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North Carolina, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of99 living species in 8 orders,26 families, and 64 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
Sirenia
1
1
1
0
Trichechidae
1
1
0
Trichechus
1
0
manatus
Theria
Placentalia
Lagomorpha
1
1
4
0
Leporidae
1
4
0
Sylvilagus
4
0
aquaticus
floridanus
obscurus
palustris
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
4
18
26
0
Sciuridae
5
7
0
Glaucomys
2
0
sabrinus
volans
Marmota
1
0
monax
Sciurus
2
0
carolinensis
niger
Tamias
1
0
striatus
Tamiasciurus
1
0
hudsonicus
Castoridae
1
1
0
Castor
1
0
canadensis
Zapodidae
2
2
0
Napaeozapus
1
0
insignis
Zapus
1
0
hudsonius
Cricetidae
10
16
0
Clethrionomys
1
0
gapperi
Microtus
3
0
chrotorrhinus
pennsylvanicus
pinetorum
Neotoma
2
0
floridana
magister
Ochrotomys
1
0
nuttalli
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Oryzomys
1
0
palustris
Peromyscus
4
0
gossypinus
leucopus
maniculatus
polionotus
Reithrodontomys
1
0
humulis
Sigmodon
1
0
hispidus
Synaptomys
1
0
cooperi
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
6
12
0
Soricidae
3
9
0
Blarina
2
0
brevicauda
carolinensis
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
6
0
albibarbis
cinereus
dispar
fumeus
hoyi
longirostris
Talpidae
3
3
0
Condylura
1
0
cristata
Parascalops
1
0
breweri
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
2
8
16
0
Molossidae
1
1
0
Tadarida
1
0
brasiliensis
Vespertilionidae
7
15
0
Corynorhinus
1
0
rafinesquii
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
4
0
borealis
cinereus
intermedius
seminolus
Myotis
6
0
austroriparius
grisescens
leibii
lucifugus
septentrionalis
sodalis
Nycticeius
1
0
humeralis
Perimyotis
1
0
subflavus
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
7
12
14
0
Mephitidae
2
2
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Spilogale
1
0
putorius
Mustelidae
3
4
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Mustela
1
0
nivalis
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Procyonidae
1
1
0
Procyon
1
0
lotor
Phocidae
1
1
0
Pagophilus
1
0
groenlandicus
Ursidae
1
1
0
Ursus
1
0
americanus
Canidae
3
4
0
Canis
2
0
latrans
rufus
Urocyon
1
0
cinereoargenteus
Vulpes
1
0
vulpes
Felidae
1
1
0
Lynx
1
0
rufus
Theria
Placentalia
Artiodactyla
8
17
25
0
Balaenidae
1
1
0
Eubalaena
1
0
glacialis
Balaenopteridae
2
3
0
Balaenoptera
2
0
acutorostrata
borealis
Megaptera
1
0
novaeangliae
Delphinidae
8
12
0
Delphinus
1
0
delphis
Globicephala
2
0
macrorhynchus
melas
Grampus
1
0
griseus
Lagenodelphis
1
0
hosei
Lagenorhynchus
1
0
albirostris
Stenella
3
0
coeruleoalba
frontalis
longirostris
Steno
1
0
bredanensis
Tursiops
2
0
erebennus
truncatus
Phocoenidae
1
1
0
Phocoena
1
0
phocoena
Kogiidae
1
2
0
Kogia
2
0
breviceps
sima
Physeteridae
1
1
0
Physeter
1
0
macrocephalus
Ziphiidae
2
4
0
Mesoplodon
3
0
densirostris
europaeus
mirus
Ziphius
1
0
cavirostris
Cervidae
1
1
0
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
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