Rodents Flashcards
Statewide
Family: Castoridae
American Beaver
Castor canadensis
Absent in Mid-TN
Family: Cricetidae
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
W of MS River
Fulvous Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Statewide
Marsh Rice Rat
Oryzomys palustris
Statewide
White-Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus
Statewide
Deer Mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western 2/3 of TN
Cotton Deer Mouse
Peromyscus gossypinus
Statewide
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Statewide
Hispid Cotton Rat
Sigmodon hispidus
W 1/3, SE
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Eastern 2/3
Allegheny Woodrat
Neotoma magister
Mtns
Southern Red Backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Mtns
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Western 2/3
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Eastern 1/3
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus