mammals of wisconsin

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What is the scientific name of the Virginia opossum?
Didelphis virginiana
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What is the scientific name of the Northern short-tailed shrew?
Blarina brevicauda
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What is the scientific name of the Least shrew?
Cryptotis parva
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What is the scientific name of the Arctic shrew?
Sorex arcticus
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What is the scientific name of the Masked shrew?
Sorex cinereus
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What is the scientific name of the Pygmy shrew?
Sorex hoyi
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What is the scientific name of the American water shrew?
Sorex palustris
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What is the scientific name of the Star-nosed mole?
Condylura cristata
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern mole?
Scalopus aquaticus
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What is the scientific name of the Big brown bat?
Eptesicus fuscus
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What is the scientific name of the Silver-haired bat?
Lasionycteris noctivagans
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern red bat?
Lasiurus borealis
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What is the scientific name of the Hoary bat?
Lasiurus cinereus
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What is the scientific name of the Little brown bat?
Myotis lucifugus
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What is the scientific name of the Northern long-eared bat?
Myotis septentrionalis
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What is the scientific name of the Indiana bat?
Myotis sodalis
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What is the scientific name of the Evening bat?
Nycticeius humeralis
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What is the scientific name of the Tricolored bat?
Perimyotis subflavus
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What is the scientific name of the Snowshoe hare?
Lepus americanus
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What is the scientific name of the White-tailed jackrabbit?
Lepus townsendii
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern cottontail?
Sylvilagus floridanus
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What is the scientific name of the Northern flying squirrel?
Glaucomys sabrinus
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What is the scientific name of the Southern flying squirrel?
Glaucomys volans
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What is the scientific name of the Thirteen-lined ground squirrel?
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
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What is the scientific name of the Woodchuck?
Marmota monax
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What is the scientific name of the Least chipmunk?
Neotamias minimus
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What is the scientific name of Franklin's ground squirrel?
Poliocitellus franklinii
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern gray squirrel?
Sciurus carolinensis
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern fox squirrel?
Sciurus niger
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern chipmunk?
Tamias striatus
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What is the scientific name of the Red squirrel?
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
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What is the scientific name of the Plains pocket gopher?
Geomys bursarius
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What is the scientific name of the American beaver?
Castor canadensis
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What is the scientific name of the Prairie vole?
Microtus ochrogaster
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What is the scientific name of the Meadow vole?
Microtus pennsylvanicus
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What is the scientific name of the Woodland vole?
Microtus pinetorum
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What is the scientific name of the Southern red-backed vole?
Myodes gapperi
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What is the scientific name of the Common muskrat?
Ondatra zibethicus
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What is the scientific name of the White-footed mouse?
Peromyscus leucopus
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What is the scientific name of the Deer mouse?
Peromyscus maniculatus
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What is the scientific name of the Western harvest mouse?
Reithrodontomys megalotis
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What is the scientific name of the Southern bog lemming?
Synaptomys cooperi
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What is the scientific name of the House mouse?
Mus musculus
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What is the scientific name of the Norway rat?
Rattus norvegicus
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What is the scientific name of the North American porcupine?
Erethizon dorsatum
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What is the scientific name of the Woodland jumping mouse?
Napaeozapus insignis
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What is the scientific name of the Meadow jumping mouse?
Zapus hudsonius
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What is the scientific name of the Coyote?
Canis latrans
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What is the scientific name of the Gray wolf?
Canis lupus
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What is the scientific name of the Common gray fox?
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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What is the scientific name of the Red fox?
Vulpes vulpes
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What is the scientific name of the American black bear?
Ursus americanus
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What is the scientific name of the Striped skunk?
Mephitis mephitis
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What is the scientific name of the Eastern spotted skunk?
Spilogale putorius
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What is the scientific name of the Northern raccoon?
Procyon lotor
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What is the scientific name of the Wolverine?
Gulo gulo
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What is the scientific name of the Northern river otter?
Lontra canadensis
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What is the scientific name of the American marten?
Martes americana
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What is the scientific name of the Short-tailed weasel (Ermine)?
Mustela erminea
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What is the scientific name of the Long-tailed weasel?
Mustela frenata
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What is the scientific name of the Least weasel?
Mustela nivalis
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What is the scientific name of the American mink?
Neovison vison
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What is the scientific name of the Fisher?
Pekania pennanti
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What is the scientific name of the American badger?
Taxidea taxus
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What is the scientific name of the Canada lynx?
Lynx canadensis
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What is the scientific name of the Bobcat?
Lynx rufus
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What is the scientific name of the Cougar?
Puma concolor
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What is the scientific name of the Moose?
Alces alces
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What is the scientific name of the Elk?
Cervus canadensis
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What is the scientific name of the White-tailed deer?
Odocoileus verginianus
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What is the scientific name of the Caribou?
Rangifer tarandus
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