Mammals
Mammals found at the Tulula Wetlands
through June 2000
(1) Captured by pitfall trap.
(2) Captured by Sherman live-trap.
(3) Visual Observation.
(4) Tracks.
(5) Other signs of activity
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Family Diadelphidae (opossums) |
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Opossum (4) |
Didelphis marsupialis |
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Family Soricidae (shrews) |
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Masked Shrew (1) |
Sorex cinerus |
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Smoky Shrew (1) |
Sorex fumeus |
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Short-tailed Shrew (1) |
Blarina brevicauda |
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Family Talpidae (moles) |
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Hairytail Mole (1) |
Parascalops breweri |
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Family Vespertilionidae (bats) |
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Little Brown Myotis |
Myotis lucifugus |
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Keen's bat |
Myotis keenii |
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Eastern Pipistrelle |
Pipestrellus subflavus |
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Big Brown Bat |
Eptesicus fuscus |
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Red Bat |
Lasiurus borealis |
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Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares) |
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Eastern Cottontail (3) |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
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Family Sciuridae (squirrels and chipmunks) |
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (3) |
Sciurus carolinensis |
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Eastern Chipmunk (3) |
Tamias striatus |
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Woodchuck (3) |
Marmota monax |
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Southern Flying Squirrel (1) |
Glaucomys volans |
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Family Castoridae |
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Beaver (3) |
Castor canadensis |
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Family Cricetidae (new world rats and mice) |
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White-footed Mouse (1, 2) |
Peromyscus leucopus |
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Golden Mouse (1, 2) |
Peromyscus nuttalli |
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Meadow Vole (1) |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
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Pine Vole (1) |
Pitymys pinetorum |
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Muskrat (3, 5) |
Ondatra zibethicus |
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Family Zapodidae (jumping mice) |
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Meadow Jumping Mouse (1) |
Zapus hudsonius |
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Woodland Jumping Mouse (2) |
Napaeozapus insignis |
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Family Ursidae (bears) |
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Black Bear (3,4) |
Ursus americanus |
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Family Mustelidae (weasels, skunks, badgers, etc.) |
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Mink (3) |
Mustela vison |
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Family Procyonidae (raccoons, ringtail, coati) |
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Raccoon (4, 5) |
Procyon lotor |
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Family Cervidae (deer, elk, etc.) |
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White-tailed Deer (3) |
Odocoileus virginianus |
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Family Suidae (old world swine) |
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Wild Boar (5) |
Sus scrofa |
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Family Felidae (cats) |
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Bobcat (3) |
Lynx rufus |
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