Mammals of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Mammals Observed at the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Marsupalia

Virginia Opossum Didelphis marsupialis

Insectivora
Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda
Southern Shrew Sorex longirostris
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus
Star-Nosed Mole Condylura cristata

Chiroptera

Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

Lagomorpha

Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

Rodentia
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck Marmota monax
Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Pine Vole Pitymys pinetorum
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Beaver Castor canadensis
Nutria Myocastor coypu
House Mouse Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys humulis

Carnivora

Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Raccoon Procyon lotor
River Otter Lutra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
Mink Mustela vison
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis

Artiodactyla

White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Mammals Potentially Occurring at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
Insectivora

Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
Pygmy Shrew (Microsorex hoyi)

Chiroptera

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
Keen's Myotis (Myotis keeni)
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis)

Rodentia

Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)
Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)

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