List of mammals of Missouri
This is a list of known mammals in the US state of Missouri.
Order: Artiodactyla
- Family: Bovidae
- Subfamily: Bovinae
- Genus: Bison
- American bison, Bison bison extirpated (a small herd of 100 animals has been reintroduced to Prairie State Park and 37 bison were introduced to the Nature Conservancy's Dunn Ranch Prairie in 2011 and are considered wild)
- Genus: Bison
- Subfamily: Caprinae
- Genus: Ovis
- Domestic sheep, Ovis aries exotic
- Genus: Ovis
- Subfamily: Bovinae
- Family: Cervidae
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
- Genus: Odocoileus
- White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
- Genus: Odocoileus
- Subfamily:: Cervinae
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
- Family: Suidae
Order: Carnivora
- Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
- Domestic dog, Canis familiaris exotic
- Coyote, Canis latrans
- Gray wolf, Canis lupus extirpated
- Red wolf, Canis rufus extirpated
- Genus: Urocyon
- Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Genus: Vulpes
- Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
- Genus: Canis
- Family: Felidae
- Family: Mephitidae
- Genus: Mephitis
- Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
- Genus: Spilogale
- Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
- Genus: Mephitis
- Family: Mustelidae
- Subfamily: Lutrinae
- Genus: Lontra
- North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
- Genus: Lontra
- Subfamily: Mustelinae
- Genus: Mustela
- Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- Genus: Mustela
- Genus: Neovison
- American mink, Neovison vison
- Genus: Taxidea
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
- Subfamily: Lutrinae
- Family: Procyonidae
- Genus: Bassariscus
- Ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus
- Genus: Procyon
- Raccoon, Procyon lotor
- Genus: Bassariscus
- Family: Ursidae
- Genus: Ursus
- American black bear, Ursus americanus
- Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos extirpated
- Genus: Ursus
Order: Chiroptera
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Nyctinomops
- Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis
- Genus: Tadarida
- Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
- Genus: Nyctinomops
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
- Genus: Lasiurus
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Genus: Lasiurus
- Genus: Corynorhinus
- Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
- Genus: Eptesicus
- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Genus: Lasionycteris
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Genus: Myotis
- Southeastern myotis, Myotis austroriparius
- Western small-footed bat, Myotis ciliolabrum
- Gray bat, Myotis grisescens
- Keen's myotis, Myotis keenii
- Eastern small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
- Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis
- Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis
- Genus: Nycticeius
- Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
- Genus: Perimyotis
- Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus
- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Order: Cingulata
- Family: Dasypodidae
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
- Genus: Dasypus
- Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
- Genus: Dasypus
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Order: Didelphimorphia
- Family: Didelphidae
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
- Genus: Didelphis
- Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
- Genus: Didelphis
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
Order: Lagomorpha
- Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Lepus
- Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Genus: Sylvilagus
- Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
- Genus: Lepus
Order: Rodentia
- Family: Castoridae
- Genus: Castor
- North American beaver, Castor canadensis
- Genus: Castor
- Family: Cricetidae
- Subfamily: Arvicolinae
- Subfamily: Neotominae
- Genus: Ochrotomys
- Golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli
- Genus: Peromyscus
- Texas mouse, Peromyscus attwateri
- Brush mouse, Peromyscus boylii
- Cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
- Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
- Genus: Reithrodontomys
- Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
- Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
- Genus: Ochrotomys
- Genus: Microtus
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
- Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
- Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum
- Genus: Neotoma
- Florida woodrat, Neotoma floridana
- Genus: Oryzomys
- Marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
- Genus: Synaptomys
- Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi
- Genus: Sigmodon
- Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus
- Family: Dipodidae
- Subfamily: Zaponidae
- Genus: Zapus
- Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
- Genus: Zapus
- Subfamily: Zaponidae
- Family: Geomydae
- Genus: Geomys
- Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
- Genus: Geomys
- Family: Heteromyidae
- Genus: Perognathus
- Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens
- Genus: Perognathus
- Family: Muridae
- Family: Myocastoridae
- Family: Sciuridae
- Subfamily: Sciurinae
- Genus: Sciurus
- Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
- Genus: Sciurus
- Subfamily: Xerinae
- Genus: Poliocitellus
- Franklin's ground squirrel, Poliocitellus franklinii
- Genus: Poliocitellus
- Genus: Glaucomys
- Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
- Genus: Ictidomys
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
- Genus: Marmota
- Groundhog, Marmota monax
- Genus: Tamias
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
- Subfamily: Sciurinae
Order: Soricomorpha
- Family: Soricidae
- Subfamily: Soricinae
- Genus: Blarina
- Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
- Southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis
- Elliot's short-tailed shrew, Blarina hylophaga
- Genus: Blarina
- Genus: Cryptotis
- North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva
- Genus: Sorex
- Southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris
- Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus
- Subfamily: Soricinae
- Family: Talpidae
- Genus: Scalopus
- Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus
- Genus: Scalopus
References
- Schwartz, Charles Walsh & Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). Wild Mammals of Missouri, Second Revised Edition. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0826213594