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


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