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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/

Beaver 1
Castor canadensis
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 2
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Neotoma cinerea
Columbian Ground Squirrel 3
Urocitellus columbianus
Deer Mouse 4
Peromyscus maniculatus
Eastern Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 6
Sciurus carolinensis
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 7
Callospermophilus lateralis
Great Basin Pocket Mouse 8
Perognathus parvus
Heather Vole 8
Phenacomys intermedius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 9
Chaetodipus hispidus
Hoary Marmot 10
Marmota caligata
House Mouse 11
Mus musculus
Idaho Pocket Gopher
Thomomys idahoensis
Least Chipmunk 4
Tamias minimus
Long-tailed Vole
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Jumping Mouse 12
Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Montane Vole 13
Microtus montanus
Muskrat 14
Ondatra zibethicus
Northern Bog Lemming 8
Synaptomys borealis
Northern Flying Squirrel 15
Glaucomys sabrinus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 16
Onychomys leucogaster
Northern Pocket Gopher 17
Thomomys talpoides
Norway Rat 18
Rattus norvegicus
Nutria 19
Myocastor coypus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Perognathus fasciatus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 13
Dipodomys ordii
Porcupine 20
Erethizon dorsatum
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Red Squirrel 21
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Red-tailed Chipmunk
Tamias ruficaudus
Richardson's Ground Squirrel 22
Urocitellus richardsonii
Sagebrush Vole 8
Lemmiscus curtatus
Southern Red-backed Vole 15
Myodes gapperi
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 23
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Uinta Chipmunk 24
Tamias umbrinus
Uinta Ground Squirrel 25
Urocitellus armatus
Water Vole 8
Microtus richardsoni
Western Harvest Mouse 7
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Western Jumping Mouse
Zapus princeps
White-footed Mouse 26
Peromyscus leucopus
White-tailed Prairie Dog 19
Cynomys leucurus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 27
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 28
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-pine Chipmunk 29
Tamias amoenus

Edited by Kelsey McCartney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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