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Furman University - Campus as Habitat

TAXONOMIC SURVEYS - MAMMALS

As part of Furman University's "Campus as Habitat" project, Sarah Lyons (class of '13, pictured at right with a Cotton Rat) began a formal survey of mammals in summer 2010. Sarah was supported with a Furman Advantage Research Stipend. This species list was developed from that survey, and from records of specimens in the Furman University Zoological Collection. If you take a picture of a species not shown below, please send your picture -- noting the date, time, and place -- to Wade Worthen (wade.worthen@furman.edu). Your picture will be added to our list as your observation.

Move the cursor over the name of a species, and a picture of that species will appear to the right.

C = specimen in Furman Collection
O = observed, no picture
otherwise photographed and released

ORDER: DIDELPHIMORPHIA

Family Didelphidae (Opossums)

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis viginiana)

ORDER: RODENTIA

Family Castoridae (Beavers)

American Beaver (Castor canadensis) - O

Family Sciuridae (Squirrels)

Woodchuck/Groundhog (Marmota monax)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) - C
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - C
Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) - C

Family Muridae (Rats and Mice)

White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) - C
Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) - C
Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) - C
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) - C
Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum) - C
Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) - C
House Mouse (Mus musculus) - C
Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) - C
Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) - C

ORDER: LAGOMORPHA

Family Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) - C

ORDER: SORICIMORPHA

Family Soricidae (Shrews)

Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) - C

Family Talpidae (Moles)

Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) - C

ORDER: CHIROPTERA

Family Vespertilionidae (Vesper Bats)

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) - O
Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) - Stock Photo
Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) - C
Eastern Pipistrelle (Perimyotis subflavus) - O Stock Photo
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) - O

Family Mormoopidae (Free-tailed Bats)

Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Taderida brasiliensis) - O

ORDER: CARNIVORA

Family Felidae (Cats)

House Cat (Felis domesticus) - O

Family Canidae (Wolves and Foxes)

Dog (Canis familiaris) - C
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Common Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) - C

Family Ursidae (Bears)

Black Bear (Ursus americanus) - O (FU security) - Stock Photo

Family Procyonidae (Raccoons)

Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) - C

ORDER: ARTIODACTYLA

Family Cervidae (Deer)

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus viginianus)

All pictures were taken by Sarah Lyons or with motion-sensitive cameras, on campus, unless otherwise noted as a "stock photo". Bat pictures courtesy of Dr. Mark Yates, who netted the bats..