List of mammals of Maryland
This is a list of mammals of Maryland, those mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Maryland. [1]
Maryland does not have a designated state mammal, but does designate the Calico cat as its state cat, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever as its state dog, and the Thoroughbred as its state horse. Seven species of mammals in Maryland have been extirpated: the Gray wolf, American elk, American Bison, Eastern mountain lion, Snowshoe hare, American marten and Eastern harvest mouse. Additionally, some have been introduced.
List
Didelphimorphia
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Didelphis virginiana | Virginia opossum
opossum North American opossum |
Didelphidae | Least Concern |
Chiroptera
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Myotis lucifugus | little brown bat | Verspertillionidae | Endangered | |
Myotis sodalis | Indiana bat | Verspertillionidae | Not Threatened | |
Myotis leeibi | eastern small-footed bat | Verspertillionidae | Endangered | |
Myotis septentrionalis | northern long-eared bat | Verspertillionidae | Not Threatened | |
Lasionycteris noctivagans | silver-haired bat | Verspertillionidae | Least Concern | |
Perimyotis subflavus | tricolored bat | Verspertillionidae | Vulnerable | |
Eptesicus fuscus | big brown bat | Verspertillionidae | Least Concern | |
Lasiurus borealis | red bat | Verspertillionidae | Least Concern | |
Lasiurus cinereus | hoary bat | Verspertillionidae | Least Concern | |
Nycticeius humeralis | evening bat | Verspertillionidae | Least Concern |
Eulipotyphla
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sorex cinereus | cinereus shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Sorex longirostris | southeastern shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Sorex palustris | American water shrew
northern water shrew |
Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Sorex fumeus | smoky shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Sorex dispar | long-tailed shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Sorex hoyi | American pygmy shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Blarina brevicauda | northern short-tailed shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Cryptotis parva | least shrew | Soricidae | Least Concern | |
Parascalops breweri | hairy-tailed mole | Talpidae | Least Concern | |
Scalopus aquaticus | eastern mole | Talpidae | Least Concern | |
Condylura cristata | star-nosed mole | Talpidae | Least Concern |
Lagomorpha
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sylvilagus floridanus | eastern cottontail | Leporidae | Least Concern | |
Sylvilagus obscurus | Appalachian cottontail | Leporidae | Not Threatened | |
Lepus americanus | snowshoe hare | Leporidae | Extirpated |
Rodentia
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tamias striatus | eastern chipmunk | Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Marmota monax | groundhog
woodchuck marmot |
Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Sciurus carolinensis | eastern gray squirrel | Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Sciurus niger cinereus | eastern fox squirrel
Delmarva fox squirrel |
Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | red squirrel | Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Glaucomys volans | southern flying squirrel | Sciuridae | Least Concern | |
Castor canadensis | American beaver | Castoridae | Least Concern | |
Oryzomys palustris | marsh rice rat | Sigmodontidae | Least Concern | |
Reithrodontomys humulis | eastern harvest mouse | Sigmodontidae | Extirpated | |
Peromyscus maniculatus | deer mouse | Sigmodontidae | Least Concern | |
Peromyscus leucopus | white-footed deer mouse | Sigmodontidae | Least Concern | |
Neotoma magister | Allegheny woodrat | Sigmodontidae | Least Concern | |
Zapus hudsonius | meadow jumping mouse | Dipodidae | Least Concern | |
Napaeozapus insignis | woodland jumping mouse | Dipodidae | Least Concern | |
Rattus rattus | black rat
roof rat ship rat house rat |
Murinae | Least Concern (Introduced) | |
Rattus norvegicus | Norway rat
brown rat sewer rat wharf rat street rat |
Murinae | Least Concern (Introduced) | |
Mus musculus | house mouse | Murinae | Least Concern (Introduced) | |
Clethrionomys gapperi | southern red-backed vole
Gapper's red-backed vole |
Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Microtus pennsylvanicus | meadow vole | Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Microtus chrotorrhinus | rock vole | Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Microtus pinetorum | woodland vole | Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Ondatra zibethicus | muskrat | Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Synaptomys cooperi | southern bog lemming | Cricetidae | Least Concern | |
Erethizon dorsatum | north American porcupine | Erethizontidae | Least Concern | |
Myocastor coypus | coypu
nutria |
Echimyidae | Least Concern (Introduced) |
Cetacea
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kogia breviceps | pygmy sperm whale | Kogiidae | Least Concern | |
Kogia simus | dwarf sperm whale | Kogiidae | Least Concern | |
Physeter macrocephalus | sperm whale
cachalot |
Physeteridae | Vulnerable | |
Ziphius cavirostris | Cuvier's beaked whale | Ziphidae | Least Concern | |
Mesoplodon mirus | True's beaked whale | Ziphidae | Least Concern | |
Delphinus delphis | short-beaked common dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Tursiops truncatus | common bottlenose dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Stenella frontalis | Atlantic spotted dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Stenella coeruleoalba | striped dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Lagenorhynchus acutus | Atlantic white-sided dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Grampus griseus | Risso's dolphin | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Orcinus orca | killer whale
orca |
Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Globicephala melas | long-finned pilot whale | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Globicephala macrorhynchus | short-finned pilot whale | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Peponocephala electra | melon-headed whale | Delphinidae | Least Concern | |
Phocoena phocoena | harbour porpoise | Phocoenidae | Least Concern | |
Balaenoptera musculus | blue whale | Balaenopteridae | Endangered | |
Balaenoptera physalus | fin whale | Balaenopteridae | Vulnerable | |
Balaenoptera borealis | sei whale | Balaenopteridae | Endangered | |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata | common minke whale | Balaenopteridae | Least Concern | |
Megaptera novaeangliae | humpback whale | Balaenopteridae | Least Concern | |
Eubalaena glacialis | north Atlantic right whale | Balaenidae | Critically Endangered |
Sirenia
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trichechus manatus | west Indian manatee | Trichechidae | Least Concern |
Carnivora
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Canis latrans | coyote | Canidae | Least Concern | |
Canis lupus | gray wolf | Canidae | Extirpated | |
Vulpes vulpes | red fox | Canidae | Least Concern | |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus | gray fox | Canidae | Least Concern | |
Ursus americanus | black bear | Ursidae | Least Concern | |
Procyon lotor | raccoon | Procyonidae | Least Concern | |
Mephitis mephitis | striped skunk | Mephitidae | Least Concern | |
Spilogale putorius | Eastern spotted skunk | Mephitidae | Vulnerable | |
Martes americana | American marten | Mustelidae | Extirpated | |
Martes pennanti | fisher | Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Mustela erminea | ermine
stoat |
Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Mustela nivalis | least weasel | Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Mustela frenata | long-tailed weasel | Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Neovison vison | mink | Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Lutra canadensis | American river otter | Mustelidae | Least Concern | |
Phoca vitulina | harbor seal | Phocidae | Least Concern | |
Pagophilus groenlandicus | harp seal | Phocidae | Least Concern | |
Cystophora cristata | hooded seal | Phocidae | Vulnerable | |
Halichoerus grypus | grey seal | Phocidae | Least Concern | |
Lynx rufus | bobcat | Felidae | Least Concern | |
Puma concolor | mountain lion
puma cougar |
Felidae | Extirpated |
Non-Cetacean Artiodactyla
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bos bison | American bison | Bovidae | Extirpated | |
Cervus canadensis | American elk | Cervidae | Extirpated | |
Cervus nippon | sika deer | Cervidae | Least Concern (Introduced) | |
Odocoileus virginianus | white-tailed deer | Cervidae | Least Concern |
Odd-Toed Ungulates
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Family | Conservationstatus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Equus caballus | feral horse | Equidae | Introduced |
External links
- https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/Mammals.aspx
- https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/wildlife/mammals/html/mammals.html
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- ^ "Maryland Mammals". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 5/2/2021.
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