Note: Some park mammals may have been inadvertently omitted from the listing.

To make identification easier, you can cross check each mammal with The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals. Copies of this fine guide are located at the Visitor Center and the U.S.S. Cairo Museum.

FAMILY: DIDELPHIDAE
OPPOSSUM (Didelphis virginiana} see Audubon 275-276.

SHREWS and MOLES (ORDER:INSECTIVORA)

FAMILY: SORICIDAE
SHORT-TAILED SHREW {Blarina brevicauda} see Audubon 291-292.
LEAST SHREW (Cryptotis parve} see Audubon 293-294.

FAMILY: TALPAIDE
EASTERN MOLE (Scalopus aquaticus} see Audubon 299-300.

BATS (ORDER: CHIROPTERA)

FAMILY: VESPERTILIONIDAE {EVENING BATS)
EASTERN PIPISTRELLE {Pipistrellus subflavus} see Audubon 321-322.
RED BAT {Lasiurus borealis} see Audubon 323-324.
EVENING BAT (Nyeticeius humeralis} see Audubon 326-327

FAMILY: MOLOSSIDAE {FREE TAILED BATS}
BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BAT {Tadarida brasiliensis} see Audubon 331 -332.

ARMADILLO (ORDER: EDENTATA)

NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO {Dasypus novemcinctus} see Audubon 339-340.

RABBITS (ORDER: LAGOMORPHA)

FAMILY: LEPORIDAE
EASTERN COTTONTAIL {Sylvilagus floridanus} see Audubon 349-350.
SWAMP RABBIT {Sylvilagus aquaticus} see Audubon 353-354.

RODENTS (ORDER:RODENTIA)

FAMILY: SCIURIDAE {SQUIRRELS}
EASTERN CHIPMUNK {Tamias striatus} see Audubon 372-373.
GRAY SQUIRREL {Sciurus carolinensis} see Audubon 413-415.
FOX SQUIRREL {Sciurus niger} see Audubon 417-419.
SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL {Glaucomys volans} see Audubon 422-423.

FAMILY: CASTORIDAE
BEAVER {Castor canadensis} see Audubon 457-458.

FAMILY: CRICETIDAE {RATS AND MICE)
MARSH RICE RAT {Oryzomys palustris} see Audubon 464.
EASTERN HARVEST MOUSE (Reithrodontomys humulis} see Audubon 466-467.
WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE {Peromyscus leucopus} see Audubon 471.
COTTON MOUSE {Peromyscus gossypinus} see Audubon 473.
GOLDEN MOUSE {Ochrotomys nuttali} see Audubon 479.
HISPID COTTON RAT {Sigmodon hispidus} see Audubon 482.
EASTERN WOOD RAT {Neotoma floridana} see Audubon 484-485.
WOODLAND VOLE {Microtus pinetorum} see Audubon 505.

FAMILY: MURIDAE {OLD WORLD RATS AND MICE)
BLACK RAT {Rattus rattus} see Audubon 516-517.
NORWAY RAT {Rattus norvegicus} see Audubon 518-520.
HOUSE MOUSE {Mus musculus} see Audubon 520.

CARNIVORES (ORDER: CARNIVORA)

FAMILY: CANIDAE (FOXES AND COYOTES)
COYOTE {Canis latrans} see Audubon 535-538.
RED FOX {Vulpes vulpes) see Audubon 544-547.
GRAY FOX {Urocyon cinereoargenteus} see Audubon 548-550.

FAMILY: PROCYONDIAE {RACCOON)
RACCOON {Procyon lotor} see Audubon 562-565.

FAMILY: MUSTELIDAE {MINK AND SKUNK)
MINK {Mustela vison} see Audubon 578-579.
EASTERN SPOTTED SKUNK {Spilogale putorius} see Audubon 583-585.
STRIPED SKUNK {Mephitis mephitis} see Audubon 585-587.

FAMILY: FELIDAE (CATS)
BOBCAT {Felis rufus} see Audubon 603-605.

HOOFED MAMMALS (ORDER-ARTIODACTYLA)

FAMILY: CERVIDAE
WHITE-TAILED DEER {Odocoileus virginanus} see Audubon 654 656.

REFERENCES:

Whitaker, John O. Jr. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals. New York: Knopf, 1980.

Wolfe, James L. Mississippi Land Mammals. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 1971.

PLEASE REMEMBER that all wildlife is protected by law and that all animals may be dangerous.