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Mammals of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of mammals reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

White-tailed Deer 1
Odocoileus virginianus
Sei Whale 2
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 2
Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale 2
Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale 3
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 4
Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's Beaked Whale 5
Mesoplodon densirostris
Gervais' Beaked Whale 6
Mesoplodon europaeus
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 7
Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whale 8
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 9
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 10
Kogia sima
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 11
Tursiops truncatus
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 2
Stenella attenuata
Clymene Dolphin 2
Stenella clymene
Striped Dolphin 7
Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 12
Stenella frontalis
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin 13
Stenella longirostris
Orca 14
Orcinus orca
Fraser's Dolphin 2
Lagenodelphis hosei
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 12
Delphinus delphis
Risso's Dolphin 12
Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed Dolphin 15
Steno bredanensis
Short-finned Pilot Whale 16
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy Killer Whale 2
Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale 17
Pseudorca crassidens
Melon-headed Whale 18
Peponocephala electra
Southeastern Shrew 19
Sorex longirostris
North American Least Shrew 20
Cryptotis parva
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 21
Blarina carolinensis
Eastern Mole 22
Scalopus aquaticus
Southeastern Myotis 23
Myotis austroriparius
Gray Bat 23
Myotis grisescens
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 24
Myotis leibii
Little Brown Bat 25
Myotis lucifugus
Northern Myotis 23
Myotis septentrionalis
Indiana Bat 23
Myotis sodalis
Eastern Pipistrelle 26
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat 27
Eptesicus fuscus
Eastern Red Bat 28
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 29
Lasiurus cinereus
Northern Yellow Bat 13
Lasiurus intermedius
Seminole Bat 30
Lasiurus seminolus
Evening Bat 31
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 32
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat 33
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 34
Tadarida brasiliensis
American Black Bear 35
Ursus americanus
Florida Black Bear 36
Ursus americanus floridanus
Raccoon 37
Procyon lotor
North American River Otter 38
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 39
Mustela frenata
American Mink 40
Neovison vison
Striped Skunk 41
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 42
Spilogale putorius
Domestic Cat 43
Felis catus
Bobcat 44
Lynx rufus
Domestic Dog 45
Canis familiaris
Coyote 46
Canis latrans
Red Fox 47
Vulpes vulpes
American Red Fox 48
Vulpes vulpes fulvus
Gray Fox 49
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Virginia Opossum 50
Didelphis virginiana
Swamp Rabbit 51
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Eastern Cottontail 52
Sylvilagus floridanus
Appalachian Cottontail 53
Sylvilagus obscurus
Marsh Rabbit 54
Sylvilagus palustris
Human 55
Homo sapiens
American Beaver 56
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 29
Zapus hudsonius
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 6
Geomys pinetis
House Mouse 57
Mus musculus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 58
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 59
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 60
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 61
Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck 62
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 60
Tamias striatus
Prairie Vole 63
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 60
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Pine Vole 64
Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat 65
Ondatra zibethicus
Cotton Mouse 66
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 67
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 68
Peromyscus maniculatus
Oldfield Mouse 63
Peromyscus polionotus
Eastern Harvest Mouse 69
Reithrodontomys humulis
Eastern Woodrat 19
Neotoma floridana
Allegheny Woodrat 70
Neotoma magister
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Marsh Rice Rat 71
Oryzomys palustris
Hispid Cotton Rat 72
Sigmodon hispidus
Nutria 73
Myocastor coypus
Antillean Manatee 74
Trichechus manatus
Nine-banded Armadillo 75
Dasypus novemcinctus

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