Mammals of Minnesota

List of mammals with a breeding population in Minnesota.

Eastern Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus floridanus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 2
Lepus townsendii
American Beaver 3
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 4
Zapus hudsonius
Woodland Jumping Mouse 5
Napaeozapus insignis
Common Porcupine 6
Erethizon dorsatum
Plains Pocket Gopher 7
Geomys bursarius
Northern Pocket Gopher
Thomomys talpoides
Plains Pocket Mouse
Perognathus flavescens
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Pine Vole
Microtus pinetorum
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
White-footed Mouse 8
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 9
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Norway Rat 10
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 11
Mus musculus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 12
Onychomys leucogaster
Eastern Heather Vole
Phenacomys ungava
Northern Bog Lemming 12
Synaptomys borealis
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Muskrat 13
Ondatra zibethicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 14
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 15
Sciurus niger
Woodchuck 16
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 17
Tamias striatus
Least Chipmunk 18
Tamias minimus
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Flying Squirrel 19
Glaucomys sabrinus
Southern Flying Squirrel 20
Glaucomys volans
Franklin's Ground Squirrel 21
Poliocitellus franklinii
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 22
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Richardson's Ground Squirrel 23
Urocitellus richardsonii

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