Mammals

Checklist of the Mammals of the Rainy River District

List  from “The Mammals of Canada” by A.W.F Banfield (1974)

Class MAMMALIA                        Mammals

 Order INSECTIVORA                 Insectivores

 Soricidae                                            Shrews
Sorex cinereus                                    Masked Shrew
Sorex palustris                                    American Water Shrew
Sorex arcticus                                     Arctic Shrew
Microsorex hoyi                                 Pygmy Shrew
Blarina brevicauda                          Short-tailed Shrew

 Talpidae                                              Moles
Condylura cristata                           Star-nosed Mole

Order CHIROPTERA                    Bats

Vespertilionidae                              Smooth-faced Bats
Myotis lucifugus                                  Little Brown Bat
Myotis keenii                                        Keen’s Bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans              Silver-haired Bat
Eptesicus fuscus                                  Big Brown Bat
Lasiurus borealis                                 Red Bat
Lasiurus cinereus                                Hoary Bat                           

Order LAGAMORPHA                 Rabbits and Hares

Leporidae                                             Rabbits and Hares
Lepus americanus                               Snowshoe Hare
Lepus townsendii                                White-tailed Jack Rabbit

Order RODENTIA                            Rodents

Sciuridae                                               Squirrels
Tamias striatus                                     Eastern Chipmunk
Eutamias minimus                              Least Chipmunk
Marmota monax                                 Woodchuck
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus   Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus franklinii                    Franklin’s Ground Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis                           Grey or Black Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus                American Red Squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus                          Northern Flying Squirrel

Castoridae                                           Beavers
Castor canadensis                              American Beaver

Muridae                                                 Rats, Mice, and Voles
Peromyscus maniculatus                Deer Mouse
Clethrionomys gapperi                    Gapper’s Red-backed Vole
Synaptomys cooperi                          Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys borealis                         Northern Bog Lemming
Phenacomys intermedius                Heather Vole
Ondatra zibethicus                            Muskrat
Microtus pennsylvanicus                 Meadow Vole
Rattus norvegicus                               Norway Rat
Mus musculus                                       House Mouse

Dipodidae                                             Jumping Mice
Zapus hudsonius                                 Jumping Mouse
Napaeozapus insignis                       Woodland Jumping Mouse

Erethizontidae                                  New World Porcupines
Erethizon dorsatum                           American Porcupine

CARNIVORA                                      Carnivores

Canidae                                                  Dogs
Canis latrans                                         Coyote
Canis lupus                                            Wolf
Vulpes vulpes                                        Red Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus             Grey Fox

Ursidae                                                   Bears
Ursus americanus                               American Black Bear

Procyonidae                                        Raccoons
Procyon lotor                                         Raccoon

Mustelidae                                           Weasels
Martes americana                               American Marten
Martes pennant                                    Fisher
Mustela erminea                                  Ermine
Mustela frenata                                     Long-tailed Weasel
Mustela nivalis                                       Least Weasel
Mustela vison                                         American Mink
Gulo gulo                                                 Wolverine
Taxidea taxus                                         American Badger
Mephitis mephitis                                Striped Skunk
Lontra canadensis                               River Otter

Felidae                                                     Cats
Felis concolor                                         Mountain Lion or Cougar
Lynx lynx                                                   Lynx
Lynx rufus                                                 Bobcat

ARTIODACTYLA                              Cloven-hoofed Mammals

Cervidae                                                 Deer
Rangifer tarandus                                Caribou
Odocoileus virginianus                      White-tailed Deer
Alces alces                                               Moose
Cervus elphus                                        Wapiti or American Elk

References:

Banfield, A.W.F. , 1975 The Mammals of Canada.  National Museums of Canada. University of Toronto Press.

Class MAMMALIA                        Mammals

 Order INSECTIVORA                 Insectivores

 Soricidae                                            Shrews
Sorex cinereus                                    Masked Shrew
Sorex palustris                                    American Water Shrew
Sorex arcticus                                     Arctic Shrew
Microsorex hoyi                                 Pygmy Shrew
Blarina brevicauda                          Short-tailed Shrew

 Talpidae                                              Moles
Condylura cristata                           Star-nosed Mole

Order CHIROPTERA                    Bats

Vespertilionidae                              Smooth-faced Bats
Myotis lucifugus                                  Little Brown Bat
Myotis keenii                                        Keen’s Bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans              Silver-haired Bat
Eptesicus fuscus                                  Big Brown Bat
Lasiurus borealis                                 Red Bat
Lasiurus cinereus                                Hoary Bat                           

Order LAGAMORPHA                 Rabbits and Hares

Leporidae                                             Rabbits and Hares
Lepus americanus                               Snowshoe Hare
Lepus townsendii                                White-tailed Jack Rabbit

Order RODENTIA                            Rodents

Sciuridae                                               Squirrels
Tamias striatus                                     Eastern Chipmunk
Eutamias minimus                              Least Chipmunk
Marmota monax                                 Woodchuck
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus   Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus franklinii                    Franklin’s Ground Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis                           Grey or Black Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus                American Red Squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus                          Northern Flying Squirrel

Castoridae                                           Beavers
Castor canadensis                              American Beaver

Muridae                                                 Rats, Mice, and Voles
Peromyscus maniculatus                Deer Mouse
Clethrionomys gapperi                    Gapper’s Red-backed Vole
Synaptomys cooperi                          Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys borealis                         Northern Bog Lemming
Phenacomys intermedius                Heather Vole
Ondatra zibethicus                            Muskrat
Microtus pennsylvanicus                 Meadow Vole
Rattus norvegicus                               Norway Rat
Mus musculus                                       House Mouse

Dipodidae                                             Jumping Mice
Zapus hudsonius                                 Jumping Mouse
Napaeozapus insignis                       Woodland Jumping Mouse

Erethizontidae                                  New World Porcupines
Erethizon dorsatum                           American Porcupine

CARNIVORA                                      Carnivores

Canidae                                                  Dogs
Canis latrans                                         Coyote
Canis lupus                                            Wolf
Vulpes vulpes                                        Red Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus             Grey Fox

Ursidae                                                   Bears
Ursus americanus                               American Black Bear

Procyonidae                                        Raccoons
Procyon lotor                                         Raccoon

Mustelidae                                           Weasels
Martes americana                               American Marten
Martes pennant                                    Fisher
Mustela erminea                                  Ermine
Mustela frenata                                     Long-tailed Weasel
Mustela nivalis                                       Least Weasel
Mustela vison                                         American Mink
Gulo gulo                                                 Wolverine
Taxidea taxus                                         American Badger
Mephitis mephitis                                Striped Skunk
Lontra canadensis                               River Otter

Felidae                                                     Cats
Felis concolor                                         Mountain Lion or Cougar
Lynx lynx                                                   Lynx
Lynx rufus                                                 Bobcat

ARTIODACTYLA                              Cloven-hoofed Mammals

Cervidae                                                 Deer
Rangifer tarandus                                Caribou
Odocoileus virginianus                      White-tailed Deer
Alces alces                                               Moose
Cervus elphus                                        Wapiti or American Elk

References:

Banfield, A.W.F. , 1975 The Mammals of Canada.  National Museums of Canada. University of Toronto Press.

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