Maine Biota Project
Mammals of Maine
(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia)
Below is a working list of Maine’s mammals, including those that live in the adjacent ocean. For more information about a particular species, click on the link under the heading “common name”, and you will be taken to a page for the order that includes that species.
| Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Authority |
Common Name |
Sources (full citations given below this table) |
| Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Alces |
Alces |
(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) as Pipistrellus subflavus |
| Didelphimorphia |
Didelphidae |
Didelphis |
virginiana |
Kerr |
Virginia opossum |
Maine IF&W (2) |
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Blarina |
brevicauda |
(Say) |
northern short-tailed shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex |
cinereus |
Kerr |
masked shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex |
dispar |
Batchelder |
rock shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex |
fumeus |
G. M. Miller |
smoky shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex |
hoyi |
Baird |
pygmy shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Soricidae |
Sorex |
palustris |
Richardson |
American water shrew |
|
| Insectivora |
Talpidae |
Condylura |
cristata |
(L.) |
star-nosed mole |
|
| Insectivora |
Talpidae |
Parascalops |
breweri |
(Bachman) |
hairy-tailed mole |
|
| Lagomorpha |
Leporidae |
Lepus |
americanus |
Erxleben |
snowshoe hare |
|
| Lagomorpha |
Leporidae |
Sylvilagus |
transitionalis |
(Bangs) |
New England cottontail |
|
| Primates |
Hominidae |
Homo |
sapiens |
L. |
modern human |
|
| 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 |
|
| Soricomorpha |
Talpidae |
Condylura |
cristata |
(L.) |
star-nosed mole |
|
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.
Thank you to Ruth Gortner Grierson, Don Lenahan, Julia Schloss, Emma Walsh, Pam Walsh, and Ned Warton for their contributions to this page.
