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Maryland's Wildlife Species - Mammals of Maryland

This list includes species considered accidental, vagrant, introduced, or extirpated. Special thanks go to Gene Scarpulla and Susan Knowles for their assistance and information regarding marine mammals.

Common Name followed by the scientific name:

• Virginia oppossum Didelphis virginiana




• Masked shrew Sorex cinereus




• Southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris




• Water shrew Sorex palustris




• Smoky shrew Sorex fumeus




• Long-tailed shrew Sorex dispar




• Pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi




• Northern short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda




• Least shrew Cryptotis parva




• Hairy-tailed mole Parascalops breweri




• Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus




• Star-nosed mole Condylura cristata




• Little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus




• Indiana bat Myotis sodalis




• Eastern small-footed bat Myotis leibii




• Northern myotis Myotis septentrionalis




• Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans




• Eastern pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus




• Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus




• Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis




• Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus




• Evening bat Nycticeius humeralis




• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus




• Appalachian cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus




• Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus




• Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus




• Woodchuck Marmota monax




• Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis




• Eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger




• Delmarva fox squirrel Sciurus niger cinereus




• Red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus




• Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans




• American beaver Castor canadensis




• Marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris




• Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis




• Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus




• White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus




• Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister




• Southern red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi




• Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus




• Rock vole Microtus chrotorrhinus




• Woodland vole Microtus pinetorum




• Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus




• Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi




• Black rat Rattus rattus




• Norway rat Rattus norvegicus




• House mouse Mus musculus




• Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius




• Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus insignis




• Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum




• Nutria Myocastor coypus




• Goose-beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris




• True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus




• Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps




• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus




• Sperm whale Physeter catodon




• Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis




• Bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus




• Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis




• Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba




• Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus




• Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus




• Killer whale Orcinus orca




• Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas




• Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus




• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra




• Habor porpoise Phocoena phocoena




• Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus




• Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis




• Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata




• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus




• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae




• Black right whale Eubalaena glacialis




• Manatee Trichechus manatus




• Coyote Canis latrans




• Gray wolf Canis lupus




• Red fox Vulpes vulpes




• Common gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus




• Black bear Ursus americanus




• Common raccoon Procyon lotor




• American marten Martes americana




• Fisher Martes pennanti




• Ermine Mustela erminea




• Least weasel Mustela nivalis




• Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata




• Mink Mustela vison




• Eastern spotted skunk Spilogale putorius




• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis




• Northern river otter Lutra canadensis




• Harbor seal Phoca vitulina




• Harp seal Phoca groenlandica




• Hooded seal Cystophora cristata




• Gray seal Halichoerus grypus




• Mountain lion Felis concolor




• Bobcat Lynx rufus




• American elk Cervus elaphus




• Sika deer Cervus nippon




• White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus




• American bison Bos bison




• Feral horse (Assateague pony) Equus caballus

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Wildlife and Heritage Service
Tawes State Office Bldg, E-1
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-8540

Drawing by W.H. Henry