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List of mammals of Vermont

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This list of mammals of Vermont includes all mammal species living in the US state of Vermont. Three species, the eastern cottontail, house mouse, and Norway rat have been introduced, into the state.{{cite web |url=https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Learn%20More/Library/REPORTS%20AND%20DOCUMENTS/NONGAME%20AND%20NATURAL%20HERITAGE/SPECIES%20LISTS/Mammals%20of%20Vermont.pdf |title=Mammals of Vermont |department=Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department |access-date=2022-12-07}} Four species of mammals are currently extirpated from the state: elk, gray wolf, wolverine, and caribou.{{cite journal |last=Osgood |first=F.L. |publication-date=November 1938 |title=The mammals of Vermont |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |year=1938 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=435–441 |doi=10.2307/1374228 |jstor=1374228}}{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Tom |title=History Space: Vermont's great outdoors |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/11/11/history-space-vermonts-great-outdoors/107390612/ |work=Burlington Free Press |access-date=2017-11-11}} Vermont does not have a designated state mammal, but does designate the Morgan horse as its state horse. The list does not include species found only in captivity.

Didelphimorphia

=Opossums=

Family: Didelphidae

  • Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana{{cite web |title=North American Opossum - Didelphis virginiana |url=https://val.vtecostudies.org/species-profile/?taxonKey=160795312 |website=val.vtecostudies.org |publisher=Vermont Center for Ecostudies |access-date=2024-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805000914/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://val.vtecostudies.org/species-profile/?taxonKey=160795312 |archive-date=2024-08-05 |location=Norwich, Vermont |date=2024-06-25 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Didelphis_virginiana/#geographic_range|title=Didelphis virginiana - Virginia opossum |website=animaldiversity.org |publisher=Regents of the University of Michigan |access-date=2024-07-09|archive-date=2024-07-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240710010122/https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Didelphis_virginiana/%23geographic_range|url-status=live}}
    Secure{{cite web |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106143/Didelphis_virginiana |title=Didelphis virginiana - Virginia Opossum |date=2024-07-05 |website=explorer.natureserve.org |publisher=NatureServe |access-date=2024-07-14 |archive-date=2024-07-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240714200038/https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106143/Didelphis_virginiana |url-status=live}} and increasing throughout the state.{{cite iucn |last1=Pérez-Hernandez |first1=R. |last2=Lew |first2=D. |last3=Solari |first3=S. |year=2016 |title=Didelphis virginiana |page=e.T40502A22176259 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40502A22176259.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40502/22176259 |access-date=2024-08-05 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240805002607/https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40502A22176259.en |archive-date=2024-08-05 |url-status=live}}

Eulipotyphla

=Shrews=

Family: Soricidae

  • Eastern water shrew, Sorex albibarbis{{cite web |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.979860/Sorex_albibarbis |title=Sorex albibarbis - Eastern Water Shrew |date=2024-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=explorer.natureserve.org |publisher=NatureServe | archive-date=2024-07-10 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240710004202/https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.979860/Sorex_albibarbis |url-status=live}}
    Possibly a subspecies of the American water shrew{{cite web |url=https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vermont-mammal-atlas/american-water-shrew/ |title=American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris) |date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=val.vtecostudies.org |publisher=Vermont Center for Ecostudies | archive-date=2024-07-14 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240714201926/https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vermont-mammal-atlas/american-water-shrew/ |url-status=live}}
  • Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus
  • Long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar
  • Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus
  • American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi
  • Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda{{cite web |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41451/115187102 |title=Northern Short-tailed Shrew - Blarina brevicauda |website=www.iucnredlist.org |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature |date=2016-08-19 |access-date=2024-07-10 |archive-date=2024-07-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240710095949/https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41451/115187102 |url-status=live}}

=Moles=

Family: Talpidae

Rodents

=Beavers=

Family: Castoridae

=Porcupines=

Family: Erethizontidae

=Jumping mice=

Family: Dipodidae

=New World rats, mice, and voles=

Family: Cricetidae

=Old World rats, mice=

Family: Muridae

=Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels=

Family: Sciuridae

Lagomorpha

=Hares and rabbits=

Family: Leporidae

Chiroptera

=Vesper bats=

Family: Vespertilionidae

Carnivora

=Cats=

Family: Felidae

  • Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis
  • Bobcat, Lynx rufus
  • Cougar, Puma concolor possibly extirpated{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101637/Puma_concolor |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=2023-01-15}}
  • Eastern cougar, P. c. couguar

=Canines=

Family: Canidae

=Bears=

Family: Ursidae

=Skunks=

Family: Mephitidae

=Weasels=

Family: Mustelidae

=Raccoons=

Family: Procyonidae

Artiodactyla

=Deer=

Family: Cervidae

See also

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite book |last1 = Burt |first1 = William Henry (Text and Maps) |last2 = Grossenheider |first2 = Richard Philip (Illustrations) |year = 1980 |orig-date=1952 |series = Peterson Field Guides |title = A Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexico |edition = Third |location = Boston, New York |publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company |isbn = 0-395-91098-6 |url = https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetomamm00burt_0}}

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