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ORDER
/ Family |
Common
Name |
Species |
Status |
Distribution |
ASM
Slide Library # * |
Mammalian
Species # |
Comments |
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DIDELPHIMORPHIA |
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Didelphidae |
Virginia
opossum |
Didelphis
virginiana |
common |
statewide |
3,
4(W), 630, 828(B), 829(B), 830(B) |
40 |
nocturnal |
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INSECTIVORA |
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Soricidae |
Northern
short-tailed shrew |
Blarina
brevicauda |
common |
northeast1/2 |
20,
644(S) |
261 |
venomous;
larger than B. hylophaga |
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Elliot's
short-tailed shrew |
Blarina
hylophaga |
common |
southern
1/4, north to panhandle |
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venomous;
smaller than B. brevicauda |
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Least
shrew |
Cryptotis
parva |
common |
eastern
1/2, southwest corner |
957 |
43 |
active
day and night |
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Hayden's
shrew |
Sorex
haydeni |
common |
northern
4/5, south-central |
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some
scientists classify as S. cinereus; may be found
in drier habitats than most of its relatives |
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Pygmy
shrew |
Sorex
hoyi |
possible |
northwest
corner |
|
33 |
smallest
mammal in the world |
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Merriam's
shrew |
Sorex
merriami |
rare |
northwest
corner |
|
2 |
only
1 specimen taken in Nebraska |
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Dwarf
shrew |
Sorex
nanus |
possible |
northwest
corner |
|
131 |
restricted
to alpine and subalpine habitats |
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Talpidae |
Eastern
mole |
Scalopus
aquaticus |
common |
statewide |
647(C),
648(S) |
105 |
fossorial |
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CHIROPTERA |
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Molossidae |
Brazilian
free-tailed bat |
Tadarida
brasiliensis |
uncommon |
eastern
4/5 |
|
331 |
tail
not enclosed by membrane |
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Vespertilionidae |
Big
brown bat |
Eptesicus
fuscus |
common |
statewide |
39(C),
223 |
356 |
active
later than most hibernating species |
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Silver-haired
bat |
Lasionycteris
noctivagans |
common |
statewide |
658 |
172 |
roosts
under bark and in hollow trees |
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Red
bat |
Lasiurus
borealis |
common |
statewide |
40,
655(C), 815(C) |
183 |
broadest
distribution of any new world bat; roosts in
trees; interfemoral membrane heavily furred |
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Hoary
bat |
Lasiurus
cinereus |
common |
statewide |
41,
42, 656 |
185 |
roosts
in trees; interfemoral membrane heavily furred |
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Western
small-footed myotis |
Myotis
ciliolabrum |
uncommon |
western
3/5, northeast corner |
|
547 |
occurs
in rocky habitats |
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Little
brown myotis |
Myotis
lucifugus |
common |
eastern
1/4 |
224,
225(G), 814(G) |
142 |
frequents
man-made structures |
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Northern
myotis |
Myotis
septentrionalis |
common |
eastern
1/2, northwest corner |
|
634 |
hibernates
in caves and mines |
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Fringed
myotis |
Myotis
thysanodes |
rare |
northwest
corner |
|
137 |
roosts
in buildings, caves, and mines |
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Long-legged
myotis |
Myotis
volans |
uncommon |
northwest
corner |
|
224 |
inhabits
open forested lands |
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Evening
bat |
Nycticeius
humeralis |
uncommon |
southeastern
1/4 |
232 |
23 |
frequents
man-made structures |
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Eastern
pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus
subflavus |
common |
southeast
corner |
38,
654(C) |
228 |
males
significantly outnumber females in hibernaculum |
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Townsend's
big-eared bat |
Plecotus
townsendii |
common |
northwest
corner |
229(C) |
175 |
hibernates
in caves; cavernicolous |
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XENARTHRA |
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Dasypodidae |
Nine-banded
armadillo |
Dasypus
novemcinctus |
rare |
southern
1/10 |
53,
242 |
162 |
expanding
its range northward |
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LAGOMORPHA |
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Leporidae |
Black-tailed
jackrabbit |
Lepus
californicus |
common |
statewide |
60,
245(Y), 1347 |
530 |
presence
is encouraged by heavy grazing |
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White-tailed
jackrabbit |
Lepus
townsendii |
uncommon |
statewide
(except southeast corner) |
1189,
1349 |
288 |
does
not do as well in cultivated areas as L.
californicus |
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Desert
cottontail |
Sylvilagus
audubonii |
uncommon |
western
2/5 |
59,
1188 |
106 |
moisture
from food supplies needed water |
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Eastern
cottontail |
Sylvilagus
floridanus |
common |
statewide |
58,
953(Y) |
136 |
restricted
to riparian habitats |
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RODENTIA |
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Castoridae |
Beaver |
Castor
canadensis |
common |
statewide |
247(H),
248(H), 408, 409(H), 410(H), 1239, 1316(H),
1317(H) |
120 |
largest
rodent in North America |
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Dipodidae |
Meadow
jumping mouse |
Zapus
hudsonius |
common-uncommon |
eastern
1/4, northeastern 7/8 |
|
11 |
routinely
leaps up to one meter |
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Erethizontidae |
Porcupine |
Erethizon
dorsatum |
uncommon |
statewide |
83,
870(Y) |
29 |
barbed
quills; prefer wooded and forested areas |
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Geomyidae |
Plains
pocket gopher |
Geomys
bursarius |
common |
statewide |
690 |
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highly
fossorial; upper incisors are grooved |
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Northern
pocket gopher |
Thomomys
talpoides |
common |
southwestern
& northwestern panhandle |
688,
689(A) |
618 |
highly
fossorial; upper incisors are smooth |
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Heteromyidae |
Hispid
pocket mouse |
Chaetodipus
hispidus |
uncommon |
statewide |
|
320 |
seldom
venture above ground in winter (each seed cache) |
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Ord's
kangaroo rat |
Dipodomys
ordii |
common |
western
4/5 |
560,
693(S), 1099, 1352 |
353 |
can
live indefinitely without water |
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Olive-backed
pocket mouse |
Perognathus
fasciatus |
common |
panhandle |
|
303 |
prefers
short-grass rangeland |
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Plains
pocket mouse |
Perognathus
flavescens |
common |
statewide
(except southeast & northwest corners) |
694,
1337 |
525 |
prefers
sandy soils with vegetative cover |
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Silky
pocket mouse |
Perognathus
flavus |
uncommon |
western
1/3 |
562,
1182, 1338 |
471 |
least
dependant on sand for dusting pelage (compared to
other pocket mice) |
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Muridae |
Prairie
vole |
Microtus
ochrogaster |
common |
statewide |
1160 |
355 |
inhabits
tall-grass communities and upland habitats |
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Meadow
vole |
Microtus
pennsylvanicus |
common |
northern
4/5 to south-central |
70 |
159 |
inhabits
moist meadows, marshes, and riparian habitat |
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Woodland
vole |
Microtus
pinetorum |
uncommon |
southeast
corner |
|
147 |
semifossorial |
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House
mouse |
Mus
musculus |
common |
statewide |
92,
754 |
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from
Europe; frequently associated with man-made
structures |
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Bushy-tailed
woodrat |
Neotoma
cinerea |
common |
panhandle |
1351 |
564 |
bushy
tail looks similar to a squirrels tail |
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Eastern
woodrat |
Neotoma
floridana |
uncommon-common |
southwest
1/4, north-central |
1016 |
139 |
build
large stick houses in rugged terrain |
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Muskrat |
Ondatra
zibethicus |
common |
statewide |
1162,
1163(S) |
141 |
requires
body of water |
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Northern
grasshopper mouse |
Onychomys
leucogaster |
common-uncommon |
statewide
(except southeast corner) |
253(C),
1017, 1169 |
87 |
behavior
similar to canids |
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White-footed
mouse |
Peromyscus
leucopus |
uncommon |
eastern
3/4, northern 1/8 |
73,
251(A), 1174 |
247 |
prefer
habitats with three dimensional structure |
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Deer
mouse |
Peromyscus
maniculatus |
common |
statewide |
