Mammals of West Virginia

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Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)[edit]

Family Bovidae (cattle, goats and relatives)[edit]

(extirpated) Bison bison (American bison)[edit]

Capra aegagrus hircus (goat) (introduced)[edit]

Family Cervidae (deer)[edit]

(extirpated) Cervus canadensis canadensis (Eastern elk)[edit]

Odocoileus virginianus virginianus (Virginia white-tailed deer)[edit]

Family Suidae (pigs) (introduced)[edit]

Sus scrofa (wild boar) (introduced)[edit]

Sus scrofa domesticus (domestic pig) (introduced)[edit]

Order Carnivora (carnivorans)[edit]

Family Canidae (dogs, wolves and foxes)[edit]

Canis latrans (eastern coyote)[edit]

Canis lupus familiaris (dog) (introduced)[edit]

(extirpated) Canis lupus lycaon (eastern wolf)[edit]

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)[edit]

Vulpes vulpes (red fox)[edit]

Family Felidae (cats)[edit]

Felis catus (cat) (introduced)[edit]

Lynx rufus (bobcat)[edit]

(extirpated) Puma concolor couguar (eastern cougar)[edit]

Family Mephitidae (skunks)[edit]

Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)[edit]

Spilogale putorius (eastern spotted skunk)[edit]

Family Mustelidae (otters, weasels and relatives)[edit]

Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)[edit]

Martes pennanti (fisher)[edit]

Mustela frenata (long-tailed weasel)[edit]

Mustela nivalis (least weasel)[edit]

Neovison vison (American mink)[edit]

Family Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives)[edit]

Procyon lotor (raccoon)[edit]

Family Ursidae (bears)[edit]

Ursus americanus (American black bear)[edit]

Order Chiroptera (bats)[edit]

Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)[edit]

Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)[edit]

Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (Virginia big-eared bat)[edit]

Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)[edit]

Lasionycteris noctivagans (silver-haired bat)[edit]

Lasiurus borealis (eastern red bat)[edit]

Lasiurus cinereus (hoary bat)[edit]

Myotis grisescens (gray bat)[edit]

Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed myotis)[edit]

Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat)[edit]

Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat)[edit]

Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat)[edit]

Nycticeius humeralis (evening bat)[edit]

Perimyotis subflavus (Tricolored bat)[edit]

Order Didelphimorphia (opossums)[edit]

Family Didelphidae (opossums)[edit]

Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)[edit]

Order Eulipotyphla (shrews, moles and relatives)[edit]

Family Soricidae (shrews)[edit]

Blarina brevicauda (Northern short-tailed shrew)[edit]

Cryptotis parva (North American least shrew)[edit]

Sorex cinereus (cinereus shrew)[edit]

Sorex dispar (long-tailed shrew)[edit]

Sorex fumeus (smoky shrew)[edit]

Sorex hoyi (American pygmy shrew)[edit]

Sorex longirostris (southeastern shrew)[edit]

Sorex palustris (American water shrew)[edit]

Family Talpidae (moles)[edit]

Condylura cristata (Star-nosed mole)[edit]

Parascalops breweri (hairy-tailed mole)[edit]

Scalopus aquaticus (eastern mole)[edit]

Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas)[edit]

Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares)[edit]

Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)[edit]

Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)[edit]

Sylvilagus obscurus (Appalachian cottontail)[edit]

Order Rodentia (rodents)[edit]

Family Sciuridae (squirrels)[edit]

Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus (Virginia northern flying squirrel )[edit]

Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel)[edit]

Marmota monax (groundhog)[edit]

Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)[edit]

Sciurus niger (fox squirrel)[edit]

Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)[edit]

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel)[edit]

Family Castoridae (beavers)[edit]

Castor canadensis (North American beaver)[edit]

Family Dipodidae (jumping mice)[edit]

Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse)[edit]

Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse)[edit]

Family Cricetidae (New World mice and rats)[edit]

Microtus chrotorrhinus (rock vole)[edit]

Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)[edit]

Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)[edit]

Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole)[edit]

Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole)[edit]

Neotoma magister (Allegheny woodrat)[edit]

Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse)[edit]

Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)[edit]

Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)[edit]

Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse )[edit]

Reithrodontomys humulis (eastern harvest mouse)[edit]

Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming)[edit]

Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats) (introduced)[edit]

Mus musculus (house mouse) (introduced)[edit]

Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) (introduced)[edit]

Rattus rattus (black rat) (introduced)[edit]

Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)[edit]

Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine)[edit]

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