List of mammals of North America


This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in North America north of Mexico, whether resident or as migrants. There is a separate list of Mexican mammals. This article does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted.
Some species are identified as indicated below:
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

and Endangered Species Act:

Opossums">Didelphimorphia">Opossums

[Didelphidae]

[Dasypodidae]

[Megalonychidae]

[Aplodontiidae]

There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of pocket gopher should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.
There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of mice and voles should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.
and:

[Leporidae]

[Talpidae]

[Vespertilionidae]


Felines">Felidae">Felines


Horses">Equidae">Horses

[Camelidae]

[Delphinidae] (oceanic dolphins)

[Trichechidae]

[Dugongidae]

[Elephantidae]

[Myocastoridae]

List of mammals of Greenland
List of mammals of Mexico
List of mammals of Antarctica