Southeastern Pocket Gopher
Photo Credit: Roger BirkheadSCIENTIFIC NAME: Geomys pinetis RafinesqueOTHER NAMES: Salamander, Sandy Mounder. STATUS: Poorly known. Seemingly less common now than previously; once occupied southern...
View ArticleMeadow Jumping Mouse
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceSCIENTIFIC NAME: Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann)OTHER NAMES: None. STATUS: Poorly known. Populations may be declining, but no recent surveys. HIGH CONSERVATION...
View ArticleEastern Woodrat
Photo © Bob Gress (www.BirdsInFocus.com)Photo By George FeldhamerSCIENTIFIC NAME:Neotoma floridanaOTHER NAME: Pack ratSTATUS: Poorly known. No recent survyes; populations may be declining. MODERATE...
View ArticleAllegheny Woodrat
Photo Credits: Steven CastleberrySCIENTIFIC NAME: Neotoma magister (Baird)OTHER NAMES: Pack Rat.STATUS: Probably restricted to region north of Tennessee River. MODERATE CONSERVATION CONCERN....
View ArticleAlabama Beach Mouse
Photo Credit: Nick R. HollerSCIENTIFIC NAME:Peromyscus polionotus ammobates (Bowen)OTHER NAMES: None. STATUS: Distribution continues to shrink due to construction of beach-front buildings and...
View ArticlePerdido Key Beach Mouse
Photo Credit: Nick R. HollerSCIENTIFIC NAME: Peromyscus polionotus trissylepsis (Bowen)OTHER NAMES: None. STATUS: Storms and habitat destruction have reduced distribution from entire length of Perdido...
View ArticleHispid Cotton Rat
Photo Credit: Roger BirkheadSCIENTIFIC NAME:Sigmodon hispidusSTATUS: Found statewide. Populations fluctuate greatly among years, but usually abundant in densely vegetated habitats. Lowest Conservation...
View ArticleCoypu
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceSCIENTIFIC NAME: Myocastor CoypusOTHER NAMES: Nutria, Swamp Beaver, Rat, Nutria Rat.STATUS: Exotic. Breeder. A South American native introduced into the...
View ArticleAlabama's Three Species of Squirrels
By Phil Miller, Wildlife Biologist, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural ResourcesSquirrels are one of the more common and recognized species of wildlife in the Southeast. They readily...
View ArticleNorth American Deermouse
SCIENTIFIC NAME:Peromyscus maniculatesSTATUS: Poorly known in Alabama, but it is abundant and widespread in North America. Lowest Conservation Concern.HABITAT: In Alabama, it has been recorded from...
View ArticleGray Squirrel
Photo Credit: Dan BrothersSCIENTIFIC NAME: Sciurus carolinensisOTHER NAMES: Cat squirrel and migratory squirrelSTATUS: Common. Found statewide. Lowest Conservation Concern.DESCRIPTION: The eastern gray...
View ArticleMuskrats, Alabama's Little Beaver
By Michael E. Sievering, Wildlife BiologistA variety of animals live in Alabama’s lakes, streams, and wetlands. Shorebirds, waterfowl, snakes, turtles, and a number of mammals call this habitat home....
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