Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

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Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region Location within Connecticut

List of rodents, shrews, and moles occurring in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Rodentia

• North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
• Southern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
• North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
• Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
• Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
• Eastern Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
• Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum)
• House Mouse (Mus musculus)
• Eastern Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
• Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• White-footed Deermouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
• Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
• Roof Rat (Rattus rattus)
• Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
• Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
• Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)
• Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
• North American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
• Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)

Eulipotyphla

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
• Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata)
• Hairy-tailed Mole (Parascalops breweri)
• Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
• Eastern Water Shrew (Sorex albibarbis)
• Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
• Smoky Shrew (Sorex fumeus)