Mammals of Arkansas

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

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

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