List of mammals of South Dakota
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This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1][2][3] Three species that are extirpated from the state are the mountain goat, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The state consists of 86 species that live and formerly inhabited South Dakota.[4]
Order Didelphimorphia[edit]
Didelphidae[edit]
- Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
Order Eulipotyphla[edit]
Soricidae (shrews)[edit]
- Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
- Least shrew, Cryptotis parva
- Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus
- Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus
- American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi possibly extirpated[5]
- Dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus
- American water shrew, Sorex palustris
Talpidae (moles)[edit]
- Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus
Order Chiroptera[edit]
Vespertilionidae[edit]
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- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Keen's myotis, Myotis keenii
- Fringe-tailed bat, Myotis thysanodes
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Plecotus townsendii
Order Carnivora[edit]
Canidae[edit]
- Coyote, Canis latrans
- Gray wolf, Canis lupus extirpated
- Northern Rocky Mountain wolf, C. l. irremotus extirpated
- Great Plains wolf, C. l. nubilus EX
- Gray fox, Urocyon cineroeargenteus
- Swift fox, Vulpes velox
- Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Felidae[edit]
Procyonidae[edit]
- Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Mephitidae[edit]
- Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
- Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
Mustelidae[edit]
- North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
- Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes reintroduced[6]
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
- American mink, Neogale vison
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
Ursidae[edit]
- American black bear, Ursus americanus
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos extirpated
- Grizzly bear, U. a. horribilis extirpated
Order Artiodactyla[edit]
Antilocapridae[edit]
- Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana
Bovidae[edit]
- American bison, Bison bison reintroduced
- Plains bison, B. b. bison reintroduced
- Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis
- Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus introduced
Cervidae[edit]
- Moose, Alces alces vagrant
- Elk, Cervus canadensis
- Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus
- White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
Order Lagomorpha[edit]
Leporidae[edit]
- Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttalii
Order Rodentia[edit]
Castoridae[edit]
- American beaver, Castor canadensis
Cricetidae[edit]
- Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi
- Sagebrush vole, Lemmiscus curtatus
- Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
- Western meadow vole, Microtus drummondii
- Bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
- Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis
- Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
Erethizontidae[edit]
- North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
Geomyidae[edit]
- Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
- Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides
Heteromyidae[edit]
- Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus
- Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii
- Olive-backed pocket mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
- Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens
Muridae[edit]
- House mouse, Mus musculus introduced
- Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
Sciuridae[edit]
- Least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus
- Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus
- Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
- Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus
- Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris
- Groundhog, Marmota monax
- Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Franklin's ground squirrel, Spermophilus frankinii
- Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii
- Spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
- American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Zapodidae[edit]
- Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
- Western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Higgins, Kenneth (2000). Wild Mammals of South Dakota (2 ed.). South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks (published January 1, 2002). p. 278. ISBN 978-0965893664.
- ^ Over, William Henry; Churchill, Edward Perry (1945). Mammals of South Dakota. University of South Dakota. p. 59.
- ^ Kavanagh, James (2 February 2017). South Dakota Wildlife A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (Paperback). Incorporated Waterford Press (published February 12, 2017). p. 12. ISBN 97815-83556986.
- ^ Choate, Jerry R.; Jones Jr., J. Knox (1980). "Provisional Checklist of Mammals of South Dakota" (163). Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Kobilinsky, Dana (2023-06-22). "TWS2022: Ferrets return to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation". The Wildlife Society. Retrieved 2023-07-21.