List of mammals of Minnesota

This list of mammals of Minnesota includes all the mammals native to Minnesota. It also shows their status in the wild. There are 80 mammal species found in the state.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:

EX	EX	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW	EW	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range.
CR	CR	Critically endangered	The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild.
EN	EN	Endangered	The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU	VU	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT	NT	Near threatened	The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in the future.
LC	LC	Least concern	The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild.
DD	DD	Data deficient	There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species.
NE	NE	Not evaluated	The conservation status of the species has not been studied.

Didelphimorphs[]

Opossums[]

• Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana LC

Rodents[]

Squirrels[]

• Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus LC
• Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans LC
• Woodchuck, Marmota monax LC
• Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus LC
• Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis LC
• Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger LC
• Franklin's ground squirrel, Spermophilus franklinii LC
• Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii LC
• Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus LC
• Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus LC
• American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus LC

Beavers[]

• American beaver, Castor canadensis LC

Gophers[]

• Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius LC
• Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides LC

Pocket mice[]

• Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens LC

Cricetids[]

• Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus LC
• White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus LC
• Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis NE
• Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis LC
• Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster LC
• Northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis LC
• Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi LC
• Rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus LC
• Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster LC
• Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum LC
• Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus LC
• Eastern heather vole, Phenacomys ungava LC
• Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi LC
• Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus LC

Murids[]

• House mouse, Mus musculus LC introduced
• Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus LC introduced

Jumping mice[]

• Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius LC
• Woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis LC

Porcupines[]

• North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum LC

Lagomorphs[]

Hares[]

• Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus LC
• White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii LC

Cottontail rabbits[]

• Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus LC

Eulipotyphlans[]

Shrews[]

• Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda LC
• North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva LC
• Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus LC
• Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus LC
• American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi LC
• American water shrew, Sorex palustris LC

Moles[]

• Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata LC
• Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus LC

Bats[]

Evening bats[]

• Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
• Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans LC
• Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus LC
• Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis LC
• Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus LC
• Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis LC
• Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus LC

Carnivorans[]

Procyonids[]

• Common raccoon, Procyon lotor LC

Mustelids[]

• Wolverine, Gulo gulo LC extirpated
• Northern river otter, Lontra canadensis LC
• American marten, Martes americana LC
• Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LC
• American ermine, Mustela richardsonii NE
• Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata LC
• American mink, Neogale vison LC
• Fisher, Pekania pennanti LC
• American badger, Taxidea taxus LC

Skunks[]

• Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis LC
• Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius VU

Canines[]

• Coyote, Canis latrans LC
• Gray wolf, Canis lupus LC
  • Timber wolf, C. l. lycaon
• Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus LC
• Swift fox, Vulpes velox LC vagrant
• Red fox, Vulpes vulpes LC

Felines[]

• Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis LC vagrant
• Bobcat, Lynx rufus LC
• Cougar, Puma concolor LC vagrant

Bears[]

• American black bear, Ursus americanus LC

Artiodactyls[]

Deer[]

• Moose, Alces alces LC
• Elk, Cervus canadensis LC
• White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus LC
• Caribou, Rangifer tarandus VU extirpated
  • Woodland caribou, R. t. caribou extirpated

Pronghorn[]

• Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana LC vagrant

Bovids[]

• American bison, Bison bison NT extirpated
  • Plains bison, B. b. bison extirpated

References[]

• Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. Field guide to the mammals: North America north of Mexico. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Gunderson, H. L., and J. R. Beer. 1953. Mammals of Minnesota. Occasional Papers, Minnesota Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota 6:1-190.
• Hazard, E. B. 1982. Mammals of Minnesota . University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota .
• Heany, L. R., and E. C. Birney. 1975. Comments on the distribution and natural history of some mammals in Minnesota. Canadian Field-Naturalist 89(1):29-34.
• Wiche, J. M. and J. F. Cassel. 1978. Checklist of North Dakota mammals. (Revised). The Prairie Naturalist 10(3):81-88.
• Wilson, D. E., and F. R. Cole. 2000. Common names of the mammals of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., USA.