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CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF 

 ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. 



Names in brackets indicate that the species has not been taken within our limits; but occurs in 

 nearby localities within a few miles of our state lines. 



Order MARSUPIALIA. 



Suborder POLYPROTODONTIA. 



Family DIDELPHIID^. Opossums, etc. 



Genus DIDELPHIS Linn. 



Didelphis virginiana Kerr. Virginia Opossum. 



Order UNGULATA. 



Suborder ARTIODACTYLA. 



Family CERVIDtE. Deer, Moose, Elk, Caribou, etc. 



Subfamily CERVINE. 



Genus ODOCOILEUS. 



Odocoihus virginianus (Bodd.). Virginia Deer, White-tailed Deer. 



Odocoileus virginianus horealis (Miller). Northern White- tailed Deer. 



Genus CERVUS. 

 Cervus canadensis (Erxleben). American Elk. 



Genus PARALCES. 

 Paralces americanus (Clinton). Moose. 



Genus RANGIFER. 

 Rangifer caribou (Gmel.). Woodland Caribou. 



Family BOVID^E. Bison, Oxen, Sheep, etc. 

 Subfamily BOVINE. 

 Genus BISON. 

 Bison bison (Linn.). American Bison or Buffalo. 



Order GLIRES. 

 Suborder SIMPLICIDENTATA. 

 Family SCIURID^E. Squirrels, Woodchucks, etc. 

 Subfamily PTEROMYIN^. 

 Genus SCIUROPTERUS. 

 Subgenus GLAUCOMYS. 

 Sciuropterus volans (Linn.). Southern Flying Squirrel. 

 Sciuropterus sabrinus (Shaw). Northern Flying Squirrel. 



