List of mammals of Missouri explained

This is a list of known mammals in the US state of Missouri.

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae
- Subfamily: Bovinae
  - Genus: Bison
    - American bison, B. bison reintroduced
Family: Cervidae
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
  - Genus: Odocoileus
    - Mule deer, O. hemionus vagrant
    - White-tailed deer, O. virginianus
- Subfamily:: Cervinae
  - Genus: Cervus
    - Elk, C. canadensis reintroduced^[1]
      - Eastern elk, C. c. canadensis
      - Rocky Mountain elk, C. c. nelsoni introduced
Family: Suidae
- Genus: Sus
  - Wild boar, Sus scrofa introduced

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
  - Coyote, Canis latrans
  - Gray wolf, Canis lupus extirpated
    - Great Plains wolf, C. l. nubilus extinct
  - Red wolf, Canis rufus extirpated^[2]
- Genus: Urocyon
  - Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Genus: Vulpes
  - Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Family: Felidae
- Genus: Lynx
  - Bobcat, Lynx rufus
- Genus: Puma
  - Cougar, Puma concolor extirpated, vagrant
    - Eastern cougar, P. c. couguar
Family: Mephitidae
- Genus: Mephitis
  - Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis
- Genus: Spilogale
  - Eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
Family: Mustelidae
- Subfamily: Lutrinae
  - Genus: Lontra
    - North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
- Subfamily: Mustelinae
  - Genus: Mustela
    - Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
  - Genus: Neogale
    - Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
    - American mink, Neogale vison
- Genus: Taxidea
  - American badger, Taxidea taxus
Family: Procyonidae
- Genus: Procyon
  - Raccoon, Procyon lotor
Family: Ursidae
- Genus: Ursus
  - American black bear, Ursus americanus

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Nyctinomops
  - Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis
- Genus: Tadarida
  - Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  - Genus: Lasiurus
    - Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
    - Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Genus: Corynorhinus
  - Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
  - Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
- Genus: Eptesicus
  - Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Genus: Lasionycteris
  - Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Genus: Myotis
  - Southeastern myotis, Myotis austroriparius
  - Western small-footed bat, Myotis ciliolabrum
  - Gray bat, Myotis grisescens
  - Keen's myotis, Myotis keenii
  - Eastern small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii
  - Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
  - Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis
  - Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis
- Genus: Nycticeius
  - Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
- Genus: Perimyotis
  - Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus

Order: Cingulata

Family: Dasypodidae
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
  - Genus: Dasypus
    - Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

Order: Didelphimorphia

Family: Didelphidae
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
  - Genus: Didelphis
    - Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Lepus
  - Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
  - White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
- Genus: Sylvilagus
  - Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
  - Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus

Order: Rodentia

Family: Castoridae
- Genus: Castor
  - North American beaver, Castor canadensis
Family: Cricetidae
- Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  - Genus: Ondatra
    - Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Subfamily: Neotominae
  - Genus: Ochrotomys
    - Golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli
  - Genus: Peromyscus
    - Texas mouse, Peromyscus attwateri
    - Brush mouse, Peromyscus boylii
    - Cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus
    - White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
    - Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
    - Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis
  - Genus: Reithrodontomys
    - Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
    - Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
    - Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
- Genus: Microtus
  - Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
  - Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
  - Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum
- Genus: Neotoma
  - Florida woodrat, Neotoma floridana
- Genus: Oryzomys
  - Marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
- Genus: Synaptomys
  - Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi
- Genus: Sigmodon
  - Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus
Family: Dipodidae
- Subfamily: Zaponidae
  - Genus: Zapus
    - Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius
Family: Geomydae
- Genus: Geomys
  - Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
Family: Heteromyidae
- Genus: Perognathus
  - Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens
Family: Muridae
- Subfamily: Murinae
  - Genus: Mus
    - House mouse, Mus musculus introduced
  - Genus: Rattus
    - Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
    - Black rat, Rattus rattus introduced
Family: Myocastoridae
- Genus: Myocastor
  - Nutria, Myocastor coypus introduced
Family: Sciuridae
- Subfamily: Sciurinae
  - Genus: Sciurus
    - Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
    - Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
- Subfamily: Xerinae
  - Genus: Poliocitellus
    - Franklin's ground squirrel, Poliocitellus franklinii
- Genus: Glaucomys
  - Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
- Genus: Ictidomys
  - Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
- Genus: Marmota
  - Groundhog, Marmota monax
- Genus: Tamias
  - Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus

Order: Eulipotyphla

Family: Soricidae
- Subfamily: Soricinae
  - Genus: Blarina
    - Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
    - Southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis
    - Elliot's short-tailed shrew, Blarina hylophaga
- Genus: Cryptotis
  - North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva
- Genus: Sorex
  - Southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris
  - Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus
Family: Talpidae
- Genus: Scalopus
  - Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

References

Schwartz, Charles Walsh & Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). Wild Mammals of Missouri, Second Revised Edition. University of Missouri Press.

Notes and References

Web site: Elk return to Missouri after 150-year absence Missouri Department of Conservation. mdc.mo.gov. 21 November 2016. 16 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116133056/https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/elk-return-missouri-after-150-year-absence. live.
Web site: NatureServe Explorer 2.0 . explorer.natureserve.org . 4 November 2022.