Order MARSUPIALIA

Family DIDELPHIDAE

Didelphis virginiana

Virginia opossum

Index

Order INSECTIVORA

Family SORICIDAE

Sorex cinereus	Masked shrew
Sorex fumeus	Smoky shrew
Sorex longirostris	Southeastern shrew
Sorex dispar	Long-tailed shrew
Sorex palustris punctulatus	Appalachian water shrew
Sorex hoyi winnemanna	Pygmy shrew
Blarina brevicauda	Short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva	Least shrew

Family TALPIDAE

Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus	Eastern mole
Parascalops breweri	Hairy-tailed mole
Condylura cristata	Star-nosed mole

Index

Order CHIROPTERA

Family VESPERTILIONIDAE

Myotis lucifugus	Little brown myotis
Myotis septentrionalis	Northern myotis
Myotis sodalis	Indiana myotis
Myotis leibii	Small-footed myotis
Lasionycteris noctivagans	Silver-haired bat
Pipistrellus subflavus	Eastern pipistrelle
Eptesicus fuscus fuscus	Big brown bat
Lasiurus borealis	Eastern red bat
Lasiurus cinereus	Hoary bat
Plecotus rafinesquii	Rafinesque's eastern big-eared bat

Index

Order LAGOMORPHA

Family LEPORIDAE

Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus	Eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus obscurus	Appalachian cottontail

Index

Order RODENTIA

Family SCIURIDAE

Tamias striatus	Eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax	Woodchuck
Sciurus carolinensis	Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus niger	Eastern fox squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus	Red squirrel
Glaucomys volans volans	Southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus	Northern flying squirrel

Family CASTORIDAE

Castor canadensis

American beaver

Family MURIDAE

Oryzomys palustris palustris	Marsh rice rat
Reithrodontomys humulis	Eastern harvest mouse
Peromyscus leucopus leucopus	White-footed mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus maniculatus	Deermouse
Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus	Cotton mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli	Golden mouse
Sigmodon hispidus hispidus	Hispid cotton rat
Neotoma magister	Allegheny woodrat
Synaptomys cooperi stonei	Southern bog lemming
Clethrionomys gapperi gapperi	Southern red-backed vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus	Meadow vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus	Rock vole
Microtus pinetorum	Woodland vole
Ondatra zibethicus	Common muskrat
Rattus norvegicus norvegicus	Norway rat (non-native)
Rattus rattus	Black rat (non-native)
Mus musculus	House mouse (non-native)

Family ZAPODIDAE

Zapus hudsonius	Meadow jumping mouse
Napaeozapus insignis	Woodland jumping mouse

Index

Order CARNIVORA

Family CANIDAE

Canis latrans	Coyote
Canis lupus lycaon	Gray wolf (extirpated)
Canis rufus rufus	Red wolf (extirpated)
Vulpes vulpes	Red fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus	Gray fox

Family URSIDAE

Ursus americanus americanus

Black bear

Family PROCYONIDAE

Procyon lotor lotor

Raccoon

Family MUSTELIDAE

Martes pennanti	Fisher (extirpated)
weasel Mustela frenata	Long-tailed weasel
Mustela vison	Mink
Spilogale putorius	Eastern spotted skunk
Mephitis mephitis	Striped skunk
Lutra canadensis	Northern river otter (reintroduced)

Family FELIDAE

Felis concolor	Mountain lion (extirpated)
Lynx rufus	Bobcat

Index

Order ARTIODACYLA

Family SUIDAE

Sus scrofa

Wild hog (non-native)

Family CERVIDAE

Cervus elaphus	American elk (Wapiti,extirpated)
Odocoileus virginianus	White-tailed deer

Family BOVIDAE

Bison bison bison

American bison (extirpated)

References

Nomenclature from Donald W. Linzey.1995.Mammals of Great Smoky Mountain
National Park.

Produced by Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, 115 Park
Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. 6-95

Discover Life | Flora & Fauna | GSMNP Checklists | Mammals