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Authors: Sharon Jansa
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Abstract:

There are total of 76 species of mammals in Minnesota including two introduced species,
the house mouse and the brown rat.

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Families: 19
Genera: 53
Species: 76
Total Taxa (details): 76
Canis lupus - Gray Wolf
Castor canadensis - American Beaver
Odocoileus virginianus - White-tailed Deer
Myodes gapperi - Southern Red-backed Vole
Didelphis virginiana - Virginia Opossum
Napaeozapus insignis - Woodland Jumping Mouse
Zapus hudsonius - Meadow Jumping Mouse
Erethizon dorsatum - North American Porcupine
Felis lynx - Canadian Lynx
Felis rufus - Bobcat
Geomys bursarius - Plains Pocket Gopher
Thomomys talpoides - Northern Pocket Gopher
Perognathus flavescens - Plains Pocket Mouse
Lepus americanus - Snowshoe Hare
Lepus townsendii - White-tailed Jackrabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail
Microtus ochrogaster - Prairie Vole
Microtus pinetorum - Woodland Vole
Mus musculus - House Mouse
Ondatra zibethicus - Common Muskrat
Onychomys leucogaster - Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus - White-footed Mouse
Phenacomys ungava Merriam - Eastern heather vole
Reithrodontomys megalotis - Western Harvest Mouse
Synaptomys borealis - Northern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi - Southern Bog Lemming
Gulo gulo - Wolverine
Lutra canadensis - North American River Otter
Martes americana - American Marten
Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk
Mustela frenata - Long-tailed Weasel
Mustela nivalis - Least Weasel
Mustela vison - American Mink
Spilogale putorius - Eastern Spotted Skunk
Taxidea taxus - American Badger
Glaucomys sabrinus - Northern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans - Southern Flying Squirrel
Marmota monax - Woodchuck
Sciurus carolinensis - Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus niger - Fox Squirrel
Spermophilus franklinii - Franklin's Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus richardsonii - Richardson's Ground Squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus - Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Tamias minimus - Least Chipmunk
Tamias striatus - Eastern Chipmunk
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus - American Red Squirrel
Blarina brevicauda - Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Cryptotis parva - North American Least Shrew
Sorex arcticus - Arctic Shrew
Sorex cinereus - Masked Shrew
Sorex hoyi - American Pygmy Shrew
Sorex palustris - American Water Shrew
Condylura cristata - Star-nosed Mole
Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern Mole
Ursus americanus - American Black Bear
Eptesicus fuscus - Big Brown Bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans - Silver-haired Bat
Lasiurus borealis - Eastern Red Bat
Myotis lucifugus - Little Brown Myotis
Myotis septentrionalis - Northern Long-eared Myotis
Pipistrellus subflavus - Eastern Pipistrelle
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