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Taxonomic Order |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Observed Abundance |
---|---|---|---|
Marsupials |
Virginia Opossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
C |
Insectivores |
Southern Short-tailed Shrew |
Blarina carolinensis |
U |
|
Eastern Mole |
Scalopus aquaticus |
U |
Bats |
Red Bat |
Lasiurus borealis |
U |
|
Hoary Bat |
Lasiurus cinereus |
U |
|
Evening Bat |
Nycticeius humeralis |
C |
Armadillos |
Nine-banded Armadillo |
Dasypus novemcinctus |
A |
Rabbits & Hares |
Black-tailed Jackrabbit |
Lepus californicus |
R |
|
Eastern Cottontail |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
C |
Rodents |
Northern Pigmy Mouse |
Baiomys taylori |
C |
|
Beaver |
Castor canadensis |
C |
|
Nutria |
Myocastor coypus |
U |
|
Eastern Wood Rat |
Neotoma floridana |
C |
|
Muskrat |
Ondatra zibethicus |
U |
|
Texas Mouse |
Peromyscus attwateri |
R |
|
White-footed Mouse |
Peromyscus leucopus |
A |
|
Deer Mouse |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
U |
|
Plains Harvest Mouse |
Reithrodontomys montanus |
C |
|
Fox Squirrel |
Sciurus niger |
C |
|
Hispid Cotton Rat |
Sigmodon hispidus |
C |
Carnivores |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
C |
|
Cougar |
Felis concolor |
X* |
|
Bobcat |
Felis rufus |
C |
|
River Otter |
Lutra canadensis |
R |
|
Striped Skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
A |
|
Mink |
Mustela vison |
U |
|
Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
A |
|
Red Fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
U |
Hoofed Mammals |
White-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
C |
|
Feral Hog |
Sus scrofa |
U |
*Observed in LLELA by several Corps of Engineers employees, confirmed by USDA Wildlife Services from a track in Westlake Park, 1997
Abundance Codes Key
- A - abundant
- C - common
- U - uncommon
- R - rare
- X - accidental