Animal Scientific Names Flashcards by Rose Clark

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Virginia opossum

A

Didelphis virginiana

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Star-nosed mole

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Condylura cristata

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Eastern mole

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Scalopus aquaticus

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Masked shrew

A

Sorex cinereus

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Arctic shrew

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Sorex arcticus

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Water shrew

A

Sorex palustris

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Pygmy shrew

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Sorex hoyi

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Northern short-tailed shrew

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Blarina brevicauda

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Least shrew

A

Cryptotis parva

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Keens myotis

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Myotis keenii

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Little brown bat

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Myotis lucifugus

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Indiana bat

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Myotis sodalis

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Silver-haired bat

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Lasionycteris noctivagans

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Georgian pipistrelle

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Perimyotis subflavus

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Evening bat

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Nycticeius humeralis

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Big brown bat

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Eptesicus fuscus

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Eastern red bat

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Lasiurus borealis

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Hoary bat

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Lasiurus cinereus

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White-tailed jackrabbit

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Lepus townsendii

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Snowshoe hare

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Lepus americanus

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Eastern cottontail

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Sylvilqgus floridanus

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American porcupine

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Erethizon dorsatum

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Woodchuck

A

Marmota monax

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Thirteen lined ground squirrel

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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

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Franklins ground squirrel

Spermophilus franklinii

Least chipmunk

Tamias minimus

Eastern chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Red squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Fox squirrel

Sciurus niger

Northern flying squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

Southern flying squirrel

Glaucomys volans

American beaver

Castor canadensis

Plains pocket gopher

Geomys bursarius

Western harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis

White-footed mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

Deer mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Red-backed vole

Microtus gapperi

Prairie vole

Microtus ochrogaster

Woodland vole

Microtus pinetorum

Meadow vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern bog lemming

Synaptomys cooperi

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Norway rat

Rattus norvegicus

House mouse

Mus musculus

Meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonius

Woodland jumping mouse

Napaeozapus insignis

Coyote

Canis latrans

Gray wolf

Canis lupus

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Gray fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Black bear

Ursus americanus

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Fisher

Martes pennanti

American marten

Martes americana

Least weasel

Mustela nivalis

Ermine

Mustela erminea

Long tailed weasel

Mustela frenata

Mink

Neovison vison

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

River otter

Lontra canadensis

American badger

Taxidea taxus

Striped skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Spotted skunk

Spilogale putorius

Cougar

Puma concolor

Canada lynx

Lynx canadensis

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Elk

Cervus canadensis

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Moose

Alces americanus

Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

Bison

Bison bison