Mammals of West Virginia

Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) edit

Family Bovidae (cattle, goats and relatives) edit

(extirpated) Bison bison (American bison) edit

Capra aegagrus hircus (goat) (introduced) edit

Family Cervidae (deer) edit

(extirpated) Cervus canadensis canadensis (Eastern elk) edit

Odocoileus virginianus virginianus (Virginia white-tailed deer) edit

Family Suidae (pigs) (introduced) edit

Sus scrofa (wild boar) (introduced) edit

Sus scrofa domesticus (domestic pig) (introduced) edit

Order Carnivora (carnivorans) edit

Family Canidae (dogs, wolves and foxes) edit

Canis latrans (eastern coyote) edit

Canis lupus familiaris (dog) (introduced) edit

(extirpated) Canis lupus lycaon (eastern wolf) edit

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) edit

Vulpes vulpes (red fox) edit

Family Felidae (cats) edit

Felis catus (cat) (introduced) edit

Lynx rufus (bobcat) edit

(extirpated) Puma concolor couguar (eastern cougar) edit

Family Mephitidae (skunks) edit

Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk) edit

Spilogale putorius (eastern spotted skunk) edit

Family Mustelidae (otters, weasels and relatives) edit

Lontra canadensis (North American river otter) edit

Martes pennanti (fisher) edit

Mustela frenata (long-tailed weasel) edit

Mustela nivalis (least weasel) edit

Neovison vison (American mink) edit

Family Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives) edit

Procyon lotor (raccoon) edit

Family Ursidae (bears) edit

Ursus americanus (American black bear) edit

Order Chiroptera (bats) edit

Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats) edit

Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat) edit

Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (Virginia big-eared bat) edit

Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat) edit

Lasionycteris noctivagans (silver-haired bat) edit

Lasiurus borealis (eastern red bat) edit

Lasiurus cinereus (hoary bat) edit

Myotis grisescens (gray bat) edit

Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed myotis) edit

Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat) edit

Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat) edit

Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) edit

Nycticeius humeralis (evening bat) edit

Perimyotis subflavus (Tricolored bat) edit

Order Didelphimorphia (opossums) edit

Family Didelphidae (opossums) edit

Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) edit

Order Eulipotyphla (shrews, moles and relatives) edit

Family Soricidae (shrews) edit

Blarina brevicauda (Northern short-tailed shrew) edit

Cryptotis parva (North American least shrew) edit

Sorex cinereus (cinereus shrew) edit

Sorex dispar (long-tailed shrew) edit

Sorex fumeus (smoky shrew) edit

Sorex hoyi (American pygmy shrew) edit

Sorex longirostris (southeastern shrew) edit

Sorex palustris (American water shrew) edit

Family Talpidae (moles) edit

Condylura cristata (Star-nosed mole) edit

Parascalops breweri (hairy-tailed mole) edit

Scalopus aquaticus (eastern mole) edit

Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas) edit

Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares) edit

Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) edit

Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare) edit

Sylvilagus obscurus (Appalachian cottontail) edit

Order Rodentia (rodents) edit

Family Sciuridae (squirrels) edit

Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus (Virginia northern flying squirrel ) edit

Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel) edit

Marmota monax (groundhog) edit

Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel) edit

Sciurus niger (fox squirrel) edit

Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk) edit

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel) edit

Family Castoridae (beavers) edit

Castor canadensis (North American beaver) edit

Family Dipodidae (jumping mice) edit

Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse) edit

Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse) edit

Family Cricetidae (New World mice and rats) edit

Microtus chrotorrhinus (rock vole) edit

Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole) edit

Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole) edit

Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole) edit

Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole) edit

Neotoma magister (Allegheny woodrat) edit

Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse) edit

Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) edit

Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) edit

Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse ) edit

Reithrodontomys humulis (eastern harvest mouse) edit

Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming) edit

Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats) (introduced) edit

Mus musculus (house mouse) (introduced) edit

Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) (introduced) edit

Rattus rattus (black rat) (introduced) edit

Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) edit

Erethizon dorsatum (North American porcupine) edit