Order	Family	Genus	Specific Epithet	authority	common name	Sources (full citations given below this table)
Artiodactyla	Cervidae	Alces	americanus	(L.)	moose
Artiodactyla	Cervidae	Odocoileus	virginianus	(Zimmermann)	white-tailed deer
Carnivora	Canidae	Canis	latrans	Say	coyote
Carnivora	Canidae	Urocyon	cinereoargenteus	(Schreber)	gray fox	Maine IF&W (3)
Carnivora	Canidae	Vulpes	vulpes	(L.)	red fox	Maine IF&W (3)
Carnivora	Felidae	Lynx	canadensis	Kerr	Canada lynx	Maine IF&W (4)
Carnivora	Felidae	Lynx	rufus	(Schreber)	bobcat
Carnivora	Mephitidae	Mephitis	mephitis	(Schreber)	striped skunk
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Lontra	canadensis	(Schreber)	river otter
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Martes	americana	(Turton)	American marten
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Martes	pennanti	(Erxleben)	fisher
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Mustela	erminea	L.	short-tailed weasel
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Mustela	frenata	Lichtenstein	long-tailed weasel
Carnivora	Mustelidae	Neovison	vison	(Schreber)	mink
Carnivora	Phocidae	Halichoerus	grypus	(Fabricius)	gray seal
Carnivora	Phocidae	Phoca	vitulina	L.	harbor seal
Carnivora	Procyonidae	Procyon	lotor	(L.)	common raccoon
Carnivora	Ursidae	Ursus	americanus	Pallas	black bear
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Eptesicus	fuscus	(Beauvois)	big brown bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Lasionycteris	noctivagans	(LeConte)	silver-haired bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus	borealis	(Müller)	eastern red bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus	cinereus	(Beauvois)	hoary bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	keenii	(Merriam)	northern myotis
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	leibii	(Audubon and Bachman)	eastern small-footed bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	lucifugus	(LeConte)	little brown bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	septentrionalis	(Trouessart)	northern long-eared bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	sodalis	Miller and G. M. Allen	Indiana myotis
Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	subflavus	(F. Cuvier)	tri-colored bat	Maine IF&W (1)
Didelphimorphia	Didelphidae	Didelphis	virginiana	Kerr	Virginia opossum	Maine IF&W (2)
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Blarina	brevicauda	(Say)	northern short-tailed shrew
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Sorex	cinereus	Kerr	masked shrew
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Sorex	dispar	Batchelder	rock shrew
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Sorex	fumeus	G. M. Miller	smoky shrew
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Sorex	hoyi	Baird	pygmy shrew
Eulipotyphia	Soricidae	Sorex	palustris	Richardson	American water shrew
Eulipotyphia	Talpidae	Condylura	cristata	(L.)	star-nosed mole
Eulipotyphia	Talpidae	Parascalops	breweri	(Bachman)	hairy-tailed mole
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Lepus	americanus	Erxleben	snowshoe hare
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Sylvilagus	transitionalis	(Bangs)	New England cottontail
Rodentia	Castoridae	Castor	canadensis	Kuhl	American beaver
Rodentia	Cricetidae	Microtus	chrotorrhinus	(Miller)	rock vole
Rodentia	Cricetidae	Microtus	pennsylvanicus	(Ord)	meadow vole
Rodentia	Cricetidae	Microtus	pinetorum	(Le Conte)	pine vole
Rodentia	Cricetidae	Ondatra	zibethicus	(L.)	common muskrat
Rodentia	Dipodidae	Napaeozapus	insignis	(Miller)	woodland jumping mouse
Rodentia	Dipodidae	Zapus	hudsonius	(Zimmermann)	meadow jumping mouse
Rodentia	Erethizontidae	Erethizon	dorsatum	(L.)	common porcupine
Rodentia	Muridae	Clethrionomys	gapperi	(Vigors)	southern red-backed vole
Rodentia	Muridae	Mus	musculus	L.	house mouse
Rodentia	Muridae	Peromyscus	leucopus	(Rafinesque)	white-footed mouse
Rodentia	Muridae	Peromyscus	maniculatus	(Wagner)	American deer mouse
Rodentia	Muridae	Rattus	norvegicus	(Berkenhout)	Norway rat
Rodentia	Muridae	Synaptomys	borealis	Richardson	northern bog lemming
Rodentia	Muridae	Synaptomys	cooperi	Baird	southern bog lemming
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Glaucomys	sabrinus	(Shaw)	northern flying squirrel
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Glaucomys	volans	(L.)	southern flying squirrel
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Marmota	monax	(L.)	woodchuck
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Sciurus	carolinensis	Gmelin	eastern gray squirrel
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Tamias	striatus	(L.)	eastern chipmunk
Rodentia	Sciuridae	Tamiasciurus	hudsonicus	(Erxleben)	red squirrel

Sources:
   Maine IF&W (1) = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/species-information/mammals/small.html (accessed 22 August 2020)
   Maine IF&W (2) = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/living-with-wildlife/avoid-resolve-conflict/opossums.html#facts (accessed 23 August 2020)
   Maine IF&W (3) = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/living-with-wildlife/avoid-resolve-conflict/foxes.html (accessed 23 August 2020)
   Maine IF&W (4) = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/species-information/mammals/canada-lynx.html (accessed 23 August 2020)

Key to Maine’s orders of mammals

	toes on front foot	toes on hind foot	char. 3	char. 4	char. 5	habitat
Artiodactyla (deer, moose)	2 or 4	2 or 4				land, water (can swim)
Carnivora (carnivores)	0 (seals), 4 (dogs, cats), 5 (remaining carnivores)	0 (seals), 4 (dogs, cats), 5 (remaining carnivores)				water, land, trees
Chiroptera (bats)	5	5				air (flying)
Didelphimorphia (opossums)	5	5				ground, trees
Eulipotiphya (insectivores)						ground
Lagomorpha (hares, cottontails)	0 (hair obscures toe pads), 4 (usually visible), 5	0 (hair obscures toe pads), 4 (usually visible), 5				ground
Rodentia (rodents)	4	5				ground, trees, water, air (gliding)