List of Mammals Documented in The Dunes
| Common Name | Latin Name | Locations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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