List of North American mammals

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This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in North America north of Mexico, whether resident or as migrants. It does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species recently presumed extinct (post 1500) are included here. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted.Some species are identified as indicated below:

  • (A) = Accidental occurrence based on one or a few records, and unlikely to occur regularly.
  • (E) = Extinct; a recent member of the avifauna that no longer exists.
  • (Ex) = Extirpated; no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations still exist elsewhere.
  • (I) = Introduced population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous.
American Black Bear
American Black Bear
Gray Wolf
Gray Wolf

Contents

[edit] Marsupials

[edit] Armadillos

[edit] Rodents

[edit] Aplodontiidae

[edit] Beavers

American Beaver
American Beaver

[edit] Jumping Mice

  • Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus insignis
  • Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius
  • Western jumping mouse Zapus princeps
  • Pacific jumping mouse Zapus trinotatus

[edit] Porcupines

[edit] Pocket Gophers

There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of pocket gopher should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.

Botta's Pocket Gopher
Botta's Pocket Gopher
  • Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops
  • Desert Pocket Gopher Geomys arenarius
  • Attwater's Pocket Gopher Geomys attwateri
  • Baird's Pocket Gopher Geomys beviceps
  • Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius
  • Jones's Pocket Gopher Geomys knoxjonesi
  • Texas Pocket Gopher Geomys personatus
  • Southeastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetus
  • Llano Pocket Gopher Geomys texensis
  • Botta's Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
  • Camas Pocket Gopher Thomomys bulbivorus
  • Wyoming Pocket Gopher Thomomys clusius
  • Idaho Pocket Gopher Thomomys idahoensis
  • Mazama Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama
  • Mountain Pocket Gopher Thomomys monticola
  • Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides
  • Townsend's Pocket Gopher Thomomys townsendi
  • Southern Pocket Gopher Thomomys umbrinus

[edit] Heteromyidae

Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
  • Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse Liomys irroratus
  • Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii
  • Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys compactus'
  • Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys microps
  • Panamint Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys panamintinus
  • Stephen's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys stephensi
  • Big-eared Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys elephantinus
  • Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys venustus
  • Agile Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys agilis
  • Heermann's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys heermanni
  • California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus
  • Giant Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ingens
  • Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys spectabilis
  • Texas Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys elator
  • Merriam's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys merriami
  • San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys insularis
  • Fresno Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nitratoides
  • Desert Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys deserti
  • Dulzura Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys simulans
  • Dark Kangaroo Mouse Microdipodops megacephalus
  • Pale Kangaroo Mouse Microdipodops pallidus
  • White-eared Pocket Mouse Perognathus alticola
  • Arizona Pocket Mouse Perognathus amplus
  • Olive-backed Pocket Mouse Perognathus fasciatus
  • Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens
  • Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus
  • San Joaquin Pocket Mouse Perognathus inornatus
  • Little Pocket Mouse Perognathus longimembris
  • Merriam's Pocket Mouse Perognathus merriami
  • Great Basin Pocket Mouse Perognathus parvus
  • Bailey's Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus baileyi
  • California Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus californicus
  • Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus eremicus
  • San Diego Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus fallax
  • Long-tailed Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus formosus
  • Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus
  • Rock Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus intermedius
  • Nelson's Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni
  • Desert Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus
  • Spiny Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus spinatus

[edit] Squirrels

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Woodchuck
Woodchuck
Golden-mantled  Ground Squirrel
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Chipmunk

[edit] Muroids

There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of mice and voles should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.

Meadow Vole
Meadow Vole
Muskrat
Muskrat
Deer Mouse
Deer Mouse
Norway Rat
Norway Rat

[edit] Myocastoridae

[edit] Lagomorphs

[edit] Rabbits and Hares

Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Black-tailed Jackrabbit

[edit] Pikas

[edit] Primates

[edit] Insectivora

[edit] Moles

Star-nosed Mole
Star-nosed Mole

[edit] Shrews

Short-tailed Shrew
Short-tailed Shrew

[edit] Chiroptera

[edit] Vesper bats

Big Brown Bat
Big Brown Bat
Indiana Bat
Indiana Bat
  • Western Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus
  • Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus
  • Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
  • Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis
  • Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii
  • Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
  • Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
  • Southern Yellow Bat Lasiurus ega
  • Seminole Bat Lasiurus seminolus
  • Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis
  • Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
  • Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
  • Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
  • Southwestern Myotis Myotis auriculus
  • Southeastern myotis Myotis austroriparius
  • California Myotis Myotis californicus
  • Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
  • Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
  • Gray Myotis Myotis griseus
  • Keen's Myotis Myotis keenii
  • Eastern small-footed myotis Myotis leibii
  • Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus
  • Northern Long-eared Myotis Myotis septentrionalis
  • Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
  • Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
  • Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
  • Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
  • Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
  • Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans

[edit] Free-tailed Bats

  • Wagner's Mastiff Bat Eumops glaucinis
  • Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis
  • Underwood's Mastiff Bat Eumops underwoodi
  • Pallas's Mastiff Bat Molossus molossus
  • Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
  • Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
  • Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

[edit] Pallid Bats

Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus

[edit] Ghost-faced Bats

Ghost-faced Bat Mormoops megalophylla

[edit] Leaf-nosed Bats

  • Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana
  • Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata (A)
  • Mexican Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis
  • Southern Long-nosed Bat' Leptonycteris curasoe
  • California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus'

[edit] Myocastoridae

[edit] Carnivores

[edit] Felidae

Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion

[edit] Canids

Red Fox
Red Fox

[edit] Bears

[edit] Procyonidae

[edit] Weasels

River Otter
River Otter

[edit] Skunks

[edit] Eared Seals

[edit] Walrus

[edit] Earless Seals

Harbor Seal
Harbor Seal

[edit] Sirenia

[edit] Manatees

[edit] Odd-toed ungulates

  • Feral Horse Equus caballus (I)
  • Feral Donkey Equus asinus (I)

[edit] Even-toed ungulates

[edit] Peccaries and Pigs

[edit] Bovids

American Bison
American Bison

[edit] Deer and Pronghorn

[edit] Cetaceans

[edit] Baleen whales and humpback whales

Humpback Whale
Humpback Whale

[edit] Right whales

[edit] Sperm Whales

[edit] Beaked whales

[edit] White whales

[edit] Dolphins

Killer Whale
Killer Whale
Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin

[edit] Porpoises


[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links