List of mammals of Minnesota

This list of mammals of Minnesota includes the mammals native to Minnesota. It also shows their status in the wild. There are 81 native and 5 introduced mammal species found in the state. American bison, caribou, and wolverines were extirpated from the state. Minnesota does not have a state mammal but several have been proposed: The northern white tailed deer was proposed eight times, the eastern wolf was proposed six times, the American black bear and thirteen-lined ground squirrel were each proposed once.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:

Opossums

 * Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Squirrels

 * Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus
 * Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
 * Woodchuck, Marmota monax
 * Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus
 * Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
 * Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
 * Franklin's ground squirrel, Spermophilus franklinii
 * Richardson's ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii
 * Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
 * Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
 * American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
 * Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus introduced

Beavers

 * American beaver, Castor canadensis

Gophers

 * Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
 * Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides

Pocket mice

 * Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens

Cricetids

 * Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
 * White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
 * Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis
 * Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
 * Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster
 * Northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis
 * Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi
 * Rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus
 * Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
 * Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum
 * Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
 * Eastern heather vole, Phenacomys ungava
 * Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi
 * Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus

Murids

 * House mouse, Mus musculus introduced
 * Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced

Jumping mice

 * Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
 * Woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis

Porcupines

 * North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum

Hares

 * Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus
 * White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii

Cottontail rabbits

 * Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus

Shrews

 * Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
 * North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva
 * Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus
 * Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus
 * American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi
 * American water shrew, Sorex palustris

Moles

 * Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata
 * Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

Evening bats

 * Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
 * Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
 * Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
 * Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
 * Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
 * Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis
 * Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus

Procyonids

 * Common raccoon, Procyon lotor

Mustelids

 * Wolverine, Gulo gulo extirpated
 * Northern river otter, Lontra canadensis
 * American marten, Martes americana
 * Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
 * American ermine, Mustela richardsonii
 * Western Great Lakes stoat, M. r. bangsi
 * Beringian ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea
 * Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
 * American mink, Neogale vison
 * Fisher, Pekania pennanti
 * American badger, Taxidea taxus

Skunks

 * Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
 * Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius

Canines

 * Coyote, Canis latrans
 * Gray wolf, Canis lupus
 * Eastern wolf, Canis lycaon
 * Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
 * Swift fox, Vulpes velox vagrant
 * Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
 * American red fox, V. v. fulva
 * Northern plains fox, V. v. regalis

Felines

 * Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis
 * Bobcat, Lynx rufus
 * Cougar, Puma concolor vagrant

Bears

 * American black bear, Ursus americanus

Deer

 * Moose, Alces alces
 * Elk, Cervus canadensis
 * White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
 * Northern white-tailed deer, O. v. borealis
 * Dakota white-tailed deer, O. v. dacotensis
 * Kansas white-tailed deer, O. v. macrourus
 * Caribou, Rangifer tarandus extirpated
 * Woodland caribou, R. t. caribou extirpated
 * Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus
 * Sika deer, Cervus nippon introduced

Pronghorn

 * Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana vagrant

Bovids

 * American bison, Bison bison extirpated
 * Plains bison, B. b. bison extirpated

Pigs

 * Wild boar, Sus scrofa introduced