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Topeka Shiner

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Order	Species	Scientific name	Status
Bats Order Chiroptera
	Big brown bat	(Eptesicus fuscus)	Present
	Hoary bat	(Lasiurus cinereus)	Present
Carnivores Order Carnivora
	Coyote	(Canis latrans)	Common
	Red fox	(Vulpes vulpes)	Present
	Bobcat	(Lynx rufus)	Common
	Striped skunk	(Mephitis mephitis)	Common
	Long-tailed weasel	(Mustela frenata)	Present
	Least weasel	(Mustela nivalis)	Present
	Mink	(Mustela vison)	Present
	American badger	(Taxidea taxus)	Common
	Raccoon	(Procyon lotor)	Common
Deer Order Artiodactyla
	Mule deer	(Odocoileus hemionus)	Occasional
	White-tailed deer	(Odocoileus virginianus)	Common
Rodents Order Rodentia
	Woodchuck	(Marmota monax)	Occasional
	Thirteen-lined ground squirrel	(Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)	Common
	Fox squirrel	(Sciurus niger)	Common
	American beaver	(Castor canadensis)	Occasional
	Plains pocket gopher	(Geomys bursarius)	Common
	Hispid pocket mouse	(Chaetodipus hispidus)	Uncommon
	Meadow jumping mouse	(Zapus hudsonius)	Present
	House mouse	(Mus musculus; introduced)	Rare
	Prairie vole	(Microtus ochrogaster)	Common
	Woodland vole	(Microtus pinetorum)	Rare
	Southern bog lemming	(Synaptomys cooperi)	Local
	Eastern woodrat	(Neotoma floridana)	Common
	Deer mouse	(Peromyscus maniculatus)	Common
	White-footed mouse	(Peromyscus leucopus)	Common
	Western harvest mouse	(Reithrodontomys megalotis)	Common
	Plains harvest mouse	(Reithrodontomys montanus)	Rare
	Hispid cotton rat	(Sigmodon hispidus)	Local
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Order Lagomorpha
	Eastern cottontail	(Sylvilagus floridanus)	Common
Marsupials Order Didelphimorphia
	Virginia opossum	(Didelphis virginiana)	Common
Moles and Shrews Order Insectivora
	Elliot's short-tailed shrew	(Blarina hylophaga)	Common
	Least shrew	(Cryptotis parva)	Present
	Eastern mole	(Scalopus aquaticus)	Present