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Minnesota, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of73 living species in 6 orders,20 families, and 55 genera.
Subclass
Infraclass
Order
Families
Genera
Living species
Extinct species (last 500 years)
Theria
Placentalia
Lagomorpha
1
2
3
0
Leporidae
2
3
0
Lepus
2
0
americanus
townsendii
Sylvilagus
1
0
floridanus
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
7
25
32
0
Erethizontidae
1
1
0
Erethizon
1
0
dorsatum
Sciuridae
9
11
0
Glaucomys
2
0
sabrinus
volans
Ictidomys
1
0
tridecemlineatus
Marmota
1
0
monax
Neotamias
1
0
minimus
Poliocitellus
1
0
franklinii
Sciurus
2
0
carolinensis
niger
Tamias
1
0
striatus
Tamiasciurus
1
0
hudsonicus
Urocitellus
1
0
richardsonii
Castoridae
1
1
0
Castor
1
0
canadensis
Geomyidae
2
2
0
Geomys
1
0
bursarius
Thomomys
1
0
talpoides
Heteromyidae
1
1
0
Perognathus
1
0
flavescens
Zapodidae
2
2
0
Napaeozapus
1
0
abietorum
Zapus
1
0
hudsonius
Cricetidae
9
14
0
Clethrionomys
1
0
gapperi
Microtus
4
0
chrotorrhinus
drummondii
ochrogaster
pinetorum
Mictomys
1
0
borealis
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Onychomys
1
0
leucogaster
Peromyscus
3
0
leucopus
maniculatus
sonoriensis
Phenacomys
1
0
ungava
Reithrodontomys
1
0
megalotis
Synaptomys
1
0
cooperi
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
5
9
0
Soricidae
3
7
0
Blarina
1
0
brevicauda
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
5
0
arcticus
cinereus
haydeni
hoyi
palustris
Talpidae
2
2
0
Condylura
1
0
cristata
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
2
6
8
0
Molossidae
1
1
0
Nyctinomops
1
0
macrotis
Vespertilionidae
5
7
0
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
2
0
borealis
cinereus
Myotis
2
0
lucifugus
septentrionalis
Perimyotis
1
0
subflavus
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
6
13
17
0
Mephitidae
2
2
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Spilogale
1
0
interrupta
Mustelidae
5
7
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Mustela
2
0
nivalis
richardsonii
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Pekania
1
0
pennanti
Taxidea
1
0
taxus
Procyonidae
1
1
0
Procyon
1
0
lotor
Ursidae
1
1
0
Ursus
1
0
americanus
Canidae
3
4
0
Canis
2
0
latrans
lycaon
Urocyon
1
0
cinereoargenteus
Vulpes
1
0
vulpes
Felidae
1
2
0
Lynx
2
0
canadensis
rufus
Theria
Placentalia
Artiodactyla
2
4
4
0
Cervidae
3
3
0
Alces
1
0
alces
Cervus
1
0
canadensis
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
Antilocapridae
1
1
0
Antilocapra
1
0
americana
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