Mammals of Arkansas

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

Swamp Rabbit 1
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus californicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 4
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Southern Flying Squirrel 6
Glaucomys volans
Eastern Chipmunk 7
Tamias striatus
American Beaver 8
Castor canadensis
Baird's Pocket Gopher 9
Geomys breviceps
Coypu 10
Myocastor coypus
Brown Rat 11
Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat 12
Rattus rattus
House Mouse 13
Mus musculus
Prairie Vole 14
Microtus ochrogaster
Woodland Vole 15
Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 17
Synaptomys cooperi
Texas Mouse 18
Peromyscus attwateri
White-footed Mouse 19
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 20
Peromyscus maniculatus
Fulvous Harvest Mouse 21
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Eastern Harvest Mouse 22
Reithrodontomys humulis
Western Harvest Mouse 23
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 24
Reithrodontomys montanus
Golden Mouse 25
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Eastern Woodrat 26
Neotoma floridana
Hispid Cotton Rat 27
Sigmodon hispidus
Marsh Rice Rat 28
Oryzomys palustris
Meadow Jumping Mouse 29
Zapus hudsonius

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