- ANIMAL INVENTORY -
MAMMALS

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Southern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina carolinensis

The following 27 species of Mammals (Mammalia) have been positively identified at the 11-acre Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History. (Photos and/or other information are available by clicking on underlined common names below.)

MARSUPICARNIVORA
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana

INSECTIVORA
Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis (photo above)
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus

CHIROPTERA
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus (photo at right)
Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus

CARNIVORA
Mink Mustela vison--roadkill in front of Center
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis--roadkill in front of Center
Dog* Canis familiaris
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Raccoon Procyon lotor
River Otter Lutra canadensis
Feral (House) Cat* Felis domestica

PRIMATES
Human* Homo sapiens

ARTIODACTYLA
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginiana

LAGOMORPHA
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

RODENTIA
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans (photo below)
Beaver Castor canadensis
Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Golden Mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Woodland (Pine) Vole Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
House Mouse* Mus musculus
Norway Rat* Rattus norvegicus

* = Introduced species

Southern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys volans

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