List of Mammals Documented in The Dunes
Common Name | Latin Name | Locations | |
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1 | Marsupial | (Order Didelphimorphia) | |
Virginia opossum | Didelphis virginiana | Miller Woods, Dune Park, and Portage Lakefront | |
5 | Insectivores | Order Insectivora | |
Masked shrew | Sorex cinereus | Miller Woods and Portage Lakefront | |
Northern short-tailed shrew | Blarina brevicauda | ||
Least shrew | Cryptotis parva | ||
Eastern mole | Scalopus aquaticus | Millerwoods, and Portage Lakefront | |
short-tailed shrew | Blarina brevicauda | interdunal ponds, the pines, and Portage Lakefront | |
5 | Bats | Order Chiroptera | |
Brown bat | Myotis lucifugus | Portage Lakefront | |
Eastern red bat | Lasiurus borealis | ||
Silver-haired bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans | ||
Big brown bat |
Eptesicus fuscus |
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Red bat | Nycteris borealis | ||
1 | Lagomorphs | Order Lagomorpha | |
Eastern cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
18 | Rodents | Order Rodentia | |
Eastern chipmunk | Tamias striatus | ||
Woodchuck | Marmota monax | ||
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel | Spermophilus tridecemlineatus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Eastern gray squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Eastern fox squirrel | Sciurus niger | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
American red squirrel | Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Southern flying squirrel | Glaucomys volans | ||
American beaver | Castor canadensis | ||
White-footed mouse | Peromyscus leucopus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Northern deer mouse | Peromyscus leucopus noveboracenis | ||
Prairie deer mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii | Portage Lakefront | |
Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | ||
House mouse | Mus musculus | ||
Prairie vole | Microtus ochrogaster | ||
Meadow vole | Microtus pennsylvanicus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Woodland vole | Microtus pinetorum | Portage Lakefront | |
Common muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront | |
Meadow jumping mouse | Zapus hudsonius | ||
9 | Carnivores | Order Carnivora | |
Coyote | Canis latrans | ||
Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | Dunes | |
Common gray fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus | ||
Common raccoon | Procyon lotor | dunes, Millerwoods, and Portage Lakefront | |
Long-tailed weasel | Mustela frenata | Portage Lakefront | |
Least weasel | Mustela nivalis | ||
American mink | Neovison vison | near water, and Portage Lakefront | |
American badger | Taridea taxus | ||
Striped skunk | Mephitis mephitis | Portage Lakefront | |
1 | Artiodactyls | Order Artiodactyla | |
White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | Millerwoods and Portage Lakefront |
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