M P C O M P C O CRICETIDAE: New World Mice and Rats, Voles [16] TALPIDAE: Moles [cont.] Checklist of the Mammals of North Carolina __ Rock Vole ...... R __ Hairy-tailed Mole ...... C X 121 species Microtus chrotorrhinus Parascalops breweri __ Meadow Vole ...... C U/C R/U __ Eastern Mole ...... U/C C C Abundance of each species indicated for four regions: Microtus pennsylvanicus Scalopus aquaticus Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Ocean. __ Woodland Vole ...... U/C U/C U/C These are broad geographic regions; populations can SORICIDAE: Shrews [9] be local within a given region. Microtus pinetorum __ Northern Short-tailed Shrew ...... A U/C R/U __ Common Muskrat ...... U/C C C/A Blarina brevicauda A = Abundant Ondatra zibethicus __ Southern Short-tailed Shrew ...... C C/A C = Common __ Southern Red-backed Vole ...... C/A Blarina carolinensis U = Uncommon Myodes gapperi __ North American Least Shrew ...... U/C C C R = Rare __ Southern Bog Lemming ...... R/U R Cryptotis parva X = Accidental/Casual Synaptomys cooperi __ Long-tailed Shrew ...... R (-) = Historical Occurrence __ Eastern Woodrat ...... U X X/R Sorex dispar * = Introduced Neotoma floridana __ Smoky Shrew ...... C Blank = Not recorded in that region __ Allegheny Woodrat ...... R/U X Sorex fumeus Neotoma magister __ American Pygmy Shrew ...... R/U X/R M P C O __ Golden Mouse ...... C C U/C Sorex hoyi DIDELPHIDAE: Opossum [1] Ochrotomys nuttalli __ American Water Shrew ...... R __ Virginia Opossum ...... A A A __ North American Deermouse ...... A X/R Sorex palustris Didelphis virginiana Peromyscus maniculatus __ Cinereus Shrew ...... C/A DASYPODIDAE: Armadillos [1] __ Oldfield Deermouse ...... X/R Sorex cinereus __ Nine-banded Armadillo ...... R R X/R Peromyscus polionotus __ Southeastern Shrew ...... X/R U U/C Dasypus novemcinctus __ White-footed Deermouse ...... A A C/A Sorex longirostris CASTORIDAE: Beavers [1] Peromyscus leucopus VESPERTILIONIDAE: Common Bats [16] __ American Beaver ...... U/C C C __ Cotton Deermouse ...... X/R X C/A __ Eastern Pipistrelle ...... U U/C U Castor canadensis Peromyscus gossypinus Pipistrellus subflavus DIPODIDAE: Jumping Mice [2] __ Eastern Harvest Mouse ...... R U U __ Big Brown Bat ...... C C R/U __ Woodland Jumping Mouse ...... U/C Reithrodontomys humulis Eptesicus fuscus Napaeozapus insignis __ Hispid Cotton Rat ...... C A A __ Evening Bat ...... U C/A C/A __ Meadow Jumping Mouse ...... R/U X/R Sigmodon hispidus Nycticeius humeralis Zapus hudsonius __ Marsh Rice Rat ...... X/R C/A __ Eastern Red Bat ...... A A A MYOCASTORIDAE: Coypu [1] Oryzomys palustris Lasiurus borealis __ *Coypu ...... X/R U/C MURIDAE: Old World Mice and Rats [3] __ Hoary Bat ...... R/U R U Myocastor coypus __ *Brown Rat ...... C/A A A Lasiurus cinereus SCIURIDAE: Squirrels [7] Rattus norvegicus __ Seminole Bat ...... X U U/C __ Eastern Gray Squirrel ...... A A A __ *Roof Rat ...... R R R Lasiurus seminolus Sciurus carolinensis Rattus rattus __ Northern Yellow Bat ...... X X/R __ Eastern Fox Squirrel ...... R R U __ *House Mouse ...... A A A Lasiurus intermedius Sciurus niger Mus musculus __ Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat ...... R X R/U __ Red Squirrel ...... C X LEPORIDAE: Rabbits and Hares [3] Corynorhinus rafinesquii Tamiasciurus hudsonicus __ Marsh Rabbit ...... X/R C __ Townsend's Big-eared Bat ...... X/R __ Northern Flying Squirrel ...... R Sylvilagus palustris Corynorhinus townsendii Glaucomys sabrinus __ Eastern Cottontail ...... A A A __ Southeastern Myotis ...... X X R/U __ Southern Flying Squirrel ...... C C C Sylvilagus floridanus Myotis austroriparius Glaucomys volans __ Appalachian Cottontail ...... R/U __ Gray Myotis ...... X/R __ Woodchuck ...... C U/C U Sylvilagus obscurus Myotis grisescens Marmota monax TALPIDAE: Moles [3] __ Eastern Small-footed Myotis ...... R/U __ Eastern Chipmunk ...... C/A U/C X/R __ Star-nosed Mole ...... U/C X R/U Myotis leibii Tamias striatus Condylura cristata __ Little Brown Myotis ...... U U R/U Myotis lucifugus Page 1 M P C O M P C O M P C O VESPERTILIONIDAE: Common Bats [cont.] PHOCIDAE: Earless seals [cont.] DELPHINIDAE: Oceanic Dolphins [cont.] __ Northern Myotis ...... U R X/R __ Harp Seal ...... X/R __ Pygmy Killer Whale ...... X Myotis septentrionalis Pagophilus groenlandicus Feresa attenuata __ Indiana Myotis ...... R __ Gray Seal ...... R __ Melon-headed Whale ...... X Myotis sodalis Halichoerus grypus Peponocephala electra __ Silver-haired Bat ...... U/C U/C U EQUIDAE: Horses [1] PHOCOENIDAE: Porpoises [1] Lasionycteris noctivagans __ *Feral Horse ...... X/R __ Harbor Porpoise ...... U MOLOSSIDAE: Free-tailed Bats [1] Equus caballus Phocoena phocoena __ Mexican Free-tailed Bat ...... U U/C SUIDAE: Pigs [1] KOGIIDAE: Small Sperm Whales [2] Tadarida brasiliensis __ *Wild Boar ...... U/C U U/C __ Pygmy Sperm Whale ...... R/U FELIDAE: Cats [2] Sus scrofa Kogia breviceps __ Bobcat ...... U/C U U/C BOVIDAE: Bovids [1] __ Dwarf Sperm Whale ...... R Lynx rufus __ American Bison ...... (-) (-) Kogia simus __ Cougar ...... (-) (-) (-) Bison bison PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm Whales [1] Puma concolor CERVIDAE: Deer [2] __ Sperm Whale ...... U CANIDAE: Wolves and Foxes [4 species] 2 subspecies __ Elk ...... X/R Physeter macrocephalus __ Coyote ...... U/C U/C U/C Cervus elaphus ZIPHIIDAE: Beaked Whales [5] Canis latrans __ White-tailed Deer ...... A A A __ Gervais' Beaked Whale ...... R/U __ Red Wolf ...... R Odocoileus virginianus Mesoplodon europaeus Canis lupus rufus DELPHINIDAE: Oceanic Dolphins [17] __ Blainville's Beaked Whale ...... R __ Gray Wolf ...... (-) __ Killer Whale ...... X/R Mesoplodon densirostris Canis lupus lupus Orcinus orca __ True's Beaked Whale ...... X/R __ Red Fox ...... C U/C U/C __ Rough-toothed Dolphin ...... R Mesoplodon mirus Vulpes vulpes Steno bredanensis __ Northern Bottlenose Whale ...... X __ Gray Fox ...... U/C C C __ Striped Dolphin ...... R/U Hyperoodon ampullatus Urocyon cinereoargenteus Stenella coeruleoalba __ Cuvier's Beaked Whale ...... U URSIDAE: Bears [1] __ Atlantic Spotted Dolphin ...... C Ziphius cavirostris __ American Black Bear ...... U/C R U/C Stenella frontalis ESCHRICHTIIDAE: Gray Whale [1] Ursus americanus __ Spinner Dolphin ...... X/R __ Gray Whale ...... (-) PROCYONIDAE: Raccoon [1] Stenella longirostris Eschrichtius robustus __ Common Raccoon ...... C C/A A __ Clymene Dolphin ...... R BALAENOPTERIDAE: Rorquals [5] Procyon lotor Stenella clymene __ Fin Whale ...... R MUSTELIDAE: Weasels [4] __ Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ...... X/R Balaenoptera physalus __ North American River Otter ...... R/U U U/C Stenella attenuata __ Sei Whale ...... X Lontra canadensis __ Short-beaked Common Dolphin ..... U/C Balaenoptera borealis __ Long-tailed Weasel ...... R/U R/U R/U Delphinus delphis __ Common Minke Whale ...... X/R Mustela frenata __ Common Bottlenose Dolphin ...... C/A Balaenoptera acutorostrata __ Least Weasel ...... R Tursiops truncatus __ Bryde's Whale ...... X Mustela nivalis __ Fraser's Dolphin ...... X Balaenoptera edeni __ American Mink ...... U U U/C Lagenodelphis hosei __ Humpback Whale ...... U Neovison vison __ Atlantic White-sided Dolphin ...... R Megaptera novaeangliae MEPHITIDAE: Skunks [2] Lagenorhynchus acutus BALAENIDAE: Bowhead Whales and Right Whales [1] __ Striped Skunk ...... C U/C R/U __ False Killer Whale ...... R __ North Atlantic Right Whale ...... R Mephitis mephitis Pseudorca crassidens Eubalaena glacialis __ Eastern Spotted Skunk ...... R/U __ Risso's Dolphin ...... U TRICHECHIDAE: Manatees [1] Spilogale putorius Grampus griseus __ West Indian Manatee ...... R PHOCIDAE: Earless seals [4] __ Long-finned Pilot Whale ...... R Trichechus manatus __ Hooded Seal ...... X Globicephala melas Cystophora cristata __ Short-finned Pilot Whale ...... C Developed by: Harry LeGrand and Tom Howard __ Harbor Seal ...... R/U Globicephala macrorhynchus Phoca vitulina Mammals of North Carolina: their Distribution and Abundance http://www.dpr.ncparks.gov/mammals/index.html Compiled on 2015-05-13 Page 2