Table 17-1. Mammals Known to Occur Within the Characterization Area. 

 Listed by Order 3 



Marsupialia 



Virginia opossum* 



Insectivora 



Masked shrew 

 Water shrew 

 Smokey shrew 

 Thompson's pygmy shrew 

 Short-tailed shrew 

 Hairy-tailed mole 

 Star-nosed mole 



Chiroptera (Bats) 

 Little brown bat 

 Keen's myotis 

 Small-footed myotis 

 Silver-haired bat 

 Eastern pipistrelle* 

 Big brown bat 

 Red bat 

 Hoary bat 



Lagomorpha (Rabbits and Hares) 

 New England cottontail* 

 Snowshoe hare 



Rodent ia 



Eastern chipmunk 



Woodchuck 



Gray squirrel 



Red squirrel 



Southern flying squirrel 



Northern flying squirrel 



Beaver 



Rodentia (cont.) 

 Deer mouse 

 White-footed mouse 

 Gapper's red-backed vole 

 Meadow vole 

 Pine vole* 

 Muskrat 



Southern bog lemming 

 Norway rat 

 House mouse 

 Meadow jumping mouse 

 Woodland jumping mouse 

 Porcupine 



Carnivora 

 Coyote 

 Red fox 

 Gray fox* 

 Black bear* 

 Raccoon 

 Marten* 

 Fisher* 

 Ermine 



Long -tailed weasel 

 Mink 



Striped skunk 

 River otter 

 Bobcat 



Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates) 

 White-tailed deer 

 Moose 



a Species marked with asterisk (*) are not found in all regions (See 

 table 17-3 ) . 



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