Mammals Checklist

Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Marsupial / marsupialia

American Opposum / Didelphidae

• Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Insectivore / insectivora

Shrews / 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)

Moles and Desmans / Talpidae

• Hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri)
• Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus)
• Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)

Bats / Chiroptera

Evening Bats / 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)
• Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
• Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)

Rabbits, hares, and pikas / Lagomorpha

Rabbits and hares / Leporidae

• Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
• Appalachian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus)

Armadillos / Cingulata

Armadillos / Dasypodidae

• Nine-banded aramadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Rodents / Rodentia

True Squirrels / 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)
• Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

Beavers / Castoridae

• American beaver (Castor canadensis)

Small rodents / Cricetidae

• Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
• Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
• Deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
• White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
• Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
• Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
• Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
• Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister)
• Boreal red-backed mouse (Clethrionomys gapperi)
• Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
• Rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus)
• Woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum)
• Common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• Southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)

Small rodents / Muridae

• Black rat (Rattus rattus) - non-native
• Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) - non-native
• House mouse (Mus musculus) - non-native

Myomorph rodents / Zapodidae

• Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
• Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus Insignis)

Carnivorous Mammals / Carnivora

Dogs / Canidae

• Coyote (Canis latrans)
• Red wolf (Canis rufus) - extirpated
• Gray wolf (Canis lupus) - extirpated
• Red fox (Vulpes fulva)
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Bears / Ursidae

• American black bear (Ursus americanus)

Small "bears" / Procyonidae

• Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Weasels / Musteludae

• Fisher (Martes pennanti) - extirpated
• Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
• Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
• Mink (Mustela vison)
• Northern river otter (Lutra canadensis) - reintroduced

Skunks / Mephitidae

• Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Cats / Felidae

• Mountain lion (Felis concolor) - extirpated
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Even-toed ungulates / Artiodacyla

Pigs / Suidae

• Wild hog (Sus scrofa) - non-native

Deer / Cervidae

• Elk or wapiti (Cervus elaphus) - reintroduced in 2001
• White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Cloven-Hoofted Mammals / Bovidae

• American bison (Bos bison) - extirpated