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Opossums (Family Didelphidae)
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Shrews (Family Soricidae)
Elliott's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga
Least Shrew Cryptotis parva
Prairie Shrew Sorex haydenii
Moles (Family Talpidae)
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus
Common Bats (Family Vespertilionidae)
Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
Gray Myotis Myotis grisescens
Keen's Myotis Myotis keenii
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus
Free-tailed Bats (Family Molossidae)
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis
Armadillos (Family Dasypodidae)
Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
Hares and Rabbits (Family Leporidae)
Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus townsendii
Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus
Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Squirrels (Family Sciuridae)
Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus
Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck Marmota monax
Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Pocket Gophers (Family Geomyidae)
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops
Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius
Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats (Family Heteromyidae)
Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii
Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus
Beavers (Family Castoridae)
Beaver Castor canadensis
New World Mice and Rats (Family Cricetidae)
Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum
Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana
Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma micropus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster
Texas Mouse Peromyscus attwateri
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi
Old World Mice and Rats (Family Muridae)
House Mouse Mus musculus
Black Rat Rattus rattus
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
Jumping Mice (Family Zapodidae)
Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius
New World Porcupines (Family Erethizontidae)
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Dogs (Family Canidae)
Coyote Canis latrans
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Swift Fox Vulpes velox
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Bears (Family Ursidae)
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos
Procyonids (Family Procyonidae)
Ringtail Bassariscus astutus
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Weasels (Family Mustelidae)
River Otter Lontra canadensis
Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret Mustela nigripes
Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
Mink Mustela vison
Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius
Badger Taxidea taxus
Cats (Family Felidae)
Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Bobcat Lynx rufus
Deer (Family Cervidae)
Wapiti Cervus elaphus
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorns (Family Antilocapridae)
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana