| ORDER/Family |
Common Name |
Species Name |
Status |
Distribution |
| DIDELPHIMORPHIA |
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| Didelphidae |
Virginia Opossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
Common |
State-wide |
| INSECTIVORA |
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| Soricidae |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Rock shrew |
Sorex dispar |
Uncommon |
Appalachian Uplands |
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Maryland shrew |
Sorex fontinalis |
Common |
Piedmont and Valley and Ridge |
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Smoky shrew |
Sorex fumeus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Pygmy shrew |
Sorex hoyi |
Uncommon |
Presumed State-wide |
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Water shrew |
Sorex palustris |
Uncommon |
Mountain streams |
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Northern short-tailed shrew |
Blarina brevicauda |
Common |
State-wide |
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Least shrew |
Cryptotis parva |
Endangered |
Southcentral |
| Talpidae |
Hairy-tailed mole |
Parascalops breweri |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
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Eastern mole |
Scalopus aquaticus |
Uncommon |
Piedmont and Valley and Ridge |
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Star-nosed mole |
Condylura cristata |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
| CHIROPTERA |
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| Vespertilionidae |
Keen's myotis |
Myotis keenii |
Rare |
State-wide |
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Small-footed myotis |
Myotis leibii |
Threatened |
State-wide |
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Little brown myotis |
Myotis lucifugus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Indiana bat |
Myotis sodalis |
Endangered |
Central |
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Red bat |
Lasiurus borealis |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
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Hoary bat |
Lasiurus cinereus |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
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Seminole bat |
Lasiurus seminolus |
Rare |
Piedmont |
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Silver-haired bat |
Lasionycteris noctivagans |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
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Eastern pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus subflavus |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
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Big brown bat |
Eptesicus fuscus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Evening bat |
Nycticeius humeralis |
Rare |
Southeastern |
| LAGOMORPHA |
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| Leporidae |
Eastern cottontail |
Sylvilagus floridanus |
Common |
State-wide |
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New England cottontail |
Sylvilagus transitionalis |
Rare |
Eastern Mts. |
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Snowshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Rare |
Appalachian Uplands |
| RODENTIA |
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| Sciuridae |
Eastern chipmunk |
Tamias striatus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Woodchuck |
Marmota monax |
Common |
State-wide |
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Gray squirrel |
Sciurus carolinensis |
Common |
State-wide |
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Fox squirrel |
Sciurus niger |
Uncommon |
Southern & Western |
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Red squirrel |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Northern flying squirrel |
Glaucomys sabrinus |
Rare |
Northern |
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Southern flying squirrel |
Glaucomys volans |
Common |
State-wide |
| Castoridae |
Beaver |
Castor canadensis |
Reintroduced |
State-wide |
| Muridae |
Marsh rice rat |
Oryzomys palustris |
Extinct |
Coastal Plain |
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White-footed mouse |
Peromyscus leucopus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Deer mouse |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Eastern woodrat |
Neotoma magister |
Threatened |
Mt. Ridges |
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Norway rat |
Rattus norvegicus |
Introduced |
State-wide |
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House mouse |
Mus musculus |
Introduced |
State-wide |
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Southern red-backed vole |
Clethrionomys gapperi |
Common |
State-wide |
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Rock vole |
Microtus chrotorrhinus |
Rare |
Northeast |
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Meadow vole |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Woodland vole |
Microtus pinetorum |
Common |
State-wide |
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Muskrat |
Ondatra zibethicus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Sothern bog lemming |
Synaptomys cooperi |
Uncommon |
State-wide |
| Zapodidae |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Common |
State-wide |
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Woodland jumping mouse |
Napaeozapus insignis |
Common |
Northern & Western |
| Erethizontidae |
Porcupine |
Erethizon dorsatum |
Uncommon |
Northern & Central |
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| CARNIVORA |
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| Canidae |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Common |
State-wide |
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Gray wolf |
Canis lupus |
Extinct |
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Red fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
Common |
State-wide |
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Gray fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
Common |
State-wide |
| Ursidae |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Uncommon |
Appalachian Uplands |
| Procyonidae |
Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
Common |
State-wide |
| Mustelidae |
Marten |
Martes americana |
Extinct |
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Fisher |
Martes pennanti |
Reintroduced |
North Central |
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Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Uncommon |
Absent from Southwest |
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Long-tailed weasel |
Mustela frenata |
Common |
State-wide |
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Least weasel |
Mustela nivalis |
Rare |
Western 2/3's |
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Mink |
Mustela vison |
Common |
State-wide |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Extinct |
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Badger |
Taxidea taxus |
Extinct |
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Eastern spotted skunk |
Spilogale putorius |
Rare |
Southcentral |
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Striped skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
Common |
State-wide |
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River otter |
Lutra canadensis |
Rare |
Northern |
| Felidae |
Mountain lion |
Felis concolor |
Extinct |
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Lynx |
Lynx lynx |
Extinct |
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Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
Rare |
Appalachian Uplands |
| ARTIODACTYLA |
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| Cervidae |
Wapiti (Elk) |
Cervus elaphus |
Reintroduced |
North Central |
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White-tailed deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
Common |
State-wide |
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Moose |
Alces alces |
Extinct |
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| Bovidae |
Bison |
Bison bison |
Extinct |
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| Also see "Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania" by Joseph Merritt (1987) Univ. of PA Press |
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