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Species List
KingdomAnimalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia
This poster was made possible by:
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Division of Education
Division of Natural Heritage
Division ofWildlife
IllinoisWildlife Preservation Fund
Funding for this poster was made possible
in part by contributions to the IllinoisWildlife
Preservation Fund.
Large wild mammals are familiar by sight to most people. The majority of mammal
species in Illinois, though, are small and usually hidden from view. They may be
active at night or spend most of their life in obscured places, like under dead grasses or
in the ground.Many times we know that they are present by the signs they leave behind.
Tracks, scat and gnawed trees or nuts are all mammal signs. Wildlife populations are
constantly changing. The area of land they inhabit expands and contracts over time.
Some mammals, like the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), are expanding
their range into southern Illinois. Others, like the white-tailed jack rabbit (Lepus
townsendii), have disappeared from the state. These fluctuations explain why recent
estimates of the number of wild mammal species in Illinois vary from 58 to 62. Bob
Bluett of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife selected
the species depicted on this poster to represent the variety of mammal species found in
our state.
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana southern short-tailed shrew Blarina carolinensis
red bat Lasiurus borealis
eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
woodchuck Marmota monax
Franklin’s ground squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
Order Marsupialia Family Didelphidae Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana
Order Insectivora Family Soricidae southern short-tailed shrew Blarina carolinensis
FamilyTalpidae eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus
Order Chiroptera Family Vespertilionidae red bat Lasiurus borealis
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Order Lagomorpha Family Leporidae eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Order Rodentia Family Sciuridae woodchuck Marmota monax
Franklin’s ground squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
fox squirrel Sciurus niger
red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans
Family Geomyidae plains pocket gopher Geomys bursarius
Family Castoridae beaver Castor canadensis
Family Muridae marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris
deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Family Zapodidae meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
Order Carnivora Family Canidae red fox Vulpes vulpes
Family Procyonidae raccoon Procyon lotor
Family Mustelidae striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
Family Felidae bobcat Lynx rufus
Order Artiodactyla Family Cervidae white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
I l l i n o i s
Wild
Mammals
Mammals are not shown in equal proportion to actual size.
Photo © Rob Curtis,The Early Birder
Photo © Rob Curtis,The Early Birder
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
Photo © Hal S. Korber from Guide to Mammals of Pennsylvania by Joseph F. Merritt.
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1987.
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
Photo ©Todd Fink, Daybreak Imagery
Photo © Michael Redmer
Photo © Missouri Department of Conservation, Jim Rathert
Photo © ChrisYoung, State Journal-Register
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans
Photo © Richard Day, Daybreak Imagery
fox squirrel Sciurus niger
red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
plains pocket gopher Geomys bursarius
Photo © Michael R. Jeffords
beaver Castor canadensis
Photo © Rob Curtis,The Early Birder
red fox Vulpes vulpes
Photo © Rob Curtis,The Early Birder
raccoon Procyon lotor
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
Photo © Erwin C. Nielsen/Painet, Inc.
bobcat Lynx rufus
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
Photo © Adele Hodde, IDNR Public Services
Photo © Rob Curtis,The Early Birder
marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris
deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Photo ©Timothy Carter
Photo ©Timothy Carter
golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli
meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Photo ©Todd Fink, Daybreak Imagery
Photo © Michael Redmer
Object Description
| Title | Wild Mammals of Illinois |
| Subject | Education: Education programs; Education: Home schooling; Education: Public schools: Elementary schools; Education: Public schools: High schools; Education: Public schools: Kindergartens; Education: Public schools: Middle schools; Education: Students; Education: Students: Elementary school students; Education: Students: High school students; Education: Students: Kindergarten students; Education: Students: Middle school students; Natural resources and the environment: Earth sciences; Natural resources and the environment: Ecology |
| Description | Poster and teacher guide designed for use by Illinois teachers or parents. Correlated to Illinois Board of Education state standards. |
| Publisher | Division of Education |
| Date | 10 27 2008 |
| Type | application/pdf |
| Identifier | http://www.ediillinois.org/ppa/meta/html/00/00/00/01/40/27.html |
| Language | EN-English |
| Coverage | Illinois. Division of Education |