List of mammals of Nebraska
This is a full list of the mammals indigenous to the U.S state of Nebraska. It consists of 89 mammals either live or have lived in the state.[1][2][3] As a state located in the northern Great Plains, Nebraska has a diverse mammalian fauna, due to the intersection of major climatic and environmental zones within its boundaries.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
CR | Critically endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
EN | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
NT | Near threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorize it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
LC | Least concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
DD | Data deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Opossums
- Family Didelphidae (Opossums)
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
- Genus: Didelphis
- Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC
- Genus: Didelphis
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
Armadillos
- Family Dasypodidae (Armadillos)
- Genus: Dasypus
- Nine-banded armadillo, D. novemcinctus LC
- Genus: Dasypus
Insectivores
Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews closely resemble mice, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
- Family Soricidae (shrews)
- Genus: Blarina
- Northern short-tailed shrew B. brevicauda LC
- Elliot's short-tailed shrew B. hylophaga LC
- Genus: Cryptotis
- North American least shrew C. parva LC
- Genus: Sorex
- Masked shrew S. cinereus LC
- Genus: Blarina
- Family Talpidae (moles)
- Genus: Scalopus
- Eastern mole, S. aquaticus LC
- Genus: Scalopus
Lagomorphs
- Family Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas)
- Genus: Lepus
- Black-tailed jackrabbit, L. californicus LC
- White-tailed jackrabbit, L. townsendii LC
- Genus: Sylvilagus
- Desert cottontail, S. audubonii LC
- Eastern cottontail, S. floridanus LC
- Mountain cottontail, S. nuttallii LC
- Genus: Lepus
Rodents
- Family Castoridae (beavers)
- Genus: Castor
- North American beaver, Castor canadensis LC
- Genus: Castor
- Family Cricetidae (New World mice, rats, voles, lemmings, muskrats)
- Genus: Microtus
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster LC
- Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus LC
- Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum LC
- Genus: Myodes
- Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi LC
- Genus: Neotoma
- Bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea LC
- Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana LC
- Genus: Onychomys
- Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster LC
- Genus: Peromyscus
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus LC
- North American deermouse, Peromyscus maniculatus LC
- Genus: Ondatra
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus LC
- Genus: Peromyscus
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus LC
- Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus LC
- Genus: Reithrodontomys
- Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis LC
- Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus LC
- Genus: Sigmodon
- Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus LC
- Genus: Synaptomys
- Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi LC
- Genus: Microtus
- Family Dipodidae (jumping mice)
- Genus: Zapus
- Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius LC
- Genus: Zapus
- Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
- Genus: Erethizon
- North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum LC
- Genus: Erethizon
- Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats)
- Genus: Mus
- House mouse, Mus musculus LC introduced
- Genus: Rattus
- Genus: Mus
- Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Genus: Glaucomys
- Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans LC
- Genus: Marmota
- Groundhog, Marmota monax LC
- Genus: Sciurus
- Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis LC
- Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger LC
- Genus: Urocitellus
- Wyoming ground squirrel, Urocitellus elegans LC
- Genus: Poliocitellus
- Franklin's ground squirrel, Poliocitellus franklinii LC
- Genus: Xerospermophilus
- Spotted ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus spilosoma
- Genus: Neotamias
- Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus LC
- Genus: Ictidomys
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus LC
- Genus: Tamias
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus LC
- Genus: Cynomys
- Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus LC
- Genus: Glaucomys
- Family Heteromyidae (pocket mice and kangaroo rats)
- Genus: Perognathus
- Olive-backed pocket mouse, Perognathus fasciatus LC
- Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens LC
- Silky pocket mouse, Perognathus flavus LC
- Genus: Chaetodipus
- Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus LC
- Genus: Dipodomys
- Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii LC
- Genus: Perognathus
- Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers)
- Genus: Geomys
- Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius LC
- Genus: Thomomys
- Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides DD
- Genus: Geomys
Bats
- Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)
- Genus: Aeorestes
- Hoary bat, Aeorestes cinereus LC
- Genus: Corynorhinus
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii LC
- Genus: Eptesicus
- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
- Genus: Lasionycteris
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans LC
- Genus: Lasiurus
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis LC
- Genus: Myotis
- Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum LC
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus EN
- Northern long-eared bat, Myotis septentrionalis NT
- Fringed myotis, Myotis thysanodes LC
- Long-legged myotis, Myotis volans LC
- Genus: Nycticeius
- Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis LC
- Genus: Perimyotis
- Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus VU
- Genus: Aeorestes
- Family Free-tailed bat (free-tailed bats)
- Genus: Tadarida
- Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis LC
- Genus: Tadarida
Carnivores
- Family Canidae (canids)
- Family Procyonidae (raccoons)
- Genus: Procyon
- Common raccoon, Procyon lotor LC
- Genus: Procyon
- Family Ursidae (bears)
- Genus: Ursus
- American black bear, Ursus americanus LC
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos
- Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis LC extirpated
- Genus: Ursus
- Family Felidae (cats)
- Genus: Lynx
- Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis LC extirpated
- Bobcat, Lynx rufus LC
- Genus: Puma
- Cougar, Puma concolor LC
- Genus: Lynx
- Family Mustelidae (weasels, minks, martens, fishers, and otters)
- Genus: Lontra
- North American river otter, Lontra canadensis LC
- Genus: Mustela
- Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata LC
- Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes EN extirpated
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LC
- Genus: Neovison
- American mink, Neovison vison LC
- Genus: Taxidea
- American badger, Taxidea taxus LC
- Genus: Lontra
- Family Mephitidae (skunks)
- Genus: Mephitis
- Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis LC
- Western spotted skunk, Spilogale gracilis LC
- Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius LC
- Genus: Mephitis
Even-toed ungulates
- Family Cervidae (deer)
- Genus: Alces
- Genus: Cervus
- Elk, Cervus canadensis LC reintroduced
- Genus: Odocoileus
- Mule deer, Odocolieus hemionus LC
- White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus LC
- Family Bovidae (bovids)
- Genus: Bison
- American bison, Bison bison LC reintroduced
- Genus: Ovis
- Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis LC extirpated
- Genus: Bison
- Family Antilocapridae (pronghorns)
- Genus: Antilocapra
- Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana LC
- Genus: Antilocapra
References
- Genoways, Hugh H.; Hoffman, Justin D.; Freeman, Patricia W. (October 2008). Mammals of Nebraska: Checklist, Key, and Bibliography. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum.
- Watchable wildlife - Mammals
- Jones Jr., J. Knox (1957). "Checklist of Mammals of Nebraska". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-). Kansas Academy of Science. 60 (3): 273–282. doi:10.2307/3626860. JSTOR 3626860.
- Swenk, Myron Harmon (1908). A Preliminary Review of the Mammals of Nebraska. Google books. H.B. Ward. p. 88.
- Velich, Ralph (February 20, 1961). "Notes on Mammals from Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa". Journal of Mammalogy. 42 (1): 92–94. doi:10.2307/1377247. JSTOR 1377247.
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