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Tennessee, US
The state's mammalian diversity consists of74 living species in 8 orders,19 families, and 50 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
Cingulata
1
1
1
0
Dasypodidae
1
1
0
Dasypus
1
0
mexicanus
Theria
Placentalia
Lagomorpha
1
2
4
0
Leporidae
2
4
0
Lepus
1
0
americanus
Sylvilagus
3
0
aquaticus
floridanus
obscurus
Theria
Placentalia
Rodentia
5
19
27
0
Erethizontidae
1
1
0
Erethizon
1
0
dorsatum
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
ochrogaster
pennsylvanicus
pinetorum
Neotoma
1
0
magister
Ochrotomys
1
0
nuttalli
Ondatra
1
0
zibethicus
Oryzomys
2
0
palustris
texensis
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
3
0
brevicauda
carolinensis
hylophaga
Cryptotis
1
0
parvus
Sorex
5
0
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
15
0
Molossidae
1
1
0
Tadarida
1
0
brasiliensis
Vespertilionidae
7
14
0
Corynorhinus
1
0
rafinesquii
Eptesicus
1
0
fuscus
Lasionycteris
1
0
noctivagans
Lasiurus
3
0
borealis
cinereus
seminolus
Myotis
6
0
austroriparius
grisescens
leibii
lucifugus
septentrionalis
sodalis
Nycticeius
1
0
humeralis
Perimyotis
1
0
subflavus
Theria
Placentalia
Carnivora
6
12
13
0
Mephitidae
2
2
0
Mephitis
1
0
mephitis
Spilogale
1
0
putorius
Mustelidae
4
5
0
Lontra
1
0
canadensis
Mustela
1
0
nivalis
Neogale
2
0
frenata
vison
Pekania
1
0
pennanti
Procyonidae
1
1
0
Procyon
1
0
lotor
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
1
1
1
0
Cervidae
1
1
0
Odocoileus
1
0
virginianus
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