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New Hampshire Mammals

World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

U.S. Status Key

Threatened in US

Endangered in US
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife Click on U.S. status icon to go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife species profile.

New Hampshire Status Key
Threatened in NH Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from NH Fish and Game

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Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

Moose -Alces americanus
White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Coyote - Canis latrans
Gray Wolf - Canis lupus
Gray Fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes

Family: Felidae

Canada Lynx - Lynx canadensis

Bobcat - Lynx rufus

Family: Mephitidae

Striped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis

Family: Mustelidae

North American River Otter - Lontra canadensis
American Marten - Martes americana
Fisher - Martes pennanti
Short-tailed Weasel - Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata
American Mink - Neovison vison

Family: Phocidae

Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina

Family: Procyonidae

Raccoon - Procyon lotor

Family: Ursidae

American Black Bear - Ursus americanus

Order: Cetacea

Family: Balaenopteridae

Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Family: Delphinidae

Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin-Delphinus delphis

Short-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala melas

Family: Phocoenidae

Harbor Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Vespertilionidae

Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus

Eastern Red Bat - Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat - Lasiurus cinereus

Silver-haired Bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Small-footed Bat - Myotis leibii

Little Brown Bat - Myotis lucifugus

Northern Long-eared Bat - Myotis septentrionalis

Eastern Pipistrelle-Pipistrellus subflavus

Order: Didelphilmorphia

Family: Didelphidae

Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

Order: Insectivora

Family: Soricidae

Northern Short-tailed Shrew -Blarina brevicauda

Masked Shrew - Sorex cinereus

Long-tailed Shrew - Sorex dispar

Smoky Shrew - Sorex fumeus

American Pygmy Shrew - Sorex hoyi

American Water Shrew - Sorex palustris

Family: Talpidae

Star-nosed Mole - Condylura cristata
Hairy-tailed Mole - Parascalops breweri

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae

Snowshoe Hare- Lepus americanus
Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus
New England Cottontail - Sylvilagus transitionalis

Order: Rodentia

Family: Castoridae

Beaver - Castor canadensis

Family: Cricetidae

Deer Mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
Meadow Vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus
Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
Northern Bog Lemming - Synaptomys borealis
Rock Vole - Microtus chrotorrhinus
Southern Bog Lemming - Synaptomys cooperi
Southern Red-backed Vole - Myodes gapperi
White-footed Mouse - Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole - Microtus pinetorum