Rodents Flashcards by Cierra Lawson

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Statewide

Family: Castoridae

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American Beaver

Castor canadensis

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Absent in Mid-TN

Family: Cricetidae

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Eastern Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys humulis

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W of MS River

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Fulvous Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys fulvescens

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Statewide

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Marsh Rice Rat

Oryzomys palustris

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Statewide

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White-Footed Mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

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Statewide

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Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

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Western 2/3 of TN

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Cotton Deer Mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus

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Statewide

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Golden Mouse

Ochrotomys nuttalli

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Statewide

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Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

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W 1/3, SE

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Eastern Woodrat

Neotoma floridana

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Eastern 2/3

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Allegheny Woodrat

Neotoma magister

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Mtns

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Southern Red Backed Vole

Myodes gapperi

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Mtns

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Rock Vole

Microtus chrotorrhinus

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Western 2/3

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Prairie Vole

Microtus ochrogaster

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Eastern 1/3

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Meadow Vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

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Statewide

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Woodland Vole

Microtus pinetorum

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Statewide

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Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Q

Eastern 2/3

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Southern Bog Lemming

Synaptomys copperi

Q

Western NA

Family: Heteromyidae

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Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys sp.

Q

Near MS River

Family: Myocastoridae

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Nutria

Myocaster coypus

Q

Statewide

Family: Muridae

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House Mouse

Mus musculus

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Absent N of TN River

Family: Muridae

A

Black Rat

Rattus rattus

Q

Statewide

Family: Muridae

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Norway Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Q

Eastern 1/3

Family: Dipodidae

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Woodland Jumping Mouse

Napaeozapus insignis

Statewide Family: Dipodidae

Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius

Extirpated Family: Erethizontidae

Common Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum