Watershed Field Guide: Mammals

PHOTO  COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
Big Brown Bat Bat, big brown Eptesicus fuscus
Bat, little brown Myotis lucifugus
Red Bat Bat, red Lasiurus borealis
Chipmunk, eastern Tamias striatus
Deer, white-tailed Dama virginiana
Fox, red Vulpes fulva
Mole, common Scalopus aquaticus
Mole, hairy-tailed Parascalops breweri
Mole, star-nosed Condylura cristata
Mouse, deer Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii
Mouse, house Mus musculus
Mouse, meadow jumping Zapua hudsonius
Mouse, white-footed Peromyscus leucopus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Rabbit, eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridans
  Raccoon Procyon lotor
  Rat, Norway Rattus norvegicus
  Shrew, masked Sorex cinereus
  Shrew, short-tailed Blarina breicauda
  Skunk Mephistis mephisis
  Squirrel, fox Sciurus niger
  Squirrel, flying Glaucomys volans
  Squirrel, gray Sciurus carolinensis
  Squirrel, red Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  Vole, meadow Microtus pennsylvanicus
  Weasel, New York Nustela frenata novaboracensis
  Woodchuck Marmota monax
Photographs courtesy of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources