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Mammals of Kansas

Opossums (Order: Didelphimorpha)

Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana

Armadillos (Order: Cingulata)

nine-banded armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus

Rabbits (Order: Lagomorpha)

black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
European rabbit *
Oryctolagus cuniculus
swamp rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus
desert cottontail
Sylvilagus audubonii
eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus

Rodents (Order: Rodentia)

North American porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys volans
eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
fox squirrel
Sciurus niger
black-tailed prairie dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
groundhog
Marmota monax
Franklin’s ground squirrel
Poliocitellus franklinii
spotted ground squirrel
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
eastern chipmunk
Tamias striatus
American beaver
Castor canadensis
yellow-faced pocket gopher
Cratogeomys castanops
plains pocket gopher
Geomys bursarius
Ord’s kangaroo rat
Dipodomys ordii
hispid pocket mouse
Chaetodipus hispidus
plains pocket mouse
Perognathus flavescens
silky pocket mouse
Perognathus flavus
meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius
prairie vole
Microtus ochrogaster
meadow vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
pine vole
Microtus pinetorum
southern bog lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
common muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
eastern woodrat
Neotoma floridana
southern plains woodrat
Neotoma micropus
northern grasshopper mouse
Onychomys leucogaster
Texas deermouse
Peromyscus attwateri
White-footed deermouse
Peromyscus leucopus
American deermouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
fulvous harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
western harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
plains harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus
hispid cotton rat
Sigmodon hispidus
house mouse *
Mus musculus
brown rat *
Rattus norvegicus

Shrews & Moles (Order: Eulipotyphla)

northern short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda
Elliot’s short-tailed shrew
Blarina hylophaga
least shrew
Cryptotis parvus
Crawford’s desert shrew
Notiosorex crawfordi
masked shrew
Sorex cinereus
eastern mole
Scalopus aquaticus

Bats (Order: Chiroptera)

Brazilian free-tailed bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
western small-footed bat
Myotis ciliolabrum
gray bat
Myotis grisescens
little brown bat
Myotis lucifugus
northern long-eared bat
Myotis septentrionalis
cave bat
Myotis velifer
pallid bat
Antrozous pallidus
big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
silver-haired bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans
eastern red bat
Lasiurus borealis
hoary bat
Lasiurus cinereus
evening bat
Nycticeius humeralis
tri-colored bat
Perimyotis subflavus
Townsend’s big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii

Carnivores (Order: Carnivora)

striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
eastern spotted skunk
Spilogale putorius
northern river otter
Lontra candensis
long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
black-footed ferret
Mustela nigripes
least weasel
Mustela nivalis
American mink
Neovison vison
American badger
Taxidea taxus
ringtail
Bassarisus astutus
northern raccoon
Procyon lotor
coyote
Canis latrans
dog *
Canis familiaris
gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
swift fox
Vulpes velox
red fox
Vulpes vulpes
bobcat
Lynx rufus
cat *
Felis catus

Even-toed Hoofed Mammals (Order: Artiodactyla)

pronghorn
Antilocapra americana
American bison
Bison bison
cow *
Bos taurus
goat *
Capra hircus
sheep *
Ovis aries
mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
elk
Cervus canadensis
wild boar *
Sus scrofa

Odd-toed Hoofed Mammals (Order: Perissodactyla)

donkey *
Equus asinus
horse *
Equus caballus