List of mammals of Minnesota

The List of Minnesota mammals lists all the mammals native to Minnesota. It also shows their status in the wild. There are a total of 74 mammals found in the state.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

EX	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CR	Critically Endangered	The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
EN	Endangered	The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT	Near Threatened	The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
LC	Least Concern	There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DD	Data Deficient	There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Contents 1 Didelphimorphs 1.1 Opossums 2 Rodents 2.1 Squirrels 2.2 Beavers 2.3 Gophers 2.4 Pocket Mice 2.5 Cricetids 2.6 Murids 2.7 Jumping Mice 2.8 Porcupines 3 Lagomorphs 3.1 Cottontail rabits 3.2 Hares 4 Insectivores 4.1 Shrews 4.2 Moles 5 Bats 5.1 Evening Bats 6 Carnivorans 6.1 Procyonids 6.2 Mustelids 6.3 Skunks 6.4 Canines 6.5 Felines 6.6 Bears 7 Artiodactyls 7.1 Deer 7.2 Bovids 8 References

Didelphimorphs

Opossums

• North American Opossum Didelphis virginiana - LC

Rodents

Squirrels

• Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis - LC
• Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger - LC
• American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus - LC
• Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus - LC
• Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus - LC
• Richardson's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus richardsonii - LC
• Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii - LC
• Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus - LC
• Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus - LC
• Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans - LC
• Woodchuck Marmota monax - LC

Beavers

• American Beaver Castor canadensis - LC

Gophers

• Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius - LC
• Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides - LC

Pocket Mice

• Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens - LC

Cricetids

• Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus - LC
• White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus - LC
• Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis - LC
• Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster - LC
• Northern Bog Lemming Synaptomys borealis - LC
• Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi - LC
• Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus - LC
• Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster - LC
• Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum - LC
• Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus - LC
• Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius - LC
• Eastern Heather Vole Phenacomys ungava - LC
• Southern Red-backed Vole Myodes gapperi - LC
• Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus - LC

Murids

• House Mouse Mus musculus - LC (introduced)
• Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus - LC (introduced)

Jumping Mice

• Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius - LC
• Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis - LC

Porcupines

• North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum - LC

Lagomorphs

Cottontail rabits

• Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus - LC

Hares

• Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus - LC
• White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii - LC

Insectivores

Shrews

• Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus - LC
• Arctic Shrew Sorex arcticus - LC
• American Water Shrew Sorex palustris - LC
• American Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi - LC
• Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda - LC
• North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parva - LC

Moles

• Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus - LC
• Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata - LC

Bats

Evening Bats

• Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus - LC
• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis - LC
• Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus - LC
• Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus - LC
• Northern Long-eared Myotis Myotis septentrionalis - LC
• Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus - LC
• Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans - LC

Carnivorans

Procyonids

• Common Raccoon Procyon lotor - LC

Mustelids

• Ermine Mustela erminea - LC
• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis - LC
• American Mink Mustela vison - LC
• Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata - LC
• Fisher Martes pennanti - LC
• American Marten Martes americana - LC
• American Badger Taxidea taxus - LC
• Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis - LC
• Wolverine Gulo gulo - NT

Skunks

• Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis - LC
• Eastern Spotted Skunk Spirogale putorius - LC

Canines

• Coyote Canis latrans - LC
• Gray Wolf Canis lupus - LC
• Red Fox Vulpes vulpes - LC
• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus - LC

Felines

• Bobcat Lynx rufus - LC
• Canadian Lynx Lynx lynx - LC

Bears

• American Black Bear Ursus americanus - LC

Artiodactyls

Deer

• Moose Alces alces - LC
• Elk Cervus canadensis - LC
• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus - LC
• Caribou Rangifer tarandus - NT

Bovids

• American Bison Bison bison - NT

References

• Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. Field guide to the mammals: North America north of Mexico. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

• Gunderson, H. L., and J. R. Beer. 1953. Mammals of Minnesota. Occasional Papers, Minnesota Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota 6:1-190.

• Hazard, E. B. 1982. Mammals of Minnesota . University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota .

• Heany, L. R., and E. C. Birney. 1975. Comments on the distribution and natural history of some mammals in Minnesota. Canadian Field-Naturalist 89(1):29-34.

• Wiche, J. M. and J. F. Cassel. 1978. Checklist of North Dakota mammals. (Revised). The Prairie Naturalist 10(3):81-88.

• Wilson, D. E., and F. R. Cole. 2000. Common names of the mammals of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., USA.

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