______Appalachian Cottontail U ______Mountain Lion or Cougar est Virginia is home to at least 70 different Sylvilagus obscurus Puma concolor Extirpated wild mammals, with sporadic, although ______Eastern Cottontail C ______Feral or house cat E Wunconfirmed reports of the presence of one Mammals Sylvilagus floridana Felis catus other mammal-the eastern cougar. Four of West Virginia’s mammals–the Virginia big-eared bat, ORDER CARNIVORA-Carnivores ORDER ARTIODACTYLA-Even-toed Indiana bat, West Virginia northern flying squirrel Of Family Canidae- Wolves, Dogs and eastern cougar–are federally listed as endangered. Ungulates Several additional species are rare in West Virginia and Foxes Family Suidae -Pigs and warrant close monitoring. ______Red Fox C ______Wild Boar/ Feral Pig E West Three species of mammals no longer exist in West Vulpes vulpes Sus scrofa ______Gray Fox C Virginia: the bison, elk and gray wolf. The last Urocyon cinereoargenteus Family Cervidae -Cervids recorded bison in West Virginia was killed near Virginia ______Coyote R ______White-tailed Deer C Valley Head, Randolph County in 1825. Elk were Canis latrans Odocoileus virginianus reported near the headwaters of the Tygart and ______Feral or domestic Dog E Greenbrier rivers as late as 1875, but were gone by Canis familiaris Family Bovidae -Goats 1890. Bounties were paid on wolves in West Virginia ______Domesticated Goat E as late as 1822. The last recorded wolf was killed in Family Ursidae-Bears Capra hircus 1900. ______Black Bear U *formerly Zapodidae, reduced to subfamily Zapodinae The beaver, fisher and river otter were also Ursus americanus eradicated, but were reintroduced in the 1930s, 1969 Family Procyonidae -Racoons and and 1985, respectively. Wild boar were introduced Ring-tails into the state in 1971. Today a population of wild Suggested Literature boar exists in Boone, Logan, Raleigh and Wyoming ______Common Raccoon C counties. Procyon lotor for further information: A Field The black rat (roof rat), Norway rat and house Family Mustelidae -Mustelids A Field Guide to the Mammals by William mouse all came to the continental United States with Checklist ______Least Weasel U H. Burt and Richard P. Grossenheider settlers and traders. Dogs, cats and goats that have Mustela nivalis The Audubon Society Field Guide to wandered off or were abandoned have formed wild, ______Long-tailed Weasel U North American Mammals by John O. or feral, populations in portions of the state. Mustela frenata ______Mink U Whitaker, Jr. Just as man’s activities have resulted in the decline and extinction of some mammals, these activities also Mustela vison The Mammals of North America by have resulted in increased abundance and range ______Fisher R Raymond Hall expansion of others. The opossum is more abundant Martes pennanti Wild Mammals of North America edited and more widely distributed due to man’s activities, ______River Otter R by Joseph A. Chapman and George A. as are mammals that prefer farm and early Lutra canadensis Feldhamer successional habitats. The coyote has expanded its Extirpated, Reintroduced Vertebrate Species of Concern in West range eastward across the Mississippi River and now Family Mephitidae -Skunks Virginia, WVDNR publication occurs throughout the Mountain State. ______Eastern Spotted Skunk U Spilogale putorius ______Striped Skunk C Taxonomic References: Wilson & Reeder,1993. Mammalian Species of the World, Mephitis mephitis Smithsonian Institution Press Jones, Clyde, et al. 1997. Occasional Papers of the Museum The Division of Natural Resources is an Family Felidae -Cats 173: Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Published by the ______Bobcat U Mexico, 1997. equal opportunity employer. West Virginia Division of Lynx rufus Whitaker, John O., Jr. and William J. Hamilton, 1998. Mammals of the Eastern United States, 3rd ed. 10/2001 5M Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section ______Eastern Red Bat C ______Deer Mouse C Lasiurus borealis Peromyscus maniculatus Mammals of West Virginia Field Checklist ______Hoary Bat U ______White-footed Mouse C Lasiurus cinereus Peromyscus leucopus The classification of mammals used in this checklist conforms to accepted zoological nomenclature. Although the Latin names used for the orders, families, genera and species may appear formidable and unpronounceable, they are ______Evening Bat R ______Golden Mouse U necessary because often an animal may be known by more than one common name. For example, the woodchuck is Nycticeius humeralis Ochrotomys nuttalli also called a ground hog or whistle pig. Subspecies names are not given in this listing. ______Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat R ______Allegheny Wood Rat U Corynorhinus rafinesquii Neotoma magister This checklist was designed for use by students as an educational tool or by anyone interested in our state's ______Virginia Big-eared Bat R Subfamily Arvicolinae mammals. The likelihood of finding each animal has been designated by one of the following letters: Corynorhinus townsendii (Voles, lemmings, muskrats) C = Common-can be commonly seen in suitable habitat within current range ______Southern Bog Lemming U U = Uncommon - seldom seen because habitat restricted and/or behavior secretive ORDER RODENTIA -Rodents Synaptomys cooperi R = Rare-not often present even in suitable habitat Family Sciuridae -Squirrels ______Southern Red-backed Vole C E = Exotic- not native to North America ______Eastern Chipmunk C Clethrionomys gapperi Tamias striatus ______Meadow Vole C Microtus pennsylvanicus ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA -Marsupials Family Talpidae -Moles ______Woodchuck/ Groundhog C ______Rock Vole U Family Didelphidae - ______Hairy-tailed Mole C Marmota monax ______Eastern Gray Squirrel C Microtus chrotorrhinus New World Opossums Parascalops breweri Sciurus carolinensis ______Woodland Vole/ Pine Vole C ______Virginia Opossum C ______Eastern Mole U ______Fox Squirrel C Microtus pinetorum (Didelphis virginiana ) Scalopus aquaticus ______Prairie Vole R ______Star-nosed Mole U Sciurus niger Microtus ochrogaster Condylura cristata ______Red Squirrel C ORDER INSECTIVORA -Shrews and Moles Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ______Muskrat C Family Soricidae-Shrews Ondatra zibethicus ORDER CHIROPTERA -Bats ______Southern Flying Squirrel C ______Masked Shrew C Glaucomys volans Subfamily Murinae Family Vespertilionidae -Common Bats Sorex cinereus ______WV Northern Flying Squirrel R (Old World mice and rats) ______Little Brown Myotis C ______Southeastern Shrew U Glaucomys sabrinus ______House Mouse E Sorex longirostris Myotis lucifugus Mus musculus ______Smoky Shrew U ______Northern Myotis U Family Castoridae -Beavers ______Norway Rat E Sorex fumeus Myotis septentrionalis ______American Beaver C Rattus norvegicus ______Long-tailed Shrew U ______Indiana Myotis R Castor canadensis ______Black Rat E Sorex dispar Myotis sodalis Family Dipodidae -Jumping Mice* Rattus rattus ______Eastern Small-footed Myotis R ______Water Shrew R ______Meadow Jumping Mouse U Myotis leibii Family Erethizontidae -New World Sorex palustris Zapus hudsonius ______Gray Myotis R Porcupines ______Pygmy Shrew U ______Woodland Jumping Mouse C Myotis grisescens ______Common Porcupine R Sorex hoyi Napaeozapus insignis ______Northern Short-tailed Shrew C ______Silver-haired Bat U Erethizon dorsatum Blarina brevicauda Lasionycteris noctivagans Family Muridae Mice and Rats ______Least Shrew R ______Eastern Pipistrelle C Subfamily Sigmodontinae ORDER LAGOMORPHA-Lagomorphs Cryptotis parva Pipistrellus subflavus (New World mice and rats) Family Leporidae -Hares and Rabbits ______Big Brown Bat C ______Eastern Harvest Mouse R ______Snowshoe Hare U Eptesicus fuscus Reithrodontomys humulis Lepus americanus If you should find or observe a rare species or one not listed here, please contact the WVDNR's Wildlife Diversity Program, P.O. Box 67, Elkins, WV 26241 or phone 304-637-0245.