Mammals of New England by Order/Family

Order: DIDELPHIMORPHIA

Opossums (Didelphidae)

• Virginia Opossum

Order: RODENTIA

Squirrels, Chipmunks, and Marmots (Sciuridae)

• Eastern Chipmunk
• Woodchuck
• Eastern Gray Squirrel
• American Red Squirrel
• Northern Flying Squirrel
• Southern Flying Squirrel

Beavers (Castoridae)

• American Beaver

Jumping Mice (Dipodidae)

• Meadow Jumping Mouse
• Woodland Jumping Mouse

New World Rats, Mice, Voles, Lemmings & Muskrats (Cricetidae)

• White-footed Mouse
• Deer Mouse
• Southern Red-backed Vole
• Rock Vole
• Meadow Vole
• Woodland Vole
• Muskrat
  
• Northern Bog Lemming
• Southern Bog Lemming

Old World Rats and Mice (Muridae)

• House Mouse

Porcupines (Erethizontidae)

• North American Porcupine

Order: LAGOMORPHA

Rabbits and Hares (Leporidae)

• Eastern Cottontail
• New England Cottontail
• Snowshoe Hare
• European Hare
• Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Order: SORICOMORPHA

Shrews (Soricidae)

• Masked Shrew
• Long-tailed Shrew
• Smoky Shrew
• Pygmy Shrew
• Water Shrew
• Northern Short-tailed Shrew
• Least Shrew
  

Moles (Talpidae)

• Hairy-tailed Mole
• Eastern Mole
• Star-nosed Mole

Order: CHIROPTERA

Vesper Bats (Vespertilionidae)

• Eastern Small-footed Myotis
• Little Brown Myotis
• Northern Long-eared Bat
• Indiana Myotis
• Silver-haired Bat
• Eastern Pipistrelle
• Big Brown Bat
• Red Bat
• Hoary Bat

Order: CARNIVORA

Cats (Felidae)

• Canada Lynx
• Bobcat

Coyotes, Dogs, Foxes, & Wolves (Canidae)

• Coyote
• Red Fox
• Gray Fox

Bears (Ursidae)

• American Black Bear

Seals (Phocidae) - coastal

• To be added at a later date

Weasels and Relatives (Mustelidae)

• American Marten
• Fisher
• Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine)
• Long-tailed Weasel
• American Mink
• River Otter

Skunks (Mephitidae))

• Striped Skunk

Raccoons (Procyonidae)

• Common Raccoon

Order: ARTIODACTYLA

Deer and Moose (Cervidae)

• White-tailed Deer
• Moose

Order: CETACEA (Dophins, Porpoises, and Whales)

• To be added at a later date.