Mammals

This list was compiled from county records from within the watershed (Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, Stephens, and Wilkes). A majority of records are from Clarke County, but those records should also represent possible species within the Broad River Watershed. Records may also include historical occurrences and may not reflect current distributions.
OrderFamilyScientific NameCommon Name
ArtiodactylaCervidaeOdocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer
SuidaeSus scrofaWild Pig
CarnivoraCanidaeCanis latransCoyote
Urocyon cinereoargenteusGray Fox
Vulpes vulpesRed Fox
CarnivoraFelidaeLynx rufusBobcat
CarnivoraMephitidaeMephitis mephitisStriped Skunk
Spilogale putoriusSpotted Skunk
CarnivoraMustelidaeLontra canadensisNorthern River Otter
Mustela frenataLong-tailed Weasel
Mustela visonMink
CarnivoraProcyonidaeProcyon lotorNorthern Raccoon
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeEptesicus fuscusBig Brown Bat
Lasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired Bat
Lasiurus borealisEastern Red Bat
Lasiurus cinereusHoary Bat
Lasiurus seminolusSeminole Bat
Myotis austroripariusSoutheastern Myotis
Myotis grisescensGray Myotis
Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat
Pipistrellus subflavusEastern Pipistrelle
DidelphimorphiaDidelphidaeDidelphis virginianaVirginia Opossum
InsectivoraSoricidaeBlarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina carolinensisSouthern Short-tailed Shrew
Cryptotis parvaLeast Shrew
Sorex fumeusSmoky Shrew
Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew
InsectivoraTalpidaeScalopus aquaticusEastern Mole
LagomorphaLeporidaeSylvilagus aquaticusSwamp Rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail
RodentiaCastoridaeCastor canadensisAmerican Beaver
RodentiaMuridaeMicrotus pennsylvanicusMeadow Vole
Microtus pinetorumWoodland Vole
Mus musculusHouse Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalliGolden Mouse
Ondatra zibethicusCommon Muskrat
Oryzomys palustrisMarsh Rice Rat
Peromyscus gossypinusCotton Mouse
Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse
Peromyscus polionotusOldfield Mouse
Rattus norvegicusNorway Rat
Reithrodontomys humulisEastern Harvest Mouse
Sigmodon hispidusHispid Cotton Rat
RodentiaSciuridaeGlaucomys volansSouthern Flying Squirrel
Marmota monaxWoodchuck
Sciurus carolinensisEastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel
Tamias striatusEastern Chipmunk
XenarthraDasypodidaeDasypus novemcinctusNine-banded Armadillo

Sources of information:


List was compiled February 2013.

Georgia Muesum of Natural History collection databases.