Lasiurus borealis
  • Silver-haired Bat,   Lasionycteris noctivagans
  • Big Brown Bat,   Eptesicus fuscus
  • Little Brown Bat,  Myotis lucifugus *
  • Keen Bat,  Myotis septentrionalis *
  • Indiana Bat, Myosotis sodalis
  • Hoary Bat,   Lasiurus cinereus *

*Bats from Livingston Co. or surrounding Cos. and expected on E.S.G.R.

Carnivora

Procyonidae

  • Raccoon,   Procyon lotor lotor

Mustelidae

  • Ermine, Mustela erminea (maybe)
  • Long-tailed Weasel,   Mustela frenata
  • Least Weasel,   Mustela nivalis
  • Mink,   Mustela vison
  • Striped Skunk,   Mephitis mephitis
  • Badger,   Taxidea taxus

Canidae

  • Coyote, Canis latrans
  • Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  • Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes

Felidae

  • Bobcat, Felis rufus (1952)

Muridae

Sigmodontinae

  • Deer Mouse,   Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii
  • White-footed Mouse,   Peromyscus leucopus

Arvicolinae

  • Bog Lemming,   Synaptomys cooperi
  • Meadow Vole,   Microtus pennsylvanicus
  • Pine Vole,   Pitymys pinetorum
  • Muskrat,   Ondatra zibethica

Murinae

  • House Mouse,   Mus musculus
  • Norway Rat, Rattus norvegicus

Sciuridae

  • Easten Chipmunk, Tamias striatus
  • Woodchuck, Marmota monax
  • 13-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecimlineatus
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger
  • Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  • Southern Flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans

Dipodidae

  • Meadow Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius

Lagomorpha

Leporidae

  • Cottontail,   Sylvilagus floridanus

Artiodactyla

Cervidae

  • White-tailed Deer,   Odocoileus virginianus