Mammals

Mammals of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name	Scientific name	Notes
Order Artiodactyla: Deer
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus
Order Carnivora: Predatory mammals
Black bear	Ursus americanus
Bobcat	Lynx rufus
Coyote	Canis latrans
Common gray fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Red fox	Vulpes vulpes
Common raccoon	Procyon lotor
Striped skunk	Mephitis mephitis
American mink	Mustela vison
Long-tailed weasel	Mustela frenata
Least weasel	Mustela nivalis
Order Chiroptera: Bats
Little brown myotis	Myotis lucifugus
Northern myotis	Myotis septentrionalis
Silver-haired bat	Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern pipistrelle	Pipistrellus subflavus
Big brown bat	Eptesicus fuscus
Eastern red bat	Lasiurus borealis
Hoary bat	Lasiurus cinereus
Order Didelphimorphia: Marsupials
Virginia opossum	Didelphis virginiana
Order Insectivora: Shrews & Moles
Pygmy shrew	Sorex hoyi
Southeastern shrew	Sorex longirostris
Northern short-tailed shrew	Blarina brevicauda
Least shrew	Cryptotis parva
Eastern mole	Scalopus aquaticus
Star-nosed mole	Condylura cristata
Order Lagomorpha: Rabbits
Eastern cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus
Order Rodentia: Rodents
American beaver	Castor canadensis
Woodchuck (groundhog)	Marmota monax
Common Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
Eastern gray squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern fox squirrel	Sciurus niger
Southern flying squirrel	Glaucomys volans
Red squirrel	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern chipmunk	Tamias striatus
Hispid cotton rat	Sigmodon hisidus
Alleghany woodrat	Neotoma magister
Eastern harvest mouse	Reithrodontomys humulis
White-footed mouse	Peromyscus leucopus
Golden mouse	Ochrotomys nuttalli
Meadow jumping mouse	Zapus hudsonius
Meadow vole	Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland vole	Microtus pinetorum
Southern red-backed vole	Clethrionomys gapperi