Strawberry Plains is home to eight orders of mammals found in a variety of terrestrial, semi-aquatic, fossorial, and aerial habitats. This list is not exhaustive for the region, it includes only documented species within the bounds of Strawberry Plains.
CARNIVORA
Ursidae
Ursus americanus - American Black Bear (endangered in Mississippi)
Canidae
Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox
Canis latrans - Coyote
Mustelidae
Lontra canadensis - River Otter
Mustela vison - American mink
Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk
Procyonidae
Procyon lotor - Raccooon
Felidae
Lynx rufos - Bobcat
RODENTIA
Sciuridae
Sciurus caroliniensis - Gray Squirrel
Sciurus niger - Fox Squirrel
Glacomys volans - Southern Flying Squirrel
Marmota monax - Woodchuck
Castoridae
Castor canadensis - Beaver
Cricetidae
Peromyscus leucopus - White-footed Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli - Golden Mouse
Sigmodon hispidus - Hispid Cotton Rat
Microtus sp. - Vole
DIDELPHIMORPHIA
Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana - Virginia Opossum
ARTIODACTYLA
Cervidae
Odocoileus virginiana - White-tailed Deer
LAGOMORPHA
Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus - Swamp Rabbit
CHIROPTERA
Vespertilionidae
Perimyotis subflavus - Tricolored Bat
Nycticeius humeralis - Evening Bat
Lasiurus borealis - Eastern Red Bat
XENARTHRA
Dasypodidae
Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded Armadillo
SORICOMORPHA
Soricidae
Blarina caroliniensis - Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern Mole
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