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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

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. 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 -

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: : - extinct, - extinct in the wild : - critically endangered, - endangered, - vulnerable : - near threatened, - least concern : - data deficient, - not evaluated :(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014) and Endangered Species Act: : - endangered, - threatened :, - experimental non essential or essential population :, - endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance :(selected only taxa found in the US, the data is current as of March 28, 2014)

Opossums Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered Nort ...

Didelphidae

Common opossum The common opossum (''Didelphis marsupialis''), also called the southern or black-eared opossum or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Paci ...

, ''Didelphis marsupialis'' * Virginia opossum, ''Didelphis virginiana'' * Derby's woolly opossum, ''Caluromys derbianus'' * Bare-tailed woolly opossum, ''Caluromys philander'' * Water opossum, ''Chironectes minimus'' * Alston's mouse opossum, ''Marmosa alstoni'' * Isthmian mouse opossum, ''Marmosa isthmica'' * Mexican mouse opossum, ''Marmosa mexicana'' * Linnaeus's mouse opossum, ''Marmosa murina'' * Robinson's mouse opossum, ''Marmosa robinsoni'' * Dusky slender opossum, ''Marmosops fuscatus'' * Panama slender opossum, ''Marmosops invictus'' * Brown four-eyed opossum, ''Metachirus nudicaudatus'' *

Sepia short-tailed opossum The sepia short-tailed opossum (''Monodelphis adusta'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link= ...

, ''Monodelphis adusta'' * Gray four-eyed opossum, ''Philander opossum'' *

Grayish mouse opossum The grayish mouse opossum (''Tlacuatzin canescens'') is a species of opossum endemic to Mexico. It is the sole species in the genus ''Tlacuatzin''. Description The grayish mouse opossum is an unusually small opossum, measuring in total length, ...

, ''Tlacuatzin canescens''

Armadillos Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along ...

Dasypodidae Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, '' Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. TOC Classification Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae *† Genus ...

* Beautiful armadillo, ''Dasypus bellus'' (E) * Nine-banded armadillo, ''Dasypus novemcinctus''

Cabassous ''Cabassous'' is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo". Cladogram of living ''Cabassous'' The genus contains the following four species In biology, a species ...

Northern naked-tailed armadillo The northern naked-tailed armadillo (''Cabassous centralis'') is a species of armadillo. It is one of only two species of armadillo found outside of South America, the other being the more widely distributed nine-banded armadillo. Description Th ...

, ''Cabassous centralis''

Chlamyphoridae

* American glyptodont, ''Glyptotherium floridanum'' (E)

Pampatheriidae

* American giant armadillo, ''Holmesina septentrionalis'' (E)

Anteaters and tamanduas

Cyclopedidae The Cyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater The silky anteater, also known as the pygmy anteater, has traditionally been considered a single species of anteater, ''Cyclopes didactylus'', in the genus ''Cyclope ...

* Common silky anteater, ''Cyclopes didactylus'' * Central American silky anteater, ''Cyclopes dorsalis''

Myrmecophaga The giant anteater (''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'') is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus ''Myrmecoph ...

Giant anteater The giant anteater (''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'') is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus ''Myrmecoph ...

, ''Myrmecophaga tridactyla''

Tamandua ''Tamandua'' is a genus of anteaters with two species: the southern tamandua (''T. tetradactyla'') and the northern tamandua (''T. mexicana''). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They ...
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Northern tamandua The northern tamandua (''Tamandua mexicana'') is a species of tamandua, an anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, and to the edge of the northern Ande ...

, ''Tamandua mexicana'' *

Southern tamandua The southern tamandua (''Tamandua tetradactyla''), also called the collared anteater or lesser anteater, is a species of anteater from South America and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. It is a solitary animal found in many habitats, fr ...

, ''Tamandua tetradactyla''

Sloths Sloths are a group of Neotropical xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of movement, tree sloths spend most of their li ...

Megalonychidae

* Jefferson ground sloth, ''Megalonyx jeffersonii'' (E)

Bradypus

* Pygmy three-toed sloth, ''Bradypus pygmaeus'' *

Brown-throated sloth The brown-throated sloth (''Bradypus variegatus'') is a species of three-toed sloth found in the Neotropical realm of Central and South America. It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South ...

, ''Bradypus variegatus''

Choloepus

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (''Choloepus hoffmanni''), also known as the northern two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary, largely nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainf ...

, ''Choloepus hoffmanni''

Megatheriidae Megatheriidae is a family of extinct ground sloths that lived from approximately 23 mya—11,000 years ago. Megatheriids appeared during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan in the SALMA classification), some 29 million years ago, in South Americ ...

* American giant ground sloth, ''Eremotherium laurillardi'' (E)

Mylodontidae

* Harlan's ground sloth, ''Paramylodon harlani'' (E)

Nothrotheriidae

Shasta ground sloth ''Nothrotheriops'' is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloth found in North America, from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. This genus of bear-sized xenarthran was related to the much larger, and far more famous ''Megatheriu ...

, ''Nothrotheriops shastensis'' (E)

Rodents

Echimyidae Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of hystricognath rodents. It is probably also the most ecologically diverse, with members ranging from fully arboreal to terres ...

Oriente cave rat The Oriente cave rat (''Boromys offella'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may ...

, ''Boromys offella'' (E) *

Torre's cave rat Torre's cave rat (''Boromys torrei'') was a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds ...

, ''Boromys torrei'' (E) * Hispaniolan edible rat, ''Brotomys voratus'' (E) * Rufous soft-furred spiny-rat, ''Diplomys labilis'' *

Antillean cave rat The Antillean cave rat (''Heteropsomys antillensis'') is an extinct species of spiny rat of the genus ''Heteropsomys'' that was native to Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth ...

, ''Heteropsomys antillensis'' (E) *

Insular cave rat The insular cave rat (''Heteropsomys insulans'') is an extinct species of spiny rat that was native to Puerto Rico. Known only from recent fossil deposits, it most likely persisted until European colonization of Puerto Rico began. Species an ...

, ''Heteropsomys insulans'' (E) * Armored rat, ''Hoplomys gymnurus'' * Brazilian spiny tree-rat, ''Makalata didelphoides'' * Tome's spiny-rat, ''Proechimys semispinosus'' * Trinidad spiny rat, ''Proechimys trinitatis''

Aplodontiidae

Mountain beaver The mountain beaver (''Aplodontia rufa'')Other names include mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, lesser sasquatch, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of Chinookan and other Native American terms ...

, ''Aplodontia rufa'' :(ssp. ''A. r. nigra'': )

Beavers Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers are ...

* North American beaver, ''Castor canadensis'' * Giant beaver, ''Castoroides ohioensis'' (E)

Jumping mice Zapodidae, the jumping mice, is a family of mouse-like rodents in North America and China. Although mouse-like in general appearance, these rodents are distinguished by their elongated hind limbs, and, typically, by the presence of four pairs o ...

Woodland jumping mouse The woodland jumping mouse (''Napaeozapus insignis'') is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to using its extremely strong feet and long tail. Taxonomy Representatives of the family Dipodidae are found in the nor ...

, ''Napaeozapus insignis'' *

Meadow jumping mouse The meadow jumping mouse (''Zapus hudsonius'') is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to ...

, ''Zapus hudsonius'' :( Preble's meadow jumping mouse, ''Z. h. preblei'': ) *

Western jumping mouse The western jumping mouse (''Zapus princeps''), is a species of rodent in the family Zapodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States. Western jumping mice evolved during the Pleistocene, possibly from the fossil species '' Zapus burti'', ...

, ''Zapus princeps'' *

Pacific jumping mouse The Pacific jumping mouse (''Zapus trinotatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Zapodidae. Found in Canada and the United States, its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps. Description Pacific jumping mice can be distingui ...

, ''Zapus trinotatus''

Porcupines Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation. The term covers two families of animals: the Old World porcupines of family Hystricidae, and the New World porcupines of family, Erethizont ...

Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine The Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine or Mexican tree porcupine (''Coendou mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua and Belize.Biodiversi ...

, ''Coendou mexicanus'' *

Brazilian porcupine The Brazilian porcupine (''Coendou prehensilis'') is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. It inhabits tropical for ...

, ''Coendou prehensilis'' *

Andean porcupine The Andean porcupine (''Coendou quichua'') or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador and Colombia as well as in Panama. This porcupine is little known, but is probably ...

, ''Coendou quichua'' *

North American porcupine The North American porcupine (''Erethizon dorsatum''), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America, after the North American beaver (''C ...

, ''Erethizon dorsatum''

Capybaras The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...

* Lesser capybara, ''Hydrochoerus isthmius'' * Pinckney's capybara, ''Neochoerus pinckneyi'' (E) * Holmes's capybara, ''Neochoerus aesopi'' (E)

Heptaxodontidae Heptaxodontidae, rarely called giant hutia, is an extinct family of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material found in the West Indies. One species, '' Amblyrhiza inundata'', is estimated to have weighed between , reaching the weigh ...

Blunt-toothed giant hutia The blunt-toothed giant hutia (''Amblyrhiza inundata'') is an extinct species of giant hutia from Anguilla and Saint Martin that is estimated to have weighed between 50 and 200 kg (110 and 440 lb). It was discovered by Edward Drinker ...

, ''Amblyrhiza inundata'' (E) *

Osborn's key mouse Osborn's key mouse (''Clidomys osborni''), also known as the larger Jamaican giant hutia, is a now extinct species of large rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It was found on the island of Jamaica and likely became extinct before the end of th ...

, ''Clidomys osborni'' (E) *

Plate-toothed giant hutia The plate-toothed giant hutia (''Elasmodontomys obliquus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Elasmodontomys''. It was found in Puerto Rico. The rodent is thought to have we ...

, ''Elasmodontomys obliquus'' (E) *

Twisted-toothed mouse The twisted-toothed mouse (''Quemisia gravis''), also known as the twisted-toothed giant hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Quemisia''. It was endemic to Hispaniola (today Haiti ...

, ''Quemisia gravis'' (E)

Dasyproctidae Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees. They l ...

* Coiban agouti, ''Dasyprocta coibae'' *

Red-rumped agouti The red-rumped agouti (''Dasyprocta leporina''), also known as the golden-rumped agouti, orange-rumped agouti or Brazilian agouti, is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. Distribution It is native to northeastern South America, w ...

, ''Dasyprocta leporina'' * Mexican agouti, ''Dasyprocta mexicana'' *

Central American agouti The Central American agouti (''Dasyprocta punctata'') is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecua ...

, ''Dasyprocta punctata'' * Ruatan Island agouti, ''Dasyprocta ruatanica''

Cuniculidae

Lowland paca The lowland paca (''Cuniculus paca''), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico to northern Argentina, and has been introduced to Cuba and Algeria. The animal is calle ...

, ''Cuniculus paca''

Capromyidae

Desmarest's hutia Desmarest's hutia or the Cuban hutia (''Capromys pilorides'') is a stout, furry, rat-like mammal found only on Cuba and nearby islands. Growing to about 60 cm (2 ft), it normally lives in pairs and feeds on leaves, fruit, bark and sometimes small ...

, ''Capromys pilorides'' * Jamaican coney, ''Geocapromys brownii'' * Cuban coney, ''Geocapromys columbianus'' (E) *

Bahamian hutia The Bahamian hutia or Ingraham's hutia (''Geocapromys ingrahami'') is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in the Bahamas. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in burrows in forests or shrubland, emerging at night to feed on leaves, fruit, ...

, ''Geocapromys ingrahami'' *

Little Swan Island hutia The Little Swan Island hutia (''Geocapromys thoracatus'') is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Little Swan Island, off northeastern Honduras in the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably emerged from caves ...

, ''Geocapromys thoracatus'' (E) * Imposter hutia, ''Hexolobodon phenax'' (E) * Wide-toothed hutia, ''Hyperplagiodontia araeum'' (E) * Montane hutia, ''Isolobodon montanus'' (E) * Puerto Rican hutia, ''Isolobodon portoricensis'' (E) *

Hispaniolan hutia The Hispaniolan hutia (''Plagiodontia aedium'') is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal endemic to forests on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). It lives in burrows or trees, and is active at nigh ...

, ''Plagiodontia aedium'' * Samaná hutia, ''Plagiodontia ipnaeum'' (E) * Cabrera's hutia, ''Mesocapromys angelcabrerai'' * Eared hutia, ''Mesocapromys auritus'' * Dwarf hutia, ''Mesocapromys nanus'' * San Felipe hutia, ''Mesocapromys sanfelipensis'' * Garrido's hutia, ''Mysateles garridoi'' * Gundlach's hutia, ''Mysateles gundlachi'' * Black-tailed hutia, ''Mysateles melanurus'' * Isla De La Juventud tree hutia, ''Mysateles meridionalis'' *

Prehensile-tailed hutia The prehensile-tailed hutia (''Mysateles prehensilis'') is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in forests on Cuba. It is the only member of the genus ''Mysateles''. It climbs and lives in trees where it eats only leaves, and it is threate ...

, ''Mysateles prehensilis'' * Lemke's hutia, ''Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei'' (E)

Geomyidae

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. Thomomys bottae

Yellow-faced pocket gopher The yellow-faced pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys castanops'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is the species that lives north of the Southern Coahuila Fil ...

, ''Cratogeomys castanops'' *

Oriental Basin pocket gopher The Oriental Basin pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys fulvescens'') is a species of pocket gopher which is endemic to Mexico. It was first described in 1895 by Clinton Hart Merriam. It was considered to be a subspecies of Merriam's pocket gopher (''C ...

, ''Cratogeomys fulvescens'' *

Smoky pocket gopher The smoky pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys fumosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico (Querétaro). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics Molecular phy ...

, ''Cratogeomys fumosus'' *

Goldman's pocket gopher Goldman's pocket gopher, (''Cratogeomys goldmani'') is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family. It is distributed throughout northern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the south ...

, ''Cratogeomys goldmani'' *

Merriam's pocket gopher Merriam's pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the area of the Valley of Mexico and the Valley of Toluca at elevations from 1800 to 4000 m. Its fav ...

, ''Cratogeomys merriami'' *

Perote pocket gopher The Perote pocket gopher (''Cratogeomys perotensis''), or Cofre de Perote pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher in the family Geomyidae. Range Endemic to Mexico, it is found in the mountains from southern Hildalgo south through Puebla ...

, ''Cratogeomys perotensis'' *

Desert pocket gopher The desert pocket gopher (''Geomys arenarius'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico and in Texas and New Mexico in the United States. Description ''Geomys arenarius'' is a medium s ...

, ''Geomys arenarius'' * Attwater's pocket gopher, ''Geomys attwateri'' *

Baird's pocket gopher Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (''Geomys breviceps'')Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. "Geomys breviceps." North American Mammals. 2009. 7 May 2009/ref> is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the south ...

, ''Geomys breviceps'' *

Plains pocket gopher The plains pocket gopher (''Geomys bursarius'') is one of 35 species of pocket gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches. They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land across the G ...

, ''Geomys bursarius'' *

Knox Jones's pocket gopher Knox Jones's pocket gopher (''Geomys knoxjonesi'') is a species of pocket gopher found in Texas and New Mexico. This species is named for Dr. J. Knox Jones Jr. (1929–1992), a prolific mammalogist at Texas Tech University. It is a relatively s ...

, ''Geomys knoxjonesi'' *

Texas pocket gopher The Texas pocket gopher (''Geomys personatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Tamaulipas in Mexico and in Texas in the United States. Description Males grow to a length of about including a tail of about . Fem ...

, ''Geomys personatus'' * Southeastern pocket gopher, ''Geomys pinetis'' * Llano pocket gopher, ''Geomys texensis'' *

Tropical pocket gopher The tropical pocket gopher (''Geomys tropicalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description The tropical pocket gopher is cinnamon ...

, ''Geomys tropicalis'' * Chiriqui pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys cavator'' * Cherrie's pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys cherriei'' * Oaxacan pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys cuniculus'' *

Darien pocket gopher The Darien pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys dariensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is occurs in Panama and Colombia. Some authors classify it in the genus ''Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed this and its relat ...

, ''Orthogeomys dariensis'' * Giant pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys grandis'' * Variable pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys heterodus'' * Hispid pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys hispidus'' * Big pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys lanius'' * Underwood's pocket gopher, ''Orthogeomys underwoodi'' *

Botta's pocket gopher Botta's pocket gopher (''Thomomys bottae'') is a pocket gopher native to western North America. It is also known in some sources as valley pocket gopher, particularly in California. Both the specific and common names of this species honor Paul-É ...

, ''Thomomys bottae'' * Camas pocket gopher, ''Thomomys bulbivorus'' * Wyoming pocket gopher, ''Thomomys clusius'' * Idaho pocket gopher, ''Thomomys idahoensis'' *

Mazama pocket gopher The Mazama pocket gopher (''Thomomys mazama'') is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher restricted to the Pacific Northwest. The herbivorous species ranges from coastal Washington (state), Washington, through Oregon, and into north-central California. F ...

, ''Thomomys mazama'' * Mountain pocket gopher, ''Thomomys monticola'' * Northern pocket gopher, ''Thomomys talpoides'' *

Townsend's pocket gopher Townsend's pocket gopher (''Thomomys townsendii'') is a species of pocket gopher endemic to the northwestern United States. Description Townsend's pocket gopher is a relatively large gopher, measuring in total length, including a tail long. Ad ...

, ''Thomomys townsendii'' * Southern pocket gopher, ''Thomomys umbrinus'' * Alcorn's pocket gopher, ''Pappogeomys alcorni'' * Buller's pocket gopher, ''Pappogeomys bulleri'' * Michoacan pocket gopher, ''Zygogeomys trichopus''

Heteromyidae

Ord's kangaroo rat Ord's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys ordii'') is a kangaroo rat native to western North America, specifically the Great Plains and the Great Basin, with its range extending from extreme southern Canada to central Mexico. Ord's kangaroo rat has a fift ...

, ''Dipodomys ordii'' *

Gulf Coast kangaroo rat The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys compactus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae found in Mexico and the state of Texas in the United States. Its appearance and ecology are very similar to those of its putative sister spec ...

, ''Dipodomys compactus'' *

San Quintin kangaroo rat The San Quintin kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys gravipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from western Baja California. Its natural habitat includes arid lowlands with sparse vegetati ...

, ''Dipodomys gravipes'' * Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys microps'' * Nelson's kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys nelsoni'' *

Panamint kangaroo rat The Panamint kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys panamintinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to the Mojave Desert in eastern California and western Nevada, in the United States. Description The Panamint kangaroo rat ...

, ''Dipodomys panamintinus'' *

Phillips's kangaroo rat Phillips's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys phillipsii'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. The species is named after John Phillips, an official of a Mexican mining company ...

, ''Dipodomys phillipsii'' * Stephens's kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys stephensi'' *

Narrow-faced kangaroo rat The narrow-faced kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys venustus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States. Like all other heteromyids, the dental formula of ''Dipodomys venustus'' is . Narrow-fa ...

, ''Dipodomys venustus'' *

Heermann's kangaroo rat Heermann's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys heermanni'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. Their long smooth pelage resembles typical kangaroo rats, with their dorsal side showing a mixed range of olive, black and orange colors. There a ...

, ''Dipodomys heermanni'' :(

Morro Bay kangaroo rat The Morro Bay kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys heermanni morroensis'', is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California. This subspecies of “Heermann” kangaroo rat today lives only in a restricted 2 km area south of Morro Bay in San Luis ...

, ''D. h. morroensis'': ) *

California kangaroo rat The California kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys californicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. However, populations are declining, having not fully recovered after the drought in California from 2013 to 2015 destroyed their habitat ( ...

, ''Dipodomys californicus'' * Giant kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys ingens'' * Banner-tailed kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys spectabilis'' *

Texas kangaroo rat The Texas kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys elator'') is a rodent of the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Texas and Oklahoma in the United States, where it often lives in association with brush species, like mesquite and lotebush, growing in areas wit ...

, ''Dipodomys elator'' *

Merriam's kangaroo rat Merriam's kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. The species name commemorates Clinton Hart Merriam. It is found in the Upper and Lower Sonoran life zones of the southwestern United States, Baja ...

, ''Dipodomys merriami'' :( San Bernardino kangaroo rat, ''D. m. parvus'': ) *

Fresno kangaroo rat The Fresno kangaroo rat or San Joaquin kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys nitratoides'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to areas within and near the San Joaquin Valley of California in the United States. Habitat destruc ...

, ''Dipodomys nitratoides'' :(Fresno subspecies ''D. n. exilis'' and

Tipton kangaroo rat The Tipton kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides''), is a subspecies of the San Joaquin kangaroo rat, a rodent in the family Heteromyidae. Description Adult Tipton kangaroo rats have small forefeet, exceptionally large hind feet, an ...

, ''D. n. nitratoides'': ) *

Desert kangaroo rat The desert kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys deserti'') is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae that is found in desert areas of southwestern North America. It is one of the large kangaroo rats, with a total length greater than and a mass greate ...

, ''Dipodomys deserti'' * Dulzura kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys simulans'' * Panamanian spiny pocket mouse, ''Heteromys adspersus'' *

Trinidad spiny pocket mouse The Trinidad spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys anomalus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, ...

, ''Heteromys anomalus'' *

Southern spiny pocket mouse The southern spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys australis'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, Rep� ...

, ''Heteromys australis'' *

Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys desmarestianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link= ...

, ''Heteromys desmarestianus'' *

Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys gaumeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.Schmidt, Cheryl A., Mark D. Engstrom, and Hugh H. Genoways.Heteromys gaumeri" (1989). It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucat� ...

, ''Heteromys gaumeri'' *

Mexican spiny pocket mouse The Mexican spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys irroratus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is native to Mexico and Texas in the United States where it is found in dry, scrubby habitats. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "le ...

, ''Heteromys irroratus'' *

Nelson's spiny pocket mouse Nelson's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys nelsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

, ''Heteromys nelsoni'' *

Painted spiny pocket mouse The painted spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys pictus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and the northern tip of Guatemala. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Liomys'', which is now recognized to be paraph ...

, ''Heteromys pictus'' *

Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Salvin's spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys salvini'') is a small to medium-sized rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Liomys'', which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into ''Heteromys''. ...

, ''Heteromys salvini'' * Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse, ''Heteromys spectabilis'' * Dark kangaroo mouse, ''Microdipodops megacephalus'' *

Pale kangaroo mouse The pale kangaroo mouse or Soda Spring Valley kangaroo mouse (''Microdipodops pallidus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California and Nevada in the United States. Description Named for its pale-furred back ...

, ''Microdipodops pallidus'' *

White-eared pocket mouse The white-eared pocket mouse (''Perognathus alticolus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to the San Bernardino Mountains and the Tehachapi Mountains of southern California in the United States. There are two subs ...

, ''Perognathus alticola'' * Arizona pocket mouse, ''Perognathus amplus'' *

Olive-backed pocket mouse The olive-backed pocket mouse (''Perognathus fasciatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in the central Great Plains of Canada and the United States where it is widespread and relatively common; the IUCN considers ...

, ''Perognathus fasciatus'' *

Plains pocket mouse The plains pocket mouse (''Perognathus flavescens'') is a heteromyid rodent of North America.Monk, R. Richard, and J. Knox Jones.Perognathus flavescens" Mammalian Species 525 (1996): 1-4. It ranges from southwestern Minnesota and southeastern No ...

, ''Perognathus flavescens'' * Silky pocket mouse, ''Perognathus flavus'' * San Joaquin pocket mouse, ''Perognathus inornatus'' *

Little pocket mouse The little pocket mouse (''Perognathus longimembris'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States. Its nat ...

, ''Perognathus longimembris'' :(

Pacific pocket mouse The Pacific pocket mouse, ''Perognathus longimembris pacificus'', is endemic to California. It lives in sandy coastal soils of the coastal sage scrub ecoregion. It eats seeds and some insects. It was believed to be extinct until 1993, when a smal ...

, ''P. l. pacificus'': ) * Merriam's pocket mouse, ''Perognathus merriami'' * Columbia Plateau pocket mouse, ''Perognathus parvus'' * Little desert pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus arenarius'' * Narrow-skulled pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus artus'' * Bailey's pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus baileyi'' * California pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus californicus'' * Nelson's pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus nelsoni'' * Dalquest's pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus dalquesti'' * Chihuahuan pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus eremicus'' * San Diego pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus fallax'' * Long-tailed pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus formosus'' * Goldman's pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus goldmani'' *

Hispid pocket mouse The hispid pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus hispidus'') is a large pocket mouse native to the Great Plains region of North America. It is a member of the genus ''Chaetodipus''. Distribution The hispid pocket mouse occurs across the Great Plains fro ...

, ''Chaetodipus hispidus'' *

Rock pocket mouse The rock pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus intermedius'') is one of 19 species of pocket mice in the genus ''Chaetodipus''. It is sometimes grouped in the genus ''Perognathus''. Description Found mainly in rocky outcrops in the deserts of the southwes ...

, ''Chaetodipus intermedius'' * Lined pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus lineatus'' * Desert pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus penicillatus'' * Sinaloan pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus pernix'' * Baja pocket mouse, ''Chaetodipus rudinoris'' *

Spiny pocket mouse The spiny pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus spinatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae and order Rodentia. It is found in Baja California in Mexico and in Arizona, California and Nevada. Description The spiny pocket mouse has long ...

, ''Chaetodipus spinatus''

Squirrels Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel, Mount Rainier, July 2006

* Harris's antelope squirrel, ''Ammospermophilus harrisii'' *

Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel The Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus insularis'') is a species of antelope squirrel in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the island of Espíritu Santo in the Gulf of California. The sp ...

, ''Ammospermophilus insularis'' * Texas antelope squirrel, ''Ammospermophilus interpres'' *

White-tailed antelope squirrel The white-tailed antelope squirrel (''Ammospermophilus leucurus'') is a diurnal species of ground squirrel, scientifically classified in the order Rodentia and family Sciuridae, found in arid regions of the southwestern United States and the Ba ...

, ''Ammospermophilus leucurus'' * San Joaquin antelope squirrel, ''Ammospermophilus nelsoni'' * Central American dwarf squirrel, ''Microsciurus alfari'' * Western dwarf squirrel, ''Microsciurus mimulus'' *

Abert's squirrel Abert's squirrel or the tassel-eared squirrel (''Sciurus aberti'') is a tree squirrel in the genus '' Sciurus'' native to the southern Rocky Mountains from the United States to the northern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, with concentrations f ...

, ''Sciurus aberti'' * Allen's squirrel, ''Sciurus alleni'' * Arizona gray squirrel, ''Sciurus arizonensis'' * Mexican gray squirrel, ''Sciurus aureogaster'' * Eastern gray squirrel, ''Sciurus carolinensis'' * Collie's squirrel, ''Sciurus colliaei'' * Deppe's squirrel, ''Sciurus deppei'' * Red-tailed squirrel, ''Sciurus granatensis'' * Western gray squirrel, ''Sciurus griseus'' * Mexican fox squirrel, ''Sciurus nayaritensis'' * Fox squirrel, ''Sciurus niger'' :(

Delmarva fox squirrel The Delmarva fox squirrel (''Sciurus niger cinereus'') is a formerly endangered subspecies of the fox squirrel. It is native to the eastern United States. The Delmarva fox squirrel was removed from the endangered species list in November 2015. B ...

, ''S. n. cinereus'': ) * Peters's squirrel, ''Sciurus oculatus'' * Variegated squirrel, ''Sciurus variegatoides'' * Yucatan squirrel, ''Sciurus yucatanensis'' *

Bangs's mountain squirrel Bangs's mountain squirrel (''Syntheosciurus brochus'') is a poorly known species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama. It can be found in mountain rain forests at an altitude between , and lives mainly in the tree tops, but ...

, ''Syntheosciurus brochus'' *

Douglas squirrel The Douglas squirrel (''Tamiasciurus douglasii'') is a pine squirrel found in the Pacific Northwest of North America, including the northwestern coastal states of the United States as well as the southwestern coast of British Columbia in Canada ...

, ''Tamiasciurus douglasii'' ** Mearn's squirrel, ''T. d. mearnsi'' *

Southwestern red squirrel The southwestern red squirrel or Fremont's squirrel (''Tamiasciurus fremonti'') is a species of tree squirrel endemic to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with the American ...

, ''Tamiasciurus fremonti'' :(

Mount Graham red squirrel The Mount Graham red squirrel (''Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis'') is an endangered subspecies of the southwestern red squirrel (''Tamiasciurus fremonti'') native to the Pinaleño Mountains of Arizona. It is smaller than most other subspeci ...

, ''T. f. grahamensis'': ) * North American red squirrel, ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' * Northern flying squirrel, ''Glaucomys sabrinus'' :(Carolina northern flying squirrel ''G. s. coloratus'' and Virginia northern flying squirrel ''G. s. fuscus'': ) *

Humboldt's flying squirrel Humboldt's flying squirrel (''Glaucomys oregonensis'') is one of three species of the genus '' Glaucomys'', the only flying squirrels found in North America. The squirrel was named after the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and California's Hum ...

, ''Glaucomys oregonensis'' *

Southern flying squirrel The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (''Glaucomys volans'') is one of three species of the genus '' Glaucomys'' and one of three flying squirrel species found in North America. It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half o ...

, ''Glaucomys volans'' *

Gunnison's prairie dog Gunnison's prairie dog (''Cynomys gunnisoni'') is one of five species of prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly related to the North American and Eurasian ground squirrels. Gunnison's prairie do ...

, ''Cynomys gunnisoni'' *

White-tailed prairie dog The white-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys leucurus'') is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana. The largest populations are in Wyoming where they are known colloquially as "chiselers". ...

, ''Cynomys leucurus'' *

Black-tailed prairie dog The black-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys ludovicianus'') is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States-Canada border to the United States-Mexico border. Unlike some other prairie dogs, ...

, ''Cynomys ludovicianus'' *

Utah prairie dog The Utah prairie dog (''Cynomys parvidens'') is the smallest species of prairie dog endemic to the south-central steppes of the American state of Utah. The species is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with a status of Endangered ...

, ''Cynomys parvidens'' *

Mexican prairie dog The Mexican prairie dog (''Cynomys mexicanus'') is a diurnal burrowing rodent native to Mexico. Treatment as an agricultural pest has led to its status as an endangered species. They are closely related to squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots. '' ...

, ''Cynomys mexicanus'' *

Alaska marmot The Alaska marmot (''Marmota broweri''), also known as the Brooks Range marmot or the Brower's marmot, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Ala ...

, ''Marmota broweri'' *

Hoary marmot The hoary marmot (''Marmota caligata'') is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. Hoary marmots live near the tree line on slopes with grasses and forbs to eat and rocky areas for cover. It is the largest Nor ...

, ''Marmota caligata'' * Yellow-bellied marmot, ''Marmota flaviventris'' *

Woodchuck The groundhog (''Marmota monax''), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through mu ...

, ''Marmota monax'' *

Olympic marmot The Olympic marmot (''Marmota olympus'') is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae; it occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, on the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmo ...

, ''Marmota olympus'' *

Vancouver Island marmot The Vancouver Island marmot (''Marmota vancouverensis'') naturally occurs only in the high mountains of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. This particular marmot species is large compared to some other marmots, and most other rodents. Marmots ...

, ''Marmota vancouverensis'' *

Tropical ground squirrel The tropical ground squirrel (''Notocitellus adocetus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. At one time the species was originally described as ''Spermophilus adocetus'', but the genus ''Spermophilus'' was revised and subdivided in 2 ...

, ''Notocitellus adocetus'' *

Ring-tailed ground squirrel The ring-tailed ground squirrel (''Notocitellus annulatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Pacific coast region of central Mexico. It is a common species and feeds mainly on fruits and nuts. The IUCN has ass ...

, ''Notocitellus annulatus'' *

Baja California rock squirrel The Baja California rock squirrel (''Otospermophilus atricapillus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Baja California, Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in ...

, ''Otospermophilus atricapillus'' *

California ground squirrel The California ground squirrel (''Otospermophilus beecheyi''), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel, is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and ...

, ''Otospermophilus beecheyi'' *

Rock squirrel The rock squirrel (''Otospermophilus variegatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae and is native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States, including southern Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, and the panha ...

, ''Otospermophilus variegatus'' * Golden-mantled ground squirrel, ''Callospermophilus lateralis'' *

Sierra Madre ground squirrel The Sierra Madre ground squirrel (''Callospermophilus madrensis'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassla ...

, ''Callospermophilus madrensis'' * Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel, ''Callospermophilus saturatus'' *

Mohave ground squirrel The Mohave ground squirrel (''Xerospermophilus mohavensis'') is a species of ground squirrel found only in the Mojave Desert in California. The squirrel was first described in 1886 by Frank Stephens of San Diego. It is listed as a threatened sp ...

, ''Xerospermophilus mohavensis'' * Perote ground squirrel, ''Xerospermophilus perotensis'' *

Spotted ground squirrel The spotted ground squirrel (''Xerospermophilus spilosoma'') is a species of ground squirrel in the rodent family Sciuridae. It is found throughout Mexico and the central and western United States. Characterized by a white spotted back, the sp ...

, ''Xerospermophilus spilosoma'' *

Round-tailed ground squirrel The round-tailed ground squirrel (''Xerospermophilus tereticaudus''), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called "ground squirrels" because they bur ...

, ''Xerospermophilus tereticaudus'' *

Franklin's ground squirrel Franklin's ground squirrel (''Poliocitellus franklinii'') is a species of squirrel native to North America, and the only member of the genus ''Poliocitellus''. Due to the destruction of prairie, the populations of Franklin's ground squirrel have ...

, ''Poliocitellus franklinii'' *

Rio Grande ground squirrel The Rio Grande ground squirrel (''Ictidomys parvidens'') is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the south-western United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in north-eastern Mexico. Taxonomy and systematics The Rio Grande ...

, ''Ictidomys parvidens'' - split from

Mexican ground squirrel The Mexican ground squirrel (''Ictidomys mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. One of its closest relatives is the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'') ...

, ''Ictidomys mexicanus'' *

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus''), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, squinney, (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a ground squirrel that is widely distr ...

, ''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'' *

Uinta ground squirrel The Uinta ground squirrel (''Urocitellus armatus''), commonly called a "chisler" and ''Potgut'' in northern Utah,Noble, Katie"Animal of the Week: What is a Potgut?" ''The Green Life'', 13 April 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2019. is a species of rod ...

, ''Urocitellus armatus'' *

Belding's ground squirrel Belding's ground squirrel (''Urocitellus beldingi''), also called pot gut, sage rat or picket-pin, is a squirrel that lives on mountains in the western United States. In California, it often is found at in meadows between Lake Tahoe and Kings ...

, ''Urocitellus beldingi'' *

Northern Idaho ground squirrel The northern Idaho ground squirrel (''Urocitellus brunneus'') is a species of the largest genus of ground squirrels. This species and the Southern Idaho ground squirrel were previously considered conspecific, together called the Idaho ground s ...

, ''Urocitellus brunneus'' *

Southern Idaho ground squirrel The southern Idaho ground squirrel (''Urocitellus endemicus'') is a species of the largest genus of ground squirrels. This species and the Northern Idaho ground squirrel were previously considered conspecific, together called the Idaho ground sq ...

, ''Urocitellus endemicus'' *

Columbian ground squirrel The Columbian ground squirrel (''Urocitellus columbianus'') is a species of rodent common in certain regions of Canada and the northwestern United States. It is the second largest member of the genus '' Urocitellus'', which is part of the tribe ...

, ''Urocitellus columbianus'' *

Wyoming ground squirrel The Wyoming ground squirrel (''Urocitellus elegans'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Northwestern United States The Northwestern United States, also known as the American Northwest or simply the Northwe ...

, ''Urocitellus elegans'' *

Arctic ground squirrel The Arctic ground squirrel (''Urocitellus parryii'') (Inuktitut: ''ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik'') is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia. People in Alaska, particularly around the Aleutians, refer to ...

, ''Urocitellus parryii'' * Richardson's ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus richardsonii'' *

Townsend's ground squirrel Townsend's ground squirrel (''Urocitellus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in high desert shrublands in several areas of the United States. Distribution Townsend's ground squirrel is found in the Great Bas ...

, ''Urocitellus townsendii'' *

Merriam's ground squirrel Merriam's ground squirrel (''Urocitellus canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It occurs in the western United States in Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. Description Merriam's ground squirrel is a small, grey, ground squirrel with a ...

, ''Urocitellus canus'' *

Piute ground squirrel The Piute ground squirrel (''Urocitellus mollis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Great Basin region of the western United States, where it is found in parts of California, Idaho, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is ...

, ''Urocitellus mollis'' *

, ''Urocitellus townsendii'' * Washington ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus washingtoni'' *

Alpine chipmunk The alpine chipmunk (''Neotamias alpinus'') is a species of chipmunk native to the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada of California. Description Alpine chipmunks share the typical pattern of genus ''Neotamias'', being gray-brown overall and ...

, ''Neotamias alpinus'' * Yellow pine chipmunk, ''Neotamias amoenus'' * Buller's chipmunk, ''Neotamias bulleri'' *

Gray-footed chipmunk The gray-footed chipmunk (''Neotamias canipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to New Mexico and in the Sierra Diablo and Guadalupe Mountains in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas in the United States. Its natural ha ...

, ''Neotamias canipes'' * Gray-collared chipmunk, ''Neotamias cinereicollis'' * Cliff chipmunk, ''Neotamias dorsalis'' * Durango chipmunk, ''Neotamias durangae'' * Merriam's chipmunk, ''Neotamias merriami'' * Least chipmunk, ''Neotamias minimus'' * California chipmunk, ''Neotamias obscurus'' *

Yellow-cheeked chipmunk The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (''Neotamias ochrogenys''), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inhab ...

, ''Neotamias ochrogenys'' * Palmer's chipmunk, ''Neotamias palmeri'' * Panamint chipmunk, ''Neotamias panamintinus'' * Long-eared chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrimaculatus'' * Colorado chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrivittatus'' * Red-tailed chipmunk, ''Neotamias ruficaudus'' *

Hopi chipmunk The Hopi chipmunk, ''Neotamias rufus'', is a small chipmunk found in Colorado, Utah and Arizona in the southwestern United States. It was previously grouped with the Colorado chipmunk, ''T. quadrivittatus''. This species is listed as "Least Con ...

, ''Neotamias rufus'' *

Allen's chipmunk Allen's chipmunk (''Neotamias senex'') is a species of chipmunk. It is also known as the shadow chipmunk. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in California, Nevada, and Oregon. It is a common species of the Sierra Nevada. ...

, ''Neotamias senex'' *

Siskiyou chipmunk The Siskiyou chipmunk (''Neotamias siskiyou'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern California and central Oregon in the United States. Anatomy and morphology The Siskiyou chipmunk is closest in appearance ...

, ''Neotamias siskiyou'' *

Sonoma chipmunk The Sonoma chipmunk (''Neotamias sonomae'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northwestern California in the United States. Members of Neotamias are characterized by having 2 premolars. ''N. sonomae'' has ...

, ''Neotamias sonomae'' * Lodgepole chipmunk, ''Neotamias speciosus'' * Eastern chipmunk, ''Tamias striatus'' * Townsend's chipmunk, ''Neotamias townsendii'' *

Uinta chipmunk The Uinta chipmunk or hidden forest chipmunk (''Neotamias umbrinus''), is a species of chipmunk in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States. Formerly known as ''Tamias umbrinus'', phylogenetic studies have shown it to be sufficie ...

, ''Neotamias umbrinus''

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and has me ...

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. Microtus pennsylvanicus

* Chinanteco deer mouse, ''Habromys chinanteco'' * Delicate deer mouse, ''Habromys delicatulus'' * Ixtlán deer mouse, ''Habromys ixtlani'' * Zempoaltepec deer mouse, ''Habromys lepturus'' * Crested-tailed deer mouse, ''Habromys lophurus'' *''

Habromys schmidlyi ''Habromys schmidlyi'', sometimes known as Schmidly's deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropic ...

'' * Jico deer mouse, ''Habromys simulatus'' *

Insular vole The insular vole or St. Matthew Island vole (''Microtus abbreviatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It occurs only on St. Matthew Island and the adjacent Hall Island, in Alaska. On these Bering Sea islands, insular voles liv ...

, ''Microtus abbreviatus'' *

California vole The California vole (''Microtus californicus'') is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and part of southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the "California meadow mouse", a misnomer as this species is a vole, not a mouse. It a ...

, ''Microtus californicus'' :(ssp. ''scirpen'': ) * Gray-tailed vole, ''Microtus canicaudus'' *

Rock vole The rock vole (''Microtus chrotorrhinus'') is a medium-sized vole found in eastern North America. It is also called the yellow-nosed vole. Description This species is similar in appearance to the larger taiga vole. It has short ears and a long ...

, ''Microtus chrotorrhinus'' *

Western meadow vole The western meadow vole (''Microtus drummondii'') is a species of North American vole found in midwestern and western Canada and the United States, and formerly in Mexico. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (' ...

, ''Microtus drummondii'' * Florida salt marsh vole, ''Microtus dukecampbelli'' *

Guatemalan vole The Guatemalan vole (''Microtus guatemalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, in montane pine-oak forest and meadow at elevations between 2600 and 3100 m above sea level. It is te ...

, ''Microtus guatemalensis'' *

Long-tailed vole The long-tailed vole (''Microtus longicaudus''), in some areas known as the San Bernardino long-tailed vole, is a small vole found in western North America. They have short ears and a long tail. Their fur is gray brown with light gray underparts ...

, ''Microtus longicaudus'' *

Mexican vole The Mexican vole (''Microtus mexicanus'') is a species of vole. The Hualapai Mexican vole (''M. m. hualapaiensis'') was formerly recognized as a subspecies and was a protected taxon under the United States Endangered Species Act until 2017. Sever ...

, ''Microtus mexicanus''
(including ''M. mogollonensis'': , ssp. ''hualpaiensis'': ) and: **

Mogollon vole The Mexican vole (''Microtus mexicanus'') is a species of vole. The Hualapai Mexican vole (''M. m. hualapaiensis'') was formerly recognized as a subspecies and was a protected taxon under the United States Endangered Species Act until 2017. Sever ...

, ''Microtus mogollonensis'' *

Singing vole The singing vole (''Microtus miurus''), is a medium-sized vole found in northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. Physical characteristics Singing voles have short ears, often concealed by their long fur, and a short t ...

, ''Microtus miurus'' *

Montane vole The montane vole (''Microtus montanus'') is a species of vole native to the western United States and Canada. Description Montane voles are medium-sized voles, with a total length of , including the tail. Adults typically weigh anything from , ...

, ''Microtus montanus'' *

Prairie vole The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a ...

, ''Microtus ochrogaster'' *

Tundra vole The tundra vole (''Microtus oeconomus'') or root vole is a medium-sized vole found in Northern and Central Europe, Asia, and northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the western part of the Netherlands, the tundra ...

, ''Microtus oeconomus'' *

Creeping vole The creeping vole (''Microtus oregoni''), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chapa ...

, ''Microtus oregoni'' *

Eastern meadow vole The eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. The weste ...

, ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' ** Beach vole, ''M. p. breweri'' *

Woodland vole The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail. Its weight ranges bet ...

, ''Microtus pinetorum'' * Water vole, ''Microtus richardsoni'' *

Townsend's vole Townsend's vole (''Microtus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of '' M. canicaudus''. It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon ...

, ''Microtus townsendii'' * Jalapan pine vole, ''Microtus quasiater'' *

Zempoaltépec vole The Zempoaltépec vole (''Microtus umbrosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The name ''Microtus'' is from the Greek word ''mikros'' meaning small and ''otus'' meaning ear. The name ''umbrosus'' could be from the Latin ''umbros' ...

, ''Microtus umbrosus'' *

Taiga vole The taiga vole (''Microtus xanthognathus'') is a large vole found in northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. The name "taiga vole" comes from its living in the boreal taiga zone. It is also sometimes called the yello ...

, ''Microtus xanthognathus'' *

Sagebrush vole The sagebrush vole (''Lemmiscus curtatus'') is a tiny vole found in western North America. This is the only member of genus ''Lemmiscus''. They are somewhat similar in appearance to lemmings. They have chunky bodies with short legs and a very sh ...

, ''Lemmiscus curtatus'' *

Muskrat The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

, ''Ondatra zibethicus'' * White-footed vole, ''Arborimus albipes'' * Red tree vole, ''Arborimus longicaudus'' * California red tree mouse, ''Arborimus pomo'' * Western heather vole, ''Phenacomys intermedius'' * Eastern heather vole, ''Phenacomys ungava'' * Western red-backed vole, ''Myodes californicus'' * Southern red-backed vole, ''Myodes gapperi'' * Northern red-backed vole, ''Myodes rutilus'' * Northern bog lemming, ''Synaptomys borealis'' *

Southern bog lemming The southern bog lemming (''Synaptomys cooperi'') is a small North American lemming. Its range overlaps with the other species in genus ''Synaptomys'', the northern bog lemming, in southeastern Canada Canada is a country in North Ame ...

, ''Synaptomys cooperi'' * Brown lemming, ''Lemmus trimucronatus'' *

Round-tailed muskrat The round-tailed muskrat (''Neofiber alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat.Northern collared lemming The northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx groenlandicus''), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small lemming found in Arctic North America and Wrangel Island. At one time, it was consi ...

, ''Dicrostonyx groenlandicus'' *

Ungava collared lemming The Ungava collared lemming or Labrador collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx hudsonius'') is a small North American lemming. This species has a short, chunky body covered with brownish-grey fur, with a thin dark stripe along the back and a yellow lin ...

, ''Dicrostonyx hudsonius'' *

Richardson's collared lemming The Richardson's collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx richardsoni'') is a small North American lemming. At one time, they were considered to be a subspecies of the Arctic lemming, ''Dicrostonyx torquatus''. Some sources believe they are a subspecies o ...

, ''Dicrostonyx richardsoni'' *

Nelson's collared lemming Nelson's collared lemming (Dicrostonyx nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in western and southwestern Alaska in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the Uni ...

, ''Dicrostonyx nelsoni'' *

Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming The Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx nunatakensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yukon Territory, Canada.Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' ...

, ''Dicrostonyx nunatakensis'' *

Unalaska collared lemming The Unalaska collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx unalascensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. This species is found on two islands, Umnak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian Archipelago of Alaska in the United States. Its natural habi ...

, ''Dicrostonyx unalascensis'' * Goldman's diminutive woodrat, ''Nelsonia goldmani'' * Diminutive woodrat, ''Nelsonia neotomodon'' * Anthony's woodrat, ''Neotoma anthonyi'' (E) *

White-throated woodrat The white-throated woodrat (''Neotoma albigula'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found from central Mexico north to Utah and Colorado in the United States. It is primarily a western species in the United States, extending ...

, ''Neotoma albigula'' * Bunker's woodrat, ''Neotoma bunkeri'' (E) *

Bushy-tailed woodrat The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (''Neotoma cinerea'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and t ...

, ''Neotoma cinerea'' *

Arizona woodrat The Arizona woodrat (''Neotoma devia'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, i ...

, ''Neotoma devia'' *

Eastern woodrat The eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in o ...

, ''Neotoma floridana'' :(

Key Largo woodrat The Key Largo woodrat (''Neotoma floridana smalli''), a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), is a medium-sized rat found on less than 2,000 acres (~8.09 square kilometers) of the northern area of Key Largo, Florida, in the U ...

, ''N. f. smalli'': ) * Dusky-footed woodrat, ''Neotoma fuscipes'' :(ssp. ''riparia'': ) *

Desert woodrat The desert woodrat (''Neotoma lepida'') is a species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America. Description Desert woodrats are relatively small for pack rats, measuring in length, including a tail. They weigh from , wit ...

, ''Neotoma lepida'' *

Bryant's woodrat Bryant's woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti'') is a species of new-world rodent in the family Cricetidae native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the south ...

, ''Neotoma bryanti'' *

Allegheny woodrat The Allegheny woodrat (''Neotoma magister''), is a species of "pack rat" in the genus ''Neotoma''. Once believed to be a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), extensive DNA analysis has proven it to be a distinct species. D ...

, ''Neotoma magister'' *

San Martín Island woodrat The San Martín Island woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti martinensis'') is an extinct subspecies of Bryant's woodrat in the family Cricetidae. Description It was endemic to San Martín Island, located off the Pacific coast of the central Baja Califor ...

, ''Neotoma martinensis'' (E) *

Mexican woodrat The Mexican woodrat (''Neotoma mexicana'') is a medium-sized pack rat. Distribution and habitat It ranges from the United States (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and parts of Arizona and Trans-Pecos Texas) south to Honduras. Although occurring at l ...

, ''Neotoma mexicana'' * Southern Plains woodrat, ''Neotoma micropus'' * Stephen's woodrat, ''Neotoma stephensi'' * White-toothed woodrat, ''Neotoma leucodon'' * Big-eared woodrat, ''Neotoma macrotis'' *

Southern pygmy mouse The southern pygmy mouse (''Baiomys musculus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest ...

, ''Baiomys musculus'' * Northern pygmy mouse, ''Baiomys taylori'' * Azara's broad-headed rice rat, ''Hylaeamys megacephalus'' * Tweedy's crab-eating rat, ''Ichthyomys tweedii'' * Yellow isthmus rat, ''Isthmomys flavidus'' * Mount Pirri isthmus rat, ''Isthmomys pirrensis'' * Martinique giant rice rat, ''Megalomys desmarestii'' (E) * Saint Lucia giant rice rat, ''Megalomys luciae'' (E) * Painted bristly mouse, ''Neacomys pictus'' *

Sumichrast's vesper rat Sumichrast's vesper rat (''Nyctomys sumichrasti'') is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. It is named for the collector of the first specimen, and its closest relative is probably Hatt's vesper rat, a similar, ...

, ''Nyctomys sumichrasti'' * Northern grass mouse, ''Necromys urich'' * Trinidad water rat, ''Nectomys palmipes'' *

Golden mouse The golden mouse (''Ochrotomys nuttalli'') is a species of New World mouse. It is usually 5–8 inches (12–25 cm) in body length, and has a soft pelage that ranges from golden-brownish to burnt orange in color. The genus name comes ...

, ''Ochrotomys nuttalli'' * Savanna arboreal rice rat, ''Oecomys speciosus'' * Trinidad arboreal rice rat, ''Oecomys trinitatis'' * St. Vincent pygmy rice rat ''Oligoryzomys victus'' (E) *'' Peromyscus anayapahensis'' (E) *

California mouse The California deermouse or California mouse (''Peromyscus californicus'') is a species of rodent in the subfamily Neotominae in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the ''Peromyscus californicus'' species group. It is found in nort ...

, ''Peromyscus californicus'' * Cactus mouse, ''Peromyscus eremicus'' * Northern Baja deer mouse, ''Peromyscus fraterculus'' * Mesquite mouse, ''Peromyscus merriami'' *

Canyon mouse The canyon mouse (''Peromyscus crinitus'') is a gray-brown mouse found in many states of the western United States and northern Mexico. Its preferred habitat is arid, rocky desert. Vegetation has little or no effect on the distribution of canyon ...

, ''Peromyscus crinitus'' * Eastern deermouse, ''Peromyscus maniculatus'' * Oldfield mouse, ''Peromyscus polionotus'' :( Choctawhatchee beach mouse, ''P. p. allophrys'',

Perdido Key beach mouse The Perdido Key beach mouse (''Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis'') is an endangered subspecies of the oldfield mouse. It is found on Perdido Key, Florida. The small white and gray mouse, weighing only , blends in well with the white quartz s ...

, ''P. p. trissyllepsis'', St. Andrews beach mouse, ''P. p. peninsularis'', Alabama beach mouse, ''P. p. ammobates'' and Anastasia Island beach mouse, ''P. p. phasma'': , Southeastern beach mouse, ''P. p. niveiventris'': ) * White-footed mouse, ''Peromyscus leucopus'' * Nimble-footed mouse, ''Peromyscus levipes'' *

Cotton mouse The cotton mouse (''Peromyscus gossypinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in the woodlands of the US South. Description Adults are about long, with a tail around , and weigh 34-51 g. Its general appearance is very sim ...

, ''Peromyscus gossypinus'' :(ssp. ''allapaticola'': ) * Aztec mouse, ''Peromyscus aztecus'' * Brush mouse, ''Peromyscus boylii'' * Texas mouse, ''Peromyscus attwateri'' * Big deer mouse, ''Peromyscus grandis'' * Guatemalan deer mouse, ''Peromyscus guatemalensis'' * Osgood's mouse, ''Peromyscus gratus'' * Naked-eared deer mouse, ''Peromyscus gymnotis'' * Northwestern deer mouse, ''Peromyscus keeni'' * Black-eared mouse, ''Peromyscus melanotis'' * Mexican deer mouse, ''Peromyscus mexicanus'' * Northern rock mouse, ''Peromyscus nasutus'' * Giant island deer mouse, ''Peromyscus nesodytes'' (E) * Pinyon mouse, ''Peromyscus truei'' * White-ankled mouse, ''Peromyscus pectoralis'' * La Palma field mouse, ''Peromyscus sagax'' * Schmidly's deer mouse, ''Peromyscus schmidlyi'' *

Santa Cruz mouse The Santa Cruz mouse (''Peromyscus sejugis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on two small islands in the southern Gulf of California. Feral cats on Santa Cruz Island are a threat. ...

, ''Peromyscus sejugis'' * Nayarit mouse, ''Peromyscus simulus'' *

Slevin's mouse Slevin's mouse (''Peromyscus slevini''), also known as the Catalina deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Isla Santa Catalina off the east coast of Baja California Sur, an island with an area of about , an ...

, ''Peromyscus slevini'' * Gleaning mouse, ''Peromyscus spicilegus'' * San Esteban Island mouse, ''Peromyscus stephani'' * Winkelmann's mouse, ''Peromyscus winkelmanni'' * Yucatan deer mouse, ''Peromyscus yucatanicus'' * Chiapan deer mouse, ''Peromyscus zarhynchus'' *

Fulvous harvest mouse The fulvous harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States. Description About 17 subspecies of ''R. fulves ...

, ''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'' *

Eastern harvest mouse The eastern harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys humulis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland ...

, ''Reithrodontomys humulis'' *

Western harvest mouse The western harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys megalotis'') is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually ...

, ''Reithrodontomys megalotis'' *

Plains harvest mouse The plains harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys montanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the central United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the Uni ...

, ''Reithrodontomys montanus'' * Coues's climbing mouse, ''Rhipidomys couesi'' * Venezuelan climbing mouse, ''Rhipidomys venezuelae'' *

Salt marsh harvest mouse The salt marsh harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys raviventris''), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. The two distinct subspecies are both endangere ...

, ''Reithrodontomys raviventris'' * Mearn's grasshopper mouse, ''Onychomys arenicola'' * Northern grasshopper mouse, ''Onychomys leucogaster'' * Southern grasshopper mouse, ''Onychomys torridus'' * Florida mouse, ''Podomys floridanus'' *

Hispid cotton rat The hispid cotton rat (''Sigmodon hispidus'') is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, ha ...

, ''Sigmodon hispidus'' * Yellow-nosed cotton rat, ''Sigmodon ochrognathus'' * Arizona cotton rat, ''Sigmodon arizonae'' * Jaliscan cotton rat, ''Sigmodon mascotensis'' * Miahuatlán cotton rat, ''Sigmodon planifrons'' * Toltec cotton rat, ''Sigmodon toltecus'' * Bolivar rice rat, ''Transandinomys bolivaris'' * Talamancan rice rat, ''Transandinomys talamancae'' * Tawny-bellied cotton rat, ''Sigmodon fulviventer'' *

Alston's brown mouse Alston's brown mouse, also called Alston's singing mouse, short-tailed singing mouse, or singing mouse (''Scotinomys teguina''), is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Central America, from Chiapas, Mexico, to western Pana ...

, ''Scotinomys teguina'' *

Chiriqui brown mouse The Chiriqui brown mouse (''Scotinomys xerampelinus''), also known as the long-tailed singing mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in cloud forest and paramo at elevations of 2100 to 3400 m in Costa Rica and Panama. ...

, ''Scotinomys xerampelinus'' * Jamaican rice rat, ''Oryzomys antillarum'' (E) * Coues's rice rat, ''Oryzomys couesi'' * Common marsh rice rat, ''Oryzomys palustris'' (ssp. ''natator'': ) * Nelson's rice rat, ''Oryzomys nelsoni'' (E) * Nevis rice rat, ''Pennatomys nivalis'' (E) * Chiapan climbing rat, ''Tylomys bullaris'' * Fulvous-bellied climbing rat, ''Tylomys fulviventer'' * Peters's climbing rat, ''Tylomys nudicaudus'' * Panamanian climbing rat, ''Tylomys panamensis'' * Tumbala climbing rat, ''Tylomys tumbalensis'' * Watson's climbing rat, ''Tylomys watsoni'' * Short-tailed cane rat, ''Zygodontomys brevicauda''

Primates

Aotus

* Panamanian night monkey, ''Aotus zonalis'' *

Hispaniola monkey The Hispaniola monkey (''Antillothrix bernensis'') is an extinct primate that was endemic on the island of Hispaniola, in the present-day Dominican Republic. The species is thought to have gone extinct around the 16th century. The exact timing a ...

, ''Antillothrix bernensis'' (E) * Haitian monkey, ''Insulacebus toussaintiana'' (E) *''

Paralouatta marianae ''Paralouatta'' is a platyrrhine genus that currently contains two extinct species of small primates that lived on the island of Cuba. Description ''Paralouatta varonai'' was described from a nearly complete cranium from the late Quaternary i ...

'' (E) *'' Paralouatta varonai'' (E) *

Jamaican monkey The Jamaican monkey (''Xenothrix mcgregori'') is an extinct species of New World monkey that was endemic to Jamaica. It was first uncovered at Long Mile Cave by Harold Anthony in 1920. Discovery Harold Anthony is responsible for many species ...

, ''Xenothrix mcgregori'' (E)

Howler monkey Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Ateles' ...
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Coiba Island howler The Coiba Island howler (''Alouatta coibensis'') is a type of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Panama. Although the Coiba Island howler has been recognized as a separate species by a number of authorities since a 1987 study o ...

, ''Alouatta coibensis'' *

Guyanan red howler The Guyanan red howler (''Alouatta macconnelli'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republ ...

, ''Alouatta macconnelli'' *

Mantled howler The mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantle ...

, ''Alouatta palliata'' *

Guatemalan black howler Guatemalan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guatemala * A person from Guatemala, or of Guatemalan descent. For information about the Guatemalan people, see Demographics of Guatemala and Culture of Guatemala. For spe ...

, ''Alouatta pigra''

Spider monkeys

* Black-headed spider monkey, ''Ateles fusciceps'' * Geoffroy's spider monkey, ''Ateles geoffroyi''

Cebus Gracile capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus ''Cebus''. At one time all capuchin monkeys were included within the genus ''Cebus''. In 2011, Jessica Lynch Alfaro ''et al.'' proposed splitting the genus between the robust capuchin ...

Colombian white-faced capuchin The Colombian white-faced capuchin (''Cebus capucinus''), also known as the Colombian white-headed capuchin or Colombian white-throated capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. It is native to the ext ...

, ''Cebus capucinus'' *

Panamanian white-faced capuchin The Panamanian white-faced capuchin (''Cebus imitator''), also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the for ...

, ''Cebus imitator''

Saguinus The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus ''Saguinus''. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goel ...

* Geoffroy's tamarin, ''Saguinus geoffroyi''

Saimiri Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus ''Saimiri''. ''Saimiri'' is the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (''sai-mirím'' or ''çai-mbirín'', with ''sai'' meaning 'monkey' and ''mirím'' ...

Central American squirrel monkey The Central American squirrel monkey (''Saimiri oerstedii''), also known as the red-backed squirrel monkey, is a squirrel monkey species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama. It is restricted to the northwestern tip of Panama near the ...

, ''Saimiri oerstedii''

Rabbits and hares

Leporidae

* Atzlan rabbit, ''Aztlanolagus agilis'' (E) * Pygmy rabbit, ''Brachylagus idahoensis'' *

Antelope jackrabbit The antelope jackrabbit (''Lepus alleni'') is a species of North American hare found in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico that occupies dry desert areas. Behaviour It is most active during twilight (crepuscular) and during the night (noctu ...

, ''Lepus alleni'' *

Tamaulipas jackrabbit The Tamaulipas jackrabbit (''Lepus altamirae''), also known as the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, is a species of hare endemic to the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Taxonomy and evolution It was formerly thought to be a subspecies of the black-tai ...

, ''Lepus altamirae'' * Snowshoe hare, ''Lepus americanus'' *

Arctic hare The Arctic hare (''Lepus arcticus'') is a species of hare highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes. The Arctic hare survives with shortened ears and limbs, a small nose, fat that makes up close to 20% of its body, and ...

, ''Lepus arcticus'' *

Black-tailed jackrabbit The black-tailed jackrabbit (''Lepus californicus''), also known as the American desert hare, is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico, where it is found at elevations from sea level up to . Reaching a length around , and a ...

, ''Lepus californicus'' * White-sided jackrabbit, ''Lepus callotis'' *

Tehuantepec jackrabbit The Tehuantepec jackrabbit (''Lepus flavigularis'') is a jackrabbit endemic to Mexico. Description It is easily distinguished from other species by two black stripes that run from the base of the ears to the nape, and by its white flanks. Its un ...

, ''Lepus flavigularis'' * Black jackrabbit, ''Lepus insularis'' *

Alaskan hare The Alaskan hare (''Lepus othus''), also known as the tundra hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. They do not dig burrows and are found in the open tundra of western Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula in the United States. They are ...

, ''Lepus othus'' *

White-tailed jackrabbit The white-tailed jackrabbit (''Lepus townsendii''), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America. Like all hares and rabbits, it is a member of the family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha. ...

, ''Lepus townsendii'' *

Volcano rabbit The volcano rabbit (''Romerolagus diazi''), also known as teporingo or zacatuche, is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico.Hoth, J., A. Velázquez F. Romero, L. León, M. Aranda and D. Bell, 1987. The Volcano Rabbit- a Shrinking ...

, ''Romerolagus diazi'' *

Swamp rabbit The swamp rabbit (''Sylvilagus aquaticus''), also called the cane-cutter, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. The species has a strong preference for wet areas, and it will take to the wate ...

, ''Sylvilagus aquaticus'' * Desert cottontail, ''Sylvilagus audubonii'' *

Brush rabbit The brush rabbit (''Sylvilagus bachmani''), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the ...

, ''Sylvilagus bachmani'' (ssp. ''riparius'': ) * Tapeti, ''Sylvilagus brasiliensis'' * Mexican cottontail, ''Sylvilagus cunicularius'' * Dice's cottontail, ''Sylvilagus dicei'' * Eastern cottontail, ''Sylvilagus floridanus'' * Tres Marias cottontail, ''Sylvilagus graysoni'' * Central American tapetí, ''Sylvilagus gabbi'' * Robust cottontail, ''Sylvilagus holzneri'' * Northern tapetí, ''Sylvilagus incitatus'' * Omilteme cottontail, ''Sylvilagus insonus'' * San José brush rabbit, ''Sylvilagus mansuetus'' *

Marsh rabbit The marsh rabbit (''Sylvilagus palustris'') is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. It is similar in app ...

, ''Sylvilagus palustris'' :( Lower Keys marsh rabbit, ''S. p. hefneri'': ) *

Mountain cottontail The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail (''Sylvilagus nuttallii'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in Canada and the United States. Description The mountain cottontail is a small rabbit but its size is ...

, ''Sylvilagus nuttallii'' *

Appalachian cottontail The Appalachian cottontail (''Sylvilagus obscurus'') is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae. It is a rare species found in the upland areas of the eastern United States. Taxonomy The species was only recognized as separate ...

, ''Sylvilagus obscurus'' *

New England cottontail The New England cottontail (''Sylvilagus transitionalis''), also called the gray rabbit, brush rabbit, wood hare, wood rabbit, or cooney, is a species of cottontail rabbit represented by fragmented populations in areas of New England, specificall ...

, ''Sylvilagus transitionalis''

Ochotonidae

Collared pika The collared pika (''Ochotona collaris'') is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae, and part of the order Lagomorpha, which comprises rabbits, hares, and pikas. It is a small (about 160 g) alpine lagomorph that lives in bould ...

, ''Ochotona collaris'' *

American pika The American pika (''Ochotona princeps''), a diurnal species of pika, is found in the mountains of western North America, usually in boulder fields at or above the tree line. They are herbivorous, smaller relatives of rabbits and hares. Pikas ...

, ''Ochotona princeps'' *

Giant pika The giant pika or Wharton's pika (''Ochotona whartoni'') is an extinct mammal species in the family Ochotonidae. It lived during the Pleistocene and early Holocene in northern parts of North America (Alaska, US and Canada). Very similar forms ...

, ''Ochotona whartoni'' (E)

Moles and shrews

Talpidae The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean a ...

* Star-nosed mole, ''Condylura cristata'' *

Hairy-tailed mole The hairy-tailed mole (''Parascalops breweri''), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of the genus ''Parascalops''. The species epithet ''breweri'' refers to Thomas Mayo Brewer, an American na ...

, ''Parascalops breweri'' *

Eastern mole The Eastern Mole or Common Mole (''Scalopus aquaticus'') is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of genus ''Scalopus''. It is found in forested and open areas with moist sandy soils in northern Mexico, the eastern Unite ...

, ''Scalopus aquaticus'' *

Northern broad-footed mole The northern broad-footed mole (''Scapanus latimanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in northern California, Nevada and Oregon at elevations up to 3000 m above sea leve ...

, ''Scapanus latimanus'' *

Southern broad-footed mole The southern broad-footed mole (''Scapanus occultus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found only in the U.S. state of California and northernmost Baja California in Mexico. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecie ...

, ''Scapanus occultus'' *

Coast mole The coast mole or Pacific mole (''Scapanus orarius'') is a medium-sized North American mole found in forested and open areas with moist soils along the Pacific coast from southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California. Taxonomy Two su ...

, ''Scapanus orarius'' *

Townsend's mole The Townsend's mole (''Scapanus townsendii'') is a fossorial mammal in the family Talpidae, and is the largest North American mole. It was named after the American naturalist John Kirk Townsend. The name was selected at the request of Thomas Nut ...

, ''Scapanus townsendii'' * American shrew mole, ''Neurotrichus gibbsii''

Soricidae

Northern short-tailed shrew The northern short-tailed shrew (''Blarina brevicauda'') is the largest shrew in the genus ''Blarina'', and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a v ...

, ''Blarina brevicauda'' *

Southern short-tailed shrew The southern short-tailed shrew (''Blarina carolinensis'') is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States. Description The southern short-tailed shrew is the smallest shrew in its genus, measuring in total length, and we ...

, ''Blarina carolinensis'' and: ** Sherman's short-tailed shrew, ''Blarina shermani'' **

Everglades short-tailed shrew The Everglades short-tailed shrew (''Blarina peninsulae'') is a species of shrew in the genus ''Blarina''. It is endemic to Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west ...

, ''Blarina peninsulae'' *

Elliot's short-tailed shrew Elliot's short-tailed shrew (''Blarina hylophaga'') is a small, slate grey, short-tailed species of shrew. Its common name comes from Daniel Giraud Elliot, who first described the species in 1899. Description Elliot's short-tailed shrew is simila ...

, ''Blarina hylophaga'' *

Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew The Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew (''Cryptotis alticola'' ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the highlands above 2000 m in the Mexican states of Colima, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Mexico, and Puebla, Morelos ...

, ''Cryptotis alticola'' * Enders's small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis endersi'' * Talamancan small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis gracilis'' * Goldman's broad-clawed shrew, ''Cryptotis goldmani'' *

Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew (''Cryptotis goodwini'') is a species of mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk ...

, ''Cryptotis goodwini'' *

Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew The Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew (''Cryptotis griseoventris'') is a species of small-eared shrew in the family Soricidae. It is known from Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas, where it has been found in montane forests of oak, pine an ...

, ''Cryptotis griseoventris'' * Big Mexican small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis magna'' * Yucatan small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis mayensis'' * Merriam's small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis merriami'' * Mexican small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis mexicana'' *

Nelson's small-eared shrew Nelson's small-eared shrew (''Cryptotis nelsoni'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to eastern Mexico. The species was discovered by Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman in 1894, who collected a number ...

, ''Cryptotis nelsoni'' * Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis obscura'' * Central American least shrew, ''Cryptotis orophila'' * Tropical small-eared shrew, ''Cryptotis tropicalis'' *

North American least shrew The North American least shrew (''Cryptotis parvus'') is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and a tail never more than twice the length of its hind foot. The dense fur coat is ei ...

, ''Cryptotis parva'' and: ** Berlandier's least shrew, ''Cryptotis berlandieri'' * Cockrum's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex cockrumi'' * Crawford's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex crawfordi'' and: ** Ticul's gray shrew, ''Notiosorex tataticuli'' *

Long-tailed shrew The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (''Sorex dispar'') is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey in color with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts. It is found on rock ...

, ''Sorex dispar'' *

Gaspé shrew The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (''Sorex dispar'') is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey in color with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts. It is found on rock ...

, ''Sorex gaspensis'' *

Smoky shrew The smoky shrew (''Sorex fumeus'') is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and extends further south along the Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appa ...

, ''Sorex fumeus'' *

American pygmy shrew The American pygmy shrew (''Sorex hoyi'') is a small shrew found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, south through the Appalachian Mountains. It was first discovered in 1831 by naturalist William Cane in Georgian Bay, Par ...

, ''Sorex hoyi'' and: ** Western pygmy shrew, ''Sorex eximius'' *

Dwarf shrew The dwarf shrew (''Sorex nanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae endemic to Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or ...

, ''Sorex nanus'' *

Ornate shrew The ornate shrew (''Sorex ornatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Shrew, Soricidae (shrews). It is endemic to western North America, ranging from Northern California in the United States to Baja California in Mexico. Eight subspecies are ...

, ''Sorex ornatus'' (ssp. ''relictus'': ) * Inyo shrew, ''Sorex tenellus'' * Baird's shrew, ''Sorex bairdi'' *

Marsh shrew The marsh shrew (''Sorex bendirii''), also known as the Pacific water shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Bendire's shrew and Jesus shrew is the largest North American member of the genus ''Sorex'' (long-tailed shrews). Primarily covered in dark-brow ...

, ''Sorex bendirii'' * New Mexico shrew, ''Sorex neomexicanus'' * Pacific shrew, ''Sorex pacificus'' *

American water shrew The American water shrew (''Sorex palustris'') or northern water shrew, is a shrew found in the nearctic faunal region located throughout the mountain ranges of the northern United States and in Canada and Alaska. The organism resides in semi-aq ...

, ''Sorex palustris'' and: ** Eastern water shrew, ''Sorex albibarbis'' ** Western water shrew, ''Sorex navigator'' * Fog shrew, ''Sorex sonomae'' *

Vagrant shrew The vagrant shrew (''Sorex vagrans''), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba long-tailed shrew were considered to belong to the same species. Range and habitat ...

, ''Sorex vagrans'' *

Cinereus shrew The cinereus shrew or masked shrew (''Sorex cinereus'') is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew. Descriptio ...

, ''Sorex cinereus'' and: ** Maryland shrew, ''Sorex cinereus fontinalis'' * Olympic shrew, ''Sorex rohweri'' (formerly in '' Sorex cinereus'') * Prairie shrew, ''Sorex haydeni'' * Saint Lawrence Island shrew, ''Sorex jacksoni'' * Southeastern shrew, ''Sorex longirostris'' * Mount Lyell shrew, ''Sorex lyelli'' * Preble's shrew, ''Sorex preblei'' *

Pribilof Island shrew The Pribilof Island shrew (''Sorex pribilofensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found only on Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, ...

, ''Sorex pribilofensis'' * Barren ground shrew, ''Sorex ugyunak'' * Alaska tiny shrew, ''Sorex yukonicus'' * Arctic shrew, ''Sorex arcticus'' * Maritime shrew, ''Sorex maritimensis'' * Tundra shrew, ''Sorex tundrensis'' * Arizona shrew, ''Sorex arizonae'' * Merriam's shrew, ''Sorex merriami'' * Saussure's shrew, ''Sorex saussurei'' * Sclater's shrew, ''Sorex sclateri'' * San Cristobal shrew, ''Sorex stizodon'' * Trowbridge's shrew, ''Sorex trowbridgii'' * Southern montane shrew, ''Sorex monticolus'' and: ** Northern montane shrew, ''Sorex obscurus'' * Veracruz shrew, ''Sorex veraecrucis'' * Verapaz shrew, ''Sorex veraepacis'' *

Glacier Bay water shrew The Glacier Bay water shrew (''Sorex alaskanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Alaska in the United States. It can swim underwater, and when it stops swimming, air trapped in its fur lets it float back up to t ...

, ''Sorex alaskanus''

Solenodontidae Solenodons (from el, τέλειος , 'channel' or 'pipe' and el, ὀδούς , 'tooth') are venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae . The two living solenodon species are the Cuban solen ...

Cuban solenodon The Cuban solenodon or ''almiquí'' (''Atopogale cubana'') is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to mountainous forests on Cuba. It is the only species in the genus ''Atopogale''. An elusive animal, it lives in burrows and is only active ...

, ''Atopogale cubana'' * Giant solenodon, ''Solenodon arredondoi'' (E) * Marcano's solenodon, ''Solenodon marcanoi'' (E) *

Hispaniolan solenodon The Hispaniolan solenodon (''Solenodon paradoxus'') is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like other solenodons, it is a venomous, insect-eating animal that liv ...

, ''Solenodon paradoxus''

Nesophontes ''Nesophontes'', sometimes called West Indies shrews, is the sole genus of the extinct, monotypic mammal family Nesophontidae in the order Eulipotyphla. These animals were small insectivores, about 5 to 15 cm long, with a long slender snout ...

* Puerto Rican nesophontes, ''Nesophontes edithae'' (E) *''

Nesophontes hemicingulus The Cayman nesophontes (''Nespohontes hemicingulus'') is an extinct eulipotyphlan of the genus '' Nesophontes'' that was once endemic to the Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac); the animal lived in the island montane forest/brush endem ...

'' (E) * Atalaye nesophontes, ''Nesophontes hypomicrus'' (E) * Slender Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes longirostris'' (E) *

Greater Cuban nesophontes The greater Cuban nesophontes (''Nesophontes major'') is an extinct species of eulipotyphlan that was native to Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the isl ...

, ''Nesophontes major'' (E) *

Western Cuban nesophontes The western Cuban nesophontes (''Nesophontes micrus'') is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae. It was found on Cuba and Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tn ...

, ''Nesophontes micrus'' (E) * St. Michel nesophontes, ''Nesophontes paramicrus'' (E) * Lesser Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes submicrus'' (E) * Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes superstes'' (E) *

Haitian nesophontes The Haitian nesophontes (''Nesophontes zamicrus'') is an extinct species of mammal in the family Nesophontidae. It was endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), off ...

, ''Nesophontes zamicrus'' (E)

Bats Bats are mammals of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in fli ...

Vespertilionidae

Western pipistrelle The canyon bat (''Parastrellus hesperus''), also known as the western pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Mexico and in the western United States. The species has historically been placed in the genus ''Pipistrellus ''Pip ...

, ''Pipistrellus hesperus'' *

Eastern pipistrelle The tricolored bat (''Perimyotis subflavus'') is a species of microbat native to eastern North America. Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle, based on the incorrect belief that it was closely related to European ''Pipistrellus'' species, th ...

, ''Pipistrellus subflavus'' * Brazilian brown bat, ''Eptesicus brasiliensis'' * Argentine brown bat, ''Eptesicus furinalis'' *

Big brown bat The big brown bat (''Eptesicus fuscus'') is a species of vesper bat distributed widely throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the northern portion of South America. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microbats ...

, ''Eptesicus fuscus'' * Evening bat, ''Nycticeius humeralis'' * Eastern red bat, ''Lasiurus borealis'' *

Hoary bat The hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (possibly including Hawaii, although this is disputed). Taxonomy The hoary bat was described as a ...

, ''Lasiurus cinereus'' :(

Hawaiian hoary bat The Hawaiian hoary bat (''Lasiurus semotus''), also known as ''ōpeapea'', is a species of bat endemic to the islands of Hawaii. Whereas the mainland hoary bat (''L. cinereus'') is found throughout North America, the Hawaiian hoary bat is distri ...

, ''L. c. semotus'': ) *

Southern yellow bat The southern yellow bat (''Dasypterus ega'') is a species of vesper bat that belongs to suborder microchiroptera (microbat) in the family Vespertilionidae. It is native to South, North and Central America, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in ...

, ''Lasiurus ega'' * Desert red bat, ''Lasiurus blossevillii'' * Seminole bat, ''Lasiurus seminolus'' *

Northern yellow bat The northern yellow bat (''Dasypterus intermedius'') is a non-migratory bat in the family Vespertilionidae, typically active year-round except during abnormally frigid winter weather, during which they will induce torpor. Description The norther ...

, ''Lasiurus intermedius'' * Western yellow bat, ''Lasiurus xanthinus'' *

Allen's big-eared bat Allen's big-eared bat (''Idionycteris phyllotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the monotypic genus ''Idionycteris''. It occurs in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and ColoradoHayes, M. A., et al. (2009)Allen's big-ea ...

, ''Idionycteris phyllotis'' *

Spotted bat The spotted bat (''Euderma maculatum'') is a species of vesper bat and the only species of the genus ''Euderma''. Description The spotted bat was first described by zoologist Joel Asaph Allen from the American Museum of Natural History in 1891. ...

, ''Euderma maculatum'' *

Rafinesque's big-eared bat Rafinesque's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus rafinesquii''), sometimes known as the southeastern big-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat native to the southeastern United States. Description As its name implies, this species has ears over an in ...

, ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' * Townsend's big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' :(ssp. ''C. t. virginianus'' and ''C. t. ingens'': ) * Silver-tipped myotis, ''Myotis albescens'' * Southwestern myotis, ''Myotis auriculus'' * Southeastern myotis, ''Myotis austroriparius'' *

California myotis The California myotis (''Myotis californicus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in British Columbia in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, and in the western United States, including California. Description The California myotis is a small (70– ...

, ''Myotis californicus'' * Western small-footed myotis, ''Myotis ciliolabrum'' * Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, ''Myotis melanorhinus'' * Guatemalan myotis, ''Myotis cobanensis'' *

Long-eared myotis The long-eared myotis (''Myotis evotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the suborder Microchiroptera. It can be found in western Canada, the western United States, and Baja California in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the U ...

, ''Myotis evotis'' * Elegant myotis, ''Myotis elegans'' * Cinnamon myotis, ''Myotis fortidens'' * Gray bat, ''Myotis grisescens'' * Keen's myotis, ''Myotis keenii'' *

Eastern small-footed myotis The eastern small-footed bat (''Myotis leibii'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada and in mountainous portions of the eastern United States from New England to northern Georgia, and westward to n ...

, ''Myotis leibii'' *

Little brown bat The little brown bat or little brown myotis (''Myotis lucifugus'') is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America. It has a small body size and glossy brown fur. It is similar in appearance to several other mouse-ea ...

, ''Myotis lucifugus'' *

Northern long-eared myotis ''Myotis septentrionalis'', known as the northern long-eared bat or northern myotis, is a species of bat native to North America. There are no recognized subspecies. The northern long-eared bat is about 3–3.7 inches in length, with a wingspan ...

, ''Myotis septentrionalis'' *

Indiana bat The Indiana bat (''Myotis sodalis'') is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states and is listed as an endangered species. The Indiana bat is grey, black, or chestnut in colo ...

, ''Myotis sodalis'' * Fringed myotis, ''Myotis thysanodes'' * Cave myotis, ''Myotis velifer'' *

Long-legged myotis The long-legged myotis (''Myotis volans'') is a species of vesper bat that can be found in western Canada, Mexico, and the western United States. Description ''Myotis volans'' is a species of bat found in Order Chiroptera, Family Vespertillio ...

, ''Myotis volans'' * Yuma myotis, ''Myotis yumanensis'' *

Silver-haired bat The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus ''Lasionycteris''. Etymology The species name translates as night-wandering, ref ...

, ''Lasionycteris noctivagans'' *

Arizona myotis The Arizona myotis (''Myotis occultus'') is a vesper bat species inhabiting much of the southwestern United States and central Mexico as far south as the Distrito Federal. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1909 by Ame ...

, ''Myotis occultus''

Molossidae

* Wagner's mastiff bat, ''Eumops glaucinus'' *

Florida bonneted bat The Florida bonneted bat or Florida mastiff bat (''Eumops floridanus'') is a species of bat in the genus ''Eumops'', the bonneted bats or mastiff bats. Until recently, it was classified as a subspecies of Wagner's bonneted bat (''Eumops glaucinu ...

, ''Eumops floridanus'' *

Western mastiff bat The western mastiff bat (''Eumops perotis''), also known as the western bonneted bat, the greater mastiff bat, or the greater bonneted bat, is a member of the free-tailed bat family, Molossidae. It is found in the Western United States, Mexico ...

, ''Eumops perotis'' * Underwood's mastiff bat, ''Eumops underwoodi'' * Pallas's mastiff bat, ''Molossus molossus'' *

Pocketed free-tailed bat The pocketed free-tailed bat (''Nyctinomops femorosaccus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae found in Mexico and in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States. They resemble the Brazilian free-tailed bat (''Ta ...

, ''Nyctinomops femorosaccus'' * Peale's free-tailed bat, ''Nyctinomops aurispinosus'' * Broad-eared bat, ''Nyctinomops laticaudatus'' * Big free-tailed bat, ''Nyctinomops macrotis'' *

Mexican free-tailed bat The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat (''Tadarida brasiliensis'') is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, so named because its tail can be almost half its total length and is not attached to its uropatagium. It has bee ...

, ''Tadarida brasiliensis''

Antrozoidae Antrozoini is a tribe of bats in the subfamily Vespertilioninae of the family Vespertilionidae. It contains the pallid bat (''Antrozous pallidus''), Van Gelder's bat (''Bauerus dubiaquercus''), the genus ''Rhogeessa'', and the fossil '' Anzanyc ...

* Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus''

Pteronotus ''Pteronotus'' is a genus of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats ...

Davy's naked-backed bat Davy's (lesser) naked-backed bat (''Pteronotus davyi'') is a small, insect-eating, cave-dwelling bat of the Family Mormoopidae. It is found throughout South and Central America, including Trinidad, but not Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, or French Gu ...

, ''Pteronotus davyi'' *

Big naked-backed bat The big naked-backed bat (''Pteronotus gymnonotus''), is a bat species from South and Central America. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1843 by German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner. Wagner placed it in the now-defunct genus ''Ch ...

, ''Pteronotus gymnonotus'' *

Parnell's mustached bat Parnell's mustached bat (''Pteronotus parnellii'') is an insectivorous bat native to the Americas. It ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico, south to Brazil. It has a wider historical range; fossil specimens have been collected on the island of Ne ...

, ''Pteronotus parnellii'' *

Wagner's mustached bat Wagner's mustached bat (''Pteronotus personatus'') is a bat species from South and Central America. It is one of the few New World bats species known to perform Doppler shift compensation behavior. Description Wagner's mustached bat is a relat ...

, ''Pteronotus personatus''

Lonchophylla

* Goldman's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla concava'' * Godman's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla mordax'' * Orange nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla robusta'' * Thomas's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla thomasi''

Noctilionidae

* Lesser bulldog bat, ''Noctilio albiventris'' * Greater bulldog bat, ''Noctilio leporinus''

Balantiopteryx ''Balantiopteryx'' is a genus of sac-winged bats. It comprises three species: Ecuadorian sac-winged bat - ''B. infusca'' Thomas's sac-winged bat - ''B. io'' *Gray sac-winged bat The gray sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx plicata'') is a sp ...

Thomas's sac-winged bat Thomas's sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx io'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Taxonomy Oldfield Thomas Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 Jun ...

, ''Balantiopteryx io'' *

Gray sac-winged bat The gray sac-winged bat (''Balantiopteryx plicata'') is a species in the family Emballonuridae which comprises the 51 species of sac-winged bats. It is found in Mexico from Baja California Sur and Sonora to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nic ...

, ''Balantiopteryx plicata''

Mormoopidae The family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil. They are distinguished by the presenc ...

Antillean ghost-faced bat The Antillean ghost-faced bat (''Mormoops blainvillei'') is a species of bat in the family Mormoopidae. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Description These bats range in color from a pale cinnamon to ...

, ''Mormoops blainvillii'' *

Ghost-faced bat The ghost-faced bat (''Mormoops megalophylla'') is a bat in the genus ''Mormoops''. It is one of only two extant species within its genus, the other being the much smaller '' Mormoops blainvillii''. They are nocturnal and hunt using echolocatio ...

, ''Mormoops megalophylla'' *

Pristine mustached bat The pristine mustached bat (''Pteronotus (Phyllodia) pristinus'') is an extinct Late Quaternary species of bat in the endemic Neotropical family Mormoopidae. It was distributed in Cuba and possibly Florida (United States). Distribution This ba ...

, ''Pteronotus pristinus'' (E)

Phyllostomidae

* Tree bat, ''Ardops nichollsi'' * Mexican long-tongued bat, ''Choeronycteris mexicana'' * Aztec fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura azteca'' * Pygmy fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura phaeotis'' * Toltec fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura tolteca'' * Thomas's fruit-eating bat, ''Dermanura watsoni'' *

White-winged vampire bat The white-winged vampire bat (''Diaemus youngi''), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus ''Diaemus''. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. Etymology and ta ...

, ''Diaemus youngi'' *

Hairy-legged vampire bat The hairy-legged vampire bat (''Diphylla ecaudata'') is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and s ...

, ''Diphylla ecaudata'' * Velvety fruit-eating bat, ''Enchisthenes hartii'' *

Mexican long-nosed bat The greater long-nosed bat or Mexican long-nosed bat (''Leptonycteris nivalis'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It chiefly consumes pollen and nectar, particularly from agave plant ...

, ''Leptonycteris nivalis'' * Lesser long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris yerbabuenae'' *

California leaf-nosed bat The California leaf-nosed bat (''Macrotus californicus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. Habitat California leaf-nosed bats can be found in S ...

, ''Macrotus californicus''

Desmodus ''Desmodus'' is a genus of bats which—along with the genera '' Diaemus'' and '' Diphylla''—are allied as the subfamily Desmodontinae, the carnivorous, blood-consuming vampire bats of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae. The ...

Stock's vampire bat ''Desmodus stocki'', or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of vampire bat native to Pleistocene Florida, farther north than any living vampire bats. It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat The common vampire bat (''Desmo ...

, ''Desmodus stocki'' (E) *

Common vampire bat The common vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to Latin America. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats. The common vampire ba ...

, ''Desmodus rotundus''

Sturnira ''Sturnira'' known as a yellow-shouldered bat or American epauleted bat, is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Stur ...

Little yellow-shouldered bat The little yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira lilium'') is a bat species from South and Central America. It is a frugivore A frugivore is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, sho ...

, ''Sturnira lilium'' *

Highland yellow-shouldered bat The highland yellow-shouldered bat (''Sturnira ludovici'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela ...

, ''Sturnira ludovici'' * Louis's yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira luisi'' * Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat, ''Sturnira mordax''

Artibeus The Neotropical fruit bats (''Artibeus'') are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. The genus consists of 12 species, which are native to Central and South America, as well as parts of the Caribbean. Description These bats grow ...

* Honduran fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus inopinatus'' *

Jamaican fruit bat The Jamaican, common or Mexican fruit bat (''Artibeus jamaicensis'') is a fruit-eating bat native to Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon res ...

, ''Artibeus jamaicensis'' * Great fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus lituratus''

Glossophaga

* Commissaris's long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga commissarisi'' * Gray long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga leachii'' * Western long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga morenoi'' * Pallas's long-tongued bat, ''Glossophaga soricina''

Carollia

*Silky short-tailed bat, ''Carollia brevicauda'' *Chestnut short-tailed bat, ''Carollia castanea'' *Seba's short-tailed bat, ''Carollia perspicillata'' *Sowell's short-tailed bat, ''Carollia sowelli'' *Gray short-tailed bat, ''Carollia subrufa''

Rhynchonycteris

*Proboscis bat, ''Rhynchonycteris naso''

Diclidurus

*Northern ghost bat, ''Diclidurus albus''

Diaemus

, ''Diaemus youngi''

Diphylla

, ''Diphylla ecaudata''

Natalus

*Mexican greater funnel-eared bat, ''Natalus mexicanus''

Thyroptera

*Peters's disk-winged bat, ''Thyroptera discifera'' *Spix's disk-winged bat, ''Thyroptera tricolor''

Uroderma

*Tent-making bat, ''Uroderma bilobatum'' *Brown tent-making bat, ''Uroderma magnirostrum''

Vampyressa

*Striped yellow-eared bat, ''Vampyressa nymphaea''

Vampyrodes

*Great stripe-faced bat, ''Vampyrodes caraccioli''

Micronycteris

*Common big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris microtis'' *White-bellied big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris minuta'' *Schmidts's big-eared bat, ''Micronycteris schmidtorum''

Anoura

*Handley's tailless bat, ''Anoura cultrata'' *Geoffroy's tailless bat, ''Anoura geoffroyi''

Cynomops

*Greenhall's dog-faced bat, ''Cynomops greenhalli'' *Mexican dog-faced bat, ''Cynomops mexicanus'' *Southern dog-faced bat, ''Cynomops planirostris''

Cormura

*Chestnut sac-winged bat, ''Cormura brevirostris''

Cyttarops

*Short-eared bat, ''Cyttarops Alecto''

Glyphonycteris

*Davies's big-eared bat, ''Glyphonycteris daviesi'' *Tricolored big-eared bat, ''Glyphonycteris sylvestris''

Lonchorhina

*Tomes's sword-nosed bat, ''Lonchorhina aurita''

Lophostoma

*Pygmy round-eared bat, ''Lophostoma brasiliense'' *Davis's round-eared bat, ''Lophostoma evotis'' *White-throated round-eared bat, ''Lophostoma silvicolum''

Chrotopterus

*Big-eared woolly bat, ''Chrotopterus auritus''

Lampronycteris

*Yellow-throated big-eared bat, ''Lampronycteris brachyotis''

Macrophyllum

*Long-legged bat, ''Macrophyllum macrophyllum''

Mimon

*Cozumelan golden bat, ''Mimon cozumelae'' *Striped hairy-nosed bat, ''Mimon crenulatum''

Phyllostomus

*Pale spear-nosed bat, ''Phyllostomus discolor'' *Greater spear-nosed bat, ''Phyllostomus hastatus''

Tonatia

*Stripe-headed round-eared bat, ''Tonatia saurophila''

Trachops

*Fringe-lipped bat, ''Trachops cirrhosus''

Trinycteris

*Niceforo's big-eared bat, ''Trinycteris nicefori''

Promops

*Big crested mastiff bat, ''Promops centralis''

Centronycteris

*Thomas's shaggy bat, ''Centronycteris centralis''

Choeroniscus

*Godman's long-tailed bat, ''Choeroniscus godmani''

Lichonycteris

*Dark long-tongued bat, ''Lichonycteris obscura''

Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio

*Wrinkle-faced bat, ''Centurio senex''

Hylonycteris

*Underwood's long-tongued bat, ''Hylonycteris underwoodi''

Musonycteris

*Banana bat, ''Musonycteris harrisoni''

Mesophylla

*MacConnell's bat, ''Mesophylla macconnelli''

Chiroderma

*Salvin's big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma salvini'' *Little big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma trinitatum'' *Hairy big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma villosum''

Bauerus

*Van Gelder's bat, ''Bauerus dubiaquercus''

Plecotus

*Mexican big-eared bat, ''Plecotus mexicanus''

Rhogeessa

*Yucatan yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa aeneus'' *Genoways's yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa genowaysi'' *Slender yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa gracilis'' *Thomas's yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa io'' *Little yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa parvula'' *Black-winged little yellow bat, ''Rhogeessa tumida''

Peropteryx

*Greater dog-like bat, ''Peropteryx kappleri'' *Lesser doglike bat, ''Peropteryx macrotis''

Phylloderma

*Pale-faced bat, ''Phylloderma stenops''

Ametrida

*Little white-shouldered bat, ''Ametrida centurio''

Ectophylla

*Honduran white bat, ''Ectophylla alba''

Platyrrhinus

*Choco broad-nosed bat ''Platyrrhinus chocoensis'' *Thomas's broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus dorsalis'' *Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus fusciventris'' *Heller's broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus helleri'' *Greater broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus vittatus''

Furipterus

*Thumbless bat, ''Furipterus horrens''

Natalus

*Mexican greater funnel-eared bat, ''Natalus mexicanus'' *Trinidadian funnel-eared bat, ''Natalus tumidirostris''

Monophyllus

*Leach's single leaf bat, ''Monophyllus redmani''

Saccopteryx

*Greater sac-winged bat, ''Saccopteryx bilineata'' *Lesser sac-winged bat, ''Saccopteryx leptura''

Phyllonycteris

*Jamaican flower bat, ''Phyllonycteris aphylla'' *Puerto Rican flower bat, ''Phyllonycteris major'' (E) *Cuban flower bat, ''Phyllonycteris poeyi''

Carnivora, Carnivores

Felidae

*Jaguarundi, ''Herpailurus yagouaroundi'' *''Homotherium, Homotherium serum'' (E) *Ocelot, ''Leopardus pardalis'' *Oncilla, ''Leopardus tigrinus'' *Margay, ''Leopardus wiedii'' *Canada lynx, ''Lynx canadensis'' *Bobcat, ''Lynx rufus'' *''Miracinonyx inexpectatus'' (E) *''Miracinonyx trumani'' (E) *''Panthera atrox'' (E) *Jaguar, ''Panthera onca'' *''Panthera spelaea'' (E) *Cougar, ''Puma concolor'' :(ssp. ''P. c. couguar'' ) *''Smilodon fatalis'' (E)

Canidae, Canines

*Dire wolf, ''Aenocyon dirus'' (E) *Armbruster's wolf, ''Canis armbrusteri'' (E) *Coyote, ''Canis latrans'' *Gray wolf, ''Canis lupus'' (and ) *Eastern wolf, ''Canis lycaon'' *Red wolf, ''Canis rufus'' *Crab-eating fox, ''Cerdocyon thous'' *Dhole, ''Cuon alpinus'' (Ex) *Bush dog, ''Speothos venaticus'' *Gray fox, ''Urocyon cinereoargenteus'' *Island fox, ''Urocyon littoralis'' :(ssp. ''U.l. littoralis'', ''U. l. catalinae'', ''U. l. santarosae'' and ''U. l. santacruzae'': ) *Arctic fox, ''Vulpes lagopus'' *Kit fox, ''Vulpes macrotis'' (ssp. ''mutica'': ) *Swift fox, ''Vulpes velox'' (ssp. ''hebes'': ) *Red fox, ''Vulpes vulpes''

Ursidae, Bears

*Arctodus, Short-faced bear, ''Arctodus simus'' (E) *Florida cave bear, ''Tremarctos floridanus'' (E) *Brown bear, ''Ursus arctos'' (includes grizzly bear, ''U. a. horribilis'': , and
Alaskan brown bear or Kodiak bear, ''U. a. middendorffi'') *American black bear, ''Ursus americanus''
(Louisiana black bear ''U. a. luteolus'': ) *Polar bear, ''Ursus maritimus''

Procyonidae

*Northern olingo, ''Bassaricyon gabbii'' *Western lowland olingo, ''Bassaricyon medius'' *Ring-tailed cat, Ringtail, ''Bassariscus astutus'' *Cacomistle, ''Bassariscus sumichrasti'' *White-nosed coati, ''Nasua narica'' *Kinkajou, ''Potos flavus'' *Crab-eating raccoon, ''Procyon cancrivorus'' *Raccoon, ''Procyon lotor'' *Cozumel raccoon, ''Procyon pygmaeus''

Mustelidae, Mustelids

*Tayra, ''Eira barbara'' *Sea otter, ''Enhydra lutris'' :(ssp. ''E. l . nereis'' and ''E. l . kenyoni'': , ssp. ''E. l . nereis'' also ) *Greater grison, ''Galictis vittata'' *Wolverine, ''Gulo gulo'' *North American river otter, ''Lontra canadensis'' *Neotropical otter, ''Lontra longicaudis'' *American marten, ''Martes americana'' *Pacific marten, ''Martes caurina'' *Stoat, Beringian ermine, ''Mustela erminea'' *Haida ermine, ''Mustela haidarum'' *American ermine, ''Mustela richardsonii'' *Least weasel, ''Mustela nivalis'' *Black-footed ferret, ''Mustela nigripes'' (and ) *Long-tailed weasel, ''Neogale frenata'' *Sea mink, ''Neogale macrodon'' (E) *American mink, ''Neogale vison'' *Fisher (animal), Fisher, ''Pekania pennanti'' *American badger, ''Taxidea taxus''

Mephitidae

*Brachyprotoma obtusata, Short-faced skunk, ''Brachyprotoma obtusata'' (E) *American hog-nosed skunk, ''Conepatus leuconotus'' *Striped hog-nosed skunk, ''Conepatus semistriatus'' *Striped skunk, ''Mephitis mephitis'' *Hooded skunk, ''Mephitis macroura'' *Southern spotted skunk, ''Spilogale angustifrons'' *Western spotted skunk, ''Spilogale gracilis'' *Eastern spotted skunk, ''Spilogale putorius'' *Pygmy spotted skunk, ''Spilogale pygmaea''

Otariidae, Eared seals

*Galápagos fur seal, ''Arctocephalus galapagoensis'' (A) *Guadalupe fur seal, ''Arctocephalus townsendi'' *Northern fur seal, ''Callorhinus ursinus'' *Steller sea lion, ''Eumetopias jubatus'' :(ssp. ''E. j. monteriensis'': , ssp. ''E. j. jubatus'': ) (except west of 144° W, where ) *California sea lion, ''Zalophus californianus'' *Galápagos sea lion, ''Zalophus wollebaeki'' (A)

Odobenidae

*Walrus, ''Odobenus rosmarus''

Phocidae, Earless seals

*Hooded seal, ''Cystophora cristata'' *Bearded seal, ''Erignathus barbatus'' *Ribbon seal, ''Histriophoca fasciata'' *Grey seal, ''Halichoerus grypus'' *Northern elephant seal, ''Mirounga angustirostris'' *Caribbean monk seal, ''Neomonachus tropicalis'' (E) *Harbor seal, ''Phoca vitulina'' *Spotted seal, ''Phoca largha'' *Ringed seal, ''Pusa hispida'' *Harp seal, ''Pagophilus groenlandicus''

Perissodactyla

Equidae, Horses

*''Equus alaskae'' (E) *Equus conversidens, Mexican horse, ''Equus conversidens'' (E) *''Equus fraternus'' (E) *Equus giganteus, Giant horse, ''Equus giganteus'' (E) *Yukon wild horse, ''Equus lambei'' (E) *Equus niobrarensis, Niobrara horse, ''Equus niobrarensis'' (E) *Equus occidentalis, Western horse, ''Equus occidentalis'' (E) *''Equus semiplicatus'' (E) *Equus scotti, Scott's horse, ''Equus scotti'' (E) *Hagerman horse, ''Equus simplicidens'' (E) *Haringtonhippus, Stilt-legged horse, ''Haringtonhippus francisci'' (E)

Tapiridae, Tapirs

*Baird's tapir, ''Tapirus bairdii'' *Tapirus copei, Cope's tapir, ''Tapirus copei'' (E) *Tapirus californicus, California tapir, ''Tapirus californicus'' (E) *Tapirus merriami, Merriam's tapir, ''Tapirus merriami'' (E) *Tapirus veroensis, Florida tapir, ''Tapirus veroensis'' (E)

Artiodactyla

Camelidae

*''Camelops, Camelops hesternus'' (E) *''Camelops, Camelops kansanus'' (E) *''Camelops, Camelops minidokae'' (E) *Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Stilt-legged llama, ''Hemiauchenia macrocephala'' (E) *Palaeolama, Stout-legged llama, ''Palaeolama mirifica'' (E)

Tayassuidae

*Mylohyus, Long-nosed peccary, ''Mylohyus nasutus'' (E) *Collared peccary, ''Dicotyles tajacu'' *Platygonus, Flat-headed peccary, ''Platygonus compressus'' (E) *White-lipped peccary, ''Tayassu pecari''

Bovidae, Bovines

*Bison antiquus, Ancient bison, ''Bison antiquus'' (E) *American bison, ''Bison bison'' (Bison bison athabascae, Wood bison, ''B. b. athabascae'': ) *Bison latifrons, Giant bison, ''Bison latifrons'' (E) *''Bison occidentalis'' (E) *Steppe wisent, ''Bison priscus'' (E) *Harlan's muskox, ''Bootherium bombifrons'' (E) *Shrub-ox, ''Euceratherium collinum'' (E) *Muskox, ''Ovibos moschatus'' *Mountain goat, ''Oreamnos americanus'' *Harrington's mountain goat, ''Oreamnos harringtoni'' (E) *Bighorn sheep, ''Ovis canadensis'' :(Desert bighorn sheep, ''O. c. nelsoni'' and Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, ''O. c. sierrae'': ) *Dall sheep, ''Ovis dalli'' *Praeovibos priscus, Giant muskox, ''Praeovibos priscus'' (E) *Saiga antelope, ''Saiga tatarica'' (Ex) :(ssp. ''S. t. tatarica'': , ssp. ''S. t. mongolica'' ) *Soergelia mayfieldi, Soergel's ox, ''Soergelia mayfieldi'' (E)

Cervidae

*Moose, ''Alces alces'' *Stag-moose, ''Cervalces scotti'' (E) *Elk (wapiti), ''Cervus canadensis'' **Eastern elk, ''C. c. canadensis'' (E) **Merriam's elk, ''C. c. merriami'' (E) *Red brocket, ''Mazama americana'' *Amazonian brown brocket, ''Mazama nemorivaga'' *Central American red brocket, ''Mazama temama'' *Mule deer, ''Odocoileus hemionus'' *American mountain deer, ''Odocoileus lucasi'' (E) *Yucatan brown brocket, ''Odocoileus pandora'' *White-tailed deer, ''Odocoileus virginianus'' :(Columbian white-tailed deer, ''O. v. leucurus'' and Odocoileus virginianus clavium, Key deer, ''O. v. clavium'': ) *Caribou, ''Rangifer tarandus'' :(Rangifer tarandus caribou, Migratory woodland caribou, ''R. t. caribou'': )

Antilocapridae

*Pronghorn, ''Antilocapra americana'' :(Baja California pronghorn, ''A. a. peninsularis'': , Sonoran pronghorn, ''A. a. sonoriensis'': ) *Antilocapra pacifica, Pacific pronghorn, ''Antilocapra pacifica'' (E) *Capromeryx minor, Dwarf pronghorn, ''Capromeryx minor'' (E) *Hayoceros, Barbour's pronghorn, ''Hayoceros barbouri'' (E) *Tetrameryx, Shuler's pronghorn, ''Tetrameryx shuleri'' (E) *Stockoceros, Conkling's pronghorn, ''Stockoceros conklingi'' (E)

Cetacea

Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)

*Lagenorhynchus albirostris, White-beaked dolphin, ''Lagenorhynchus albirostris'' *Lagenorhynchus acutus, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, ''Leucopleurus acutus'' *Steno bredanensis, Rough-toothed dolphin, ''Steno bredanensis'' *Stenella coeruleoalba, Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' *Stenella frontalis, Atlantic spotted dolphin, ''Stenella frontalis'' *Stenella longirostris, Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' *Stenella clymene, Clymene dolphin, ''Stenella clymene'' *Stenella attenuata, Pantropical spotted dolphin, ''Stenella attenuata'' *Delphinus delphis, Short-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus delphis'' *Delphinus capensis, Long-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus capensis'' *Tursiops truncatus, Common bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops truncatus'' *Lagenodelphis hosei, Fraser's dolphin, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' *Lissodelphis borealis, Northern right whale dolphin, ''Lissodelphis borealis'' *Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, Pacific white-sided dolphin, ''Sagmatias obliquidens'' *Pseudorca crassidens, False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' *Phocoena sinus, Vaquita, ''Phocoena sinus'' *Sotalia guianensis, Guiana dolphin, ''Sotalia guianensis'' *Orcinus orca, Killer whale, ''Orcinus orca'' *Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' *Globicephala melas, Long-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala melas'' *Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' *Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' *Peponocephala electra, Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra''

Monodontidae

*Delphinapterus leucas, Beluga, ''Delphinapterus leucas'' (Cook Inlet subpopulation: ) *Monodon monoceros, Narwhal, ''Monodon monoceros''

Phocoenidae, Porpoise

*Harbor porpoise, ''Phocoena phocoena'' *Dall's porpoise, ''Phocoenoides dalli''

Kogiidae

*Kogia breviceps, Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia breviceps'' *Kogia sima, Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' (Hawaiian Islands only)

Physeteridae

*Physeter macrocephalus, Sperm whale, ''Physeter macrocephalus''

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

*Mesoplodon europaeus, Gervais' beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon europaeus'' *Mesoplodon densirostris, Blainville's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon densirostris'' *Mesoplodon mirus, True's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon mirus'' *Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon bidens'' *Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Stejneger's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon stejnegeri'' *Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'' *Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Hubbs' beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon carlhubbsi'' *Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon perrini'' *Hector's beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon hectori'' (A) *Pygmy beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon peruvianus'' (A) *Indopacetus pacificus, Tropical bottlenose whale, ''Indopacetus pacificus'' *Hyperoodon ampullatus, Northern bottlenose whale, ''Hyperoodon ampullatus'' *Ziphius cavirostris, Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' *Berardius bairdii, Giant beaked whale, ''Berardius bairdii'' (collective name for two species - Baird's beaked whale and Arnoux's beaked whale)

Eschrichtiidae

*Eschrichtius robustus, Gray whale, ''Eschrichtius robustus''

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

*Balaenoptera musculus, Blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus'' :(ssp. ''brevicauda'' - pygmy blue whale: , ssp. ''musculus'' North Pacific stock: , ssp. ''musculus'' North Atlantic stock: ) *Balaenoptera physalus, Fin whale, ''Balaenoptera physalus'' *Balaenoptera borealis, Sei whale, ''Balaenoptera borealis'' *Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Common minke whale, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'' *Species split from the Balaenoptera edeni, Bryde's whale (''Balaenoptera edeni'') (A) : :*Balaenoptera edeni, Bryde's whale, ''Balaenoptera brydei'' :*Rice's whale, ''Balaenoptera ricei'' *Megaptera novaeangliae, Humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae''

Balaenidae

*Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead whale, ''Balaena mysticetus'' (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation: , Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) subpopulation: ) *Eubalaena glacialis, North Atlantic right whale, ''Eubalaena glacialis'' *Eubalaena japonica, North Pacific right whale, ''Eubalaena japonica'' (A) (Alaska) (Northeast Pacific subpopulation: )

Sirenia (sea cows)

Trichechidae

*West Indian manatee, ''Trichechus manatus'' :(ssp. ''T. m . manatus'' - Antillean or Caribbean manatee: , ssp. ''T. m . latirostris'' - Florida manatee: )

Dugongidae

*Hydrodamalis gigas, Steller's sea cow, ''Hydrodamalis gigas'' (E)

Proboscidea

Elephantidae

*Columbian mammoth, ''Mammuthus columbi'' (E) *Pygmy mammoth, ''Mammuthus exilis'' (E) *Woolly mammoth, ''Mammuthus primigenius'' (E)

Mammutidae

*American mastodon, ''Mammut americanum'' (E)

Gomphothere

*''Cuvieronius, Cuvieronius hyodon'' (E) *''Stegomastodon, Stegomastodon aftoniae'' (E) *''Stegomastodon, Stegomastodon mirificus'' (E) *''Stegomastodon, Stegomastodon nebrascensis'' (E) *''Stegomastodon, Stegomastodon primitivus'' (E)

Introduced mammals

Myocastoridae

*Nutria, ''Myocastor coypus'' (I)

Muroidea

*House mouse, ''Mus musculus'' (I) *Norway rat, ''Rattus norvegicus'' (I) *Black rat, ''Rattus rattus'' (I)

Leporidae

*European hare, ''Lepus europaeus'' (I) *Cape hare, ''Lepus capensis'' (I) *European rabbit, ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' (I)

Cercopithecidae

*Mona monkey, ''Cercopithecus mona'' (I) *Vervet monkey, ''Chlorocebus pygerythrus'' (I) *Green monkey, ''Chlorocebus sabaeus'' (I) *Japanese macaque, ''Macaca fuscata'' (I) *Rhesus macaque, ''Macaca mulatta'' (I)

Mongoose, Herpestidae

*Small Indian mongoose, ''Urva auropunctata'' (I) (Caribbean)

Mustelidae

*Beech marten, ''Martes foina'' (I)

Suidae

*Wild boar, ''Sus scrofa'' (I)

Bovidae

*Barbary sheep, ''Ammotragus lervia'' (I) *Blackbuck, ''Antilope cervicapra'' (I) *Nilgai, ''Boselaphus tragocamelus'' (I) *Bezoar ibex, ''Capra aegagrus aegagrus'' (I) *Siberian ibex, ''Capra sibirica'' (I) *Gemsbok, ''Oryx gazella'' (I)

Cervidae

*Chital, ''Axis axis'' (I) *Indian hog deer, ''Axis porcinus'' (I) *Sika deer, ''Cervus nippon'' (I) *Red deer, ''Cervus elaphus'' (I) *European fallow deer, ''Dama dama'' (I) *Sambar (deer), Sambar, ''Rusa unicolor'' (I)

Notes

*Species listed in Baker et al. 2003, but omitted in this article: Ferret, European ferret, ''Mustela putorius'', Himalayan tahr, ''Hemitragus jemlahicus''.

References

External links

American Society of Mammalogists
- i.e. printable Field Guide to mammals of North America
Search the Division of Mammals Collections
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (MSW3)
- database of mammalian taxonomy
IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesSearch results
mammalia, North America, 2014-03-29)
Endangered Species Program - US Fish & Wildlife ServiceSpecies Search - US Fish & Wildlife ServiceEndangered Species Act - National Marine Fisheries Service - NOAA

List of Endangered and threatened wildlife
- US Government Printing Office

Lists of Western Hemisphere mammals from north to south

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Rhynchonycteris

Diclidurus

Diaemus

Diphylla

Natalus

Thyroptera

Uroderma

Vampyressa

Vampyrodes

Micronycteris

Anoura

Cynomops

Cormura

Cyttarops

Glyphonycteris

Lonchorhina

Lophostoma

Chrotopterus

Lampronycteris

Macrophyllum

Mimon

Phyllostomus

Tonatia

Trachops

Trinycteris

Promops

Centronycteris

Choeroniscus

Lichonycteris

Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio

Hylonycteris

Musonycteris

Mesophylla

Chiroderma

Bauerus

Plecotus

Rhogeessa

Peropteryx

Phylloderma

Ametrida

Ectophylla

Platyrrhinus

Furipterus

Natalus

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Tamandua ''Tamandua'' is a genus of anteaters with two species: the southern tamandua (''T. tetradactyla'') and the northern tamandua (''T. mexicana''). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They ...
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Howler monkey Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Ateles' ...
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