| | Description: | The wild mammals that inhabit Illinois include representatives of eight orders: Didelphimorphia (opossum), Soricomorpha (shrews and moles), Cingulata (armadillo), Chiroptera (bats), agomorpha (rabbits), Carnivora (carnivores), Rodentia (rodents), and Artiodactyla (deer). Descriptions, natural history and distribution are given with detailed illustrations and photographs of habitat. | |
