Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Order MARSUPIALIA

DIDELPHIDAE

• Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

Order INSECTIVORA

SORICIDAE

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

TALPIDAE

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

Order CHIROPTERA

VESPERTILIONIDAE

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

Order LAGOMORPHA

LEPORIDAE

• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus
• Appalachian cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus

Order RODENTIA

SCIURIDAE

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

CASTORIDAE

• American beaver Castor canadensis

CRICETIDAE

• Marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris palustris
• Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis humulis
• Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus maniculatus
• White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus leucopus
• Cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus
• Golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
• Hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus hispidus
• Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister
• Boreal red-backed mouse Clethrionomys gapperi gapperi
• Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus
• Rock vole Microtus chrotorrhinus
• Woodland vole Microtus pinetorum
• Common muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
• Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi Stonei

MURIDAE

• Black rat Rattus rattus (non-native)
• Norway rat Rattus norvegicus norvegicus (non-native)
• House mouse Mus musculus (non-native)

ZAPODIDAE

• Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
• Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus Insignis

Order CARNIVORA

CANIDAE

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

URSIDAE

• Black bear Ursus americanus americanus

PROCYONIDAE

• Raccoon Procyon lotor lotor

MUSTELIDAE

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

FELIDAE

• Mountain lion Felis concolor (extirpated)
• Bobcat Lynx rufus

Order ARTIODACYLA

SUIDAE

• Wild hog Sus scrofa (non-native)

CERVIDAE

• Wapiti or elk Cervus elaphus (extirpated, 5-year experimental release begun in 2001)
• White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus virginianus

BOVIDAE

• American bison Bos bison bison (extirpated)

Nomenclature from Jones, J.K., Jr., R.S. Hoffmann, D.W. Rice, C. Jones, R.J. Baker & M.D. Engstrom.

1992. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1991. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, Number 146.