M P C O M P C O CRICETIDAE: New World Mice and Rats, Voles [16] TALPIDAE: Moles [cont.] Checklist of the Mammals of North Carolina __ Rock Vole ....................................... R __ Hairy-tailed Mole ............................. C X 121 species Microtus chrotorrhinus Parascalops breweri __ Meadow Vole .................................. C U/C R/U __ Eastern Mole .................................. U/C C C Abundance of each species indicated for four regions: Microtus pennsylvanicus Scalopus aquaticus Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Ocean. __ Woodland Vole ............................... U/C U/C U/C These are broad geographic regions; populations can SORICIDAE: Shrews [9] be local within a given region. Microtus pinetorum __ Northern Short-tailed Shrew ........... A U/C R/U __ Common Muskrat ........................... U/C C C/A Blarina brevicauda A = Abundant Ondatra zibethicus __ Southern Short-tailed Shrew .......... C C/A C = Common __ Southern Red-backed Vole ............ C/A Blarina carolinensis U = Uncommon Myodes gapperi __ North American Least Shrew ..........U/C C C R = Rare __ Southern Bog Lemming .................. R/U R Cryptotis parva X = Accidental/Casual Synaptomys cooperi __ Long-tailed Shrew ........................... R (-) = Historical Occurrence __ Eastern Woodrat ............................. U X X/R Sorex dispar * = Introduced Neotoma floridana __ Smoky Shrew ................................. C Blank = Not recorded in that region __ Allegheny Woodrat ......................... R/U X Sorex fumeus Neotoma magister __ American Pygmy Shrew ................. R/U X/R M P C O __ Golden Mouse ................................ C C U/C Sorex hoyi DIDELPHIDAE: Opossum [1] Ochrotomys nuttalli __ American Water Shrew ................... R __ Virginia Opossum ........................... A A A __ North American Deermouse ........... A X/R Sorex palustris Didelphis virginiana Peromyscus maniculatus __ Cinereus Shrew .............................. C/A DASYPODIDAE: Armadillos [1] __ Oldfield Deermouse ........................ X/R Sorex cinereus __ Nine-banded Armadillo ................... R R X/R Peromyscus polionotus __ Southeastern Shrew ....................... X/R U U/C Dasypus novemcinctus __ White-footed Deermouse ................ A A C/A Sorex longirostris CASTORIDAE: Beavers [1] Peromyscus leucopus VESPERTILIONIDAE: Common Bats [16] __ American Beaver ............................ U/C C C __ Cotton Deermouse ......................... X/R X C/A __ Eastern Pipistrelle ........................... U U/C U Castor canadensis Peromyscus gossypinus Pipistrellus subflavus DIPODIDAE: Jumping Mice [2] __ Eastern Harvest Mouse .................. R U U __ Big Brown Bat ................................. C C R/U __ Woodland Jumping Mouse ............. U/C Reithrodontomys humulis Eptesicus fuscus Napaeozapus insignis __ Hispid Cotton Rat ........................... C A A __ Evening Bat .................................... U C/A C/A __ Meadow Jumping Mouse ................R/U X/R Sigmodon hispidus Nycticeius humeralis Zapus hudsonius __ Marsh Rice Rat ............................... X/R C/A __ Eastern Red Bat ............................. A A A MYOCASTORIDAE: Coypu [1] Oryzomys palustris Lasiurus borealis __ *Coypu ............................................ X/R U/C MURIDAE: Old World Mice and Rats [3] __ Hoary Bat ........................................R/U R U Myocastor coypus __ *Brown Rat ..................................... C/A A A Lasiurus cinereus SCIURIDAE: Squirrels [7] Rattus norvegicus __ Seminole Bat .................................. X U U/C __ Eastern Gray Squirrel ..................... A A A __ *Roof Rat ........................................ R R R Lasiurus seminolus Sciurus carolinensis Rattus rattus __ Northern Yellow Bat ........................ X X/R __ Eastern Fox Squirrel ....................... R R U __ *House Mouse ................................ A A A Lasiurus intermedius Sciurus niger Mus musculus __ Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat ............ R X R/U __ Red Squirrel .................................... C X LEPORIDAE: Rabbits and Hares [3] Corynorhinus rafinesquii Tamiasciurus hudsonicus __ Marsh Rabbit .................................. X/R C __ Townsend's Big-eared Bat ..............X/R __ Northern Flying Squirrel .................. R Sylvilagus palustris Corynorhinus townsendii Glaucomys sabrinus __ Eastern Cottontail ........................... A A A __ Southeastern Myotis ....................... X X R/U __ Southern Flying Squirrel ................. C C C Sylvilagus floridanus Myotis austroriparius Glaucomys volans __ Appalachian Cottontail ....................R/U __ Gray Myotis .................................... X/R __ Woodchuck ..................................... C U/C U Sylvilagus obscurus Myotis grisescens Marmota monax TALPIDAE: Moles [3] __ Eastern Small-footed Myotis ...........R/U __ Eastern Chipmunk .......................... C/A U/C X/R __ Star-nosed Mole ............................. U/C X R/U Myotis leibii Tamias striatus Condylura cristata __ Little Brown Myotis ......................... U U R/U Myotis lucifugus Page 1 M P C O M P C O M P C O VESPERTILIONIDAE: Common Bats [cont.] PHOCIDAE: Earless seals [cont.] DELPHINIDAE: Oceanic Dolphins [cont.] __ Northern Myotis .............................. U R X/R __ Harp Seal ........................................ X/R __ Pygmy Killer Whale ........................ X Myotis septentrionalis Pagophilus groenlandicus Feresa attenuata __ Indiana Myotis ................................ R __ Gray Seal ........................................ R __ Melon-headed Whale ..................... X Myotis sodalis Halichoerus grypus Peponocephala electra __ Silver-haired Bat ............................. U/C U/C U EQUIDAE: Horses [1] PHOCOENIDAE: Porpoises [1] Lasionycteris noctivagans __ *Feral Horse ................................... X/R __ Harbor Porpoise ............................. U MOLOSSIDAE: Free-tailed Bats [1] Equus caballus Phocoena phocoena __ Mexican Free-tailed Bat .................. U U/C SUIDAE: Pigs [1] KOGIIDAE: Small Sperm Whales [2] Tadarida brasiliensis __ *Wild Boar .......................................U/C U U/C __ Pygmy Sperm Whale ...................... R/U FELIDAE: Cats [2] Sus scrofa Kogia breviceps __ Bobcat ............................................ U/C U U/C BOVIDAE: Bovids [1] __ Dwarf Sperm Whale ....................... R Lynx rufus __ American Bison .............................. (-) (-) Kogia simus __ Cougar ............................................ (-) (-) (-) Bison bison PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm Whales [1] Puma concolor CERVIDAE: Deer [2] __ Sperm Whale .................................. U CANIDAE: Wolves and Foxes [4 species] 2 subspecies __ Elk ...................................................X/R Physeter macrocephalus __ Coyote ............................................ U/C U/C U/C Cervus elaphus ZIPHIIDAE: Beaked Whales [5] Canis latrans __ White-tailed Deer ............................ A A A __ Gervais' Beaked Whale .................. R/U __ Red Wolf ......................................... R Odocoileus virginianus Mesoplodon europaeus Canis lupus rufus DELPHINIDAE: Oceanic Dolphins [17] __ Blainville's Beaked Whale ............... R __ Gray Wolf ........................................ (-) __ Killer Whale .................................... X/R Mesoplodon densirostris Canis lupus lupus Orcinus orca __ True's Beaked Whale ..................... X/R __ Red Fox .......................................... C U/C U/C __ Rough-toothed Dolphin ................... R Mesoplodon mirus Vulpes vulpes Steno bredanensis __ Northern Bottlenose Whale ............ X __ Gray Fox ......................................... U/C C C __ Striped Dolphin ............................... R/U Hyperoodon ampullatus Urocyon cinereoargenteus Stenella coeruleoalba __ Cuvier's Beaked Whale .................. U URSIDAE: Bears [1] __ Atlantic Spotted Dolphin ................. C Ziphius cavirostris __ American Black Bear ...................... U/C R U/C Stenella frontalis ESCHRICHTIIDAE: Gray Whale [1] Ursus americanus __ Spinner Dolphin .............................. X/R __ Gray Whale ..................................... (-) PROCYONIDAE: Raccoon [1] Stenella longirostris Eschrichtius robustus __ Common Raccoon .......................... C C/A A __ Clymene Dolphin ............................ R BALAENOPTERIDAE: Rorquals [5] Procyon lotor Stenella clymene __ Fin Whale ....................................... R MUSTELIDAE: Weasels [4] __ Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ........... X/R Balaenoptera physalus __ North American River Otter ............ R/U U U/C Stenella attenuata __ Sei Whale ....................................... X Lontra canadensis __ Short-beaked Common Dolphin ..... U/C Balaenoptera borealis __ Long-tailed Weasel ......................... R/U R/U R/U Delphinus delphis __ Common Minke Whale ................... X/R Mustela frenata __ Common Bottlenose Dolphin .......... C/A Balaenoptera acutorostrata __ Least Weasel .................................. R Tursiops truncatus __ Bryde's Whale ................................. X Mustela nivalis __ Fraser's Dolphin .............................. X Balaenoptera edeni __ American Mink ................................ U U U/C Lagenodelphis hosei __ Humpback Whale ........................... U Neovison vison __ Atlantic White-sided Dolphin ........... R Megaptera novaeangliae MEPHITIDAE: Skunks [2] Lagenorhynchus acutus BALAENIDAE: Bowhead Whales and Right Whales [1] __ Striped