Mammals of Arkansas

A list of mammal species that are known to occur in the state of Arkansas.

Virginia Opossum 1
Didelphis virginiana
Nine-banded Armadillo 2
Dasypus novemcinctus
Swamp Rabbit 3
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Eastern Cottontail 4
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 5
Lepus californicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 6
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 7
Sciurus niger
Southern Flying Squirrel 8
Glaucomys volans
Eastern Chipmunk 9
Tamias striatus
American Beaver 10
Castor canadensis
Baird's Pocket Gopher 11
Geomys breviceps
Coypu 12
Myocastor coypus
Brown Rat 13
Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat 14
Rattus rattus
House Mouse 15
Mus musculus
Prairie Vole 16
Microtus ochrogaster
Woodland Vole 17
Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat 18
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 19
Synaptomys cooperi
Texas Mouse 20
Peromyscus attwateri
White-footed Mouse 21
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 22
Peromyscus maniculatus
Fulvous Harvest Mouse 23
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Eastern Harvest Mouse 24
Reithrodontomys humulis
Western Harvest Mouse 25
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 26
Reithrodontomys montanus
Golden Mouse 27
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Eastern Woodrat 28
Neotoma floridana
Hispid Cotton Rat 29
Sigmodon hispidus
Marsh Rice Rat 30
Oryzomys palustris
Meadow Jumping Mouse 31
Zapus hudsonius
White-tailed Deer 32
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 33
Cervus canadensis
Eastern Red Bat 34
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 35
Lasiurus cinereus
Seminole Bat 17
Lasiurus seminolus
Big Brown Bat 36
Eptesicus fuscus
Evening Bat 37
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 38
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat 39
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 40
Corynorhinus townsendii
Tricolored Bat 41
Perimyotis subflavus
Southeastern Myotis 42
Myotis austroriparius
Gray Bat 43
Myotis grisescens
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 44
Myotis leibii
Northern Myotis 43
Myotis septentrionalis
Indiana Bat 31
Myotis sodalis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 45
Tadarida brasiliensis
American Black Bear 46
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 47
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 48
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 49
Mustela frenata
American Mink 50
Neovison vison
American Badger 51
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 52
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 53
Spilogale putorius
Bobcat 54
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 50
Puma concolor
Coyote 55
Canis latrans
Red Fox 56
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 57
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North American Least Shrew 58
Cryptotis parva
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 59
Blarina carolinensis
Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew 60
Blarina hylophaga
Crawford's Gray Shrew 61
Notiosorex crawfordi
Southeastern Shrew 62
Sorex longirostris
Eastern Mole 63
Scalopus aquaticus

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