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Glacier Creek Preserve Mammals List

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Glacier Creek Preserve Mammals List

Last Updated: June 23, 2020

ORDER FAMILY SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME

Artiodactyla

Cervidae

Odocoileus virginianus

White‐tailed Deer

Carnivora

Canidae

Canis latrans

Coyote

Carnivora

Canidae

Vulpes vulpes

Red Fox

Carnivora

Mephitidae

Mephitis mephitis

Striped Skunk

Carnivora

Mustelidae

Mustela nivalis

Least weasel

Carnivora

Mustelidae

Mustela vison

American Mink

Carnivora

Mustelidae

Taxidea taxus

American Badger

Carnivora

Procyonidae

Procyon lotor

Northern Raccoon

Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Eptesicus fuscus

Big Brown Bat

Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Lasiurus borealis

Red Bat

Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Lasiurus cinereus

Hoary Bat

Didelphimorphia

Didelphidae

Didelphis virginiana

Virginia Opossum

Insectivora

Soricidae

Blarina brevicauda

Northern Short‐tailed Shrew

Insectivora

Soricidae

Sorex cinereus

Cinereus Shrew

Insectivora

Talpidae

Scalopus aquaticus

Eastern Mole

Lagomorpha

Leporidae

Sylvilagus floridanus

 Eastern Cottontail

Rodentia

Castoridae

Castor canadensis

American Beaver

Rodentia

Cricetidae

Peromyscus leucopus

White‐footed Mouse

Rodentia

Cricetidae

Peromyscus maniculatus

 Deer Mouse

Rodentia

Dipodidae

Zapus hudsonius

Meadow Jumping Mouse

Rodentia

Geomyidae

Geomys bursarius

Plains Pocket Gopher

Rodentia

Heteromyidae

Perognathus flavescens¹

Plains Pocket Mouse

Rodentia

Muridae

Microtus ochrogaster

Prairie Vole

Rodentia

Muridae

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Meadow Vole

Rodentia

Muridae

Mus musculus

House Mouse

Rodentia

Muridae

Ondatra zibethicus

Muskrat

Rodentia

Muridae

Reithrodontomys megalotis

Western Harvest Mouse

Rodentia

Sciuridae

Marmota monax

Woodchuck

Rodentia

 Sciuridae

Sciurus niger

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Rodentia

Sciuridae

Poliocitellus franklinii¹ previously Spermophilus franklinii

Franklin's Ground Squirrel

Rodentia

Sciuridae

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus previously Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Thirteen‐lined Ground Squirrel

¹Plains Pocket Mouse and Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Occurrence source: Vacanti, 1981; Vacanti and Geluso, 1985)

Nomenclature and Distribution Resources:

  1. Booth, E.S. 1982. How to know the mammals. 4th edition.
  2. Bradley, et al. 2014. Revised Checklist of North American Mammals north of Mexico. Museum of Texas Tech University. No. 327.
  3. Geluso, K., and G.D. Wright. 2012. Current Status of the Plains Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavescens) in Eastern Nebraska. Western North American Naturalist, 72(4):554‐562.
  4. Vacanti, P.L. 1981. Effects of controlled burning on small mammal populations of a restored tallgrass prairie. Master’s thesis, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE.
  5. Vacanti, P.L., and K.N. Geluso. 1985. Recolonization of a burned prairie by meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Prairie Naturalist 17:15–22.

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