Terrestrial Mammals of Massachusetts

The following table was compiled by D. A. Lovejoy and B. Hoagland. The status of each species has been derived from trapping records (D. A. Lovejoy) and from the list of references following the table. Endangered means that this taxon is listed as an Endangered Species. Scientific names, family and order affiliation are from Mammal Species of the World (Wilson and Reeder, 2005). Numbers under the heading Mamm. Sp. No. represent publication number for Mammalian Species which is published quarterly by the American Society of Mammalogists. Numbers under the heading Slide Library represent the catalog number for slides available for purchase from the American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Slide Library.

ORDER	Family	Common Name	Species Name	Status	Distribution	Slide Library	Mamm. Sp. No.
DIDELPHIMORPHA	Didelphidae	Opossum	Didelphis virginiana	Common	State-wide	3, 4, 630, 828, 829, 830	40
SORICOMORPHA	Soricidae	Least shrew	Cryptotis parva	Not recorded, but possible	Southwestern CT	957	43
		Short-tailed shrew	Blarina brevicauda	Common	State-wide	20, 64	261
		Masked shrew	Sorex cinereus	Uncommon	State-wide	NA	NA
		Long-tailed shrew	Sorex dispar	One record	Mount Greylock (1928)	NA	155
		Smoky shrew	Sorex fumeus	Uncommon	Central, Western	NA	215
		Pygmy shrew	Sorex hoyi	One record	Mount Greylock (1991)	NA	NA
		Water shrew	Sorex palustris	Uncommon	Central, Western	NA	296
	Talpidae	Star-nosed mole	Condylura cristata	Common	State-wide	649, 650	129
		Hairy-tailed mole	Parascalops breweri	Uncommon	Central, Western	646, 852	98
		Eastern mole	Scalopus aquaticus	Common	Southern	647, 648	105
CHIROPTERA	Vespertilionidae	Big brown bat	Eptesicus fuscus	Common	State-wide	39, 223	356
		Silver-haired bat	Lasionycteris noctivagens	Uncommon	State-wide	658	172
		Red bat	Lasiurus borealis	Uncommon	State-wide	40, 655, 815	183
		Hoary bat	Lasiurus cinereus	One record	Monomoy Island	41, 42, 656	185
		Northern long-eared bat	Myotis septentrionalis	Common	State-wide	226, 227	121
		Small-footed myotis	Myotis leibii	One record	Chester	NA	NA
		Little brown bat	Myotis lucifugus	Common	State-wide	224, 225, 814	142
		Indiana Bat	Myotis sodalis	Extirpated	Western	391	163
		Eastern pipistrelle	Pipistrellus subflavus	Rare	State-wide	38, 654	228
CARNIVORA	Canidae	Coyote	Canis latrans	Common	Central, western	265, 1126,1127, 1267	79
		Timber wolf	Canis lupus	Extirpated	State-wide	581, 1038, 1128	37
		Gray fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Uncommon	State-wide	584	189
		Red fox	Vulpes vulpes	Common	State-wide	435, 436, 582	NA
	Ursidae	Black bear	Ursus americanus	Common	Central, western	142, 1132	NA
	Procyonidae	Raccoon	Procyon lotor	Common	State-wide	140, 709	119
	Mustelidae	Wolverine	Gulo gulo	Extirpated	State-wide	442, 807	499
		River otter	Lontra canadensis	Uncommon	State-wide	802, 859	NA
		Marten	Martes americana	Extirpated	Central, western	NA	289
		Fisher	Martes pennanti	Uncommon	Western	590	156
		Skunk	Mephitis mephitis	Common	State-wide	280	173
		Short-tailed weasel	Mustela erminea	Uncommon	State-wide	588, 1051	195
		Long-tailed weasel	Mustela frenata	Uncommon	State-wide	NA	NA
		Mink	Mustela vison	Common	State-wide	1129	NA
	Felidae	Lynx	Lynx canadensis	Extirpated	Central, western	587	NA
		Bobcat	Lynx rufus	Common	State-wide	819	NA
		Mountain lion	Puma concolor	Endangered	Central, western	275, 276, 586	NA
ARTIODACTYLA	Cervidae	Moose	Alces alces	Rare	Central, western	192, 618	154
		Elk	Cervus elaphus	Extirpated	Central, western	189, 190, 191, 318, 809, 863, 864, 1077, 1278	NA
		Fallow deer	Dama dama	Extirpated	Introduced to Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard	1075, 1076	317
		White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	Common	State-wide	185, 186, 803, 1279	388
		Woodland caribou	Rangifer tarandus	Extinct 2000 years ago	Remains found in Plymouth County	193, 477, 1280	NA
RODENTIA	Erethizontidae	Porcupine	Erethizon dorsatum	Common	Central, western, northern	83, 870	29
	Sciuridae	Northern flying squirrel	Glaucomys sabrinus	Uncommon	Central, western, northern	1020	229
		Southern flying squirrel	Glaucomys volans	Common	State-wide	1021, 1022	78
		Woodchuck	Marmota monax	Common	State-wide	107	NA
		Gray squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	Common	State-wide	94, 95	480
		Eastern chipmunk	Tamias striatus	Common	State-wide	110, 259	168
		Red squirrel	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus	Common	State-wide	111, 260, 826, 827	NA
	Castoridae	Beaver	Castor canadensis	Common	State-wide	247, 248, 408, 409, 410, 1239	120
	Muridae	Red-backed vole	Clethrionomys gapperi	Common	State-wide	69	146
		Beach vole	Microtus breweri	Endangered	Muskeget Island	NA	45
		Yellow-nosed vole	Microtus chrotorrhinus	Not recorded, but possible	Appalachians and mountains of northern New England	250	180
		Meadow vole	Microtus pennsylvanicus	Common	State-wide	70	159
		Pine vole	Microtus pinetorum	Common	State-wide	NA	147
		Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Common	State-wide	1162, 1163	141
		Southern bog lemming	Synaptomys cooperi	Uncommon	State-wide	682	210
		House mouse	Mus musculus	Common	State-wide	92, 754	NA
		Eastern woodrat	Neotoma floridana	Not recorded, but possible	Western CT	1016	139
		White-footed mouse	Peromyscus leucopus	Common	State-wide	73, 251, 1171	247
		Deer mouse	Peromyscus maniculatus	Common	Western	74, 1175	NA
		Norway rat	Rattus norvegicus	Common	State-wide	755, 756, 757, 758	NA
		Black rat	Rattus rattus	Introduced, extirpated	Eastern	759, 760	NA
	Dipodidae	Woodland jumping mouse	Napaeozapus insignis	Uncommon	Central, western, northern	113	14
		Meadow jumping mouse	Zapus hudsonicus	Uncommon	State-wide	NA	11
LAGOMORPHA	Leporidae	Snowshoe hare	Lepus americanus	Uncommon	State-wide	246, 544	NA
		Black-tailed jackrabbit	Lepus californicus	Uncommon	Introduced, Nantucket Island	60, 245	530
		European Hare	Lepus europaeus	Introduced unsuccessfully	NA	NA	NA
		Eastern cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus	Uncommon	Introduced, state-wide	58, 953	136
		New England cottontail	Sylvilagus transitionalis	Uncommon	State-wide	NA	55

References

Godin, A. J. 1977.: Wild mammals of New England. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. 304 pp.
Hamilton, W. J. Jr., and J. O. Whitaker, Jr. 1979.: Mammals of the eastern United States. Second edition. Cornell University Press. Ithaca. 346 pp.
Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds. 2005.: Mammal species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. 1206 pp.

Last updated 2.13.08