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Virginia Opossum

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Didelphis virginiana
Order Didelphimorphia
Family Didelphidae
Narrow braincase
50 teeth
Prominent sagittal crest

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Nine-banded Armadillo

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Dasypus novemcintus
Order Cingulata
Family Dasypodidae
Elongated rostrum
Peg teeth in the cheek

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Southeastern Shrew

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Sorex longirostris
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Soricidae
Long tail (1/2 body)
Brown
Lighter underneath
Long, pointed rostrum

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Northern Short-tailed Shrew

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Blarina brevicauda
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Soricidae
Short tail (1/3 body)
Gray
Incisors pointed forward
No zygomatic arches

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North American Least Shrew

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Cryptotis parva
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Soricidae
Short tail
Tiny
Brown
Lighter underneath

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Eastern Mole

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Scalopus aquaticus
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Talpidae
Light
Short tail
Zygomatic arches
White teeth
Incisors point down

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Star-nosed Mole

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Condylura cristata
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Talpidae
Dark
Star-nose
Long, furry tail
Semi-aquatic

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Eastern Red Bat

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Lasiurus borealis
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Furry uropotagium
Red
White patch on shoulder

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Seminole Bat

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Lasiurus seminolus
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Darker than Eastern
Brown
White patch on shoulder

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Hoary Bat

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Lepiurus cinereus
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Dark
Frosted Tips
Yellow, black tipped ears

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Evening Bat

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Nycticeius humeralis
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
All dark brown
Darker wings, ears, rostrum

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Big Brown Bat

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Eptesicus fuscus
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Completely dark
Large
U shaped notch in skull, separation incisors from canines

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Tricolored Bat

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Perinyotis subflavus
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Yellow
Dark, light, dark hairs
Pink forearms = in life

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Southeastern Myotis

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Myotis austroriparius
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Long tragus
Small
Dark
Woolly

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Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat

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Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Order Chiroptera
Family Vespertilionidae
Big ears
Light underneath

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Brazilian Free-tailed Bat

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Tadarida brasiliensis
Order Chiroptera
Family Molossidae
Long tail
Shorter uropotagium
Brown to black
Ears meet at midline (unibrow)

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