Pennsylvania Mammal Atlas Wild Mammal Checklist

This list includes wild mammal species that are native, non-native, feral, transient, and/or extirpated in regards to Pennsylvania. NatureServe State Ranks (PNHP 2014) were structured as follows: S1=critically imperiled, S2=imperiled, S3=vulnerable, S4=apparently secure, S5=secure, SX=extirpated, and SNA=not applicable. Legal Status is listed as Federal (F) or Pennsylvania (P) and Endangered (E) or Threatened (T). List updated December 2015.

Statewide State Legal Notes SPECIES (Common name, Scientific name) Range Rank Status

Dogs & Foxes – Canidae

□ Coyote, Canis latrans S5 □ Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus S5 □ Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes SNA Non-native Wolf, Canis lupus SX Extirpated

Beavers – Castoridae

□ North American Beaver, Castor canadensis S5

Deer – Cervidae *SX=Eastern elk (subspecies), SNA(Non-native)=Rocky *SX/SNA □ Elk, Cervus elaphus Mountain elk (subspecies)

□ White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus S5 Moose, Alces americanus SX Extirpated

Native Rats, Mice, & Voles – Cricetidae □ Rock Vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus S3

□ Meadow Vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus S5 □ Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum S5 □ Southern Red-backed Vole, Myodes gapperi S5 □ Allegheny Woodrat, Neotoma magister S2 PT □ Common Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus S4 □ White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus S5 □ Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus S5 □ Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi S4

New World Opossums – Didelphidae

□ Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana S5

Jumping Mice – Dipodidae

□ Woodland Jumping Mouse, Napaeozapus insignis S5 □ Meadow Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius S5

New World Porcupines – Erethizontidae □ North American Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum S5

Cats – Felidae

□ Domestic Cat, Felis catus SNA Feral □ Bobcat, Lynx rufus S5 Canada Lynx, Lynx canadensis SX Extirpated Cougar, Puma concolor SX Extirpated Statewide State Legal Notes SPECIES (Common name, Scientific name) Range Rank Status

Rabbits & Hares – Leporidae □ Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus S4

□ Eastern Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus S5 □ Appalachian Cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus S1/S2

Skunks – Mephitidae □ Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis S5 □ Eastern Spotted Skunk, Spilogale putorius S2

Old World Rats & Mice – Muridae

□ House Mouse, Mus musculus SNA Non-native □ Norway Rat, Rattus norvegicus SNA Non-native Black Rat, Rattus rattus SNA Non-native, now extirpated

Weasels & Otters – Mustelidae □ North American River Otter, Lontra canadensis S4 □ Fisher, Martes pennanti S5

□ Ermine, Mustela erminea S5 □ Long-tailed Weasel, Mustela frenata S5 □ Least Weasel, Mustela nivalis S5

□ American Mink, Neovison vison S5 Wolverine, Gulo gulo SX Extirpated American Marten, Martes americana SNA Transient American Badger, Taxidea taxus SNA Non-native, now extirpated

True Seals – Phocidae Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata SNA Transient Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina SNA Transient

Porpoise – Phocoenidae Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena SNA Transient

Raccoons – Procyonidae

□ Raccoon, Procyon lotor S5

Squirrels – Sciuridae □ Northern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus S1 PE

□ Southern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys volans S5 □ Woodchuck, Marmota monax S5 □ Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis S5 □ Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger S5 □ Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus S5 □ Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus S5 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus SNA Non-native, now extirpated tridecemlineatus

Statewide State Legal Notes SPECIES (Common name, Scientific name) Range Rank Status

Shrews – Soricidae

□ Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda S5 □ North American Least Shrew, Cryptotis parva S1 PE □ Masked Shrew, Sorex cinereus S5 □ Long-tailed Shrew, Sorex dispar S4 □ Smoky Shrew, Sorex fumeus S5 □ American Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi S5 □ American Water Shrew, Sorex palustris S3 *PT *PT=West Virginia water shrew (subspecies)

Hogs & Pigs – Suidae □ Wild Boar, Sus scrofa SNA Feral

Moles – Talpidae

□ Star-nosed Mole, Condylura cristata S5 □ Hairy-tailed Mole, Parascalops breweri S5 □ Eastern Mole, Scalopus aquaticus S5

Manatees – Trichechidae West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus SNA Transient

Bears – Ursidae

□ American Black Bear, Ursus americanus S5

Plain-Nosed Bats – Vespertilionidae □ Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus S2/S3 □ Silver-haired Bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans S1

□ Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis S4 □ Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus S4 □ Eastern Small-footed Myotis, Myotis leibii S2 PT

□ Little Brown Myotis, Myotis lucifugus S1 □ Northern Myotis, Myotis septentrionalis S1 FT □ Indiana Myotis, Myotis sodalis S1 FE, PE

□ Evening Bat, Nycticeius humeralis S2 □ Tricolored Bat, Perimyotis subflavus S1 Towsend's Big-eared Bat, Corynorhinus towsendii SNA Transient Seminole Bat, Lasiurus seminolus SNA Transient