List of mammals of North America


This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted.
Some species are identified as indicated below:
  • = Accidental: occurrence based on one or a few records, and unlikely to occur regularly
  • = Extinct: died out between 13,000 years ago and the present
  • = Extirpated: no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations exist elsewhere
  • = Introduced: population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
and Endangered Species Act:

Didelphimorphia">Opossum">Didelphimorphia (opossums)

[Didelphidae]

[Cingulata] (armadillos)

[Dasypodidae]

[Chlamyphoridae]

[Pampatheriidae]

[Pilosa]: Vermilingua">Anteater">Vermilingua (anteaters and tamanduas)

[Cyclopedidae]

[Myrmecophagidae]

[Pilosa]: Folivora">Sloth">Folivora (sloths)

[Megalonychidae]

Bradypodidae">Three-toed sloth">Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)

Choloepodidae">Choloepus">Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)

[Megatheriidae]

[Mylodontidae]

[Nothrotheriidae]

[Rodent]ia (rodents)

Echimyidae">Hutia">Echimyidae

[Heteropsomyinae]

[Echimyinae]

[Capromyinae] (hutias)

[Aplodontiidae]

[Castoridae] (beavers)

[Zapodidae] (jumping mice)

Erethizontidae">New World porcupine">Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)

[Caviidae] (cavy family)

[Heptaxodontidae] (giant hutia)

[Dasyproctidae]

[Cuniculidae]

Geomyidae">Gopher">Geomyidae (pocket gophers)

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

[Heteromyidae]

Sciuridae">Squirrel">Sciuridae (squirrels)

[Xerinae]: Marmotini">Ground squirrel">Marmotini (ground squirrels)

[Sciurinae]: Pteromyini">Flying squirrel">Pteromyini (flying squirrels)

[Sciurinae]: [Sciurini]

[Cricetidae]

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.

[Arvicolinae]

and:

[Neotominae]

[Sigmodontinae]

[Tylomyinae]

[Primate]s

Aotidae">Night monkey">Aotidae (night monkeys)

[Atelidae]

[Callitrichidae]

[Cebidae]

Hominidae">Human">Hominidae (great apes)

[Lagomorpha] (rabbits and hares)

[Leporidae] (rabbits and hares)

[Ochotonidae]

[Eulipotyphla] (moles and shrews)

[Talpidae] (moles)

[Soricidae] (shrews)

[Solenodontidae]

Nesophontidae">Nesophontes">Nesophontidae

Chiroptera">Bat">Chiroptera (bats)

Molossidae">Free-tailed bat">Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

[Emballonuridae] (sac-winged bats)

[Natalidae] (funnel-eared bats)

[Vespertilionidae]

[Mormoopidae]

[Furipteridae]

Noctilionidae">Bulldog bat">Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)

Phyllostomidae">Leaf-nosed bat">Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)

[Brachyphyllinae]

[Carolliinae]

[Desmodontinae] (vampire bats)

[Glossophaginae]

[Phyllonycterinae]

[Phyllostominae]

[Stenodermatinae]

Thyropteridae">Thyroptera">Thyropteridae

[Carnivora] (carnivorans)

[Felidae] (cats)

[Canidae] (dogs)

[Ursidae] (bears)


[Procyonidae]

[Mustelidae]

[Mephitidae]

Otariidae">Eared seal">Otariidae (eared seals)

[Odobenidae]

Phocidae">Earless seal">Phocidae (earless seals)



Perissodactyla">Odd-toed ungulate">Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

[Equidae] (horse family)

[Tapir]idae (tapirs)

Artiodactyla">Even-toed ungulate">Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

[Camelidae]

Tayassuidae">Peccary">Tayassuidae

[Bovidae] (bovids)

Cervidae">Deer">Cervidae (deer)

[Antilocapridae]

[Cetacea]

Delphinidae">Oceanic dolphin">Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)

[Monodontidae]

Phocoenidae">Porpoise">Phocoenidae (porpoises)

[Kogiidae]

[Physeteridae]

Ziphiidae">Beaked whale">Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

[Eschrichtiidae] (gray whales)

Balaenopteridae">Rorqual">Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

[Balaenidae]

[Sirenia] (sea cows)

[Trichechidae]

[Dugongidae]

[Proboscidea]

[Elephantidae]

[Mammutidae]

[Gomphothere]

Introduced mammals

[Echimyidae] - [Echimyinae], [Myocastorini]

[Muridae]

[Leporidae] (rabbits and hares)

Cercopithecidae">Old World monkey">Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)

Herpestidae">Mongoose">Herpestidae (mongoose)

[Mustelidae]

[Suidae] (pigs)

[Bovidae] (bovids)

[Cervidae] (deer)