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New Jersey, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of79 living species in 8 orders,26 families, and 61 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
2
2
0
Leporidae
2
2
0
Lepus
1
0
americanus
Sylvilagus
1
0
floridanus
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
5
16
19
0
Erethizontidae
1
1
0
Erethizon
1
0
dorsatum
Sciuridae
5
6
0
Glaucomys
2
0
sabrinus
volans
Marmota
1
0
monax
Sciurus
1
0
carolinensis
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
7
9
0
Clethrionomys
1
0
gapperi
Microtus
2
0
pennsylvanicus
pinetorum
Neotoma
1
0
magister
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Oryzomys
1
0
palustris
Peromyscus
2
0
leucopus
maniculatus
Synaptomys
1
0
cooperi
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
6
9
0
Soricidae
3
6
0
Blarina
1
0
brevicauda
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
4
0
albibarbis
cinereus
dispar
fumeus
Talpidae
3
3
0
Condylura
1
0
cristata
Parascalops
1
0
breweri
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
2
7
12
0
Molossidae
1
1
0
Tadarida
1
0
brasiliensis
Vespertilionidae
6
11
0
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
3
0
borealis
cinereus
intermedius
Myotis
4
0
leibii
lucifugus
septentrionalis
sodalis
Nycticeius
1
0
humeralis
Perimyotis
1
0
subflavus
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
7
14
15
0
Mephitidae
1
1
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Mustelidae
4
5
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Mustela
1
0
richardsonii
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Pekania
1
0
pennanti
Procyonidae
1
1
0
Procyon
1
0
lotor
Phocidae
3
3
0
Halichoerus
1
0
grypus
Pagophilus
1
0
groenlandicus
Phoca
1
0
vitulina
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
14
20
0
Balaenidae
1
1
0
Eubalaena
1
0
glacialis
Balaenopteridae
2
4
0
Balaenoptera
3
0
acutorostrata
borealis
physalus
Megaptera
1
0
novaeangliae
Delphinidae
6
8
0
Delphinus
1
0
delphis
Globicephala
1
0
melas
Grampus
1
0
griseus
Leucopleurus
1
0
acutus
Stenella
2
0
clymene
coeruleoalba
Tursiops
2
0
erebennus
truncatus
Phocoenidae
1
1
0
Phocoena
1
0
phocoena
Kogiidae
1
2
0
Kogia
2
0
breviceps
sima
Ziphiidae
2
3
0
Mesoplodon
2
0
densirostris
mirus
Ziphius
1
0
cavirostris
Cervidae
1
1
0
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
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