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Mammals of Montana, USA

Mammals in Montana, 115 total by current counts of the state.

History: Uploaded animals and tags from current species snapshot 5/27/2018 from: http://mtnhp.org/SpeciesSnapshot/

American Mink 1
Neovison vison
Arctic Shrew
Sorex arcticus
Badger 2
Taxidea taxus
Beaver 3
Castor canadensis
Big Brown Bat 4
Eptesicus fuscus
Bighorn Sheep 5
Ovis canadensis
Bison 6
Bison bison
Black Bear 7
Ursus americanus
Black-footed Ferret 8
Mustela nigripes
Black-tailed Jack Rabbit 9
Lepus californicus
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 10
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bobcat 11
Lynx rufus
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Neotoma cinerea
California Myotis 12
Myotis californicus
Canada Lynx 13
Lynx canadensis
Columbian Ground Squirrel 2
Urocitellus columbianus
Coyote 14
Canis latrans
Deer Mouse 15
Peromyscus maniculatus
Desert Cottontail 16
Sylvilagus audubonii
Dusky or Montane Shrew 17
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew
Sorex nanus
Eastern Cottontail 18
Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Fox Squirrel 19
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 20
Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Red Bat 21
Lasiurus borealis
Elk 22
Cervus canadensis
Feral Domestic Cat 23
Felis catus
Feral Horse 24
Equus caballus
Fisher 8
Martes pennanti
Fringed Myotis 25
Myotis thysanodes
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 26
Callospermophilus lateralis
Gray Wolf 27
Canis lupus
Great Basin Pocket Mouse 17
Perognathus parvus
Grizzly Bear 28
Ursus arctos
Hayden's Shrew 29
Sorex haydeni
Heather Vole 17
Phenacomys intermedius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 4
Chaetodipus hispidus
Hoary Bat 30
Lasiurus cinereus
Hoary Marmot 31
Marmota caligata
House Mouse 32
Mus musculus
Idaho Pocket Gopher
Thomomys idahoensis
Least Chipmunk 15
Tamias minimus
Least Weasel 33
Mustela nivalis
Little Brown Myotis 34
Myotis lucifugus
Long-eared Myotis 35
Myotis evotis
Long-legged Myotis
Myotis volans
Long-tailed Vole
Microtus longicaudus
Long-tailed Weasel 36
Mustela frenata
Marten 37
Martes americana
Masked Shrew 38
Sorex cinereus
Meadow Jumping Mouse 39
Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Merriam's Shrew 17
Sorex merriami
Montane Vole 40
Microtus montanus
Moose 41
Alces americanus
Mountain Cottontail 42
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Mountain Goat 43
Oreamnos americanus
Mountain Lion 19
Puma concolor
Mule Deer 44
Odocoileus hemionus
Muskrat 45
Ondatra zibethicus
Northern Bog Lemming 17
Synaptomys borealis
Northern Flying Squirrel 29
Glaucomys sabrinus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 46
Onychomys leucogaster
Northern Myotis 47
Myotis septentrionalis
Northern Pocket Gopher 48
Thomomys talpoides
Northern River Otter 9
Lontra canadensis
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 49
Blarina brevicauda
Norway Rat 50
Rattus norvegicus
Nutria 51
Myocastor coypus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Perognathus fasciatus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 40
Dipodomys ordii
Pallid Bat 46
Antrozous pallidus
Pika 52
Ochotona princeps
Porcupine 53
Erethizon dorsatum
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Preble's Shrew
Sorex preblei
Pronghorn 54
Antilocapra americana
Pygmy Rabbit 55
Brachylagus idahoensis
Pygmy Shrew 56
Sorex hoyi
Raccoon 57
Procyon lotor
Red Fox 58
Vulpes vulpes
Red Squirrel 59
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Red-tailed Chipmunk
Tamias ruficaudus
Richardson's Ground Squirrel 60
Urocitellus richardsonii
Sagebrush Vole 17
Lemmiscus curtatus
Short-tailed Weasel 61
Mustela erminea
Silver-haired Bat 62
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Snowshoe Hare 63
Lepus americanus
Southern Red-backed Vole 29
Myodes gapperi
Spotted Bat 64
Euderma maculatum
Striped Skunk 65
Mephitis mephitis
Swift Fox 51
Vulpes velox
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 66
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 26
Corynorhinus townsendii
Uinta Chipmunk 67
Tamias umbrinus
Uinta Ground Squirrel 68
Urocitellus armatus
Vagrant Shrew 17
Sorex vagrans
Virginia Opossum 69
Didelphis virginiana
Water Shrew 70
Sorex palustris
Water Vole 17
Microtus richardsoni

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