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New York has more than 80 species of mammals and many of these are found in Westchester County from the tiny shrews to the black bear.

Mammals are warm-blooded, or endotherms: they generate inside heat from the food they eat. Mammals have hair and the females have mammary glands to nurse their newborn offspring.

The links below will help you learn more about local mammals.

Enjoy exploring local nature!

explore more about mammals

• Top Twenty-Five Westchester Mammals
• Download a fact sheet on NY mammals
• Download a mammal track sheet
• Learn more about NY mammals
• Checklist of all mammals in New York

top twenty-five westchester mammals

Here are twenty-five of the most well-known mammals that have been seen in Westchester. How many have you seen in Westchester County? Click on the linked names to learn more about these mammals from other web sites including the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, welcomewildlife.com and others.

1. Virginia Opposum
2. Northern Short-tailed Shrew
3. Eastern Mole [links to info about other moles too]
4. Little Brown Myotis (bat)
5. Big Brown Bat [links to brochure of all NY bats]
6. Coyote
7. Red Fox
8. Gray Fox
9. American Black Bear
10. Striped Skunk
11. Northern Raccoon
12. Fisher
13. Long-tailed Weasel
14. North American River Otter
15. Bobcat
16. White-tailed Deer
17. Eastern Chipmunk [& info on all NY squirrels]
18. Woodchuck
19. Eastern Gray Squirrel
20. Red Squirrel
21. Beaver
22. White-footed Mouse
23. Meadow Vole
24. Common Muskrat
25. Eastern Cottontail