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Mammals

 

Deer - Eutheria: Artiodactyla

Carnivores - Eutheria: Carnivora

Bats - Eutheria: Chiroptera

Insectivores - Eutheria: Insectivora

Rabbits - Eutheria: Lagomorpha

Rodents - Eutheria: Rodentia

Marsupials - Marsupialia

 

Information compiled from field observations by John Hassett `99 and retired Arboretum Manager Myles Bakke.

Question mark (?) indicates an unverified/uncertain sighting or identification.

Scientific names are as indicated in Hazard, 1982.

Eutheria: Artiodactyla

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  1. Odocoileus virginianus: White-tailed Deer

Eutheria: Carnivora

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  1. Canis latrans: Coyote
  2. Mephitis mephitis: Striped Skunk
  3. Mustela erminea: Short-Tailed Weasel
  4. Mustela frenata: Long-Tailed Weasel
  5. Mustela vison: Mink
  6. Procyon lotor: Raccoon
  7. Taxidea taxus: Badger
  8. Urocyon cinereoargenteus: Gray Fox
  9. Vulpes vulpes: Red Fox

Eutheria: Chiroptera

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  1. Eptesius fuscus: Big Brown Bat
  2. ?Lasiurus borealis: Red Bat
  3. ?Lasiurus cinerus: Hoary Bat
  4. Myotis lucifugus: Little Brown Bat

Eutheria: Insectivora

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  1. Blarina brevicaudia: Short-Tailed Shrew
  2. Scalopus aquaticus: Eastern Mole
  3. Sorex cinereus: Masked Shrew

Eutheria: Lagomorpha

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  1. ?Lepus townsendii: Whitetail Jackrabbit
  2. Sylvilagus floridanus: Eastern Cottontail

Eutheria: Rodentia

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  1. Castor canadensis: Beaver
  2. Clethrionomys gapperi: Southern Red-backed Vole
  3. Geomys bursarius: Plains Pocket Gopher
  4. Marmota monax: Woodchuck (Ground Hog)
  5. Microtus pennsylvanicus: Meadow Vole
  6. Mus musculus: House Mouse
  7. ?Napaeozapus insignis: Meadow Jumping Mouse
  8. Ondatra zibethicus: Muskrat
  9. Peromyscus leucopus: White-footed Mouse
  10. Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii: Prairie Deer Mouse
  11. Rattus norvegicus: Norway Rat
  12. Sciurus carolinensis: Gray Squirrel
  13. Sciurus niger: Fox Squirrel
  14. Spermophilus tridecemlineatus: Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
  15. Tamiasciurus hudsonicus: Red Squirrel
  16. Tamias striatus: Eastern Chipmunk
  17. Zapus hudsonicus: Woodland Jumping Mouse

Marsupialia

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  1. Didelphis virginiana: Virginia Opossum

Reference:

Hazard, Evan B. 1982. The Mammals of Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

List Compiled September 1998, by John E. Hassett