Mammals at the FWG

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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

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

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

Order Carnivora

(Northern) Raccoon — Procyon lotor [HWW]
Red Fox — Vulpes vulpes [FWG | HWW]
Coyote — Canis latrans [HWW]
American Stoat or American Ermine — Mustela richardsonii
(American) Mink — Mustela vison
Striped Skunk — Mephitis mephitis [HWW]

Order Artiodactyla

Northern White-tailed Deer — Odocoileus virginianus borealis (seen infrequently) [HWW]

Order Lagomorpha

Eastern Cottontail — Sylvilagus floridanus [FWG]

Order Chiroptera

Little Brown Bat or Little Brown Myotis — Myotis lucifuga (now rarely) [HWW]
Big Brown Bat — Eptesicus fuscus [HWW]

Juvenile Red Fox, photo Gwen Williams

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