Aullwood's Mammal List
This list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature of A Guide to the Mammals of Ohio, Jack L.Gottschang, Ohio State University Press, 1981
Order Marsupialia - pouched mammals
Family Didelphidae
Opossum - Didelphis virginiana Order Insectivora - moles and shrews
Family Talpidae - moles
Eastern mole - Scalopus aquaticus Family Soricidae - shrews
Short tailed shrew - Blarina brevicauda Order Chiroptera - bats
Family Verspertillionidae - bats
Little brown bat - Myotis lucifugus
Indiana bat - Myotis sodalis
Keen myotis - Myotis keenii
Silver-haired bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern pipistrel - Pipistrellus subflavus
Big brown bat - Eptesicus fuscus
Red bat - Lasiurus borealis
Hoary bat - Lasiurus cinereus
Order Lagomorpha - rabbits and hares
Family Leporidae - rabbits and hare
Eastern cottontail rabbit - Sylvilagus floridanus Order Rodentia - rodents
Family Sciuridae - woodchucks, squirrels, chipmunks, etc.
Woodchuck - Marmota monax
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Eastern chipmunk - Tamias striatus
Red squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Gray squirrel - Sciurus carolinenesis
Fox squirrel - Sciurus niger
Southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans
Family Castoridae - beaver
Beaver - Castor canadensis
Family Cricetidae - native rats, mice, voles and lemmings
Deer mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
White-footed mouse - Peromyscus leucopus
Meadow vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus
Prairie vole - Microtus orchrogaster Muskrat - Ondartra zibethica
Southern bog lemming - Synaptomys cooperi
Family Muridae - old world rats and mice
Norway rat - Rattus norvigecus
House mouse - Mus musculus
Family Zapodidae - jumping mice
Meadow jumping mouse - Zapus hudsonius Order Carnivora - meat eaters
Family Canidae - dogs, foxes and wolves
Coyote - Canis latrans
Red fox - Vulpes fulva
Gray fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Family Procyonidae - racoons and allies
Racoon - Procyon lotor Family Mustelidae - weasels, skunk, mink, otter and badger
Longtail weasel - Mustela frenata
Least weasel - Mustela nivalis
Mink - Mustela vison
Badger - Taxidea taxus
Striped skunk - Mephitis mephitis
Order Artiodactyla - even toed hooved ungulates
Family Cervidae - deer
Whitetail deer - Odocoileus virginianus