The
U.S. state of
Alabama is home to these known
indigenous mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
species.
Historically, the state's indigenous species included one
armadillo
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 wi ...
species, sixteen
bat species, thirteen
carnivore species, six
insectivore
A robber fly eating a hoverfly
An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects.
The first vertebrate insectivores wer ...
species, one
opossum
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 ...
species, four
rabbit
Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...
species, twenty-two
rodent species, and three
ungulate species.
Four of these native species have become
extirpated within the state, including the
American bison (''Bison bison''),
cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...
(''Puma concolor''), gray wolf (''Canis lupus''), and the elk (''Cervus canadensis'').
There are six known introduced species, introduced mammal species in the state. These include the black rat, brown rat, fallow deer, wild boar, house mouse, and nutria.
Human predation and habitat destruction has placed several mammal species at risk of local extinction, extirpation or extinction. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the conservation status of each species within the state with a rank of lowest, low, moderate, high, and highest concern.
Armadillo
Bats
Carnivores
Eulipotyphlans
Opossum
Rabbits
Rodents
Cetaceans
Ungulates
References
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Lists of mammals of the United States, Alabama
Lists of fauna of Alabama, Mammals