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Mammals

Land Mammals

• Native to Newfoundland
• Introduced to Newfoundland
• Native to Labrador

Native to Newfoundland

Order Artiodactyla (Cloven Hoofed)

• Caribou

Order Carnivora (Meat Eater)

• Black Bear
• Lynx
• Red Fox, Cross and Silver
• Ermine (Weasel)
• Newfoundland Marten
• Wolf (Extinct)
• Otter

Order Rodentia (Rodent)

• Beaver
• Muskrat
• Meadow Vole

Order Lagomorpha (Rabbit & Hares)

• Arctic Hare

Order Chiroptera (Bats)

• Little Brown Bat
• Eastern Long-Eared Bat
• Hoary Bat

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Introduced to Newfoundland

Order Artiodactyla (Cloven Hoofed)

• Moose (1904)
• Bison (1964) Unsuccessful

Order Carnivora (Meat Eater)

• Mink (1935 through fur-farming)
• Coyote (Range Expansion)

Order Rodentia (Rodent)

• Eastern Chipmunk (1962)
• Red Squirrel (1963)
• Norway Rat
• Bank Vole (1967)
• Deer Mouse (Prior to 1968)
• Red Backed Vole
• House Mouse

Order Lagomorpha (Rabbit & Hares)

• Snowshoe Hare (1860 -80)

Order Insectivora (Insect Eaters)

• Masked Shrew

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Native to Labrador

Order ArtiodactylA (Cloven Hoofed)

• Caribou
• Moose
• Muskoxen

Order Carnivora (Meat Eater)

• Black Bear
• Polar Bear
• Red Fox, Cross and Silver
• Arctic Fox
• American Marten
• Fisher
• Mink
• Otter
• Lynx
• Ermine (Weasel)
• Wolverine
• Wolf

Order Rodentia

• Beaver
• Muskrat
• Meadow Vole
• Bank Vole
• Heather Vole
• Northern Bog Lemming
• Flying Squirrel
• Woodchuck (Ground Hog)
• Norway Rat
• Woodland Jumping Mouse
• Rock Vole
• Red-Backed Vole (Introduced: 1967 unsuccessful, 1998 suspected)
• Red Squirrel
• Deer Mouse
• Meadow Jumping Mouse
• Ungava Lemming
• Porcupine

Order Lagomorpha

• Snowshoe Hare
• Arctic Hare

Order Chiroptera

• Little Brown Bat

Order Insectivora

• Masked Shrew (Introduced 1958)
• Water Shrew
• Pygmy Shrew
• Starnosed Mole

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