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Mammal Learn List
ALL PAGE NUMBERS REFER TO THE PETERSON GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA (4th edition), FIONA A. REID (2006)

# Order Family Genus & Species Common Name pg#
1 Marsupialia Didelphidae Didelphis virginiana Common opossum 171
2 Insectivora Soricidae Sorex cinereus Masked shrew + 369
3     Sorex fumeus Smoky shrew 365
4     Sorex dispar Long-tailed shrew 366
5     Sorex palustris Water shrew 364
6     Blarina brevicauda Short-tailed shrew 380
7     Cryptotis parva Least shrew 383
8   Talpidae Parascalops breweri Hairy-tailed mole 387
9     Scalopus aquaticus Eastern mole 388
10     Condylura cristata Star-nosed mole 389
11 (Chiroptera) Vespertilionidae Myotis lucifugus Little brown myotis 403
12     Myotis septentionalis Northern myostis + 408
13     Myotis sodalis Indiana myotis (Social) 404
14     Myotis leibii Small-footed myotis (Lieb's) 401
15     Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired bat 411
16     Pipistrellus subflavus Eastern pipistrelle 413
17     Eptesicus fuscus Big brown bat 414
18     Lasiurus borealis Eastern red bat 416
19     Lasiurus cinereus Hoary bat 418
20     Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafineque's big-eared bat 422
21   Mollossidae Tadarida brasiliensis Mexican free-tail bat 425
22 Xenarthra Dasypodidae Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded armadillo 173
23 Lagomorpha Ochotonidae Ochotona princeps American pika 342
24  
Leporidae 
 Lepus americanus Snowshoe hare + 352
25     Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern cottontail 347
25b.     Sylvilagus obscurus Appalacian cottontail (a) 349
26     Sylvilagus palustris Marsh rabbit 346
27 Rodentia Sciuridae Tamias striatus Eastern chipmunk 209
28     Marmota monax Woodchuck 181
29     Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 197
30     Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel 225
31     Sciurus niger Eastern fox squirrel 227
32     Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red squirrel 231
33     Glaucomys volans Southern flying squirrel 234
34   Geomyidae Geomys pinetis Southeastern pocket gopher 236
35   Castoridae Castor canadensis Beaver 179
36 Rodentia Cricetidae Peromyscus maniculatus Deer mouse + 277
37   (Cricetinae) Peromyscus leucopus White footed mouse 278
38     Peromyscus polionotus Oldfield/beach mouse 276
39     Podomys (formerly Peromyscus) floridanus Florida mouse 284
40     Ochrotomys nuttalli Golden mouse 291
41     Neotoma magister Allegheny woodrat (b) 294
42   (Microtinae) Clethrionomys gapperi Southern red-backed vole 308
43     Microtus pinetorum Woodland/pine vole 322
44     M. pennsylvanicus Meadow vole 313
45     Ondatra zibethicus Muskrat 326
46     Synaptomys cooperi Southern bog lemming 328
47   Muridae Rattus norvegicus Norway rat + 333
48     Mus musculus House mouse + 331
49   Zapodidae Zapus hudsonius Meadow jumping mouse 335
50     Napaeozapus insignis Woodland jumping mouse 334
51   Erethizontidae Erithizon dorsatum Porcupine 338
52 Carnivora Canidae Canis latrans Coyote 439
53     Vulpes vulpes Red fox 447
53     Urocyon cinereoargenteus Gray fox 448
54   Ursidae Ursus americanus Black bear + 450
55   Procyonidae Procyon lotor Racoon 455
56   Mustelidae Mustela erminea Short-tailed weasel 465
57     Mustela frenata Long-tailed weasel 466
58     Mustela nivalis Least weasel 464
59     Mustela vison Mink 467
60     Martes pennanti Fisher 463
61     Taxidea taxus Badger 470
62     Mephitis mephitis Striped skunk 459
63     Spilogale putorius Eastern spotted skunk 459
64     Lontra canadensis River otter 471
65   Felidae Lynx canadensis Canada lynx + 436
66     Lynx rufus Bobcat 435
67   Phocidae Phoca vitulina Harbor seal + 478
68 Artiodactyla Cervidae Cervus elaphus Elk + 490
69     Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer 494
70     Alces alces Moose 497


  All underlined common names have links to American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) Species Accounts. There are no species accounts for some taxa (+).

(a) - Appalacian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) is synonomized with New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) in ASM accounts.

(b) - Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) is synonomized with Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) in ASM accounts.