40 "LLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY MANUAL 4 



Order RODENTIA 



Family Sciuridae — squirrels 



Marmota monax Woodchuck 



Citellus tridecemlineatus Thirteen-lined ground 



squirrel 



Citellus franklinii Franklin's ground squirrel 



Tam'ias striatus Eastern chipmunk 



Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel 



Sciurus niger Eastern fox squirrel 



Glaucomys volans Southern flying squirrel 



Family Geomyidae — pocket gophers 



Geomys bursarius Plains pocket gopher 



Family Castoridae — beavers 



Castor canadensis Beaver 



Family Cricetidae — native mice and rats 



Reithrodontomys megalotis Western harvest mouse 



Peromyscus maniculatus Deer mouse 



Peromyscus leucopus White-footed mouse 



Peromyscus gossypinus Cotton mouse 



Peromyscus nuttalli Golden mouse 



Oryzomys palustris Rice rat 



Neotoma floridana Eastern wood rat 



Synaptomys cooperi Southern bog lemming 



Microtus pennsylvanicus Meadow vole 



Microtus ochrogaster Prairie vole 



Pitymys pinetorum Pine vole 



Ondatra zibethicus Muskrat 



Family Muridae — Old World mice and rats 



Rattus rattus Roof rat 



Rattus norvegicus Norway rat 



Mus musculus House mouse 



Family Zapodidae — jumping mice 



Zapus hudsonius Meadow jumping mouse 



Order LAGOMORPHA 



Family Leporidae — hares, rabbits 



Lepus towns endii White-tailed jackrabbit 



Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern cottontail 



Sylvilagus aquaticus Swamp rabbit 



