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Mammal Identifiation
Mammal identification with common name, scientific name, family, and order
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
04/16/2010

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Virginia Opossum
Definition
Diadelphis virginiana

Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Term
Masked Shrew
Definition
Sorex cinereus

Order: Soricimorpha
Family: Soricidae
Term
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Definition
Blarina brevicauda

Order: Soricimorpha
Family: Soricidae
Term
Eastern Mole
Definition
Scalopus aquaticus

Order: Soricimorpha
Family: Talpidae
Term
Star-nosed Mole
Definition
Condylura cristata

Order: Soricimorpha
Family: Talpidae
Term
Big Brown Bat
Definition
Eptesicus fuscus

Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Term
Eastern Red Bat
Definition
Lasiurus borealis

Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Term
Eastern Cottontail
Definition
Sylvilagus floridanus

Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Term
Woodchuck
Definition
Marmota monax

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Term
Eastern Chipmunk
Definition
Tamias striatus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Term
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Definition
Sciurus carolinensis

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Term
Red Squirrel
Definition
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Term
Southern Flying Squirrel
Definition
Glaucomys volans

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Term
Beaver
Definition
Castor canadensis

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Castoridae
Term
Common Muskrat
Definition
Ondatra zibethicus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Marsh Rice Rat
Definition
Oryzomys palustris

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
White-footed Mouse
Definition
Peromyscus leucopus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Eastern Woodrat
Definition
Neotoma floridana

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Southern Red-backed Vole
Definition
Clethrionomys gapperi

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Meadow Vole
Definition
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Norway Rat
Definition
Rattus norvegicus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
House Mouse
Definition
Mus musculus

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae
Term
Woodland Jumping Mouse
Definition
Napaeozapus insignis

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Dipodidae
Term
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Definition
Zapus hudsonius

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Dipodidae
Term
North American Porcupine
Definition
Erethizon dorsatum

Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricognathi
Family: Erethizontidae
Term
Eastern Coyote
Definition
Canis latrans

Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Term
Red Fox
Definition
Vulpes vulpes

Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Term
Common Gray Fox
Definition
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Term
Black Bear
Definition
Ursus americanus

Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Term
Northern Raccoon
Definition
Procyon lotor

Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Term
Striped Skunk
Definition
Mephitis mephitis

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Term
Long-tailed Weasel
Definition
Mustela frenata

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Term
Northern River Otter
Definition
Lutra canadensis

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Term
Bobcat
Definition
Lynx rufus

Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Term
Harbor Seal
Definition
Phoca vitulina

Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Term
White-tailed Deer
Definition
Odocoileus virginianus

Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae

Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
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