Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Appendices
Appendix C. Mammal species occurring near river valleys of the Platte River system (Armstrong 1972, Hall 1981, Jones 1964, Long 1965).
| Family Name - Common Name | Scientific Name | |
| Didelphidae | ||
| Virginia opossum | Didelphis virginiana | |
| Soricidae | ||
| Elliot's short-tailed shrew | Blarina hylophaga | |
| Northern short-tailed shrew | Blarina brevicauda | |
| Least shrew | Cryptotis parva | |
| Masked shrew | Sorex cinereus | |
| Merriam's shrew | Sorex merriami | |
| Dwarf shrew | Sorex nanus | |
| Talpidae | ||
| Eastern mole | Scalopus aquaticus | |
| Vespertilionidae | ||
| Big brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus | |
| Silver-haired bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans | |
| Red bat | Lasiurus borealis | |
| Hoary bat | Lasiurus cinereus | |
| Keen's myotis | Myotis septentionalis | |
| Small-footed myotis | Myotis ciliolabrum | |
| Little brown bat | Myotis lucifugus | |
| Townsend's big-eared bat | Plecotus townsendii | |
| Molossidae | ||
| Brazilian free-tailed bat | Tadarida brasiliensis | |
| Canidae | ||
| Coyote | Canis latrans | |
| Gray wolf | Canis lupus | |
| Gray fox | Urocyon cinereogenteus | |
| Swift fox | Vulpes velox | |
| Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | |
| Ursidae | ||
| Black bear | Ursus americanus | |
| Grizzly bear | Ursus horribilis | |
| Procyonidae | ||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | |
| Mustelidae | ||
| Ermine | Mustela erminea | |
| Long-tailed weasel | Mustela frenata | |
| Black-footed ferret | Mustela nigripes | |
| Least weasel | Mustela nivalis | |
| Mink | Mustela vison | |
| Badger | Taxidea taxus | |
| Striped skunk | Mephitis mephitis | |
| Spotted skunk | Spilogale putorius | |
| River otter | Lutra canadensis | |
| Felidae | ||
| Mountain lion | Felis concolor | |
| Bobcat | Lynx rufus | |
| Cervidae | ||
| Wapiti | Cervus elaphus | |
| Mule deer | Odocoileus hemionus | |
| White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | |
| Bovidae | ||
| Pronghorn | Antilocarpa americana | |
| Bison | Bison bison | |
| Bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis | |
| Sciuridae | ||
| White-tailed prairie dog | Cynomys leucurus | |
| Black-tailed prairie dog | Cynomys ludovicianus | |
| Woodchuck | Marmota monax | |
| Gray squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | |
| Fox squirrel | Sciurus niger | |
| Franklin's ground squirrel | Spermophilus franklinii | |
| Golden-mantled ground squirrel | Spermophilus lateralis | |
| Richardson's ground squirrel | Spermophilus richardsonii | |
| Spotted ground squirrel | Spermophilus spilosoma | |
| Thirteen-lined ground squirrel | Spermophilus tridecemlineatus | |
| Least chipmunk | Tamias minimus | |
| Geomyidae | ||
| Plains pocket gopher | Geomys bursarius | |
| Northern pocket gopher | Thomomys talpoides | |
| Heteromyidae | ||
| Ord's kangaroo rat | Dipodomys ordii | |
| Olive-backed pocket mouse | Perognathus fasciatus | |
| Plains pocket mouse | Perognathus flavescens | |
| Silky pocket mouse | Perognathus flavus | |
| Hispid pocket mouse | Perognathus hispidus | |
| Cotton rat | Sigmodon hispidus | |
| Castoridae | ||
| Beaver | Castor canadensis | |
| Muridae | ||
| Bushy-tailed woodrat | Neotoma cinerea | |
| Eastern woodrat | Neotoma floridana | |
| Northern grasshopper mouse | Onychomys leucogaster | |
| White-footed mouse | Peromyscus leucopus | |
| Western harvest mouse | Reithrodontomys megalotis | |
| Plains harvest mouse | Reithrodontomys montanus | |
| Southern red-backed vole | Clethrionomys gapperi | |
| Sagebrush vole | Lagurus curtatus | |
| Long-tailed vole | Microtus longicaudus | |
| Montane vole | Microtus montanus | |
| Prairie vole | Microtus ochrogaster | |
| Meadow vole | Microtus pennsylvanicus | |
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | |
| Heather vole | Phenacomys intermedius | |
| Southern bog lemming | Synaptomys cooperi | |
| House mouse | Mus musculus | |
| Norway rat | Rattus norvegicus | |
| Dipodidae | ||
| Meadow jumping mouse | Zapus hudsonicus | |
| Erethizontidae | ||
| Porcupine | Erethrizon dorsatum | |
| Leporidae | ||
| Black-tailed jack rabbit | Lepus californicus | |
| White-tailed jack rabbit | Lepus townsendii | |
| Eastern cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus | |
| Nuttall's cottontail | Sylvilagus nuttalli | |
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