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Mammals of Acadiana Park

 


Family Didelphidae
Virginia Opossum
     (Didelphis virginiana)
Family Soricidae
Short-tailed Shrew
     (Blarina brevicauda)
Family Talpidae
Eastern Mole
     (Scalopus aquaticus)
Family Vespertilionidae
Red Bat
     (Lasiurus borealis)
Seminole Bat
     (Lasiurus seminolus)
Hoary Bat
     (Lasiurus cinereus)
Northern Yellow Bat
     (Lasiurus intermedius)
Family Molossidae
Brazilian Free-tailed bat
     (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Family Dasypodidae
Nine-banded armadillo
     (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Family Leporidae
Eastern Cottontail
     (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Swamp Rabbit
     (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
Family Sciuridae
Fox Squirrel
     (Sciurus niger)
Southern Flying Squirrel
     (Glaucomys volans)
Family Castoridae
American Beaver
     (Castor canadensis)

Family Capromyidae
Nutria
     (Myocastor coypus)
Family Canidae
Coyote
     (Canis latrans)
Red Wolf
     (Canis rufus)
Red Fox
     (Vulpes fulva)
Family Ursidae
Louisiana Black Bear
     (Ursus americanus luteolus)
subspecies of: American Black Bear
     (Ursus americanus)
Family Procyonidae
Northern Raccoon
     (Procyon lotor)
Family Mustelidae
North American Mink
     (Mustela vison)
Striped Skunk
     (Mephitis mephitis)
Family Felidae
Bobcat
     (Lynx rufus)
Family Cervidae
White-tailed Deer
     (Odocoileus virginianus)