**Mammals of Pondicherry**

**Key to the Checklist**

**K** Known to be present **?** Unconfirmed but expected

+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Common Name                  | **Scientific Name**         | **Sta |
|                                |                             | tus** |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Little Brown Myotis          | ## Myotis lucifugus         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Northern Long-eared Myotis   | ## Myotis septentrionalis   | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Small-footed Myotis          | ## Myotis leibii            | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Silver-haired Bat            | #                           | K     |
|                                | # Lasionycteris noctivagans |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Big Brown Bat                | ## Eptesicus fuscus         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Red Bat                      | ## Lasirus borealis         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Hoary Bat                    | ## Lasirus cinereus         | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| # Eastern Pipistrelle          | ## Pipistrellus subflavus   | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| #                              | ##                          |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Smoky Shrew                    | *Sorex fumeus*              | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Long-tailed Shrew              | *Sorex dispar*              | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Pygmy Shrew                    | *Sorex hoyi*                | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Short-tailed Shrew             | *Blarina brevicauda*        | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Hairy-tailed Mole              | *Parascalops breweri*       | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Star-nosed Mole                | *Condylura cristata*        | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Deer Mouse                     | *Peromyscus maniculatus*    | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| White-footed Mouse             | *Peromyscus leucopus*       | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Meadow Jumping Mouse           | *Zappus hudsonius*          | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Woodland Jumping Mouse         | *Napaeozapus insignis*      | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| House Mouse                    | *Mus musculus*              | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Norway Rat                     | *Rattus norvegicus*         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Southern Red-backed Vole       | *Clethrionomys gapperi*     | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Meadow Vole                    | *Microtus pennsylvanicus*   | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Rock Vole                      | *Microtus chrotorrhinus*    | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Southern Bog Lemming           | *Synaptomys cooperi*        | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Northern Bog Lemming           | *Synaptomys borealis*       | ?     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Eastern Chipmunk               | *Tamius striatus*           | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Gray Squirrel                  | *Sciurus carolinensis*      | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Red Squirrel                   | *Tamiasciurus hudsonicus*   | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Northern Flying Squirrel       | *Glaucomys sabrinus*        | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Woodchuck                      | *Marmota monax*             | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Beaver                         | *Castor canadensis*         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Muskrat                        | *Ondatra zibethicus*        | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| River Otter                    | *Lutra canadensis*          | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Porcupine                      | *Erethizon dorsatum*        | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Coyote                         | *Canis latrans*             | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Red Fox                        | *Vulpes vulpes*             | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Gray Fox                       | *Urocyon cinereoargentus*   | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Black Bear                     | *Ursus americanus*          | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Raccoon                        | *Procyon lotor*             | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Marten                         | *Martes americana*          | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Fisher                         | *Martes pennanti*           | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Ermine                         | *Mustela erminea*           | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Long-tailed Weasel             | *Mustela frenata*           | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Mink                           | *Mustela vison*             | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Striped Skunk                  | *Mephitis mephitis*         | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
|                                |                             |       |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Bobcat                         | *Felis rufus*               | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| White-tailed Deer              | *Odocoileus virginianus*    | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+
| Moose                          | *Alces alces*               | K     |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+

### 

###  Extirpated Mammals

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  **Common Name**                     **Scientific Name**

  Eastern Cougar                      *Felis concolor*

  Canada Lynx                         *Felis lynx*

  Wolverine                           *Gulo gulo*

  wolf                                *Canis lupis*
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

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