List of Common Mammals in North America: Opossums, Shrews, Moles, Bats, and Rabbits, Quizzes of Zoology

Definitions and scientific names for various north american mammals, including opossums, shrews, moles, bats, and rabbits. Students of biology, zoology, or ecology may find this information useful for identifying different species and understanding their taxonomic classifications.

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2012/2013

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TERM 1
Virginia opossum
DEFINITION 1
DidelphimorhpaDidelphidaeDidelphis virginiana
TERM 2
Order & Family of
Shrews
DEFINITION 2
InsectivoraSocriciade
TERM 3
masked shrew
DEFINITION 3
Sorex cinereus
TERM 4
southeastern shrew
DEFINITION 4
Sorex longirostris
TERM 5
water shrew
DEFINITION 5
Sorex palustris
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Virginia opossum

DidelphimorhpaDidelphidaeDidelphis virginiana

TERM 2

Order & Family of

Shrews

DEFINITION 2

InsectivoraSocriciade

TERM 3

masked shrew

DEFINITION 3

Sorex cinereus

TERM 4

southeastern shrew

DEFINITION 4

Sorex longirostris

TERM 5

water shrew

DEFINITION 5

Sorex palustris

smokey shrew

Sorex fumeus

TERM 7

long-tailed shrew

DEFINITION 7

Sorex dispar

TERM 8

pygmy shrew

DEFINITION 8

Sorex hoyi

TERM 9

least shrew

DEFINITION 9

Cryptotis parva

TERM 10

n. short-tailed shrew

DEFINITION 10

Blarina brevicauda

little brown bat

Myotis lucifugus

TERM 17

silver-hair bat

DEFINITION 17

Lasionycteris noctivagans

TERM 18

eastern pipistrellus

DEFINITION 18

Pipistrellus subflavous

TERM 19

big brown bat

DEFINITION 19

Eptesicus fuscus

TERM 20

eastern red bat

DEFINITION 20

Lasiurus borealis

hoary bat

Lasiurus cinereus

TERM 22

Townsend's big-eared bat

DEFINITION 22

Corynorhinus townsendii

TERM 23

Order & Family of

rabbits

DEFINITION 23

LagomorphaLeporidae

TERM 24

marsh rabbit

DEFINITION 24

Sylvilagus palustris

TERM 25

eastern cottontail

DEFINITION 25

Sylvilagus floridanus