This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all

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s currently found in the

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, St. Pierre and Miquelon,

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, and the

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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

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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) =

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: died out between 13,000 years ago and the present *(Ex) =

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: 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

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: : - 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 North A ...

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 The Virginia opossum (''Didelphis virginiana''), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United S ...

, ''Didelphis virginiana'' *

Derby's woolly opossum Derby's woolly opossum (''Caluromys derbianus''), or the Central American woolly opossum, is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central America, from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and Colombia. It was first describ ...

, ''Caluromys derbianus'' *

Bare-tailed woolly opossum The bare-tailed woolly opossum (''Caluromys philander'') is an opossum from South America. It was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The bare-tailed woolly opossum is characterized by a gray head, brown to gray coat, o ...

, ''Caluromys philander'' * Water opossum, ''Chironectes minimus'' *

Alston's mouse opossum Alston's mouse opossum (''Marmosa alstoni''), also known as Alston's opossum, is a medium-sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main compone ...

, ''Marmosa alstoni'' *

Isthmian mouse opossum The Isthmian mouse opossum (''Marmosa isthmica'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Fiona A. Reid, ''A field guide to the mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico'' (OUP USA, 2009)p ...

, ''Marmosa isthmica'' *

Mexican mouse opossum The Mexican mouse opossum (''Marmosa mexicana'') is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae. Description ''Marmosa mexicana'' is a small to moderate-sized reddish-brown marsupial, varying from bright to dull coloration. ...

, ''Marmosa mexicana'' *

Linnaeus's mouse opossum Linnaeus's mouse opossum (''Marmosa murina''), also known as the common or murine mouse opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Range and habitat Its range includes Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guy ...

, ''Marmosa murina'' *

Robinson's mouse opossum Robinson's mouse opossum (''Marmosa robinsoni'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Robinson's mouse opossums move a ...

, ''Marmosa robinsoni'' *

Dusky slender opossum The dusky slender opossum (''Marmosops fuscatus'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Opossums Mammals of the ...

, ''Marmosops fuscatus'' *

Panama slender opossum The Panama slender opossum (''Marmosops invictus''), also known as the slaty slender mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Panama, where it has been found in tropical rainforest Tropical ra ...

, ''Marmosops invictus'' *

Brown four-eyed opossum The brown four-eyed opossum (''Metachirus nudicaudatus'') is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Brazil and northern Argentina, includin ...

, ''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 The nine-banded armadillo (''Dasypus novemcinctus''), also known as the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common long-nosed armadillo, is a mammal found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos. ...

, ''Dasypus novemcinctus''

Cabassous

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 T ...

, ''Cabassous centralis''

Chlamyphoridae Chlamyphoridae is a family of cingulate mammals. While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could b ...

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

Pampatheriidae Pampatheriidae ("Pampas beasts") is an extinct family of large plantigrade armored armadillos related to extant armadillos in the order Cingulata. However, pampatheriids have existed as a separate lineage since at least the middle Eocene Muste ...

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

Anteaters and tamanduas

Cyclopedidae

* Common silky anteater, ''Cyclopes didactylus'' *

Central American silky anteater Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

, ''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 ''Myrmecophag ...

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 ''Myrmecophag ...

, ''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 m ...
s

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 Andes ...

, ''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, fro ...

, ''Tamandua tetradactyla''

Sloths

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

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

Mylodontidae

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

Nothrotheriidae Nothrotheriidae is a family of extinct ground sloths that lived from approximately 17.5 mya—10,000 years ago, existing for approximately . Previously placed within the tribe Nothrotheriini or subfamily Nothrotheriinae within Megatheriidae, th ...

* Shasta ground sloth, ''Nothrotheriops shastensis'' (E)

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
s

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 terr ...

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, ''Heteropsomys antillensis'' (E) * Insular cave rat, ''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 The family Aplodontiidae also known as Aplodontidae, Haplodontiidae or Haploodontini is traditionally classified as the sole extant family of the suborder Protrogomorpha. It may be the sister family of the Sciuridae. There are fossils from the O ...

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 a ...

North American beaver The North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber''). It is native to North America and introduced in South America ( Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland ...

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

Jumping mice

* Woodland jumping mouse, ''Napaeozapus insignis'' * Meadow jumping mouse, ''Zapus hudsonius'' :( Preble's meadow jumping mouse, ''Z. h. preblei'': ) * Western jumping mouse, ''Zapus princeps'' * Pacific jumping mouse, ''Zapus trinotatus''

Porcupines

* Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, ''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 ('' ...

, ''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

* Blunt-toothed giant hutia, ''Amblyrhiza inundata'' (E) * Osborn's key mouse, ''Clidomys osborni'' (E) * Plate-toothed giant hutia, ''Elasmodontomys obliquus'' (E) * Twisted-toothed mouse, ''Quemisia gravis'' (E)

Dasyproctidae

* Coiban agouti, ''Dasyprocta coibae'' * Red-rumped agouti, ''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, ''Capromys pilorides'' * Jamaican coney, ''Geocapromys brownii'' *

Cuban coney The Cuban coney (''Geocapromys columbianus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. In it’s time, it was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats were lowlands moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas. Some s ...

, ''Geocapromys columbianus'' (E) * Bahamian hutia, ''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 The imposter hutia (''Hexolobodon phenax'') is an extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus ''Hexolobodon'' and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean island of Hispa ...

, ''Hexolobodon phenax'' (E) * Wide-toothed hutia, ''Hyperplagiodontia araeum'' (E) *

Montane hutia The montane hutia (''Isolobodon montanus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). History The remains were found in association with those from rats ...

, ''Isolobodon montanus'' (E) *

Puerto Rican hutia The Puerto Rican hutia (''Isolobodon portoricensis'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found on Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Gonâve Island; it was introduced to the Virgin Islan ...

, ''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 The Samaná hutia (''Plagiodontia ipnaeum'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland for ...

, ''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 Lemke's hutia (''Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean isl ...

, ''Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei'' (E)

Geomyidae

There has been much debate among

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are give ...

s 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 Fi ...

, ''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 ('' ...

, ''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 language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a L ...

, ''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, ''Geomys breviceps'' * Plains pocket gopher, ''Geomys bursarius'' * Knox Jones's pocket gopher, ''Geomys knoxjonesi'' * Texas pocket gopher, ''Geomys personatus'' *

Southeastern pocket gopher The southeastern pocket gopher (''Geomys pinetis'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher. Description The southeastern po ...

, ''Geomys pinetis'' * Llano pocket gopher, ''Geomys texensis'' * Tropical pocket gopher, ''Geomys tropicalis'' *

Chiriqui pocket gopher The Chiriqui pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys cavator'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Some authors classify it in the genus ''Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed this and its rela ...

, ''Orthogeomys cavator'' *

Cherrie's pocket gopher Cherrie's pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys cherriei'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It is threatened by habitat loss. Some authors classify it in the genus '' Orthogeomys'', ...

, ''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 The variable pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys heterodus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica, usually being found in grasslands and tropical forests at higher altitudes, up to 8,000 feet. It is threate ...

, ''Orthogeomys heterodus'' *

Hispid pocket gopher The hispid pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys hispidus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Some authors classify it in the genus ''Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed t ...

, ''Orthogeomys hispidus'' *

Big pocket gopher The big pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys lanius'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It has only been found on the southeastern slopes of Pico de Orizaba Pico de Orizaba, also ...

, ''Orthogeomys lanius'' *

Underwood's pocket gopher Underwood's pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys underwoodi'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Some authors classify it in the genus '' Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed this and its related s ...

, ''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 The Idaho pocket gopher (''Thomomys idahoensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is rather small, with a lightly built skull. Its fur color varies through the body and between individuals. Found in the western United States, ...

, ''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, ''Dipodomys ordii'' * Gulf Coast kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys compactus'' * San Quintin kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys gravipes'' *

Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat The chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys microps'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. There are 13 sub-species. Saltbush leaves are a major dietary component, requiring specialized physiology to eliminate the salt while reta ...

, ''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 ...

, ''Dipodomys heermanni'' :( Morro Bay kangaroo rat, ''D. h. morroensis'': ) * California kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys californicus'' * Giant kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys ingens'' *

Banner-tailed kangaroo rat The banner-tailed kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys spectabilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in arid environments in the southwestern United States and Mexico where it lives in a burrow by day and forages for seeds ...

, ''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 wi ...

, ''Dipodomys elator'' * Merriam's kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys merriami'' :(

San Bernardino kangaroo rat The San Bernardino kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys merriami parvus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is one of 19 recognized subspecies of Merriam's kangaroo rat ('' Dipodomys merriami'') that are spread throughout the arid re ...

, ''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, ''Dipodomys deserti'' * Dulzura kangaroo rat, ''Dipodomys simulans'' * Panamanian spiny pocket mouse, ''Heteromys adspersus'' * Trinidad spiny pocket mouse, ''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, ''Microdipodops pallidus'' * White-eared pocket mouse, ''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 The San Joaquin pocket mouse or Salinas pocket mouse (''Perognathus inornatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States where it lives in desert and semi-desert habitats. Descript ...

, ''Perognathus inornatus'' * Little pocket mouse, ''Perognathus longimembris'' :( Pacific pocket mouse, ''P. l. pacificus'': ) *

Merriam's pocket mouse Merriam's pocket mouse (''Perognathus merriami'') is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northeast Mexico and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States. Its habitat is shortgrass prairie, desert areas with sc ...

, ''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 The western dwarf squirrel (''Microsciurus mimulus'') is a small tree squirrel in the genus ''Microsciurus'' and tribe ''Sciurini'' found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of ...

, ''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 The Mexican gray squirrel (or red-bellied squirrel) (''Sciurus aureogaster'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' native to Guatemala and eastern and southern Mexico. It has been introduced to the Florida Keys. The alternate name sho ...

, ''Sciurus aureogaster'' *

Eastern gray squirrel The eastern gray squirrel (''Sciurus carolinensis''), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus''. It is native to eastern North America, where it is the most prodi ...

, ''Sciurus carolinensis'' *

Collie's squirrel Collie's squirrel (''Sciurus colliaei'') is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus The genus ''Sciurus'' contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. S ...

, ''Sciurus colliaei'' *

Deppe's squirrel Deppe's squirrel (''Sciurus deppei'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Description ''Sciurus deppei'' varies in individual color. Th ...

, ''Sciurus deppei'' *

Red-tailed squirrel The red-tailed squirrel (''Sciurus granatensis'') is a species of tree squirrel distributed from southern Central America to northern South America. Distribution It is found in Central and South America ( Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panam ...

, ''Sciurus granatensis'' * Western gray squirrel, ''Sciurus griseus'' *

Mexican fox squirrel The Mexican fox squirrel (''Sciurus nayaritensis'') is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S.Best, T. ...

, ''Sciurus nayaritensis'' *

Fox squirrel The fox squirrel (''Sciurus niger''), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. Despite the differences in size and coloration, it is sometimes mistaken for A ...

, ''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 Peters's squirrel (''Sciurus oculatus'') is a tree squirrel in the genus '' Sciurus'' endemic to Mexico. It was first described by the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Peters in 1863. Three subspecies are recognised. It is a common spec ...

, ''Sciurus oculatus'' *

Variegated squirrel The variegated squirrel (''Sciurus variegatoides'') is a tree squirrel in the genus '' Sciurus'' found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised. It is a comm ...

, ''Sciurus variegatoides'' *

Yucatan squirrel The Yucatan squirrel (, ''Sciurus yucatanensis''), originally named the Yucatan gray squirrel, also once named the Campeche squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus '' Sciurus'' found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent areas. It is native t ...

, ''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, ''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, ''Glaucomys oregonensis'' * Southern flying squirrel, ''Glaucomys volans'' * Gunnison's prairie dog, ''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, ''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, ''Marmota broweri'' * Hoary marmot, ''Marmota caligata'' *

Yellow-bellied marmot The yellow-bellied marmot (''Marmota flaviventris''), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous regions of southwestern Ca ...

, ''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 m ...

, ''Marmota monax'' * Olympic marmot, ''Marmota olympus'' * Vancouver Island marmot, ''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, ''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, ''Xerospermophilus spilosoma'' * Round-tailed ground squirrel, ''Xerospermophilus tereticaudus'' * Franklin's ground squirrel, ''Poliocitellus franklinii'' * Rio Grande ground squirrel, ''Ictidomys parvidens'' - split from Mexican ground squirrel, ''Ictidomys mexicanus'' * Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, ''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'' * Uinta ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus armatus'' * Belding's ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus beldingi'' * Northern Idaho ground squirrel, ''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, ''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, ''Urocitellus townsendii'' * Merriam's ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus canus'' * Piute ground squirrel, ''Urocitellus mollis'' * Townsend's ground squirrel, ''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 The gray-collared chipmunk (''Neotamias cinereicollis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. Description The gray-collared chipmunk grows to a total length of about inclu ...

, ''Neotamias cinereicollis'' * Cliff chipmunk, ''Neotamias dorsalis'' *

Durango chipmunk The Durango chipmunk (''Neotamias durangae'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico. Distribution This species has a disjunct distribution, with populations in the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Orient ...

, ''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 Palmer's chipmunk (''Neotamias palmeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Nevada. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description Palmer's chipmunk resembles other chipmunks in ...

, ''Neotamias palmeri'' * Panamint chipmunk, ''Neotamias panamintinus'' * Long-eared chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrimaculatus'' * Colorado chipmunk, ''Neotamias quadrivittatus'' *

Red-tailed chipmunk The red-tailed chipmunk (''Neotamias ruficaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States. Description The red-tailed chipmunk ...

, ''Neotamias ruficaudus'' * Hopi chipmunk, ''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 h ...

There has been much debate among

s 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, ''Microtus californicus'' :(ssp. ''scirpen'': ) *

Gray-tailed vole The gray-tailed vole (''Microtus canicaudus'') also known as the gray-tailed meadow vole or gray-tailed meadow mouse, is a rodent in the genus ''Microtus'' (small-eared "meadow voles") of the family Cricetidae. Voles are small mammals, and this ...

, ''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 (''M. ...

, ''Microtus drummondii'' *

Florida salt marsh vole The Florida salt marsh vole (''Microtus dukecampbelli'') is a North American vole endemic to the state of Florida in the United States. Taxonomy It was formerly thought conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (''M. pennsylvanicus''), but more ...

, ''Microtus dukecampbelli'' * Guatemalan vole, ''Microtus guatemalensis'' * Long-tailed vole, ''Microtus longicaudus'' * Mexican vole, ''Microtus mexicanus''
(including ''M. mogollonensis'': , ssp. ''hualpaiensis'': ) and: ** Mogollon vole, ''Microtus mogollonensis'' * Singing vole, ''Microtus miurus'' * Montane vole, ''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, ''Microtus oregoni'' * Eastern meadow vole, ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' **

Beach vole The beach vole (''Microtus breweri'') or Muskeget vole is a rodent in the family Cricetidae. This close relative of the eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus'') is endemic to the 0.87km² Muskeget Island, Massachusetts. Due to its re ...

, ''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, ''Microtus townsendii'' *

Jalapan pine vole The Jalapan pine vole (''Microtus quasiater'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found only in Mexico. The scientific name ''quasiater'' translates as "almost black", while the common name refers to the city of Jalapa, close to wh ...

, ''Microtus quasiater'' * Zempoaltépec vole, ''Microtus umbrosus'' * Taiga vole, ''Microtus xanthognathus'' * Sagebrush vole, ''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 habita ...

, ''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, ''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, ''Dicrostonyx groenlandicus'' * Ungava collared lemming, ''Dicrostonyx hudsonius'' * Richardson's collared lemming, ''Dicrostonyx richardsoni'' * Nelson's collared lemming, ''Dicrostonyx nelsoni'' * Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming, ''Dicrostonyx nunatakensis'' * Unalaska collared lemming, ''Dicrostonyx unalascensis'' *

Goldman's diminutive woodrat Goldman's diminutive woodrat (''Nelsonia goldmani'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, an ...

, ''Nelsonia goldmani'' *

Diminutive woodrat The diminutive woodrat (''Nelsonia neotomodon'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and N ...

, ''Nelsonia neotomodon'' *

Anthony's woodrat Anthony's woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti anthonyi'') is an extinct subspecies of Bryant's woodrat in the family Cricetidae. It was found only on Isla Todos Santos in Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free a ...

, ''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 ...

, ''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, ''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, ''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 The cactus mouse (''Peromyscus eremicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus ''Peromyscus'', a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice" (although the term more commonly refers sp ...

, ''Peromyscus eremicus'' * Northern Baja deer mouse, ''Peromyscus fraterculus'' * Mesquite mouse, ''Peromyscus merriami'' * Canyon mouse, ''Peromyscus crinitus'' * Eastern deermouse, ''Peromyscus maniculatus'' *

Oldfield mouse The oldfield mouse or beach mouse (''Peromyscus polionotus''), is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Cricetidae and primarily eats seeds. It lives in holes throughout the Southeastern United States in beaches and sandy fields. Predators ...

, ''Peromyscus polionotus'' :( Choctawhatchee beach mouse, ''P. p. allophrys'', Perdido Key beach mouse, ''P. p. trissyllepsis'', St. Andrews beach mouse, ''P. p. peninsularis'', Alabama beach mouse, ''P. p. ammobates'' and Anastasia Island beach mouse, ''P. p. phasma'': , 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, ''Peromyscus sejugis'' * Nayarit mouse, ''Peromyscus simulus'' * Slevin's mouse, ''Peromyscus slevini'' * Gleaning mouse, ''Peromyscus spicilegus'' * San Esteban Island mouse, ''Peromyscus stephani'' *

Winkelmann's mouse Winkelmann's mouse (''Peromyscus winkelmanni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico, and is named for John R. Winkelmann, who collected the first specimens. Description Rather larger than a house mouse, an adult ...

, ''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, ''Reithrodontomys montanus'' *

Coues's climbing mouse Coues's climbing mouse (''Rhipidomys couesi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is named in honour of the American zoologist Elliott Coues who studied ...

, ''Rhipidomys couesi'' * Venezuelan climbing mouse, ''Rhipidomys venezuelae'' * Salt marsh harvest mouse, ''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, ''Scotinomys teguina'' * Chiriqui brown mouse, ''Scotinomys xerampelinus'' * Jamaican rice rat, ''Oryzomys antillarum'' (E) *

Coues's rice rat ''Oryzomys couesi'', also known as Coues's rice rat, is a semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae occurring from southernmost Texas through Mexico and Central America into northwestern Colombia. It is usually found in wet habitats, such as m ...

, ''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 The Chiapan climbing rat (''Tylomys bullaris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and Ne ...

, ''Tylomys bullaris'' *

Fulvous-bellied climbing rat The fulvous-bellied climbing rat (''Tylomys fulviventer'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskr ...

, ''Tylomys fulviventer'' *

Peters's climbing rat Peters's climbing rat (''Tylomys nudicaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is ...

, ''Tylomys nudicaudus'' *

Panamanian climbing rat The Panamanian climbing rat (''Tylomys panamensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, a ...

, ''Tylomys panamensis'' *

Tumbala climbing rat The Tumbala climbing rat (''Tylomys tumbalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá Tumbalá is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in ...

, ''Tylomys tumbalensis'' *

Watson's climbing rat Watson's climbing rat (''Tylomys watsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New Wor ...

, ''Tylomys watsoni'' * Short-tailed cane rat, ''Zygodontomys brevicauda''

Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...
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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 ''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) *

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 (''Atele ...
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* Coiba Island howler, ''Alouatta coibensis'' * Guyanan red howler, ''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, ''Alouatta pigra''

Spider monkey Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The ...
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* 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, ''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 Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

* Atzlan rabbit, ''Aztlanolagus agilis'' (E) *

Pygmy rabbit The pygmy rabbit (''Brachylagus idahoensis'') is a rabbit species native to the United States. It is also the only native rabbit species in North America to dig its own burrow. The pygmy rabbit differs significantly from species within either ...

, ''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 The snowshoe hare (''Lepus americanus''), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe" because of the large size of its hind feet. The animal's feet prevent it from sin ...

, ''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 a ...

, ''Lepus arcticus'' * Black-tailed jackrabbit, ''Lepus californicus'' *

White-sided jackrabbit The white-sided jackrabbit (''Lepus callotis''), also known as the Mexican hare, is a jackrabbit found in a limited range in North America, from southern New Mexico to northwestern and central Mexico. The animal is considered threatened in New M ...

, ''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, ''Lepus townsendii'' * Volcano rabbit, ''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 The common tapeti (''Sylvilagus brasiliensis''), also known as the Brazilian cottontail, forest cottontail, or (formerly) simply tapeti is a species of cottontail rabbit. It is small to medium-sized with a small, dark tail, short hind feet, and s ...

, ''Sylvilagus brasiliensis'' *

Mexican cottontail The Mexican cottontail (''Sylvilagus cunicularius'') is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae. It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests and pastureland. Taxono ...

, ''Sylvilagus cunicularius'' *

Dice's cottontail Dice's cottontail (''Sylvilagus dicei'') is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama, in páramo and cloud forest habitats. Taxonomy Dice's cottontail was Species description, first described by ...

, ''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, ''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, ''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, ''Ochotona collaris'' * American pika, ''Ochotona princeps'' * Giant pika, ''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 ...

Star-nosed mole The star-nosed mole (''Condylura cristata'') is a small semiaquatic mole found in moist, low areas in the northern parts of North America. It is the only extant member of the tribe Condylurini and genus ''Condylura'', and it has more than 25, ...

, ''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, ''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, ''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'', also called Cockrum's gray shrew or Cockrum's desert shrew, is a tiny species of shrews named in 2003. This red-toothed shrew, which is as light as a penny, is the first new mammal species from Arizona since 1977. Its ...

, ''Notiosorex cockrumi'' *

Crawford's gray shrew Crawford's gray shrew (''Notiosorex crawfordi''), also known as the desert shrew, is a small shrew found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a member of the family Soricidae of the order Eulipotyphla. It was the only k ...

, ''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, ''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, ''Sorex ornatus'' (ssp. ''relictus'': ) * Inyo shrew, ''Sorex tenellus'' * Baird's shrew, ''Sorex bairdi'' * Marsh shrew, ''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 Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air L ...

, ''Sorex albibarbis'' ** Western water shrew, ''Sorex navigator'' * Fog shrew, ''Sorex sonomae'' * Vagrant shrew, ''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 Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean ...

, ''Sorex cinereus fontinalis'' *

Olympic shrew The Olympic shrew (''Sorex rohweri'') is a rare species of shrew that lives in only 13 spots in northwest Washington state and, a recent discovery, in Burns Bog, located in Delta, BC. Not much is known about this species. It was only described ...

, ''Sorex rohweri'' (formerly in ''

Sorex cinereus 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 ...

'') * Prairie shrew, ''Sorex haydeni'' * Saint Lawrence Island shrew, ''Sorex jacksoni'' * Southeastern shrew, ''Sorex longirostris'' * Mount Lyell shrew, ''Sorex lyelli'' *

Preble's shrew Preble's shrew (''Sorex preblei'') is a small shrew distributed across the Great Basin of the United States and southern British Columbia in Canada. It belongs to the order Eulipotyphla, family Soricidae and genus ''Sorex''. Description The Pr ...

, ''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's Pribilof Islands The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; ale, Amiq, russian: Остро ...

, ''Sorex pribilofensis'' * Barren ground shrew, ''Sorex ugyunak'' * Alaska tiny shrew, ''Sorex yukonicus'' *

Arctic shrew The Arctic shrew (''Sorex arcticus''), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United States. Separate species status has been proposed for the maritime shrew (''Sorex ma ...

, ''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 Trowbridge's shrew (''Sorex trowbridgii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in southern British Columbia in Canada and in Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States. Taxonomy Trowbridge's shrew was f ...

, ''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

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

Nesophontes

Puerto Rican nesophontes The Puerto Rican nesophontes (''Nesophontes edithae''), or Puerto Rican shrew, is an extinct eulipotyphlan endemic to Puerto Rico. It is believed that the animal was never observed by Europeans. Contemporary fossils with indigenous artefac ...

, ''Nesophontes edithae'' (E) *'' Nesophontes hemicingulus'' (E) * Atalaye nesophontes, ''Nesophontes hypomicrus'' (E) * Slender Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes longirostris'' (E) * Greater Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes major'' (E) * Western Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes micrus'' (E) * St. Michel nesophontes, ''Nesophontes paramicrus'' (E) * Lesser Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes submicrus'' (E) * Cuban nesophontes, ''Nesophontes superstes'' (E) * Haitian nesophontes, ''Nesophontes zamicrus'' (E)

Bats 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 are more agile in flight than most bir ...

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

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 The Brazilian brown bat (''Eptesicus brasiliensis''), is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States ...

, ''Eptesicus brasiliensis'' *

Argentine brown bat The Argentine brown bat (''Eptesicus furinalis''), is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to ...

, ''Eptesicus furinalis'' * Big brown bat, ''Eptesicus fuscus'' *

Evening bat The evening bat (''Nycticeius humeralis'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America. Hunting at night, they eat beetles, moths, and other flying insects. Description The evening bat is a small bat weigh ...

, ''Nycticeius humeralis'' *

Eastern red bat The eastern red bat (''Lasiurus borealis'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda. Taxonomy and etymology It was described in ...

, ''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 distrib ...

, ''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 The western red bat or desert red bat (''Lasiurus frantzii'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in western North America and Central America. Taxonomy Previously, it was believed to be a subspecies of t ...

, ''Lasiurus blossevillii'' *

Seminole bat The Seminole bat (''Lasiurus seminolus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Taxonomy The Seminole bat was first described in 1895 by Samuel N. Rhoads. The holotype had been collected in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1892 by ...

, ''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 The western yellow bat (''Dasypterus xanthinus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. This species roosts in trees such as ''Populus fremontii'', ''Platanus wrightii'', and ''Quercus arizonica''. I ...

, ''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-e ...

, ''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 189 ...

, ''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 i ...

, ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' *

Townsend's big-eared bat Townsend's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus townsendii'') is a species of vesper bat. Description Townsend's big-eared bat is a medium-sized bat (7-12 g)

, ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' :(ssp. ''C. t. virginianus'' and ''C. t. ingens'': ) *

Silver-tipped myotis The silver-tipped myotis (''Myotis albescens'') is a species of mouse-eared bat found in a range of lowland habitats in the Americas. It is part of the vesper bat genus ''Myotis'', which includes many common species across the world. Genetic an ...

, ''Myotis albescens'' * Southwestern myotis, ''Myotis auriculus'' *

Southeastern myotis The southeastern myotis (''Myotis austroriparius'') is a small bat found throughout the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain of the southeastern United States. Description The southeastern myotis weighs 5–8 g. Its d ...

, ''Myotis austroriparius'' * California myotis, ''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, ''Myotis leibii'' * Little brown bat, ''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 The cave myotis (''Myotis velifer'') is a species of vesper bat (''Vespertilionidae'') in the genus ''Myotis''. Description It is larger than most other bats in the ''Myotis'' group, with a forearm of . The bat is brown with short ears, and ca ...

, ''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 The Yuma myotis (''Myotis yumanensis'') is a species of vesper bat native to western North America. Description The Yuma myotis is a relatively small myotis, measuring in head-body length, with an average wingspan of and a weight of about . T ...

, ''Myotis yumanensis'' * Silver-haired bat, ''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, ''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 a ...

, ''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 Peale's free-tailed bat (''Nyctinomops aurispinosus'') is a bat species from South and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United State ...

, ''Nyctinomops aurispinosus'' * Broad-eared bat, ''Nyctinomops laticaudatus'' *

Big free-tailed bat The big free-tailed bat (''Nyctinomops macrotis'') is a bat species found in the Americas. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1839 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. Gray placed it in the now-defunct genus ''Nyctinomus'', with a ...

, ''Nyctinomops macrotis'' * Mexican free-tailed bat, ''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, ''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, ''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 ''Lonchophylla'' is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. List of species Genus ''Lonchophylla'' * Bokermann's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla bokermanni'' * Cadena's long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla cadenai'' * Chocoan long-tongued bat, ''L ...

* Goldman's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla concava'' * Godman's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla mordax'' *

Orange nectar bat The orange nectar bat (''Lonchophylla robusta'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Orange nectar bats in Costa Rica were observed util ...

, ''Lonchophylla robusta'' *

Thomas's nectar bat Thomas's nectar bat (''Lonchophylla thomasi'') is a bat species from South and Central America. Thomas's nectar bat pollinates the vine ''Marcgravia ''Marcgravia'' is a genus of plants in the Marcgraviaceae family commonly eaten by the dwarf l ...

, ''Lonchophylla thomasi''

Noctilionidae

Lesser bulldog bat The lesser bulldog bat (''Noctilio albiventris'') is an insectivorous and occasionally carnivorous bat of the (Neotropics), ranging through Central America and northern South America. Some unique characteristics of the bat include, large feet th ...

, ''Noctilio albiventris'' *

Greater bulldog bat The greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat (''Noctilio leporinus'') is a species of fishing bat native to Latin America (Spanish: ''murciélago pescador''; Portuguese: ''morcego-pescador''). The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made ...

, ''Noctilio leporinus''

Balantiopteryx

* Thomas's sac-winged bat, ''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, Nica ...

, ''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, ''Mormoops megalophylla'' * Pristine mustached bat, ''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 The Toltec fruit-eating bat (''Dermanura tolteca'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is also sometimes called the "lowland fruit eating bat." Taxonomy Three subspecies of the Toltec fruit-eating bat are recognized: ''A. t. t ...

, ''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, ''Diphylla ecaudata'' *

Velvety fruit-eating bat The velvety fruit-eating bat (''Enchisthenes hartii''), also known as Hart's little fruit bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Enchisthenes''. It is found in Central America, Mexico, t ...

, ''Enchisthenes hartii'' * Mexican long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris nivalis'' * Lesser long-nosed bat, ''Leptonycteris yerbabuenae'' * California leaf-nosed bat, ''Macrotus californicus''

Desmodus

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 bat ...

, ''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 The Honduran fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus inopinatus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Description Artibeus inopinatus is a fruit eating bat native to Central America, ...

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

Glossophaga ''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics. Species ''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. '' ...

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

Pallas's long-tongued bat Pallas's long-tongued bat (''Glossophaga soricina'') is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar. Metabolism It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds. Although ...

, ''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

* Hairy-legged vampire bat, ''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 Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

*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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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 North A ...

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 ...

Chlamyphoridae Chlamyphoridae is a family of cingulate mammals. While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could b ...

Pampatheriidae Pampatheriidae ("Pampas beasts") is an extinct family of large plantigrade armored armadillos related to extant armadillos in the order Cingulata. However, pampatheriids have existed as a separate lineage since at least the middle Eocene Muste ...

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 ''Myrmecophag ...

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 m ...s

Nothrotheriidae Nothrotheriidae is a family of extinct ground sloths that lived from approximately 17.5 mya—10,000 years ago, existing for approximately . Previously placed within the tribe Nothrotheriini or subfamily Nothrotheriinae within Megatheriidae, th ...

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...s

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 terr ...

Aplodontiidae The family Aplodontiidae also known as Aplodontidae, Haplodontiidae or Haploodontini is traditionally classified as the sole extant family of the suborder Protrogomorpha. It may be the sister family of the Sciuridae. There are fossils from the O ...

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 a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 h ...

Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...s

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 (''Atele ...s

Spider monkey Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The ...s

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 ...

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 ...

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'' ...

Leporidae Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

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 ...

Bats 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 are more agile in flight than most bir ...

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lonchophylla ''Lonchophylla'' is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. List of species Genus ''Lonchophylla'' * Bokermann's nectar bat, ''Lonchophylla bokermanni'' * Cadena's long-tongued bat, ''Lonchophylla cadenai'' * Chocoan long-tongued bat, ''L ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glossophaga ''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics. Species *''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. *'' ...

Carollia

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

Monophyllus

Saccopteryx

Phyllonycteris

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 ...

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 m ...
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Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
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Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...
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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 (''Atele ...
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Spider monkey Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The ...
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Glossophaga ''Glossophaga'' (long-tongued bat) is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics. Species ''G. antillarum'' (Rehn, 1902): Jamaican long-tongued bat, Jamaica. '' ...