| Checklist of Iowa Mammals with Atlas Links | ||||||||
| The Iowa Gap Analysis Mammal List contains 61 species, of which, 57 were modeled for Gap Analysis. Iowa has 40 species that are considered common in the state. The Indiana Bat is both Federal and State Endangered, while the Plains pocket mouse, Red-backed vole, and bobcat are only State Endangered. The Least shrew, Northern Grasshopper mouse, Spotted skunk, and re-introduced River otter are considered State Threatened. Other mammal species of concern in Iowa that are either rare or uncommon within their range are: White-tailed jackrabbit, Franklin's ground squirrel, Richardson's ground squirrel (short-lived vanguard population), Flying squirrel, Southern bog lemming, Woodland vole, gray fox, ermine, Long-tailed weasel, Least weasel, bobcat, and mule deer. | ||||||||
| Mammals extirpated from the state include: Pygmy shrew, Eastern woodrat, porcupine, Gray wolf, Swift fox, black bear, marten, fisher, wolverine, mountain lion, lynx, moose, and pronghorn antelope. | ||||||||
| TNC Code | Family | Species Code | Scientific Name | Common Name (with Atlas
Link) red=no model |
State Status | Fed Status | Global Status | Model Status |
| AMAAA01010 | Didelphidae | DIVI | Didelphis virginiana, (Kerr) | Virginia opossum | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMABA01010 | Soricidae | SOCI | Sorex cinereus, (Kerr) | masked shrew | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMABA01280 | Soricidae | SOHA | Sorex haydeni, (Baird) | Hayden's shrew | Yes | |||
| AMABA01250 | Soricidae | SOHO | Sorex hoyi, (Baird) | pygmy shrew | Ex | No | ||
| AMABA03010 | Soricidae | BLBR | Blarina brevicauda, (Say) | northern short-tailed shrew | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMABA03030 | Soricidae | BLHY | Blarina hylophaga, (Elliot) | Elliot's short-tailed shrew | Yes | |||
| AMABA04010 | Soricidae | CRPA | Cryptotis parva, (Say) | least shrew | Th | G5 | Yes | |
| AMABB04010 | Soricidae | SCAQ | Scalopus aquaticus, (Linnaeus) | eastern mole | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC01150 | Vespertilionidae | MYSE | Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart) | northern myotis | Yes | |||
| AMACC01010 | Vespertilionidae | MYLU | Myotis lucifugus, (Le Conte) | little brown bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC01100 | Vespertilionidae | MYSO | Myotis sodalis, Miller and G.M. Allen | Indianna bat | En | En | G2 | Yes |
| AMACC02010 | Vespertilionidae | LANO | Lasionycteris noctivagans, (Le Conte) | silver-haired bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC03020 | Vespertilionidae | PISU | Pipistrellus subflavus, (F. Cuvier) | eastern pipistrelle | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC04010 | Vespertilionidae | EPFU | Eptesicus fuscus, (Beauvois) | big brown bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC05010 | Vespertilionidae | LABO | Lasiurus borealis, (Muller) | red bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC05030 | Vespertilionidae | LACI | Lasiurus cinereus, (Beauvois) | hoary bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACC06010 | Vespertilionidae | NYHU | Nycticeius humeralis, (Rafinesque) | evening bat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMACD01010 | Molossidae | TABR | Tadarida brasiliensis, (I. Geof. St.-Hilaire) | Mexican freetail bat | G5 | No | ||
| AMACD04020 | Molossidae | NYMA | Nyctinomops macrotis, (Gray) | big freetail bat | No | |||
| Dasypodidae | DANO | Dasypus novemcinctus, Linnaeus | nine-banded armadillo | G5 | No | |||
| AMAEB01040 | Leporidae | SYFL | Sylvilagus floridanus, (J.A. Allen) | eastern cottontail | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAEB03040 | Leporidae | LETO | Lepus townsendii, Bachman | white-tailed jackrabbit | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| Myocastoridae | MYCO | Myocaster coypus, (Molina) | nutria | I | Exotic | Exotic | No | |
| AMAFB02230 | Sciuridae | TAST | Tamias striatus, (Linnaeus) | eastern chipmunk | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFB03010 | Sciuridae | MAMO | Marmota monax, (Linnaeus) | woodchuck | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFB05120 | Sciuridae | SPFR | Spermophilus franklinii, (Sabine) | Franklin's ground squirrel | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAFB05040 | Sciuridae | SPRI | S. richardsonii, (Sabine) | Richardson's ground squirrel | Rare | No | ||
| AMAFB05090 | Sciuridae | SPTR | S. tridecemlineatus, (Mitchill) | thirteen-lined ground squirrel | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFB07010 | Sciuridae | SCCA | Sciurus carolinenesis, Gmelin | gray squirrel | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFB07040 | Sciuridae | SCNI | Sciurus niger, Linnaeus | fox squirrel | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFB08010 | Sciuridae | TAHU | Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, (Erxleben) | red squirrel | Yes | |||
| AMAFB09010 | Sciuridae | GLVO | Glaucomys volans, (Linnaeus) | flying squirrel | G5 | Yes | ||
| Sciuridae | CYLU | Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord) | black-tailed prairie dog | I | No | |||
| AMAFC02010 | Geomyidae | GEBU | Geomys bursarius, (Shaw) | plains pocket gopher | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFD01020 | Heteromyidae | PEFL | Perognathus flavescens, Merriam | plains pocket mouse | En | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAFE01010 | Castoridae | CACA | Caster canadensis, Kuhl | beaver | G5 | Yes | ||
| Muridae | ORPA | Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) | marsh rice rat | Ex | G5 | No | ||
| AMAFF02030 | Muridae | REME | Reithrodontomys megalotis, (Baird) | western harvest mouse | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF03070 | Muridae | PELE | Peromyscus leucopus, (Rafinesque) | white-footed mouse | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF03040 | Muridae | PEMA | Peromyscus maniculatus, (Wagner) | deer mouse | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF06010 | Muridae | ONLE | Onychomys leucogaster, (Wied-Neuwied) | northern grasshopper mouse | Th | Yes | ||
| AMAFF07010 | Muridae | SIHI | Sigmodon hispidus, Say and Ord | hispid cotton rat | G5 | No | ||
| Muridae | NEFL | Neotoma floridana, (Ord) | eastern woodrat | Ex | G5 | No | ||
| AMAFF09020 | Muridae | CLGA | Clethrionomys gapperi, (Vigors) | red-backed vole | En | Yes | ||
| AMAFF17010 | Muridae | SYCO | Synaptomys cooperi, Baird | southern bog lemming | SC | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAFF11140 | Muridae | MIOC | Microtus ochrogaster, (Wagner) | prairie vole | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF11010 | Muridae | MIPE | Microtus pennsylvanicus, (Ord) | meadow vole | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF11150 | Muridae | MIPI | Microtus pinetorum, (Le Conte) | woodland vole | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAFF15010 | Muridae | ONZI | Ondatra zibethicus, (Linnaeus) | muskrat | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFF22010 | Muridae | MUMU | Mus musculus, Linnaeus | house mouse | G5 | No | ||
| AMAFF21020 | Muridae | RANO | Rattus norvegicus, (Berkenhout) | Norway rat | Yes | |||
| AMAFH01010 | Zapodidae | ZAHU | Zapus hudsonius, (Zimmermann) | meadow jumping mouse | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAFJ01010 | Erethizontidae | ERDO | Erethizon dorsatum, (Linnaeus) | porcupine | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJA01010 | Canidae | CALA | Canis latrans, Say | coyote | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAJA01030 | Canidae | CALU | Canis lupus, Say | gray wolf | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJA03010 | Canidae | VUVE | Vulpes velox (Say) | swift fox | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJA03010 | Canidae | VUVU | Vulpes vulpes, Linnaeus | red fox | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAJA04010 | Canidae | URCI | Urocyon cinereoargenteus, (Schreber) | gray fox | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAJB01010 | Ursidae | URAM | Ursus americanus, Pallas | black bear | Ex | G5 | No | |
| AMAJE02010 | Procyonidae | PRLO | Procyon lotor, (Linnaeus) | raccoon | G5 | Yes | ||
| Mustelidae | MAAM | Martes americana (Turton) | marten | Ex | No | |||
| AMAJF01020 | Mustelidae | MAPE | Martes pennanti, (Erxleben) | fisher | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJF02010 | Mustelidae | MUER | Mustela erminea, Linnaeus | ermine | Rare | Yes | ||
| AMAJF02030 | Mustelidae | MUFR | Mustela frenata, Lichtenstein | long-tailed weasel | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAJF02020 | Mustelidae | MUNI | Mustela nivalis, Linnaeus | least weasel | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAJF02050 | Mustelidae | MUVI | Mustela vison, Schreber | mink | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAJF03010 | Mustelidae | GUGU | Gulo gulo, (Linnaeus) | wolverine | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJF04010 | Mustelidae | TATA | Taxidea taxus, (Schreber) | badger | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAJF05010 | Mustelidae | SPPU | Spilogale putorius, (Linnaeus) | spotted skunk | Th | G5 | Yes | |
| AMAJF06010 | Mustelidae | MEME | Mephitis mephitis, (Schreber) | striped skunk | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMAJF08010 | Mustelidae | LUCA | Lutra canadensis, (Schreber) | river otter | Th-I | G5 | Yes | |
| Felidae | FECA | Felis catus, Linnaeus | feral cat | No | ||||
| AMAJH01020 | Felidae | FECO | Felis concolor, Linnaeus | moutain lion | Ex | G5 | No | |
| AMAJH03010 | Felidae | LYCA | Lynx canadensis, Kerr | lynx | Ex | No | ||
| AMAJH03020 | Felidae | LYRU | Lynx rufus, (Schreber) | bobcat | En | G5 | Yes | |
| AMALC01010 | Cervidae | CECA | Cervus canadensis, Erxleben | wapiti | Ex | G5 | No | |
| AMALC02010 | Cervidae | ODHE | Odocoileus hemionus, (Rafinesque) | mule deer | Rare | G5 | Yes | |
| AMALC02020 | Cervidae | ODVI | Odocoileus virginianus, (Zimmermann) | white-tailed deer | G5 | Yes | ||
| AMALC03010 | Cervidae | ALAL | Alces alces, (Linnaeus) | moose | Ex | G5 | No | |
| AMALD01010 | Antilocapridae | ANAM | Antilocapra americana, (Ord) | pronghorn | Ex | G5 | No | |
| AMALE01010 | Bovidae | BIBI | Bison bison, (Linnaeus) | bison | Ex | G5 | No | |
| * A captive herd of bison and elk have been established at Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge in 1996 and 1998 respectively. | ||||||||
| References: | ||||||||
| Bowles, J. B., D. L. Howell, R. P. Lampe, and H. P. Whidden. 1997. Mammals of Iowa: Holocene to the end of the 20th Century. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science, in press. | ||||||||
| Bowles, J. B., 1975. Distribution and Biogeography of Mammals of Iowa, Special Publications The Museum Texas Tech University, Texas Tech Press, Lubbock, Texas. No. 9, 185 pp. | ||||||||
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| Last Modified October 3, 2007. | ||||||||