Checklist of Mammals of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Taxonomic and nomenclature based on, Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Edited by R.C. Banks, R.W. McDiarmed, and A.L. Gardner. Resource Publ. 166, U.S. FWS 1987.

Geographical distribution for potentially occuring species based on, “Mammals of Maryland”, North American Fauna No. 66, by John L. Paradiso, April 1969. DOI, Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife. Additional refinement from Hall & Kelson’s “Mammals of North America”, Roland Press, NY; 1959.

Marsupiala Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana Insectivora Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda Southeastern Shrew Sorex longirostris Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata Chiroptera Red Bat Lasiurus borealis Lagomorpha Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Rodentia Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans Woodchuck Marmota monax Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus Pine Vole Pitymys pinetorum Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Beaver Castor canadensis House Mouse Mus musculus Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys humulis Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius Carnivora Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Raccoon Procyon lotor Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata Mink Mustela vison Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis River Otter Lutra canadensis Artiodactyla White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Potentially Occurring Mammals at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Insectivora Least Shrew Cryptotis parva Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi Chiroptera Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis Rodentia Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus Nutria Myocastor coypus (observed 3 times, but pop's not established) Carnivora Coyote Canis latrans Bobcat Lynx rufus Black Bear Ursus americanus