Mammals Known to Occur or Likely to Occur in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park:

 

Taxonomic organization and nomenclature as used by Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Natural History on  http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/

 

Order: Artiodactyla

         Family: Cervidae

                        Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

 

Order: Carnivora

         Family: Canidae

                        Canis latrans (Coyote) [B, L, C]

                        Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Common Gray Fox) [NPS, L, C]

                        Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox) [C, L]

 

         Family: Felidae

                        Lynx rufus (Bobcat) [NPS, L, C]

 

Family: Mephitidae

            Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk) [NPS, L, C]

            Spilogale putorius (Eastern Spotted Skunk) [NPS, B, L, C]

 

Family: Mustelidae

            Lontra canadensis (Lutra canadensis) (Northern River Otter) [L, C]

            Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel) [L, C]

            Mustela nivalis (Least Weasel) [L, C]

            Mustela vison (American Mink) [L, C]

 

Family: Procyonidae

            Procyon lotor (Northern Raccoon) [NPS, L, C]

 

Family: Ursidae

            Ursus americanus (American Black Bear) [NPS, B, H, L]

 

Order: Chiroptera

         Family: Vespertilionidae

                        Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat) [H, L, C]

                        Eptesicus fuscus (Big Brown Bat) [NPS, H, L, C]

                        Lasionycteris noctivagans (Silver-haired Bat) [NPS, L, C]

                        Lasiurus borealis (Red Bat) [NPS, H, L, C]

                        Lasiurus cinereus (Hoary Bat) [L, C]

                        Myotis grisescens (Gray Myotis) [L, C]

                        Myotis leibii (Eastern Small-footed Myotis) [NPS,C]

                        Myotis lucifugus (Little Brown Bat) [NPS, L, C]

                        Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Long-eared Myotis) [L, C]

                        Myotis sodalis (Indiana Bat) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Nycticeius humeralis (Evening Bat) [C]

                        Pipistrellus subflavus (Eastern Pipistrelle) [B, H, C]

 

Order: Didelphimorphia

         Family: Didelphidae

                        Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum) [NPS, L, C]

 

 

Order: Insectivora

Family: Soricidae

                        Blarina brevicauda (Northern Short-tailed Shrew) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Cryptotis parva (Least Shrew) [B, L, C]

                        Sorex cinereus (Cinereus Shrew) [B, H, L, C]

                        Sorex dispar (Long-tailed Shrew) [H, C]

                        Sorex fumeus (Smoky Shrew) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Sorex hoyi (Pygmy Shrew) [B, H, L, C]

                        Sorex longirostris (Southeastern Shrew) [L, C]

                       

         Family: Talpidae

                        Parascalops breweri (Hairy-tailed Mole) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Scalopus aquaticus (Eastern Mole) [NPS, L, C]

 

Order: Lagomorpha

         Family: Leporidae

                        Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) [NPS, B, L]

                        Sylvilagus obscurus (Appalachian Cottontail) [H, C]

                       

Order: Rodentia

         Family: Castoridae)

                        Castor canadensis (American Beaver) [L, C]

 

         Family: Dipodidae

                        Napaeozapus insignis (Woodland Jumping Mouse) [NPS, L, C]

                        Zapus hudsonius (Meadow Jumping Mouse) [B, L, C]

 

         Family: Muridae

                        Clethrionomys gapperi (Southern Red-backed Vole) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Microtus pennsylvanicus (Meadow Vole) [C]

                        Microtus pinetorum (Woodland Vole) [NPS, H, L, C]

                        Neotoma magister (Allegheny Woodrat) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Ochrotomys nuttalli (Golden Mouse) [L, C]

                        Ondatra zibethicus (Muskrat) [L, C]

                        Oryzomys palustris (Marsh Rice Rat) [C]

                        Peromyscus leucopus (White-footed Mouse) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Peromyscus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

                        Reithrodontomys humulis (Eastern Harvest Mouse) [C]

                        Sigmodon hispidus (Hispid Cotton Rat) [NPS, L, C]

                        Synaptomys cooperi (Southern Bog Lemming) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

 

Family: Sciuridae

            Glaucomys volans (Southern Flying Squirrel) [NPS, L, C]

            Marmota monax (Woodchuck) [NPS, L, C]

            Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel) [NPS, B, H, L, C]

            Sciurus niger (Eastern Fox Squirrel) [L, C]

            Tamias striatus (Eastern Chipmunk) [NPS, L, C]

            Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Red Squirrel) [L]

 

NPS - Species listed for CGNHP

B - Species listed for Bell Co., KY, on http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/speciesInfo/speciesInfo.asp

H - Species listed for Harlan Co., KY, on http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/speciesInfo/speciesInfo.asp

L - Species listed for Lee Co., VA, on http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/

C - Species listed for Claiborne Co., TN, on http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/tn/