Mammals of Arkansas (**indicates extirpated from Arkansas).
Orders
and families are listed in the taxonomic order suggested by Wilson and Reeder
(2005) as
modified by Burgin et al. 2018.
Within families, species are listed in alphabetical order by genus and
specific epithet.
Domain Eukarya,
Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Mammalia,
Subclass Theria
Infraclass Marsupalia
Order
Didelphimorphia
Family Didelphidae
Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Infraclass Placentalia
Order
Cingulata
Family Dasypodidae
Nine-banded armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Order
Lagomorpha
Family Leporidae
Black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
Swamp
rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
Order
Rodentia
Family Sciuridae
Southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys volans
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck
Marmota monax
Franklin’s ground squirrel
Poliocitellus franklinii
Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern fox squirrel
Sciurus niger
Eastern chipmunk
Tamias striatus
Family Castoridae
American beaver
Castor canadensis
Family
Heteromyidae
Hispid pocket mouse
Chaetodipus hispidus
Family Geomyidae
Baird’s pocket gopher
Geomys breviceps
Family Zapodidae
Meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius
Family Cricetidae
Prairie vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Woodland vole
Microtus pinetorum
Golden mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Common muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
Marsh oryzomys
Oryzomys palustris
Texas deermouse
Peromyscus attwateri
Cotton deermouse
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed deermouse
Peromyscus leucopus
North American deermouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Fulvous harvest mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Eastern harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
Western harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains
harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus
Hispid cotton rat
Sigmodon hispidus
Southern bog lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Family Muridae
House mouse
Mus musculus
Brown rat (Norway rat)
Rattus norvegicus
Roof
rat
Rattus rattus
Family
Echimyidae
Coypu (nutria)
Myocastor coypus
Order
Eulipotyphyla
Family Soricidae
Southern short-tailed shrew
Blarina carolinensis
Elliot’s short-tailed shrew
Blarina hylophaga
Least shrew
Cryptotis parva
Desert shrew
Notiosorex crawfordi
Southeastern shrew
Sorex longirostris
Family Talpidae
Eastern mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Order
Chiroptera
Family Molossidae
Brazilian free-tailed bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Family Vespertilionidae
Hoary bat
Aeorestes cinereus
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Townsend’s big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
Big
brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern red bat
Lasiurus borealis
Seminole bat
Lasiurus seminolus
Southeastern myotis
Myotis austroriparius
Gray myotis
Myotis grisescens
Small-footed myotis
Myotis leibii
Little brown myotis
Myotis lucifugus
Northern myotis
Myotis septentrionalis
Indiana myotis
Myotis sodalis
Tri-colored bat
Perimyotis subflavus
Evening bat
Nycticeius humeralis
Family Felidae
Ocelot**
Leopardus pardalis
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Cougar
Puma concolor
Family Canidae
Coyote
Canis latrans
Red
wolf**
Canis rufus
Gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Red
fox
Vulpes vulpes
Family
Ursidae
American black bear
Ursus americanus
Family
Mustelidae
North American river otter
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
American mink
Neovison vison
American badger
Taxidea taxus
Family Mephitidae
Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern spotted skunk
Spilogale putorius
Family Procyonidae
Ringtail
Bassariscus astutus
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Order
Artiodactyla
Family Cervidae
Elk
Cervus canadensis
White-tailed deer
Odocoileus
virginianus
Family
Bovidae
American Bison**
Bison bison
Mammals that occur in Louisiana or Mississippi, but not in Arkansas:
Order
Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Northern yellow bat (L, M)
Dasypterus intermedius
Order
Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Northern pygmy mouse (L)
Baiomys taylori
Family Geomyidae
Plains pocket gopher (L)
Geomys bursarius
Order
Sirenia
Family Trichechidae
West Indian manatee (L, M)
Trichechus manatus
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