List of mammals of North America

This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. 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: died out between 13,000 years ago and the present
  • (Ex) = Extirpated: no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations exist elsewhere
  • (I) = Introduced: population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered, VU - vulnerable
NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1])

and Endangered Species Act:

E - endangered, T - threatened
XN, XE - experimental non essential or essential population
E(S/A), T(S/A) - endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
(selected only taxa found in the US, the data is current as of March 28, 2014[2])

Didelphimorphia (opossums)[edit]

Didelphidae[edit]

Cingulata (armadillos)[edit]

Dasypodidae[edit]

Chlamyphoridae[edit]

Pampatheriidae[edit]

Pilosa: Vermilingua (anteaters and tamanduas)[edit]

Cyclopedidae[edit]

Myrmecophagidae[edit]

Pilosa: Folivora (sloths)[edit]

Megalonychidae[edit]

Jefferson's ground sloth

Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)[edit]

Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)[edit]

Megatheriidae[edit]

Mylodontidae[edit]

Nothrotheriidae[edit]

Rodentia (rodents)[edit]

Echimyidae[edit]

Heteropsomyinae[edit]

Echimyinae[edit]

Capromyinae (hutias)[edit]

Aplodontiidae[edit]

(ssp. A. r. nigra: E)

Castoridae (beavers)[edit]

North American beaver

Zapodidae (jumping mice)[edit]

(Preble's meadow jumping mouse, Z. h. preblei: T) and:[n 3]

Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)[edit]

Caviidae (cavy family)[edit]

Heptaxodontidae (giant hutia)[edit]

Dasyproctidae[edit]

Cuniculidae[edit]

Geomyidae (pocket gophers)[edit]

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

Heteromyidae[edit]

Ord's kangaroo rat
(Morro Bay kangaroo rat, D. h. morroensis: E)
(San Bernardino kangaroo rat, D. m. parvus: E)
(Fresno subspecies D. n. exilis and Tipton kangaroo rat, D. n. nitratoides: E)
(Pacific pocket mouse, P. l. pacificus: E)

Sciuridae (squirrels)[edit]

Eastern gray squirrel
Black-tailed prairie dog
Woodchuck
Golden-mantled ground squirrel
Eastern chipmunk

Xerinae: Marmotini (ground squirrels)[edit]

Sciurinae: Pteromyini (flying squirrels)[edit]

(Carolina northern flying squirrel G. s. coloratus and Virginia northern flying squirrel G. s. fuscus: E)

Sciurinae: Sciurini[edit]

(Delmarva fox squirrel, S. n. cinereus: E)
(Mount Graham red squirrel, T. f. grahamensis: E)
(Mount Graham red squirrel, T. h. grahamensis: E)

Cricetidae[edit]

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.

Eastern meadow vole
Muskrat
Deer mouse
Cactus mouse

Arvicolinae[edit]

(ssp. scirpen: E)

Neotominae[edit]

(Key Largo woodrat, N. f. smalli: E)
(ssp. riparia: E)
(ssp. allapaticola: E)
(Choctawhatchee beach mouse, P. p. allophrys, Perdido Key beach mouse, P. p. trissyllepsis, St. Andrews beach mouse, P. p. peninsularis, Alabama beach mouse, P. p. ammobates and Anastasia Island beach mouse, P. p. phasma: E, Southeastern beach mouse, P. p. niveiventris: T)

Sigmodontinae[edit]

Tylomyinae[edit]

Primates[edit]

Aotidae (night monkeys)[edit]

Atelidae[edit]

Callitrichidae[edit]

Cebidae[edit]

Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)[edit]

Leporidae (rabbits and hares)[edit]

Black-tailed jackrabbit
(Lower Keys marsh rabbit, S. p. hefneri: E)

Ochotonidae[edit]

Eulipotyphla (moles and shrews)[edit]

Talpidae (moles)[edit]

Star-nosed mole

Soricidae (shrews)[edit]

Short-tailed shrew
Cinerous shrew

Solenodontidae[edit]

Nesophontidae[edit]

Chiroptera (bats)[edit]

Molossidae (free-tailed bats)[edit]

Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats)[edit]

Natalidae (funnel-eared bats)[edit]

Vespertilionidae[edit]

Indiana bat
Mexican long-nosed bat
(ssp. C. t. virginianus and C. t. ingens: E)

Mormoopidae[edit]

Furipteridae[edit]

Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)[edit]

Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)[edit]

Brachyphyllinae[edit]

Carolliinae[edit]

Desmodontinae (vampire bats)[edit]

Glossophaginae[edit]

Phyllonycterinae[edit]

Phyllostominae[edit]

Stenodermatinae[edit]

Thyropteridae[edit]

Carnivora (carnivorans)[edit]

Felidae (cats)[edit]

Jaguar
(ssp. P. o. augusta (E))
(ssp. P. c. couguar E)

Canidae (dogs)[edit]

Gray wolf
(ssp. U.l. littoralis, U. l. catalinae, U. l. santarosae and U. l. santacruzae: E)

Ursidae (bears)[edit]

Procyonidae[edit]

Mustelidae[edit]

River otter
(ssp. E. l. nereis and E. l. kenyoni: T, ssp. E. l. nereis also XN)

Mephitidae[edit]

Otariidae (eared seals)[edit]

(ssp. E. j. monteriensis: LC, ssp. E. j. jubatus: EN) T (except west of 144° W, where E)

Odobenidae[edit]

  • Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus [n 4] VU (O. r. divergens DD, O. r. rosmarus NT)

Phocidae (earless seals)[edit]

Harbor seal

Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)[edit]

Equidae (horse family)[edit]

Tapiridae (tapirs)[edit]

Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)[edit]

Camelidae[edit]

Tayassuidae[edit]

Bovidae (bovines)[edit]

American bison
(Desert bighorn sheep, O. c. nelsoni and Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, O. c. sierrae: E)
(ssp. S. t. tatarica: EN, ssp. S. t. mongolica EN)

Cervidae (deer)[edit]

(Columbian white-tailed deer, O. v. leucurus and Key deer, O. v. clavium: E)
(Migratory woodland caribou, R. t. caribou: E)

Antilocapridae[edit]

  • Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana [n 4] LC (A. a. peninsularis and sonoriensis EN)
(Baja California pronghorn, A. a. peninsularis: E, Sonoran pronghorn, A. a. sonoriensis: E)

Cetacea[edit]

Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)[edit]

Killer whales, Orcinus orca
near Unimak Island,
eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Monodontidae[edit]

Phocoenidae (porpoises)[edit]

Kogiidae[edit]

Physeteridae[edit]

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)[edit]

Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Eschrichtiidae (gray whales)[edit]

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)[edit]

(ssp. brevicauda - pygmy blue whale: DD, ssp. musculus North Pacific stock: LR/cd, ssp. musculus North Atlantic stock: VU)

Balaenidae[edit]

Sirenia (sea cows)[edit]

Manatee, Trichechus manatus
Crystal River, Florida

Trichechidae[edit]

(ssp. T. m. manatus - Antillean or Caribbean manatee: EN, ssp. T. m. latirostris - Florida manatee: EN)

Dugongidae[edit]

Proboscidea[edit]

Physical reconstruction of a mammoth and a mastodon

Elephantidae[edit]

Mammutidae[edit]

Gomphothere[edit]

Introduced mammals[edit]

Echimyidae - Echimyinae, Myocastorini[edit]

Muridae[edit]

Leporidae (rabbits and hares)[edit]

Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)[edit]

Herpestidae (mongoose)[edit]

Mustelidae[edit]

Suidae (pigs)[edit]

Bovidae (bovines)[edit]

Cervidae (deer)[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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  2. ^ Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana: Burt & Grossenheider 1976 (Peterson Field Guide)[8] - as Opossum, D. marsupialis (merged Mexican, D. marsupialis and D. virginiana).
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    Baker et al. 2003,[3] Burt & Grossenheider 1976 (Peterson Field Guide),[8] Kays & Wilson 2002,[4] North American Mammals NMNH SI,[5] Mammal Species of the World (MSW3),[6] IUCN Red List.[7]
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