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This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota. 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.
Order Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
- Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
Order Eulipotyphla
Soricidae (shrews)
- 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
- Dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus
- American water shrew, Sorex palustris
Talpidae (moles)
- Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus
Order Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
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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
Canidae
- 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
Procyonidae
- Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Mephitidae
- Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
- Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
Mustelidae
- North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
- Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes reintroduced
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
- American mink, Neogale vison
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
Ursidae
- American black bear, Ursus americanus
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos extirpated
- Grizzly bear, U. a. horribilis extirpated
Order Artiodactyla
Antilocapridae
- Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana
Bovidae
- American bison, Bison bison reintroduced
- Plains bison, B. b. bison reintroduced
- Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis
- Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus introduced
Cervidae
- Moose, Alces alces vagrant
- Elk, Cervus canadensis
- Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus
- White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
Order Lagomorpha
Leporidae
- Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
- White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttalii
Order Rodentia
Castoridae
- American beaver, Castor canadensis
Cricetidae
- 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
- North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
Geomyidae
- Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
- Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides
Heteromyidae
- Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus
- Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii
- Olive-backed pocket mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
- Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens
Muridae
- House mouse, Mus musculus introduced
- Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
Sciuridae
- 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
- Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
- Western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps
See also
References
- 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.
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