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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.

American Beaver 1
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 2
Zapus hudsonius
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 3
Geomys pinetis
House Mouse 4
Mus musculus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 5
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 6
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 7
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 8
Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck 9
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 7
Tamias striatus
Prairie Vole 10
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 7
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Pine Vole 11
Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat 12
Ondatra zibethicus
Cotton Mouse 13
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 14
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 15
Peromyscus maniculatus
Oldfield Mouse 10
Peromyscus polionotus
Eastern Harvest Mouse 16
Reithrodontomys humulis
Eastern Woodrat 17
Neotoma floridana
Allegheny Woodrat 18
Neotoma magister
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Marsh Rice Rat 19
Oryzomys palustris
Hispid Cotton Rat 20
Sigmodon hispidus
Nutria 21
Myocastor coypus

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