Mammals at the FWG

Menu

Links (for more information) are to our own web pages on these mammals at the FWG, the Hinterland Who’s Who (HWW) series prepared by the Canadian Wildlife Service, or Environment Canada info.

Order Rodentia

Beaver — Castor canadensis (occasional visitor) [FWG | HWW]
Eastern Chipmunk — Tamias striatus [FWG | HWW]
Grey Squirrel — Sciurus carolinensis [FWG | HWW]
Red Squirrel — Tamiasciurus hudsonicus [FWG]
Groundhog — Marmota monax [HWW]
House Mouse — Mus musculus
Deer Mouse — Peromyscus maniculatus
Meadow Vole — Microtus pennsylvanicus
Muskrat — Ondatra zibethicus [FWG | HWW]
Porcupine — Erethizon dorsatum (unconfirmed) [HWW]

Eastern Chipmunk, BYG, photo D. Gordon E. Robertson

Order Carnivora

Raccoon — Procyon lotor [HWW]
Red Fox — Vulpes vulpes [FWG | HWW]
Coyote — Canis latrans (one time only) [HWW]
Short-tailed Weasel — Mustela erminea
Mink — Mustela vison
Striped Skunk — Mephitis mephitis [HWW]

Order Artiodactyla

White-tailed Deer — Odocoileus virginianus (seen several times) [HWW]

Order Lagomorpha

Eastern Cottontail — Sylvilagus floridanus [FWG]

Order Chiroptera

Little Brown Bat — Myotis lucifuga [HWW]
Big Brown Bat — Eptesicus fuscus [HWW]

Juvenile Red Fox, photo Christine Hanrahan

Cottontail Rabbit, BYG, photo D. Gordon E. Robertson