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South Dakota, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of86 living species in 6 orders,19 families, and 56 genera.
Subclass
Infraclass
Order
Families
Genera
Living species
Extinct species (last 500 years)
Theria
Placentalia
Lagomorpha
1
2
6
0
Leporidae
2
6
0
Lepus
3
0
americanus
californicus
townsendii
Sylvilagus
3
0
audubonii
floridanus
nuttallii
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
7
28
37
0
Erethizontidae
1
1
0
Erethizon
1
0
dorsatum
Sciuridae
11
12
0
Cynomys
1
0
ludovicianus
Glaucomys
1
0
sabrinus
Ictidomys
1
0
tridecemlineatus
Marmota
2
0
flaviventris
monax
Neotamias
1
0
minimus
Poliocitellus
1
0
franklinii
Sciurus
1
0
niger
Tamias
1
0
striatus
Tamiasciurus
1
0
hudsonicus
Urocitellus
1
0
richardsonii
Xerospermophilus
1
0
spilosoma
Castoridae
1
1
0
Castor
1
0
canadensis
Geomyidae
2
3
0
Geomys
2
0
bursarius
lutescens
Thomomys
1
0
talpoides
Heteromyidae
3
5
0
Chaetodipus
1
0
hispidus
Dipodomys
1
0
ordii
Perognathus
3
0
fasciatus
flavescens
flavus
Zapodidae
1
2
0
Zapus
2
0
hudsonius
saltator
Cricetidae
9
13
0
Clethrionomys
1
0
gapperi
Lemmiscus
1
0
curtatus
Microtus
3
0
drummondii
longicaudus
ochrogaster
Neotoma
1
0
cinerea
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Onychomys
1
0
leucogaster
Peromyscus
2
0
leucopus
sonoriensis
Reithrodontomys
2
0
megalotis
montanus
Synaptomys
1
0
cooperi
Theria
Placentalia
Eulipotyphla
2
4
10
0
Soricidae
3
9
0
Blarina
1
0
brevicauda
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
7
0
arcticus
cinereus
haydeni
hoyi
merriami
nanus
palustris
Talpidae
1
1
0
Scalopus
1
0
aquaticus
Theria
Placentalia
Chiroptera
1
5
11
0
Vespertilionidae
5
11
0
Corynorhinus
1
0
townsendii
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
3
0
borealis
cinereus
frantzii
Myotis
5
0
ciliolabrum
lucifugus
septentrionalis
thysanodes
volans
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
5
12
16
0
Mephitidae
2
2
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Spilogale
1
0
interrupta
Mustelidae
4
7
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Mustela
3
0
nigripes
nivalis
richardsonii
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Taxidea
1
0
taxus
Procyonidae
1
1
0
Procyon
1
0
lotor
Canidae
3
4
0
Canis
1
0
latrans
Urocyon
1
0
cinereoargenteus
Vulpes
2
0
velox
vulpes
Felidae
2
2
0
Lynx
1
0
rufus
Puma
1
0
concolor
Theria
Placentalia
Artiodactyla
3
5
6
0
Bovidae
2
2
0
Bos
1
0
bison
Ovis
1
0
canadensis
Cervidae
2
3
0
Cervus
1
0
canadensis
Odocoileus
2
0
hemionus
virginianus
Antilocapridae
1
1
0
Antilocapra
1
0
americana
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