Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Order MARSUPIALIA
DIDELPHIDAE
- Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana
Order INSECTIVORA
SORICIDAE
- Masked shrew Sorex cinereus
- Southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris
- Appalachian water shrew Sorex palustris punctulatus
- Smoky shrew Sorex fumeus
- Long-tailed shrew Sorex dispar
- Pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi winnemanna
- Short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda
- Least shrew Cryptotis parva
TALPIDAE
- Hairy-tailed mole Parascalops breweri
- Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus
- Star-nosed mole Condylura cristata
Order CHIROPTERA
VESPERTILIONIDAE
- Little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus
- Northern long-eared myotis Myotis septentrionalis
- Indiana myotis Myotis sodalis
- Small-footed myotis Myotis leibii
- Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Eastern tri-colored bat Perimyotis subflavus
- Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
- Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
- Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis
Order LAGOMORPHA
LEPORIDAE
- Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus
- Appalachian cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus
Order RODENTIA
SCIURIDAE
- Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus
- Woodchuck Marmota monax
- Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
- Eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger
- Red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
- Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans
- Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
CASTORIDAE
- American beaver Castor canadensis
CRICETIDAE
- Marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris palustris
- Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis humulis
- Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus maniculatus
- White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus leucopus
- Cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus
- Golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
- Hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus hispidus
- Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister
- Boreal red-backed mouse Clethrionomys gapperi gapperi
- Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus
- Rock vole Microtus chrotorrhinus
- Woodland vole Microtus pinetorum
- Common muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
- Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi Stonei
MURIDAE
- Black rat Rattus rattus (non-native)
- Norway rat Rattus norvegicus norvegicus (non-native)
- House mouse Mus musculus (non-native)
ZAPODIDAE
- Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
- Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus Insignis
Order CARNIVORA
CANIDAE
- Coyote Canis latrans
- Red wolf Canis rufus floridanus (extirpated)
- Gray wolf Canis lupus lycaon (extirpated)
- Red fox Vulpes fulva fulva
- Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus
URSIDAE
- Black bear Ursus americanus americanus
PROCYONIDAE
- Raccoon Procyon lotor lotor
MUSTELIDAE
- Fisher Martes pennanti (extirpated)
- Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata
- Mink Mustela vison
- Eastern spotted skunk Spilogale putorius
- Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
- Northern river otter Lutra canadensis (reintroduced)
FELIDAE
- Mountain lion Felis concolor (extirpated)
- Bobcat Lynx rufus
Order ARTIODACYLA
SUIDAE
- Wild hog Sus scrofa (non-native)
CERVIDAE
- Wapiti or elk Cervus elaphus (extirpated, 5-year experimental release begun in 2001)
- White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus virginianus
BOVIDAE
- American bison Bos bison bison (extirpated)
Nomenclature from Jones, J.K., Jr., R.S. Hoffmann, D.W. Rice, C. Jones, R.J. Baker & M.D. Engstrom.
1992. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1991. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, Number 146.
