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To report sightings, contact: Natural Resources Coordinator 980-314-1119 www.parkandrec.com MAMMAL CHECKLIST Mecklenburg County, NC: 50 species Pouched Mammals Rabbits ☐ House Mouse2 (Mus musculus) Didelphidae Leporidae Dipodidae ☐ Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) ☐ Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) ☐ Meadow Jumping Mouse4 Shrews and Moles Gnawing Mammals (Zapus hudsonius) Soricidae Sciuridae Carnivores ☐ Southeastern Shrew (Sorex longirostris) ☐ Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Canidae ☐ Northern Short-tailed Shrew1, 4 ☐ Woodchuck (Marmota monax) ☐ Coyote2 (Canis latrans) (Blarina brevicauda) ☐ Eastern Gray Squirrel ☐ Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) ☐ Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Sciurus carolinensis) ☐ Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) (Blarina carolinensis) ☐ Eastern Fox Squirrel Ursidae ☐ North American Least Shrew (Sciurus niger)—Extremely Rare ☐ American Black Bear3 (Cryptotis parva) ☐ Southern Flying Squirrel (Ursus americanus) Talpidae (Glaucomys volans) Procyonidae ☐ Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) Castoridae ☐ Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) ☐ Star-nosed Mole1 (Condylura cristata) ☐ American Beaver (Castor canadensis) Mustelidae Cricetidae ☐ North American River Otter Bats 4 Vespertilionidae ☐ Eastern Harvest Mouse (Lontra canadensis) (Reithrodontomys humulis) ☐ Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) ☐ Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) ☐ Oldfield Deermouse ☐ American Mink (Neovison vison) ☐ Silver-haired Bat (Peromyscus polionotus) Mephitidae (Lasionycteris noctivagans) ☐ White-footed Deermouse ☐ Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) ☐ Eastern Pipistrelle, Tricolored Bat (Peromyscus leucopus) Felidae (Perimyotis subflavus) ☐ Cotton Deermouse1 ☐ Bobcat (Lynx rufus)—Very Rare ☐ Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) (Peromyscus gossypinus) ☐ Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Hoofed Mammals ☐ Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) ☐ Seminole Bat1, 3 (Lasiurus seminolis) Suidae ☐ Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) ☐ Hoary Bat3 (Lasiurus cinereus) 2 ☐ Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) ☐ Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) ☐ Northern Yellow Bat1, 3 Bovidae ☐ Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum) (Lasiurus intermedius) 4, 5 ☐ Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) ☐ American Bison (Bison bison) ☐ Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) Muridae Cervidae Molossidae ☐ Roof Rat2 (Rattus rattus) ☐ White-tailed Deer ☐ Mexican Free-tailed Bat ☐ Brown (Norway) Rat2 (Rattus norvegicus) (Odocoileus virginianus) (Tadarida brasiliensis) 1Species are known only from a historic record. 2Exotic species. Not native to Mecklenburg County. 3Transient species. Not breeding in Mecklenburg County. 4These species are referenced in “A distributional survey of North Carolina mammals” by Lee et. al.,1983. 5The American Bison (as well as the Gray Wolf, Elk, and possibly Cougar) is believed to be extirpated from the region. However, paleontological evidence is lacking. Taxonomic nomenclature follows: Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. Available: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. NatureServe. 2018. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Or Mammals of North Carolina: Their Distribution and Abundance. Checklist Publication Series: No. 03 © 2018 Mecklenburg County — All Rights Reserved. Photo: White-tailed Deer © Leigh Anne Carter..