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Mammals (Mammalia) of Devils Tower

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LEGEND:
C = Common
F = Fairly Common
U = Uncommon
R = Rare
* = Often Seen by Most Visitors
? = Status Unknown
X = Formerly Occurred Here
N = Not Native to the Area

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MAMMALS - (Mammalia)

SHREWS - (SORICIDAE):

• Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus) U

COMMON BATS - (VESPERTILIONDAE):

• Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) ?
  
• Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) ?
  
• Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) ?
  
• Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) ?

RABBITS & HARES - (LEPORIDAE):

• Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) *C
  
• Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) ?
  
• White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) U

SQUIRRELS - (SCIURIDAE):

• Least chipmunk (Tamias minimus) *C
  
• Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) R
  
• Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) *F
  
• Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) *C
  
• Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) *C/N
  
• Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) *C
  
• Norther flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) R

POCKET GOPHERS - (GEOMYIDAE):

• Hispid pocket mouse (Perognathus hispidus) ?

BEAVER - (CASTORIDAE):

• Beaver (Castor canadensis) U

NATIVE MICE & WOODRATS - (CRICETIDAE):

• Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) U
  
• White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) U
  
• Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) C
  
• Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) ?
  
• Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) C
  
• Prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) C
  
• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) U

JUMPING MICE - (ZAPODIDAE):

• Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) ?

PORCUPINES - (ERETHIZONTIDAE):

• Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) *C

DOGS & ALLIES - (CANIDAE):

• Coyote (Canis latrans) F
  
• Gray wolf (Canis lupus) X
  
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) F
  
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) R

BEARS - (URSIDAE):

• Black bear (Ursus americanus) X
  
• Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) X

RACCOONS & ALLIES - (PROCYONIDAE):

• Raccoon (Procyon lotor) C

WEASEL & ALLIES - (MUSTELIDAE):

• Short-tailed weasel (ermine) (Mustela erminea) R
  
• Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) U
  
• Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) X
  
• Mink (Mustela vison) U
  
• Badger (Taxidea taxus) U
  
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) C

CATS - (FELIDAE):

• Mountain lion (Felis concolor) R
  
• Lynx (Felis lynx) X
  
• Bobcat (Felis rufus) U

DEER - (CERVIDAE):

• Wapiti (elk) (Cervus elaphus) R
  
• Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) *F
  
• White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) *C

PRONGHORN - (ANTILOCAPRIDAE):

• Pronghorn (antelope) (Antilocapra americana) R

BISON, GOATS, AND SHEEP - (BOVIDAE):

• Bison (buffalo) (Bison bison) X
  
• Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) X