Mammals Known to Occur or Likely to Occur at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace and the Boyhood Home at Knob Creek:
Taxonomic organization and nomenclature as used by Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Natural History at http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae (Opossum)
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae (Shrews)
Southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris
Smoky shrew Sorex fumeus
Pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi
Short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda
Least shrew Cryptotis parva
Family: Talpidae (Moles)
Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae (Bats)
Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis
Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
Gray bat Myotis grisescens
Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus
Northern bat Myotis septentrionalis
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
Evening bat Nycticeius humeralis
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus
Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae (Rabbits)
Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus
Woodchuck Marmota monax
Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Fox squirrel Sciurus niger
Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans
Family: Cricetidae (New world rats &
mice)
Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys
humulis
Prairie deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
bairdii
White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster
Pine vole Microtus pinetorum
Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi
Family: Zapodidae (Jumping mice)
Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae (Foxes and allies)
Coyote Canis latrans
Red fox Vulpes vulpes
Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Family: Procyonidae (Raccoons and allies)
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Family: Mustelidae (Weasels and allies)
Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata
Least weasel Mustela nivalis
Mink Mustela vison
Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
Family: Felidae (Cats)
Bobcat Lynx rufus
Order: Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)
Family: Cervidae (Deer)
White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
