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Field Guide to Illinois Mammals

Field Guide to Illinois Mammals

Name: Field Guide to Illinois Mammals
Author: Joyce E. Hofmann
ISBN: 9780252089411

by Joyce E. Hofmann and Illinois Natural History Survey

Published by: University of Illinois Press

Imprint: University of Illinois Press

384 Pages, 114.00 × 184.00 mm, 199 color images, 61 drawings, 26 illustrations, and 30 maps

Paperback
9780252089411
Published: May 2026

£22.99

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Description
Contents
Authors
Praise

Acknowledgments

Introduction

About This Book

Checklist of Illinois Mammals

Key to the Skulls of Illinois Mammal Orders

Species Accounts
Order DIDELPHIMORPHIA
Family Didelphidae - opossums
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana
Order SORICOMORPHA
Family Talpidae - moles
eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus
Family Soricidae - shrews
masked shrew Sorex cinereus
American pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi
southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris
northern short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda
southern short-tailed shrew Blarina carolinensis
North American least shrew Cryptotis parva
Order CHIROPTERA
Family Vespertilionidae - bats
southeastern bat Myotis austroriparius
gray bat Myotis grisescens
eastern small-footed bat Myotis leibii
little brown bat Myotis lucifugus
northern long-eared bat Myotis septentrionalis
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis
hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
tricolored bat Perimyotis subflavus
big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
evening bat Nycticeius humeralis
Rafinesque's big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Order CINGULATA
Family Dasypodidae - armadillos
nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
Order LAGOMORPHA
Family Leporidae - rabbits
swamp rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus
eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Order RODENTIA
Family Sciuridae - squirrels
eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus
woodchuck Marmota monax
Franklin's ground squirrel Poliocitellus franklinii
thirteen-lined ground squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger
red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans
Family Geomyidae - pocket gophers
plains pocket gopher Geomys bursarius
Family Castoridae - beavers
American beaver Castor canadensis
Family Cricetidae - mice, rats, voles
marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris
western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus
white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus
North American deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
eastern woodrat Neotoma floridana
prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster
meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
woodland vole Microtus pinetorum
muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi
Family Muridae - Old World mice and rats
brown rat Rattus norvegicus
house mouse Mus musculus
Family Dipodidae - jumping mice
meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
Order CARNIVORA
Family Canidae - foxes, coyote
coyote Canis latrans
red fox Vulpes vulpes
gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Family Mustelidae - weasels, otters, badgers
long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata
least weasel Mustela nivalis
American mink Neovison vison
American badger Taxidea taxus
North American river otter Lontra canadensis
Family Mephitidae - skunks
striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
Family Procyonidae - raccoons
raccoon Procyon lotor
Family Felidae - cats
bobcat Lynx rufus
Order ARTIODACTYLA
Family Cervidae - deer
white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

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