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​  *Federally Threatened Species
**Federally Endangered Species

​  †State Threatened Species
††State Endangered Species

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Mammals of Nachusa Grasslands

Marsupials

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Shrews & Moles

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​​Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus)
• Northern shorttail shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
• Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Rodents

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
• Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 
  (Spermophilus tridecemlineastus
• Franklin's ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii)
• Eastern chipmunk (Tamais striatus)
• Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
• Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
• Beaver (Castor canadensis)
• Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
• Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
• White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)​
• Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
• Prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• House mouse (Mus musculus) NON-NATIVE
• Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)

Bats

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​​Eastern pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus subflavus)
• Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
• Red bat (Lasiurus borealis)

Rabbits

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus)

Carnivores

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
• Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
• Longtail weasel (Mustela frenata)
• Mink (Mustela vison)
• Badger (Taxidea taxus)
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
• Coyote (Canis latrans)
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• Bobcat (Felis rufus)
• [feral] House cat (Felis catus) NON-NATIVE

Hoofed Mammals

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• Whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
• American bison (Bison bison)

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Download Mammals of Nachusa Grasslands

Fauna of Nachusa Database​​

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Mink video by Avery Parmiter

UPDATED 3/2020