mammals found in the White Clay watershed

Latin Name Common Name
Blarina brevicauda Short-tailed Shrew
Castor canadensis Beaver
Condylura cristata Star-nosed Mole
Cryptotis parva Least Shrew
Didelphis virginiana Opossum
Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat
Felis catus Feral Cat
Felis rufus Bobcat
Glaucomys volans Southern Flying Squirrel
Lasiurus borealis Red Bat
Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat
Marmota monax Woodchuck
Mephitis mephitis Striped Skunk
Microtus pennsylvanicus Meadow Vole
Mus musculus House Mouse
Mustela frenata Long-tailed Weasel
Mustela vison Mink
Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis
Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed Deer
Ondatra zibethicus Muskrat
Peromyscus leucopus White-footed Mouse
Microtus pinetorum Pine Vole
Procyon lotor Raccoon
Rattus rattus Black Rat
Rattus norvegicus Norway Rat
Reithrodontomys humulis Harvest Mouse
Scalopus aquaticus Eastern Mole
Sciurus carolinensis Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sorex cinereus Masked Shrew
Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red Squirrel
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Gray Fox
Vulpes v. fulva Red Fox
Zapus hudsonius Meadow Jumping Mouse
Source: The White Clay Creek Project: A Prototype Strategy for Protecting Small Stream Valleys; Water Resources Center, University of Delaware; Spring 1982.