Rodentia of KY

• Family Sciuridae  (Chipmunks and Squirrels)
  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
  • Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
  • Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
  • Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
• Family Castoridae  (Beavers)
  • Beaver (Castor canadensis)
• Family Cricetidae  (New World Mice and Rats)
  • Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)
  • Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
  • Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
  • White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
  • Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
  • Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
  • Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
  • Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
  • Southern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
  • Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
  • Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
  • Pine Vole (Microtus pinetorum)
  • Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
  • Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)
• Family Muridae  (Old World Mice and Rats)
  • Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
  • Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
  • House Mouse (Mus musculus)
• Family Zapodidae  (Jumping Mice)
  • Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
  • Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)

References

Barbour, Roger W., and Wayne H. Davis.  1974.  Mammals of Kentucky.  The University of Kentucky Press.  322 pp.

Burt, William H., and Richard P. Grossenheider.  1976.  Peterson Field Guides Mammals.  Houghton Mifflin Company.  289 pp.

Choate, J. R., J. K. Jones, Jr., and C. Jones.  1994.  Handbook of Mammals of the South-central States.  Louisiana State University Press.  304 pp.

Whitaker, John O., Jr.  1980.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals.  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.  745 pp.

KY Mammals