Order: Artiodactyla

• Family: Bovidae
  • Subfamily: Bovinae
    Bovinae
    The biological subfamily Bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, the bison, African buffalo, the water buffalo, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes...
    
    
    • Genus: Bos
      Bos
      Bos is the genus of wild and domestic cattle. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but these divisions are controversial. The genus has five extant species...
      
      
      • Cattle
        Cattle
        Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
        
        Bos taurus
    • Genus: Bison
      Bison
      Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...
      
      
      • American Bison
        American Bison
        The American bison , also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds...
        
        Bison bison
  • Subfamily: Caprinae
    • Genus: Ovis
      Ovis
      Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly gregarious species are known as sheep...
      
      
      • Domestic Sheep
        Domestic sheep
        Sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries...
        
        Ovis aries
• Family: Cervidae
  • Subfamily: Capreolinae
    Capreolinae
    Capreolinae, also known as Odocoileinae or the New World deer , is a subfamily of deer...
    
    
    • Genus: Odocoileus
      Odocoileus
      Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer containing two species native to the Americas. The name is sometimes spelt odocoeleus; it is from a contraction of the roots odonto- and coelus meaning "hollow-tooth".-Species:...
      
      
      • White-tailed Deer
        White-tailed Deer
        The white-tailed deer , also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States , Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru...
        
        Odocoileus virginianus
  • Subfamily:: Cervinae
    Cervinae
    Cervinae or the Old World deer , is a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they're known as the Plesiometacarpal deer, due to their ankle structure being different from the Telemetecarpal deer of Capreolinae-Classification and Species:The list is based on the studies of Randi, Mucci, Claro-Hergueta,...
    
    
    • Genus: Cervus
      Cervus
      Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America. In addition to the species presently placed in this genus, it has included a whole range of other species now commonly placed in other genera, but some of...
      
      
      • Elk
        Elk
        The Elk is the large deer, also called Cervus canadensis or wapiti, of North America and eastern Asia.Elk may also refer to:Other antlered mammals:...
        
        Cervus canadensis
      • Red Deer
        Red Deer
        The red deer is one of the largest deer species. Depending on taxonomy, the red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being...
        
        Cervus elaphus
• Family: Suidae
  Suidae
  Suidae is the biological family to which pigs belong. In addition to numerous fossil species, up to sixteen extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera...
  
  
  • Genus: Sus
    Pig
    A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
    
    
    • Wild Boar Sus scrofa

Order: Carnivora

Carnivora

The diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...

• Family: Canidae
  Canidae
  Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...
  
  
  • Genus: Canis
    Canis
    Canis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals, and many extinct species.-Wolves, dogs and dingos:Wolves, dogs and dingos are subspecies of Canis lupus...
    
    
    • Domestic Dog Canis familiaris
    • Coyote
      Coyote
      The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
      
      Canis latrans
    • Gray Wolf
      Gray Wolf
      The gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...
      
      Canis lupus
    • Red Wolf
      Red Wolf
      The red wolf is a North American canid which once roamed throughout the Southeastern United States and is a glacial period survivor of the Late Pleistocene epoch...
      
      Canis rufus
  • Genus: Urocyon
    Urocyon
    The genus Urocyon is a genus that contains two living Western Hemisphere foxes in the family Canidae, the Gray Fox and the closely related Island Fox which is a dwarf cousin of the Gray Fox; as well as one fossil species, Urocyon progressus.Urocyon and the...
    
    
    • Gray Fox
      Gray Fox
      The gray fox is a mammal of the order Carnivora ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to the northern part of South America...
      
      Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  • Genus: Vulpes
    Vulpes
    Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. Its members are referred to as 'true foxes', although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word 'fox'....
    
    
    • Red Fox
      Red Fox
      The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
      
      Vulpes vulpes
• Family: Felidae
  Felidae
  Felidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...
  
  
  • Genus: Felis
    Felis
    Felis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae, including the familiar domestic cat and its closest wild relatives. The wild species are distributed widely across Europe, southern and central Asia, and Africa; the domestic cat has been introduced worldwide.Members of the genus Felis are all small...
    
    
    • Domestic Cat Felis catus
  • Genus: Lynx
    Lynx
    A lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...
    
    
    • Bobcat
      Bobcat
      The bobcat is a North American mammal of the cat family Felidae, appearing during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago . With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States...
      
      Lynx rufus
  • Genus: Puma
    Puma (genus)
    Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar and the jaguarundi, and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives .-Species:*Puma concolor – CougarPuma pardoides Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar (also known as the puma, among other names)...
    
    
    • Cougar Puma concolor
• Family: Mephitidae
  • Genus: Mephitis
    Mephitis (genus)
    The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.*Striped Skunk *Hooded Skunk...
    
    
    • Striped Skunk
      Striped Skunk
      The striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, is an omnivorous mammal of the skunk family Mephitidae. Found over most of the North American continent north of Mexico, it is one of the best-known mammals in Canada and the United States.-Description:...
      
      Mephitis mephitis
  • Genus: Spilogale
    • Eastern Spotted Skunk
      Eastern Spotted Skunk
      The Eastern Spotted Skunk is a small, relatively slender skunk found throughout the eastern United States and in small areas of Canada and Mexico....
      
      Spilogale putorius
• Family: Mustelidae
  Mustelidae
  Mustelidae , commonly referred to as the weasel family, are a family of carnivorous mammals. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, at least partly because in the past it has been a catch-all category for many early or poorly differentiated taxa...
  
  
  • Subfamily: Lutrinae
    • Genus: Lontra
      Lontra
      Lontra is a genus of otters from the American continent.The genus comprises four species:*North American River Otter *Southern River Otter *Neotropical Otter...
      
      
      • North American River Otter Lontra canadensis
  • Subfamily: Mustelinae
    Mustelinae
    Mustelinae is a polyphyletic subfamily of family Mustelidae and includes wolverines, weasels, ferrets, martens, minks, and similar carnivorous mammals of Order Carnivora.- Extant species of Mustelinae :Subfamily Mustelinae*Genus Arctonyx...
    
    
    • Genus: Mustela
      • Long-tailed Weasel
        Long-tailed Weasel
        The long-tailed weasel , also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America.-Evolution:The long-tailed weasel is the product of...
        
        Mustela frenata
      • Least Weasel
        Least Weasel
        The least weasel is the smallest member of the Mustelidae , native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, though it has been introduced elsewhere. It is classed as Least Concern by the IUCN, due to its wide distribution and presumably large population...
        
        Mustela nivalis
  • Genus: Neovison
    Neovison
    A genus of Mustelids, including the extinct sea mink and the extant American mink....
    
    
    • American Mink
      American Mink
      The American mink is a semi-aquatic species of Mustelid native to North America, though human intervention has expanded its range to many parts of Europe and South America. Because of this, it is classed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Since the extinction of the sea mink, the American mink is the...
      
      Neovison vison
  • Genus: Taxidea
    • American Badger
      American Badger
      The American badger is a North American badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European badger. It is found in the western and central United States, northern Mexico and central Canada, as well as in certain areas of southwestern British Columbia.Their habitat is typified by open...
      
      Taxidea taxus
• Family: Procyonidae
  Procyonidae
  Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.-Characteristics:...
  
  
  • Genus: Bassaricus
    • Ring-tailed Cat
      Ring-tailed Cat
      The ringtail is a mammal of the raccoon family , native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat or miner's cat, and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat"...
      
      Bassariscus astutus
  • Genus: Procyon
    Procyon
    Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor. To the naked eye, it appears to be a single star, the seventh brightest in the night sky with a visual apparent magnitude of 0.34...
    
    
    • Raccoon
      Raccoon
      Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
      
      Procyon lotor
• Family: Ursidae
  • Genus: Ursus
    Ursus (genus)
    Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.-Species and subspecies of Ursus:...
    
    
    • American Black Bear
      American black bear
      The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most common bear species. Black bears are omnivores, with their diets varying greatly depending on season and location. They typically live in largely forested areas, but do leave forests in...
      
      Ursus americanus

Order: Chiroptera

• Family: Molossidae
  • Genus: Nyctinomops
    Nyctinomops
    Nyctinomops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae....
    
    
    • Big Free-tailed Bat
      Big Free-tailed Bat
      The Big Free-tailed Bat is a bat species found in South, North and Central America. They have a wingspan of 435 mm and an average length of 140 mm. This bat frequents rocky or canyon country where it roosts in crevices. This migratory species is a swift, powerful flier, and occasional individuals...
      
      Nyctinomops macrotis
  • Genus: Tadarida
    Tadarida
    The genus Tadarida has ten or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World...
    
    
    • Mexican Free-tailed Bat
      Mexican Free-tailed Bat
      The Mexican free-tailed bat , also known as the Brazilian free-tailed bat, is a medium-sized bat that is native to the Americas and is widely regarded as one of the most abundant mammals in North America...
      
      Tadarida brasiliensis
• Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
    Vespertilioninae
    Vespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...
    
    
    • Genus: Lasiurus
      Lasiurus
      Lasiurus is the genus comprising hairy-tailed bats. The name Lasiurus is derived from the Greek lasios and oura . It contains some of the most attractive bats in the whole continent of North America including such species as the red bat, L. borealis, and the hoary bat, L. cinereus...
      
      
      • Eastern Red Bat
        Eastern Red Bat
        The Eastern Red Bat is a species of bat from the family Vespertilionidae. See also the Desert red bat , a related species....
        
        Lasiurus borealis
      • Hoary Bat
        Hoary bat
        The hoary bat is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands...
        
        Lasiurus cinereus
  • Genus: Corynorhinus
    Corynorhinus
    The genus Corynorhinus consists of the lump-nosed bats, or American long-eared bats. Only three species occur in the genus, all occurring in North America. Members of this group were previously in the genus Plecotus. Populations of these species are generally uncommon and declining. Two...
    
    
    • Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat
      Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
      The Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family that occurs in the southeastern United States, and the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio....
      
      Corynorhinus rafinesquii
    • Townsend's Big-eared Bat
      Townsend's big-eared bat
      Townsend's Big-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.- Description :The Townsend's Big-Eared Bat is a medium-sized bat with extremely long, flexible ears and small yet noticeable lumps on each side of the snout. Its upperparts are similar to dark brown on the back,...
      
      Corynorhinus townsendii
  • Genus: Eptesicus
    Eptesicus
    Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.The 25 species within this genus are:*Little black serotine *Bobrinski's Serotine...
    
    
    • Big Brown Bat
      Big brown bat
      The Big Brown Bat is larger in size than comparative species of bats, from about 4 to 5 inches in body length, with a 11-13 inch wingspan and weighing 1/2 to 5/8 ounce. The fur is moderately long, and shiny brown...
      
      Eptesicus fuscus
  • Genus: Lasionycteris
    • Silver-haired Bat
      Silver-Haired Bat
      The Silver-haired Bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.- Habitat :...
      
      Lasionycteris noctivagans
  • Genus: Myotis
    • Southeastern Myotis
      Southeastern myotis
      The Southeastern Myotis is a small bat that is found throughout the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain of the southeastern United States.-Description:...
      
      Myotis austroriparius
    • Western Small-footed Bat Myotis ciliolabrum
    • Gray Bat
      Gray Bat
      Myotis grisescens once flourished in caves all over the southeastern United States, but due to human disturbance, Gray Bat populations declined severely during the early and mid portion of the 20th century. At one cave alone, the Georgetown Cave in Northwestern Alabama, populations declined from...
      
      Myotis grisescens
    • Keen's Myotis
      Keen's Myotis
      Keen's Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Washington and Alaska in the United States. It is named after the Rev...
      
      Myotis keenii
    • Eastern Small-footed Myotis
      Eastern Small-footed Myotis
      The Eastern Small-Footed Myotis or Eastern Small-footed Bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Ontario and Quebec in Canada and in the eastern United States...
      
      Myotis leibii
    • Little Brown Bat
      Little brown bat
      The little brown bat is a species of the genus Myotis , one of the most common bats of North America...
      
      Myotis lucifugus
    • Northern Long-eared Myotis
      Northern long-eared myotis
      The Northern long-eared myotis is a small bat, typically 5-10 g and 84 mm in total length . The fur is dull brown on the dorsum and yellowish on the venter...
      
      Myotis septentrionalis
    • Indiana Bat
      Indiana bat
      The Indiana bat is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in eastern and midwestern states and in parts of the south of the United States. The Indiana bat is gray, black, or chestnut in colour and is 1.2–2 inches and weighs about 1/4 an ounce...
      
      Myotis sodalis
  • Genus: Nycticeius
    Nycticeius
    Nycticeius is a small genus of bats in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It contains two species, the Evening Bat and the Cuban Evening Bat...
    
    
    • Evening Bat
      Evening Bat
      The Evening Bat is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae, that is native to North America. It is a small bat found throughout much of the midwestern and eastern United States as well as northeastern Mexico. In many areas they are very common, but may be declining in some...
      
      Nycticeius humeralis
  • Genus: Perimyotis
    • Eastern Pipistrelle
      Eastern Pipistrelle
      The Tricolored Bat is a species of bat that is widely distributed throughout the eastern parts of North America, ranging west until Kansas and Texas, from Honduras up north until southern Ontario...
      
      Pipistrellus subflavus

Order: Cingulata

• Family: Dasypodidae
  • Subfamily: Dasypodinae
    • Genus: Dasypus
      Dasypus
      Dasypus is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is the only genus in the subfamily Dasypodinae and contains the following species:*Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus*Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus...
      
      
      • Nine-banded Armadillo
        Nine-banded Armadillo
        The nine-banded armadillo , or the nine-banded, long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos...
        
        Dasypus novemcinctus

Order: Didelphimorphia

Didelphimorphia

Opossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...

• Family: Didelphidae
  • Subfamily: Didelphinae
    Didelphinae
    Didelphinae is a subfamily of opossums. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas but are predominant in South and Central America....
    
    
    • Genus: Didelphis
      Didelphis
      The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order....
      
      
      • Common Opossum
        Common Opossum
        The common opossum , also called the southern or black-eared opossum, is a mammal species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia, including the Lesser Antilles, where it is called manicou. It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities...
        
        Didelphis marsupialis
      • Virginia Opossum
        Virginia Opossum
        The Virginia opossum , commonly known as the North American opossum or tlacuache in Mexico, is the only marsupial found in North America north of Mexico. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and thus the largest opossum, it is a successful opportunist...
        
        Didelphis virginiana

Order: Lagomorpha

Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...

• Family: Leporidae
  Leporidae
  Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
  
  
  • Genus: Lepus
    Lepus
    Lepus is the genus of hares.Lepus may also be:* Lepus , a group of stars* Arieşeni, a commune in Romania* Lepus-the story of a hare, a book by D.Brian Plummer...
    
    
    • Black-tailed Jackrabbit
      Black-tailed Jackrabbit
      The black-tailed jackrabbit , also known as the american desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level to up to...
      
      Lepus californicus
    • White-tailed Jackrabbit
      White-tailed Jackrabbit
      The White-tailed Jackrabbit , also known as the Prairie Hare and the White Jack, is a hare found in western North America. Briefly reputed to have been extirpated , it is now clear from observations, roadkilled specimens and historical records that white-tailed jackrabbits are still extant in...
      
      Lepus townsendii
  • Genus: Sylvilagus
    • Eastern Cottontail
      Eastern Cottontail
      The eastern cottontail is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America.-Distribution:...
      
      Sylvilagus floridanus
    • Swamp Rabbit
      Swamp Rabbit
      The Swamp Rabbit is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the Southern United States.- Appearance :...
      
      Sylvilagus aquaticus

Order: Rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

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• Family: Castoridae
  Castoridae
  The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. This was once a highly diverse group of rodents, but is now restricted to a single genus, Castor.- Characteristics :...
  
  
  • Genus: Castor
    Beaver
    The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...
    
    
    • North American Beaver Castor canadensis
• Family: Cricetidae
  Cricetidae
  The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...
  
  
  • Subfamily: Arvicolinae
    Arvicolinae
    The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae . Some authorities place the subfamily Arvicolinae in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily Muroidea...
    
    
    • Genus: Ondatra
      • Muskrat
        Muskrat
        The muskrat , the only species in genus Ondatra, is a medium-sized semi-aquatic rodent native to North America, and introduced in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands and is a very successful animal over a wide range of climates and habitats...
        
        Ondatra zibethicus
  • Subfamily: Neotominae
    Neotominae
    Neotominae is a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. It consists of four tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice, predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice.Neotomines are related to the...
    
    
    • Genus: Ochrotomys
      • Golden Mouse
        Golden mouse
        The Golden Mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli, is a species of New World mouse. It is usually 5–8 inches in body length, and has a golden-brownish color.-Habitat:...
        
        Ochrotomys nuttalli
    • Genus: Peromyscus
      Peromyscus
      The genus Peromyscus contains the animal species commonly referred to as deer mice. This is a genus of New World mouse only distantly related to the common house mouse and laboratory mouse, Mus musculus...
      
      
      • Texas Mouse
        Texas Mouse
        The Texas Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States.-References:...
        
        Peromyscus attwateri
      • Brush Mouse
        Brush Mouse
        The brush mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in mountainous areas of Mexico and the western United States at altitudes over .-Description:...
        
        Peromyscus boylii
      • Cotton Mouse
        Cotton Mouse
        The Cotton Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in the woodlands of the south-eastern states of the United States. Adults are about 7-8 inches, and have an appearance very similar to the white footed mouse. The cotton mouse is larger in size and has a longer...
        
        Peromyscus gossypinus
      • White-footed Mouse
        White-footed mouse
        White-footed Mouse is a rodent native to North America. It ranges from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador and the Maritime Provinces to the southwest USA and Mexico. It is also known as the Woodmouse, particularly in Texas.Adults are in length, not counting the tail, which can add another . A young adult...
        
        Peromyscus leucopus
      • Deer Mouse
        Peromyscus maniculatus
        Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North America. It is most commonly called the Deer Mouse, although that name is common to most species of Peromyscus and is fairly widespread across the continent, with the major exception being the southeast United States and the far north.Like other...
        
        Peromyscus maniculatus
    • Genus: Reithrodontomys
      Reithrodontomys
      Reithrodontomys is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.-Species:This genus contains twenty species:*Guerrero Harvest Mouse *Short-Nosed Harvest Mouse...
      
      
      • Fulvous Harvest Mouse
        Fulvous Harvest Mouse
        The Fulvous Harvest Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States.-References:...
        
        Reithrodontomys fulvescens
      • Western Harvest Mouse
        Western harvest mouse
        The Western Harvest Mouse is a small neotomine mouse native to southwest British Columbia, most of the western United States extending continuously to west Texas, northeast Arkansas, northwest Indiana, southwest Wisconsin, the interior of Mexico to Oaxaca...
        
        Reithrodontomys megalotis
      • Plains Harvest Mouse
        Plains Harvest Mouse
        The Plains Harvest Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in northern Mexico and the central United States.-References:...
        
        Reithrodontomys montanus
  • Genus: Microtus
    Microtus
    The genus Microtus is a group of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. There are 62 species in the genus....
    
    
    • Prairie Vole
      Prairie Vole
      The Prairie Vole is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body...
      
      Microtus ochrogaster
    • Meadow Vole
      Meadow Vole
      The Meadow Vole , sometimes called the Field Mouse or Meadow Mouse, is a North American vole found across Canada, Alaska and the northern United States. Its range extends further south along the Atlantic coast. One subspecies, the Florida Salt Marsh Vole , is found in Florida, and is classified as...
      
      Microtus pennsylvanicus
    • Woodland Vole
      Woodland Vole
      The Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum, is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the Pine Vole.-Description:...
      
      Microtus pinetorum
  • Genus: Neotoma
    • Florida Woodrat
      Florida Woodrat
      The Eastern Woodrat ', is a species of pack rat that is native to the central and eastern United States. Its range extends from the latitude of southeastern New York south to the Gulf of Mexico...
      
      Neotoma floridana
  • Genus: Oryzomys
    Oryzomys
    Oryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat of the United States and O. couesi of Mexico and Central America—are widespread; the six others have...
    
    
    • Marsh Rice Rat
      Marsh Rice Rat
      The marsh rice rat is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, from New Jersey and Kansas south to Florida and northeasternmost Tamaulipas, Mexico; its range previously extended further west and north, where it may...
      
      Oryzomys palustris
  • Genus: Synaptomys
    • Southern Bog Lemming
      Southern Bog Lemming
      The Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi is a small North American lemming. Its range overlaps with the other species in genus Synaptomys, the Northern Bog Lemming, in southeastern Canada but extends further south....
      
      Synaptomys cooperi
  • Genus: Sigmodon
    • Hispid Cotton Rat
      Hispid Cotton Rat
      The Hispid Cotton Rat is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have split this widely distributed species into three separate species. Carroll et...
      
      Sigmodon hispidus
• Family: Dipodidae
  Dipodidae
  The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the northern hemisphere. This family includes over 50 species among the 16 genera....
  
  
  • Subfamily: Zaponidae
    • Genus: Zapus
      Zapus
      Zapus is a genus of North American jumping mice. It is the only genus whose members have the dental formula: Zapus are the only extant mammals with a total of 18 teeth ....
      
      
      • Meadow Jumping Mouse
        Meadow jumping mouse
        The meadow jumping mouse is the most widely distributed mouse in the subfamily Zapodinae. It may be found from the Atlantic coast, to the Great Plains, as far north as the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska, and as far south as Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico.- Description :The...
        
        Zapus hudsonius
• Family: Geomydae
  • Genus: Geomys
    Geomys
    The genus Geomys contains nine species of pocket gophers often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.-Species:*Geomys...
    
    
    • Plains Pocket Gopher
      Plains Pocket Gopher
      The plains pocket gopher is one of thirty-five species of pocket gopher, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches. They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land across the Great Plains of North America, from Manitoba to Texas...
      
      Geomys bursarius
• Family: Heteromyidae
  Heteromyidae
  The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and...
  
  
  • Genus: Perognathus
    Perognathus
    Perognathus is a genus of pocket mouse. Like other members of their family they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.-Characteristics:...
    
    
    • Plains Pocket Mouse
      Plains Pocket Mouse
      The Plains Pocket Mouse They generally live directly underneath Spanish bayonet or prickly pear plants. They are accustomed to sandy soil and eat mostly seeds, large and small grasses and small leaves of plants...
      
      Perognathus flavescens
• Family: Muridae
  Muridae
  Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....
  
  
  • Subfamily: Murinae
    Murinae
    The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the...
    
    
    • Genus: Mus
      Mouse
      A mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
      
      
      • House Mouse
        House mouse
        The house mouse is a small rodent, a mouse, one of the most numerous species of the genus Mus.As a wild animal the house mouse mainly lives associated with humans, causing damage to crops and stored food....
        
        Mus musculus
    • Genus: Rattus
      • Brown Rat
        Brown Rat
        The brown rat, common rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats....
        
        Rattus norvegicus
      • Black Rat
        Black Rat
        The black rat is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus in the subfamily Murinae . The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans across the world.-Taxonomy:The black rat was...
        
        Rattus rattus
• Family: Myocastoridae
  • Genus: Myocastor
    • Nutria Myocastor coypus
• Family: Sciuridae
  • Subfamily: Sciurinae
    Sciurinae
    The Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the . It unites the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic...
    
    
    • Genus: Sciurus
      Sciurus
      The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.-Species:There are 30 species.Genus Sciurus - Tree squirrels*Subgenus Sciurus...
      
      
      • Fox Squirrel
        Fox Squirrel
        The fox squirrel is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America...
        
        Sciurus niger
      • Eastern Gray Squirrel
        Eastern Gray Squirrel
        The eastern gray squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada...
        
        Sciurus carolinensis
  • Subfamily: Xerinae
    Xerinae
    Xerinae is a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini , Xerini , and Protoxerini .-References:* Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754-818 in Wilson, E. D...
    
    
    • Genus: Poliocitellus
      • Franklin's Ground Squirrel
        Franklin's ground squirrel
        Franklin's ground squirrel is a species native to tallgrass American prairie, from Canada to the northcentral United States.The species hibernates from early fall to spring, and bears a litter of 6–8 pups at a time...
        
        Poliocitellus franklinii
  • Genus: Glaucomys
    • Southern Flying Squirrel
      Southern Flying Squirrel
      The Southern Flying Squirrel is one of two species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America . It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half of North America, from southeastern Canada, to Florida, USA...
      
      Glaucomys volans
  • Genus: Ictidomys
    • Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
      Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
      The thirteen-lined ground squirrel , also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, squinney, and as the leopard-spermophile in Audubon’s day, is a ground squirrel....
      
      Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
  • Genus: Marmota
    • Groundhog
      Groundhog
      The groundhog , also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig, or in some areas as a land-beaver, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Other marmots, such as the yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky and mountainous areas, but...
      
      Marmota monax
  • Genus: Tamias
    • Eastern Chipmunk
      Eastern Chipmunk
      The eastern chipmunk is a small squirrel-like rodent found in eastern North America, the sole living member of the chipmunk genus and subgenus Tamias....
      
      Tamias striatus

Order: Soricomorpha

Soricomorpha

The order Soricomorpha is taxon within the class of mammals. In previous years it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora...

• Family: Soricidae
  • Subfamily: Soricinae
    • Genus: Blarina
      • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
        Northern Short-tailed Shrew
        The Northern Short-tailed Shrew is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active and voracious insectivore and is present in a variety of habitats. It is notable in that it is one of the few venomous mammals...
        
        Blarina brevicauda
      • Southern Short-tailed Shrew
        Southern Short-tailed Shrew
        The Southern Short-tailed Shrew is a small, gray, short-tailed mammal that inhabits the eastern United States. The overall appearance is somewhat like a rodent, but is a member of the order Soricomorpha and should not be confused with a member of the order Rodentia. This shrew has a long, pointed...
        
        Blarina carolinensis
      • Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
        Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
        Elliot's short-tailed shrew is a small, slate grey, short-tailed species of shrew. Its common name comes from Daniel Giraud Elliot, who first described the species in 1899.-Description:...
        
        Blarina hylophaga
  • Genus: Cryptotis
    • North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parva
  • Genus: Sorex
    Sorex
    The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae...
    
    
    • Southeastern Shrew
      Southeastern Shrew
      The Southeastern Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in the southeastern United States....
      
      Sorex longirostris
    • Cinereus Shrew Sorex cinereus
• Family: Talpidae
  Talpidae
  The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Soricomorpha...
  
  
  • Genus: Scalopus
    • Eastern Mole
      Eastern Mole
      The eastern mole or common mole is a medium-sized, overall grey North American mole and the only member of the genus Scalopus. Its large, hairless, spade shaped forefeet are adapted for digging...
      
      Scalopus aquaticus