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KANSAS MAMMALS
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Carnivora - Carnivores
Cingulata - Armadillos
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Didelphimorphia - Opossums
Eulipotyphla - Shrews and Moles
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Rodentia - Rodents
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RODENTIA — Rodents
Castoridae
Beaver
Castor canadensis
Kuhl, 1820
Cricetidae
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner, 1842)
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord, 1815)
Woodland Vole
Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte, 1830)
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
(Ord, 1818)
Southern Plains Woodrat
Neotoma micropus
Baird, 1855
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys leucogaster
(Wied-Neuwied, 1841)
Texas Mouse
Peromyscus attwateri
J. A. Allen, 1895
— SINC
White-footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque, 1818)
Western Deer Mouse
Peromyscus sonoriensis
(Wagner, 1845)
Fulvous Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
J. A. Allen, 1894
Western Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
(Baird, 1857)
Plains Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus
(Baird, 1855)
Hispid Cotton Rat
Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord, 1825
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Baird, 1857
— SINC
Dipodidae
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Erethizontidae
North American Porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Geomyidae
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
Cratogeomys castanops
(Baird, 1852)
Plains Pocket Gopher
Geomys bursarius
(Shaw, 1800)
Geomys lutescens
Geomys lutescens
Merriam, 1890
Heteromyidae
Hispid Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus hispidus
(Baird, 1858)
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys ordii
Woodhouse, 1853
Plains Pocket Mouse
Perognathus flavescens
Merriam, 1889
Silky Pocket Mouse
Perognathus flavus
Baird, 1855
Muridae
House Mouse
Mus musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
Norway Rat
Rattus norvegicus
(Berkenhout, 1769)
Black Rat
Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sciuridae
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
(Ord, 1815)
Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— SINC
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
(Mitchill, 1821)
Woodchuck
Marmota monax
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Franklin's Ground Squirrel
Poliocitellus franklinii
(Sabine, 1822)
— SINC
Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin, 1788
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
Linnaeus, 1758
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Spotted Ground Squirrel
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Bennett, 1833
OTHER SPECIES
Chinchillidae
Long-tailed Chinchilla
Chinchilla lanigera
Bennett, 1829
— Ambiguous
Cricetidae
Coypu
Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
— Questionable
Marsh Rice Rat
Oryzomys palustris
(Harlan, 1837)
— Questionable
Peromyscus truei
Peromyscus truei
(Shufeldt, 1885)
— Questionable
Sciuridae
Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben, 1777)
— Questionable