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Louisiana, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of71 living species in 9 orders,26 families, and 56 genera.
Subclass
Infraclass
Order
Families
Genera
Living species
Extinct species (last 500 years)
Theria
Marsupialia
Didelphimorphia
1
1
1
0
Didelphidae
1
1
0
Didelphis
1
0
virginiana
Theria
Placentalia
Cingulata
1
1
1
0
Dasypodidae
1
1
0
Dasypus
1
0
mexicanus
Theria
Placentalia
Sirenia
1
1
1
0
Trichechidae
1
1
0
Trichechus
1
0
manatus
Theria
Placentalia
Lagomorpha
1
2
3
0
Leporidae
2
3
0
Lepus
1
0
californicus
Sylvilagus
2
0
aquaticus
floridanus
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
5
15
20
0
Sciuridae
4
5
0
Glaucomys
1
0
volans
Marmota
1
0
monax
Sciurus
2
0
carolinensis
niger
Tamias
1
0
striatus
Castoridae
1
1
0
Castor
1
0
canadensis
Geomyidae
1
2
0
Geomys
2
0
brazensis
breviceps
Heteromyidae
1
1
0
Chaetodipus
1
0
hispidus
Cricetidae
8
11
0
Microtus
1
0
pinetorum
Neotoma
1
0
floridana
Ochrotomys
1
0
nuttalli
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Oryzomys
1
0
texensis
Peromyscus
3
0
gossypinus
leucopus
sonoriensis
Reithrodontomys
2
0
fulvescens
humulis
Sigmodon
1
0
hispidus
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
4
5
0
Soricidae
3
4
0
Blarina
2
0
carolinensis
hylophaga
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
1
0
longirostris
Talpidae
1
1
0
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
2
8
12
0
Molossidae
1
1
0
Tadarida
1
0
brasiliensis
Vespertilionidae
7
11
0
Corynorhinus
1
0
rafinesquii
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
4
0
borealis
cinereus
intermedius
seminolus
Myotis
2
0
austroriparius
lucifugus
Nycticeius
1
0
humeralis
Perimyotis
1
0
subflavus
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
6
11
13
0
Mephitidae
2
3
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Spilogale
2
0
interrupta
putorius
Mustelidae
2
3
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Procyonidae
2
2
0
Bassariscus
1
0
astutus
Procyon
1
0
lotor
Ursidae
1
1
0
Ursus
1
0
americanus
Canidae
3
3
0
Canis
1
0
latrans
Urocyon
1
0
cinereoargenteus
Vulpes
1
0
vulpes
Felidae
1
1
0
Lynx
1
0
rufus
Theria
Placentalia
Artiodactyla
7
13
15
0
Balaenidae
1
1
0
Eubalaena
1
0
glacialis
Balaenopteridae
1
1
0
Balaenoptera
1
0
ricei
Delphinidae
6
7
0
Feresa
1
0
attenuata
Grampus
1
0
griseus
Peponocephala
1
0
electra
Stenella
2
0
coeruleoalba
longirostris
Steno
1
0
bredanensis
Tursiops
1
0
truncatus
Kogiidae
1
2
0
Kogia
2
0
breviceps
sima
Physeteridae
1
1
0
Physeter
1
0
macrocephalus
Ziphiidae
2
2
0
Mesoplodon
1
0
europaeus
Ziphius
1
0
cavirostris
Cervidae
1
1
0
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
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