Conservation

Mammals

Mammals documented within Strawberry Plains Audubon Center's 3,000+ acres.

Strawberry Plains is home to eight orders of mammals found in a variety of terrestrial, semi-aquatic, fossorial, and aerial habitats. This list is not exhaustive for the region, it includes only documented species within the bounds of Strawberry Plains.

CARNIVORA

Ursidae
Ursus americanus - American Black Bear (endangered in Mississippi)

Canidae
Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox
Canis latrans - Coyote

Mustelidae
Lontra canadensis - River Otter
Mustela vison - American mink

Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk

Procyonidae
Procyon lotor - Raccooon

Felidae
Lynx rufos - Bobcat

RODENTIA

Sciuridae
Sciurus caroliniensis - Gray Squirrel
Sciurus niger - Fox Squirrel
Glacomys volans - Southern Flying Squirrel
Marmota monax - Woodchuck

Castoridae
Castor canadensis - Beaver

Cricetidae
Peromyscus leucopus - White-footed Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli - Golden Mouse
Sigmodon hispidus - Hispid Cotton Rat
Microtus sp. - Vole

DIDELPHIMORPHIA

Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana - Virginia Opossum

ARTIODACTYLA

Cervidae
Odocoileus virginiana - White-tailed Deer

LAGOMORPHA

Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus - Swamp Rabbit

CHIROPTERA

Vespertilionidae
Perimyotis subflavus - Tricolored Bat
Nycticeius humeralis - Evening Bat
Lasiurus borealis - Eastern Red Bat

XENARTHRA

Dasypodidae
Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded Armadillo

SORICOMORPHA

Soricidae
Blarina caroliniensis - Southern Short-tailed Shrew

Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern Mole

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