Mammalogy 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Artiodactyla | Even-toed ungulates |
| Suidae | Wild boar family |
| Sus scrofa | Wild boar |
| Cervidae | Deer family |
| Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer |
| Cervus elaphus | Elk |
| Alces alces | Moose |
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou |
| Bovidae | Sheep family |
| Ovis canadensis | Bighorn sheep |
| Antilocapridae | Antelope family |
| Atilocapra americana | Pronghorn Antalope |
| Rodentia | Rodent order |
| Sciuridae | Squirrel family |
| Tamias striatus | Eastern chipmunk |
| Sciurus carolinesis | Eastern gray squirrel |
| Sciurus Niger | Eastern fox squirrel |
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | Red squirrel |
| Glaucomys Volans | Southern flying squirrel |
| Glaucomys sabrinus | Northern flying squirrel |
| Marmota monax | Groundhog |
| Castoridae | Beaver family |
| Castor canadensis | Beaver |
| Erethizontidae | Porcupine family |
| Erethyzon dorsatum | Porcupine |
| Muridae | Domestic exotic rat family |
| Mus musculus | House mouse |
| Rattus norvegicus | Norway rat |
| Rattus rattus | Black rat |
| Cricetidae | Wild mouse family |
| Ochrotomys nuttalli | Golden mouse (distinct color) |
| Reithrodontomys humulis | Eastern harvest mouse (narrow tail, tail shorter than head and body) |
| Peromyscus leucopus | white-footed mouse (reddish-brown, shorter tail) |
| Peromyscus maniculatus | Deer mouse (bi-colored, bicolored tail longer) |
| Neotoma floridana | Eastern wood rat |
| Neotoma magister | Allegheny wood rat |
| Myodes gapperi | Southern red-backed vole (distinct red back) |
| Microtus pennsylvanicus | Meadow vole (medium, hairy tail, white belly) |
| Microtus ochrogaster | Prarie vole |
| Microtus chrotorrhinus | Yellownose vole |
| Microtus pinetorum | Pine vole (small eyes, velvety fur, short tail) |
| Ondatra zibethicus | Muskrat (flattened tail) |
| Synaptomys cooperi | Southern bog lemming (very short tail, grizzled color) |
| Dipodidae | Jumping mouse family (skulls have 2 infraorbital foramen) |
| Zapus hudsonius | Meadow jumping mouse (brown) |
| Napaeozapus insignis | Woodland jumping mouse (white tip on long tail) |
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