This page was last revised on 22 November 2005.

This is the list for all the museum skins, taxidermy mounts, etc. that you are responsible for knowing for the final lab practical.  You're also responsible for recognizing some of the key diagnostic features that identify some of the species (I'm not going to get super specific with these features, just the ones I emphasized in lab.)   If you find any discrepancies, please e-mail me as soon as possible.

Good luck.
 
 

ORDER / FAMILY	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	SKIN (Identify to . . .)	SKULL (Identify to . . .)
INSECTIVORA
TALPIDAE	Scalopus aquaticus	eastern mole	scientific name	family
SORICIDAE	Blarnia brevicauda	short-tailed shrew	scientific name	family
CHIROPTERA
MOLOSIDAE	Tadaria brasiliensis	Mexican free-tailed bat	scientific name	order
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Myotis lucifugus	little brown bat	scientific name	order
	Pipistrellus subflavus	eastern pipistrel	scientific name	order
	Lasiurus cinereus	hoary bat	scientific name	order
	Myotis grisescens	gray myotis	scientific name	order
	Eptesicus fuscus	big brown bat	scientific name	order
	Corynorhinus townsendii	Townsend’s big-earred bat	scientific name	order
RODENTIA
SCURIDAE	Cynomys ludovicianus	black-tailed prairie dog	scientific name	family
	Marmota monax	woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig	scientific name	family
	Sciurus carolinensis	eastern grey squirrel	scientific name	family
	Sciurus niger	fox squirrel	scientific name	family
	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus	thirteen-lined ground squirrel	scientific name	family
	Tamias striatus	eastern chipmunk	scientific name	family
	Tamias minimus	least chipmunk	scientific name	family
	Glaucomys volans	southern flying squirrel	scientific name	family
CASTORIDAE	Castor canadensis	beaver	scientific name	family
GEOMYIDAE	Pappogeomys castanops	yellow-faced pocket gopher	scientific name	order
HETEROMYIDAE	Dipodomys ordii	Ord's kangaroo rat	scientific name	order
	Chaetodipus hispidus	hispid pocket mouse	scientific name	order
MURIDAE	Ondatra zibethicus	muskrat	scientific name	family
	Microtus pinetorum	woodland (pine) vole	scientific name	family
	Microtus ochrogaster	prairie vole	scientific name	family
	Microtus pennsylvanicus	meadow vole	scientific name	family
	Mus musculus	house mouse	scientific name	family
	Peromyscus leucopus	White-Footed Mouse	scientific name	family
	Peromyscus gossypinus	cotton mouse	scientific name	family
	Neotoma floridana	eastern woodrat	scientific name	family
	Sigmodon hispidus	hispid cotton rat	scientific name	family
	Rattus norvegicus	Norway rat	scientific name	family
	Oryzomys palustris	marsh rice rat	scientific name	family
LAGOMORPHA
LEPORIDAE	Sylvilagus floridanus	eastern cottontail	scientific name	family
	Lepus californicus	black-tailed jackrabbit	scientific name	family
DIDELPHIMORPHA
DIDEPHIDAE	Didelphis virginiana	(Virginia) opossum	scientific name	scientific name
CARNIVORA
MUSTELIDAE	Mephitis mephitis	striped skunk	scientific name	family
	Mustela frenata	long-tailed weasel	scientific name	family
	Mustela vison	mink, American mink	scientific name	family
	Taxidea taxus	North American badger	scientific name	n/a
	Lontra canadensis	North American river otter	scientific name	n/a
FELIDAE	Lynx rufus	bobcat	scientific name	scientific name
	Felis silvestris	domestic cat	picture = scientific name	scientific name
PROCYONIDAE	Procyon lotor	raccoon	scientific name	scientific name
CANIDAE	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Grey Fox	scientific name	scientific name
	Vulpes vulpes	Red Fox	scientific name	scientific name
	Canis latrans	Coyote	scientific name	scientific name
	Canis lupus familiaris	Dog	picture = scientific name	n/a
URSIDAE	Ursus americanus	American black bear	scientific name	scientific name
	Ursus arctos	grizzly bear	skin or picture =  scientific name	n/a
ARTIODACTYLA
SUIDAE	Sus scrofa	pig/wild boar	scientific name	scientific name
CERVIDAE	Alces alces	moose	scientific name	n/a
	Odocoileus virginianus	whitetail deer	scientific name	scientific name
	Odocoileus hemionus	mule deer	scientific name	n/a
	Cervus elaphus	elk, wapiti	scientific name	n/a
	Rangifer tarandus	caribou, reindeer	scientific name	n/a
ANTILOCAPRIDAE	Antilocapra americana	pronghorn antelope	scientific name	n/a
BOVIDAE	Oreamnos americanus	mountain goat	scientific name	n/a
	Ovis canadensis	bighorn sheep	scientific name	n/a
	Bison bison	bison, buffalo	picture = scientific name	scientific name
	Bos taurus	domestic cow	picture = scientific name	scientific name
PERISSODACTYLA
EQUIDAE	Equus caballus	domestic horse	picture = scientific name	scientific name

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