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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 Jack Rabbit 2
Lepus californicus
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 3
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Neotoma cinerea
Columbian Ground Squirrel 4
Urocitellus columbianus
Deer Mouse 5
Peromyscus maniculatus
Desert Cottontail 6
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 7
Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Fox Squirrel 8
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 9
Sciurus carolinensis
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 10
Callospermophilus lateralis
Great Basin Pocket Mouse 11
Perognathus parvus
Heather Vole 11
Phenacomys intermedius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 12
Chaetodipus hispidus
Hoary Marmot 13
Marmota caligata
House Mouse 14
Mus musculus
Idaho Pocket Gopher
Thomomys idahoensis
Least Chipmunk 5
Tamias minimus
Long-tailed Vole
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Jumping Mouse 15
Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Montane Vole 16
Microtus montanus
Mountain Cottontail 17
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Muskrat 18
Ondatra zibethicus
Northern Bog Lemming 11
Synaptomys borealis
Northern Flying Squirrel 19
Glaucomys sabrinus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 20
Onychomys leucogaster
Northern Pocket Gopher 21
Thomomys talpoides
Norway Rat 22
Rattus norvegicus
Nutria 23
Myocastor coypus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Perognathus fasciatus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 16
Dipodomys ordii
Pika 24
Ochotona princeps
Porcupine 25
Erethizon dorsatum
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Pygmy Rabbit 26
Brachylagus idahoensis
Red Squirrel 27
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Red-tailed Chipmunk
Tamias ruficaudus
Richardson's Ground Squirrel 28
Urocitellus richardsonii
Sagebrush Vole 11
Lemmiscus curtatus
Snowshoe Hare 29
Lepus americanus
Southern Red-backed Vole 19
Myodes gapperi
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 30
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Uinta Chipmunk 31
Tamias umbrinus
Uinta Ground Squirrel 32
Urocitellus armatus
Water Vole 11
Microtus richardsoni
Western Harvest Mouse 10
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Western Jumping Mouse
Zapus princeps
White-footed Mouse 33
Peromyscus leucopus
White-tailed Jack Rabbit 34
Lepus townsendii
White-tailed Prairie Dog 23
Cynomys leucurus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 35
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 36
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-pine Chipmunk 37
Tamias amoenus

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