Mammals
A broad class of animals with adaptations for surviving the 4 wild seasons of Indiana. Whether abundant or rare, you can bet they have hair! Click on the common name to explore each unique mammalian species that you may encounter on the Hoosier landscape.
| Order | Family | Genus | Species | Common Name | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodentia | Muridae | Neotoma | magister | Allegheny woodrat | SE |
| Carnivora | Mustelidae | Taxidea | taxus | badger | SC |
| Rodentia | Castoridae | Castor | canadensis | beaver | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus | fuscus | big brown bat | |
| Carnivora | Felidae | Lynx | rufus | bobcat | |
| Lagomorpha | Leporidae | Sylvilagus | floridanus | eastern cottontail rabbit | |
| Carnivora | Canidae | Canis | latrans | coyote | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Peromyscus | maniculatus | deer mouse | |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Tamias | striatus | eastern chipmunk | |
| Insectivora | Talpidae | Scalopus | aquaticus | eastern mole | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Perimyotis | subflavus | tri-color bat | SC |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Lasiurus | borealis | red bat | SC |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Nycticeius | humeralis | evening bat | SE |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Sciurus | niger | fox squirrel | |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Spermophilus | franklinii | Franklin’s ground squirrel | SE |
| Carnivora | Canidae | Urocyon | cinereoargenteus | gray fox | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | grisescens | gray myotis | SE,FE |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Sciurus | carolinensis | gray squirrel | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Lasiurus | cinereus | hoary bat | SC |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Mus | musculus | house mouse | X |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | sodalis | Indiana myotis | SE,FE |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Cryptotis | parva | least shrew | |
| Carnivora | Mustelidae | Mustela | nivalis | least weasel | SC |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | lucifugus | little brown myotis | SC |
| Chiroptrea | Vespertillonldae | Myotis | leibii | eastern small-foot myotis | |
| Carnivora | Mustelidae | Mustela | frenata | long-tailed weasel | |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Sorex | cinereus | masked shrew | |
| Rodentia | Dipodidae | Zapus | hudsonius | meadow jumping mouse | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Microtus | pennsylvanicus | meadow vole | |
| Carnivora | Mustelidae | Mustela | vison | mink | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Ondatra | zibethicus | muskrat | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | septentrionalis | Northern long-eared myotis | SC |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Rattus | norvegicus | Norway rat | X |
| Didelphimorpha | Didelphidae | Didelphis | virginiana | opossum | |
| Rodentia | Geomyidae | Geomys | bursarius | plains pocket gopher | SC |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Microtus | ochrogaster | prairie vole | |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Sorex | hoyi | pygmy shrew | SC |
| Carnivora | Procyonidae | Procyon | lotor | raccoon | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Corynorhinus | rafinesquii | Rafinesque’s big-eared bat | SC |
| Carnivora | Canidae | Vulpes | vulpes | red fox | |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Tamiasciurus | hudsonicus | red squirrel | |
| Carnivora | Mustelidae | Lutra | canadensis | river otter | SC |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Blarina | brevicauda | northern short-tailed shrew | |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Lasionycteris | noctivagans | silver-haired bat | SC |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Sorex | fumeus | smoky shrew | SC |
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | austroriparius | southeastern myotis | SC |
| Insectivora | Soricidae | Sorex | longirostris | southeastern shrew | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Synaptomys | cooperi | southern bog lemming | |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Glaucomys | volans | southern flying squirrel | |
| Insectivora | Talpidae | Condylura | cristata | star-nosed mole | SC |
| Carnivora | Mephitidae | Mephitis | mephitis | striped skunk | |
| Lagomorpha | Leporidae | Sylvilagus | aquaticus | swamp rabbit | SE |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Spermophilus | tridecemlineatus | thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Reithrodontomys | megalotis | western (harvest mouse) | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Peromyscus | leucopus | white-footed mouse | |
| Artiodactyla | Cervidae | Odocoileus | virginianus | white-tailed deer | |
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Marmota | monax | woodchuck | |
| Rodentia | Muridae | Microtus | pinetorum | woodland vole |