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The Stanley J. Olsen and WACC Comparative Vertebrate Collections

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Agouti paca - paca

Alces alces - Moose

Alopex lagopus - arctic fox

Alouatta palliata - mantled howler monkey

Ammospermophilus harrisii - white-tailed antelope squirrel

Ammospermophilus leucurus - antelope squirrel

Antilocapra americana - pronghorn

Antrozous pallidus - pallid bat

Aotus trivirgatus - three-banded douroucouli

Aplodontia rufa - Mountain Beaver

Artibeus cinereus - Gervais' fruit-eating bat

Artibeus lituratus - great fruit-eating bat

Ateles geoffroyi - spider monkey

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Baiomys taylori - Northern Pygmy Mouse

Bassaricyon gabbi - bush-tailed olingo

Bassariscus astutus - ringtail

Bison antiquus - Pleistocene bison

Bison bison - American bison

Blarina brevicauda - short-tailed shrew

Bos taurus - Domestic Cattle

Bradypus variegatus - brown-throated three-toed tree sloth

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Caluromys derbianus - Central American woolly opossum

Camelus dromedarius - Camel

Canis familiaris - domestic dog

Canis latrans - coyote

Canis lupus - gray wolf

Capra hircus - Domestic Goat

Carollia castanea - Chestnut short-tailed bat

Carollia percepicillata - Seba's short-tailed bat

Castor canadensis - beaver

Cavia porcellus - guinea pig

Cebus capucinus - white-faced capuchin

Cebus sp. - capuchin

Cervus elaphus - elk (American wapiti, European red deer)

Chinchilla laniger - Chinchilla

Choloepus hoffmanni - two-toed tree sloth

Clethrionomys sp. - red-backed mouse

Coendou mexicanus - prehensile-tailed porcupine

Coendou rothschildi - Rothschild's porcupine

Conepatus mesoleucus - Hog-nosed Skunk

Cryptotis parva - least shrew

Cyclopes didactylus - two-toed anteater

Cynodesmus iamonensis - fossil canid

Cynomys gunnisoni - white-tailed prairie dog

Cynomys ludovicianus - black-tailed prairie dog

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Dasyprocta punctata - agouti

Dasypus novemcinctus - armadillo

Delphinapterus leucas - beluga (white whale)

Delphinus sp. - dolphin

Desmodus rotundus - common vampire bat

Didelphis marsupialis - opossum

Didelphis virginiana - Virginia opossum

Diplomys labilis - rufous tree rat

Dipodomys deserti - Desert Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys merriami - Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys ordii - Ord's Kangaroo Rat

Dipodomys sp. - Kangaroo Rat

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Eira barbara - tayra

Enhydra lutris - Sea Otter

Eptesicus fuscus - big brown bat

Equus asinus - burro (donkey, wild ass)

Equus caballus - domestic horse

Erethizon dorsatum - Porcupine

Erinaceus europaeus - hedgehog

Eutamias cinereicollis - Gray-collared Chipmunk

Eutamias dorsalis - Cliff Chipmunk

Eutamias quadrimaculatus - long-eared chipmunk

Eutamias quadrivittatus - Colorado Chipmunk

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Felis canadensis - Canada lynx

Felis catus - Domestic Cat

Felis concolor - mountain lion (cougar, puma, panther)

Felis pardalis - ocelot

Felis rufus - bobcat

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Geomys arenarius - Desert Pocket Gopher

Geomys bursarius - plains pocket gopher

Geomys pinetis - Southeastern Pocket Gopher

Glaucomys volans - Southern flying squirrel

Globicephala sp. - Pilot whale

Glossophaga soricina - common long-tongued bat

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Herpestes sp. - mongoose

Hoplomys gymnurus - thick spined rat

Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris - Panama capybara

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Lama glama - Llama

Lemur catta - ring-tailed lemur

Lemur rufifrons - lemur

Leptonycteris nivalis - Mexican long-nosed bat

Lepus alleni - antelope jack rabbit

Lepus americanus - snowshoe rabbit

Lepus californicus - black-tailed jack rabbit

Liomys adspersus - Panama spiny pocket mouse

Lutra canadensis - river otter

Lutra longicaudis - Central American otter

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Macaca mulatta - rhesus monkey

Macaca sp. - macaque

Mammuthus columbi - Columbian Mammoth

Mammuthus imperator - Imperial Mammoth

Marmota flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Marmot

Marmota monax - eastern woodchuck

Martes americana - marten

Mazama americana - red brocket deer

Mephitis macroura - Hooded Skunk

Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk

Mephitis sp. - skunk

Microtus longicaudis - Long-tailed Vole

Microtus montanus - mountain vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus - Meadow Vole

Microtus sp. - Vole

Molossus sinaloae - velvety free-tailed bat

Mus musculus - House Mouse

Mustela frenata - long-tailed weasel

Mustela nigripes - black-footed ferret

Mustela sp. - mink/ferret

Mustela vison - Mink

Myocastor coypus - nutria

Myotis austroriparius - southeastern myotis

Myotis evotis - Long-eared Myotis

Myotis lucifugus - little brown myotis

Myotis thysanodes - Fringed Myotis

Myotis velifer - Cave Myotis

Myotis volans - Long-legged Myotis

Myrmecophaga tridactyla - great anteater

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Nasua nasua - coatimundi

Neofiber alleni - round-tailed muskrat

Neotoma albigula - white-throated wood rat (pack rat, trade rat)

Neotoma cinerea - bushy-tailed wood rat

Neotoma floridana - Florida woodrat

Neotoma fuscipes - dusky-footed woodrat

Neotoma lepida - Desert Wood Rat

Neotoma mexicana - Mexican Wood Rat

Neotoma sp. - Wood Rat

Neotoma stephensi - Stephen's Wood Rat

Neotomodon alstoni - Volcano Mouse

Notiosorex crawfordi - gray shrew (desert shrew)

Nycticebus coucang - slow loris

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Ochotona princeps - pika

Odocoileus hemionus - mule deer

Odocoileus sp. - deer

Odocoileus virginianus - white-tailed deer

Ondatra zibethicus - Muskrat

Onychomys leucogaster - Northern Grasshopper Mouse

Onychomys sp. - Grasshopper Mouse

Oreamnos americanus - mountain goat

Orozomys capito - rice rat

Orozomys sp. - rice rat

Oryctolagus cunniculus - Old World rabbit (domestic rabbit)

Ovis aries - Domestic Sheep

Ovis canadensis - bighorn (Mountain Sheep)

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Pan sp. - Chimpanzee

Panthera onca - Jaguar

Perognathus amplus - Arizona pocket mouse

Perognathus baileyi - Bailey's pocket mouse

Perognathus flavus - Silky Pocket Mouse

Perognathus intermedius - Rock Pocket Mouse

Perognathus penicillatus - Desert Pocket Mouse

Perognathus sp. - Pocket Mouse

Peromyscus boylii - deer mouse (white-footed mouse, brush mouse)

Peromyscus crinitus - Canyon Mouse

Peromyscus difficilis - Zacatecan deer mouse

Peromyscus eremicus - cactus mouse

Peromyscus floridanus - Florida mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus - cotton mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus - Deer Mouse

Peromyscus nasutus - Rock Mouse

Peromyscus nuttalli - Golden Mouse

Peromyscus polionotus - Oldfield Mouse

Peromyscus truei - deer mouse (pinon mouse)

Philander opossum - gray four-eyed opossum

Phoca vitulina - harbor seal

Phyllostomus hastatus - spear-nosed bat

Pipistrellus hesperus - Western Pipistrelle

Potos flavus - kinkajou

Procyon lotor - Raccoon

Proechimys semispinosus - Tome's spiny rat

Pteronotus parnelli - Common mustached bat

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Rattus norvegicus - Norway Rat

Rattus rattus - black rat (roof rat, house rat)

Reithrodontomys humulis - Eastern Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis - Western Harvest Mouse

Romerolagus diazi - volcano rabbit

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Saguinus geoffroyi - Geoffroy's tamarin

Scalopus aquaticus - eastern mole

Scalopus townsendii - Townsend's mole

Sciurus aberti - Abert's squirrel

Sciurus arizonensis - Arizona gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis - gray squirrel

Sciurus granatensis - red-tailed squirrel

Sciurus niger - fox squirrel

Sciurus yucatanicus - Yucatan squirrel

Sigmodon hispidus - Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon minimus - Least Cotton Rat

Sorex arcticus - arctic shrew

Sorex cinerus - masked shrew

Sorex longirostris - southeastern shrew

Sorex sp. - shrew

Sorex vagrans - vagrant shrew

Spermophilus adocetus - lesser tropical ground squirrel

Spermophilus franklinii - Franklin's ground squirrel

Spermophilus lateralis - golden-mantled ground squirrel

Spermophilus richardsoni - Richardson's ground squirrel

Spermophilus sp. - Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus spilosoma - spotted ground squirrel

Spermophilus tereticaudus - round-tailed ground squirrel

Spermophilus variegatus - Colorado rock squirrel

Spilogale putorius - Spotted Skunk

Sturnira lilium - little yellow-shouldered bat

Sus scrofa - Domestic Pig

Sylvilagus audubonii - Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus nuttalli - mountain cottontail

Sylvilagus palustris - marsh rabbit

Sylvilagus sp. - cottontail

Synaptomys cooperi - southern bog lemming

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Tadarida brasiliensis - Brazilian free-tailed bat

Tadarida molossa - big free-tailed bat

Tamandua tetradactyla - tamandua

Tamias minimus - Least Chipmunk

Tamias striatus - eastern chipmunk

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus - Red Squirrel

Tanupolama sp. - Pleistocene Camel

Tapirus bairdii - tapir

Taxidea taxus - badger

Tayassu tajacu - Javelina or Collared Peccary

Thomomys bottae - Botta's pocket gopher

Thomomys talpoides - Northern Pocket Gopher

Thomomys umbrinus - Southern Pocket Gopher

Trichechus manatus - manatee

Tylomys panamensis - Panama climbing rat

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus - gray fox

Ursus americanus - American black bear

Ursus arctos - brown bear (grizzly bear)

Ursus maritimus - polar bear

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Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox

Vulpes velox - Swift Fox

Vulpes vulpes - red fox

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Zalophus californianus - California sea lion

Zapus sp. - jumping mouse

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