Minnesota Mammals |
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Class Mammalia |
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Mammalia is the class of animals that is distinguished as having 3 middle ear bones, hair, mammary glands, and a neocortex (a region of the brain). According to the IUCN (2013), there are currently 5,487 species in 27 orders worldwide. According to a checklist published by The Museum of Texas Tech University (2003), there are 474 mammal species in 166 genera and 46 families currently found in North America north of Mexico and its adjacent waters. According to the Minnesota DNR (2013), there are 78 mammal species native to and currently found in Minnesota. |
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American badger (Taxidea taxus jacksoni) |
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American bison (Bison bison) |
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American marten (Martes americana) |
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American mink (Neovison vison) |
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arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus) |
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black squirrel (melanistic eastern gray squirrel) (Sciurus carolinensis) |
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bobcat (Lynx rufus) |
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Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) |
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eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus similis) |
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eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) |
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eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) |
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eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) |
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elk (Cervus elaphus) |
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ermine (Mustela erminea) |
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fisher (Martes pennanti) |
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Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) |
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gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) |
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gray wolf (Canis lupus) |
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heather vole (Phenacomys intermedius) |
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least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) |
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least shrew (Cryptotis parva) |
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least weasel (Mustela nivalis) |
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long-tailed weasel (long-tailed weasel) |
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masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) |
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meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) |
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moose (Alces alces) |
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mountain lion (Puma concolor) |
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muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) |
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northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis) |
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northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) |
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northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) |
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northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) |
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northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
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northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) |
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northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) |
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plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens) |
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prairie deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) |
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red fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
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Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) |
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smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) |
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snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) |
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striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) |
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Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) |
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western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) |
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white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) |
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white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) |
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woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) |
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woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) |
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