List of mammals of South Dakota
This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1][2][3] Three species that are extirpated from the state are the mountain goat, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The state consists of 86 species that live and formerly inhabited South Dakota.[4]
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The coyote is the state mammal of South Dakota
Order Eulipotyphla
Soricidae (shrews)
Masked shrew
- Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
- Least shrew, Cryptotis parva
- Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus
- Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus
- American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi
- Dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus
- American water shrew, Sorex palustris
Talpidae (moles)
- Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus
Order Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
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Eastern red bat
- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Keen's myotis, Myotis keenii
- Fringe-tailed bat, Myotis thysanodes
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Plecotus townsendii
Order Carnivora
Canidae
Swift fox
Procyonidae
- Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Mephitidae
- Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
- Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
Mustelidae
- North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
- Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata
- Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes reintroduced
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- American mink, Neovison vison
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
Ursidae
- American black bear, Ursus americanus
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos
- Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis (extirpated)
Order Artiodactyla
Pronghorn
Cervidae
- Moose, Alces alces (occasional vagrant)
- Elk, Cervus canadensis
- Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus
- White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
Antilocapridae
- Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana
Bovidae
- American bison, Bison bison
- Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis
- Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus (extirpated)
Order Lagomorpha
Eastern cottontail
Leporidae
- Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttalii
Order Rodentia
Ord's kangaroo rat
Castoridae
- American beaver, Castor canadensis
Cricetidae
- Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi
- Sagebrush vole, Lagurus curtatus
- Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
- Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
- Bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster
- Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
- Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
Erethizontidae
- North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
Geomyidae
- Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
- Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides
Heteromyidae
- Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus
- Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii
- Olive-backed pocket mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
- Plains pocket mouse,Perognathus flavescens
Muridae
- House mouse, Mus musculus (introduced)
- Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus (introduced)
Sciuridae
- Least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus
- Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus
- Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
- Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus
- Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris
- Groundhog, Marmota monax
- Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Franklin's ground squirrel, Spermophilus frankinii
- Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii
- Spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
- American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Zapodidae
- Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
- Western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps
References
- Higgins, Kenneth (January 1, 2002). Wild Mammals of South Dakota (2 ed.). South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. p. 278. ISBN 978-0965893664.
- Over, William Henry; Churchill, Edward Perry (1945). Mammals of South Dakota. University of South Dakota. p. 59.
- Kavanagh, James (February 12, 2017). South Dakota Wildlife A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (Paperback). Incorporated Waterford Press. p. 12. ISBN 97815-83556986.
- Choate, Jerry R.; Jones Jr., J. Knox (1980). "Provisional Checklist of Mammals of South Dakota" (163). Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum. Cite journal requires
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