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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)

Shrew & Moles

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​​Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
• 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)
• House Mouse (Mus musculus)
• Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
• White–footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
• Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
• Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
• Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)

Bats

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• ​​Eastern Pipistrel 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)
  
• House Cat (Felis catus)

Hoofed Mammals

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

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

UPDATED 12/2018

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