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Mammals of Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas

Terrestrial species

Marsh Rabbit 1
Sylvilagus palustris
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
New England Cottontail 3
Sylvilagus transitionalis
Swamp Rabbit 4
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Snowshoe Hare 5
Lepus americanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 6
Lepus californicus
Woodchuck 7
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 8
Tamias striatus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 9
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 10
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 11
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 12
Glaucomys volans
Northern Flying Squirrel 13
Glaucomys sabrinus
American Beaver 14
Castor canadensis
Eastern Harvest Mouse 15
Reithrodontomys humulis
Marsh Rice Rat 16
Oryzomys palustris
Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus
White-footed Mouse 17
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 18
Peromyscus maniculatus
Cotton Mouse 19
Peromyscus gossypinus
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 20
Sigmodon hispidus
Southern Red-backed Vole 13
Myodes gapperi
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Woodland Vole
Microtus pinetorum
Rock Vole 21
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Muskrat 22
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Black Rat 23
Rattus rattus
Brown Rat 24
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 25
Mus musculus
Meadow Jumping Mouse 26
Zapus hudsonius
Woodland Jumping Mouse 27
Napaeozapus insignis
Coypu 28
Myocastor coypus

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