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LLELA Mammal Checklist

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Taxonomic Order Common Name Scientific Name

Observed Abundance
Marsupials Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana

C
Insectivores Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis

U
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus

U
Bats Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

U
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus

U
Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis

C
Armadillos Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus

A
Rabbits & Hares Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus

R
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

C
Rodents Northern Pigmy Mouse Baiomys taylori

C
Beaver Castor canadensis

C
Nutria Myocastor coypus

U
Eastern Wood Rat Neotoma floridana

C
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus

U
Texas Mouse Peromyscus attwateri

R
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus

A
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus

U
Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus

C
Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger

C
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus

C
Carnivores Coyote Canis latrans

C
Cougar Felis concolor

X*
Bobcat Felis rufus

C
River Otter Lutra canadensis

R
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis

A
Mink Mustela vison

U
Raccoon Procyon lotor

A
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes

U
Hoofed Mammals White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

C
Feral Hog Sus scrofa

U

*Observed in LLELA by several Corps of Engineers employees, confirmed by USDA Wildlife Services from a track in Westlake Park, 1997

Abundance Codes Key
  • A - abundant
  • C - common
  • U - uncommon
  • R - rare
  • X - accidental