Mammals of West Virginia

Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

Family Bovidae (cattle, goats and relatives)

(extirpated) Bison bison (American bison)

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Capra aegagrus hircus (goat) (introduced)

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Family Cervidae (deer)

(extirpated) Cervus canadensis canadensis (Eastern elk)

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Odocoileus virginianus virginianus (Virginia white-tailed deer)

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Family Suidae (pigs) (introduced)

Sus scrofa (wild boar) (introduced)

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Sus scrofa domesticus (domestic pig) (introduced)

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Order Carnivora (carnivorans)

Family Canidae (dogs, wolves and foxes)

Canis latrans (eastern coyote)

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Canis lupus familiaris (dog) (introduced)

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(extirpated) Canis lupus lycaon (eastern wolf)

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)

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Vulpes vulpes (red fox)

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Family Felidae (cats)

Felis catus (cat) (introduced)

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Lynx rufus (bobcat)

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(extirpated) Puma concolor couguar (eastern cougar)

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Family Mephitidae (skunks)

Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)

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Spilogale putorius (eastern spotted skunk)

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Family Mustelidae (otters, weasels and relatives)

Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)

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Martes pennanti (fisher)

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Mustela frenata (long-tailed weasel)

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Mustela nivalis (least weasel)

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Neovison vison (American mink)

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Family Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives)

Procyon lotor (raccoon)

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Family Ursidae (bears)

Ursus americanus (American black bear)

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Order Chiroptera (bats)

Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)

Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)

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Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (Virginia big-eared bat)

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Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)

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Lasionycteris noctivagans (silver-haired bat)

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Lasiurus borealis (eastern red bat)

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Lasiurus cinereus (hoary bat)

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Myotis grisescens (gray bat)

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Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed myotis)

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Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat)

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Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat)

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Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat)

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Nycticeius humeralis (evening bat)

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Perimyotis subflavus (Tricolored bat)

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Order Didelphimorphia (opossums)

Family Didelphidae (opossums)

Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)

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Order Eulipotyphla (shrews, moles and relatives)

Family Soricidae (shrews)

Blarina brevicauda (Northern short-tailed shrew)

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Cryptotis parva (North American least shrew)

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Sorex cinereus (cinereus shrew)

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Sorex fumeus (smoky shrew)

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Sorex longirostris (southeastern shrew)

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Sorex palustris (American water shrew)

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Family Talpidae (moles)

Condylura cristata (Star-nosed mole)

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Parascalops breweri (hairy-tailed mole)

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Scalopus aquaticus (eastern mole)

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Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas)

Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares)

Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)

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Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)

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Sylvilagus obscurus (Appalachian cottontail)

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Order Rodentia (rodents)

Family Sciuridae (squirrels)

Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus (Virginia northern flying squirrel )

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Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel)

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Marmota monax (groundhog)

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Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)

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Sciurus niger (fox squirrel)

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Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)

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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel)

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Family Castoridae (beavers)

Castor canadensis (North American beaver)

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Family Dipodidae (jumping mice)

Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse)

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Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse)

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Family Cricetidae (New World mice and rats)

Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)

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Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)

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Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole)

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Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole)

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Neotoma magister (Allegheny woodrat)

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Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)

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Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)

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Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse )

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Reithrodontomys humulis (eastern harvest mouse)

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Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming)

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Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats) (introduced)

Mus musculus (house mouse) (introduced)

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Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) (introduced)

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Rattus rattus (black rat) (introduced)

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Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)

Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine)

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