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Rhode Island, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of66 living species in 8 orders,24 families, and 55 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
3
0
Leporidae
2
3
0
Lepus
1
0
americanus
Sylvilagus
2
0
floridanus
transitionalis
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
4
13
16
0
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
5
7
0
Clethrionomys
1
0
gapperi
Microtus
2
0
pennsylvanicus
pinetorum
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Peromyscus
2
0
leucopus
maniculatus
Synaptomys
1
0
cooperi
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
4
6
0
Soricidae
2
4
0
Blarina
1
0
brevicauda
Sorex
3
0
albibarbis
cinereus
fumeus
Talpidae
2
2
0
Condylura
1
0
cristata
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
1
5
8
0
Vespertilionidae
5
8
0
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
2
0
borealis
cinereus
Myotis
3
0
leibii
lucifugus
septentrionalis
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
15
16
0
Balaenidae
1
1
0
Eubalaena
1
0
glacialis
Balaenopteridae
2
2
0
Balaenoptera
1
0
acutorostrata
Megaptera
1
0
novaeangliae
Delphinidae
6
7
0
Delphinus
1
0
delphis
Globicephala
1
0
melas
Grampus
1
0
griseus
Leucopleurus
1
0
acutus
Stenella
1
0
coeruleoalba
Tursiops
2
0
erebennus
truncatus
Phocoenidae
1
1
0
Phocoena
1
0
phocoena
Kogiidae
1
1
0
Kogia
1
0
breviceps
Ziphiidae
3
3
0
Hyperoodon
1
0
ampullatus
Mesoplodon
1
0
mirus
Ziphius
1
0
cavirostris
Cervidae
1
1
0
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
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