Order Monotremata
Monotremes
Family Ornothorhynchidae
Platypus
Family Tachyglossidae
Echidna
Infraclass Metatheria
Marsupials
Order Didelphimorphia
Opossum Order
Polyprotodont
Long mandible without elongated lower incisors
Family Didelphidae
Opossum family
Didelphis virginiana
Virginia Opossum
Order Diprotodontia
Australian Marsupials
Diprodont
Lower incisors are elongated with a short mandible
Mesial drift
Teeth replacement from front to back
Family Phalangeridae
Scaly-Tailed Possum
Family Macropodidae
Kangaroo and Wallaby
Family Petauridae
Yellow Bellied Glider
Patagium
skin connecting hind and fore limbs for gliding
Family Vombatidae
Common Wombat
Order Cingulata
Armadillo Order
Family Dassypodidae
Armadillo Family
Dasypus novemcinctus
Nine-Banded Armadillo
Order Pilosa
Sloth Order
Family Megalonychidae
Hoffman's 2 Toed Sloth
Family Bradypodidae
Brown Throated 3 Toed Sloth
Order Pholidota
Pangolin Order
Family Manidae
Pangolin Family
Order Soricomorpha
Shrew-Form Order
Family Soricidae
Shrew Family
Subfamily Soricinae
Red-Toothed Shrews
Sorex cinereus
Cinereus Shrew
Sorex longirostris
Southeastern Shrew
Cryptotis parva
North American Least Shrew
Blarina brevicauda
Northern Short Tailed Shrew
Blarina hylophaga
Elliot's Short Tailed Shrew
Blarina caronlinesis
Southern Short-Tailed Shrew
Family Talpidae
Moles
Scallops aquaticus
Eastern Mole
Order Afrosoricidae
Golden Mole
Order Erianceomorpha
European Hedgehog
Order Macroscelidae
Elephant Shrew
Order Scandentia
Large Tree Shrew
Order Primates
Primate Order
Suborder Haplorhini
Monkeys, Apes, Tarsiers
Old and New World
Suborder Strepsirhini
Old World
Lemurs and Lorises
Order Rodentia
Gnawing Mammals
Sciurognathus Jaw
Angular process in line with jaw
Squirrels, chipmunk, beaver, mice
Hystricognathous jaw
angular process outside of line drawn from incisor base
Suborder Hystrocomorpha
Hystricomorphous skull
Huge IO canal
Sciuromorphous skull
Very small IO canal with zygomatic plate
Myomorphous skull
Medium sized IO canal
Infraorder Hystricognathi
Large IO canal
Hystrocognathous jaw
Hystricomorphous skull
Suborder Sciuromorpha
Sciurognathous jaw
Small IO
Zygomatic plate
Sciuromorphous skull
Family Aplodontiidae
Mountain Beaver
Family Sciuridae
Squirrels and chipmunks
Subfamily Petauristinae
Flying Squirrels
Glaucomys volans
Southern Flying Squirrel
Marmota monax
Woodchuck
Subfamily Sciurinae
Tree/ground squirrels
Sciurus carolinesis
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus niger
Fox Squirrel
Spermophilus franklinii
Franklin's ground squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineaus
Thirteen lined ground squirrel
Tamias striatus
Eastern Chipmunk
Suborder Myomorpha
Sciurognathous jaw
Myomorphous skull
Family Muridae
Old world rats and mice
Mus musculus
House Mouse
Rattus norvegicus
Norway rat
Family Cricetidae
New world rats, mice, voles, and muskrat
Microtus ochrogaster
Prairie Vole
Microtus pinetorum
Woodland vole
Neotoma floridana
Eastern woodrat
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Golden mouse
Ondatra zibethicus
Common muskrat
Oryzomys palustris
Marsh Rice Rat
Peromyscus leucopus
White footed mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
American Deer Mouse
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Fulvous harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Western harvest mouse
Sigmodon hispidus
Hispid cotton rat
Synaptomys cooperi
Southern bog lemming
Family Dipodidae
Jumping Mice
Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Suborder Castromorpha
Sciurognathous jaw
Sciuromorphous skull
Family Castoridae
Beaver family
Castor canadensis
American Beaver
Family Geomyidae
Pocket gopher family
Geomys bursarius
Plains Pocket Gopher
Family Heteromyidae
Pocket mouse family
Perognathus flavescens
Plains pocket mouse
Suborder Anomaluromorph
Orders Anomaluridae and Pedetidae
Order Lagomorpha
Hare-shaped order
Family Leporidae
Rabbits and hares
Lepus californicus
Black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii
White-tailed jackrabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Swamp Rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Cottontail
Family Ochotonidae
American Pika
Order Carnivora
Flesh eating animals
Suborder Caniforma
Dog-like
Family Canidae
Dogs, coyote, fox, wolf
Canis familiaris
Domestic dog
Canis latrans
Coyote
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Gray Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Red fox
Family Mephitidae
Skunk family
Mephitis mephitis
Striped Skunk
Spilogale putorius
eastern spotted skunk
Family Mustelidae
Otter, weasel, mink, badger
Lontra canadensis
North American River Otter
Mustela frenata
Long tailed weasel
Mustela nivalis
Least weasel
Neovision vision
American mink
Taxidae taxus
American badger
Family Procyonidae
Raccoon family
Procyon lotor
Raccoon
Family Ursidae
Bear family
Ursus americanus
American Black Bear
Pinnipeds
Marine Carnivores
Suborder Feliforma
Cat-like
Family Felidae
Cats, bobcats, cougar
Felis catus
Domestic cat
Lynx rufus
Bobcat
Puma concolor
Mountain lion
Order Artiodactyla
Even-toed ungulates
Family Antilocapridae
Pronghorn
Family Bovidae
Cow, bison, sheep
Bison bison
American bison
Bos taurus
Cow
Capra aegagrus
Goat
Ovis aries
Sheep
Family Cervidae
Deer, elk, caribou
Cervus elaphus
Elk
Odocoileus virginianus
White-tail deer
Family Suidae
Pig, warthog
Sus scrofa
Pig, Feral hog
Family Tayassuidae
Collared Peccary
Order Perissodactyla
Odd-toed ungulates
Family Equidae
Horse family
Equus caballus
Horse
Family Rhinocerotidae
Rhino
Order Proboscidae
Elephant order
Family Elephantidae
Elephant family
Order Cetacea
Whales, dolphins
Suborder Mysticeti
Baleen whales
Suborder Odontoceti
Toothed whales
Order Sirenia
Manatee order
Family Trichechidae
Manatee family