List of mammals of Nevada
This list of mammals of Nevada includes mammal species living in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] It also includes species that are now extirpated from the state.[2][3][4][5]
Order: Eulipotyphla[edit]
Shrews[edit]
Family: Soricidae
- Desert shrew (Notiosorex crawford)
- Merriam's shrew (Sorex merriami)
- Montane shrew (Sorex monticolus)
- American water shrew (Sorex palustris)
- Preble's shrew (Sorex preblei)
- Inyo shrew (Sorex tenellus)
- Trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii)
- Vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans)
Moles[edit]
Family: Talpidae
- Broad-footed mole, (Scapanus latimanus)
Order: Chiroptera (bats)[edit]
Vesper bats[edit]
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus)
- Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
- Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
- Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
- Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis)
- Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
- Western red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)
- Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)
- Southwestern myotis (Myotis auriculus)
- California myotis (Myotis californicus)
- Western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)
- Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)
- Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)
- Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
- Long-legged myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
- Western pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus)
Free-tailed bats[edit]
Family: Molossidae
- Western mastiff bat (Eumops perotis)
- Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Leaf-nosed bats[edit]
Family: Phyllostomidae
- Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana)
- California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus)
Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)[edit]
Rabbits and hares[edit]
Family: Leporidae
- Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)
- Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
- White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
- Audubon's cottontail (Sylvilagus audobonii)
- Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)
Pikas[edit]
Family: Ochotonidae
- American pika (Ochotona princeps)
Order: Rodentia (rodents)[edit]
Squirrels[edit]
Family: Sciuridae
- White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
- Northern flying squirrel (Gluacomys sabrinus)
- Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)
- Alpine chipmunk (Neotamias alpinus)
- Yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
- Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)
- Merriam's chipmunk (Neotamias merriami)
- Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)
- Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys)
- Panamint chipmunk (Neotamias panamintinus)
- Long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus)
- Allen's chipmunk (Neotamias senex)
- Siskiyou chipmunk (Neotamias siskiyou)
- Sonoma chipmunk (Neotamias sonomae)
- Lodgepole chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus)
- Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)
- Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus)
- California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)
- Belding's ground squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi)
- Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)
- Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis)
- Round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus)
- Townsend's ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii)
- Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)
- Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
- Merriam's ground squirrel (Urocitellus canus)
Mountain beavers[edit]
Family: Aplodontiidae
- Mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)
Pocket gophers[edit]
Family: Geomyidae
- Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) possibly extirpated
- Mountain pocket gopher (Thomomys monticola)
- Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)
- Townsend's pocket gopher (Thomomys townsendii)
Kangaroo rats and pocket mice[edit]
Family: Heteromyidae
- Long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus)
- Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
- Spiny pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)
- Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps)
- Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
- Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus)
- Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus)
- Pale kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops pallidus)
- Little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris)
- Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)
Beavers[edit]
Family: Castoridae
- North American beaver (Castor canadensis)
Jumping mice[edit]
Family: Dipodidae
- Western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps)
New World mice, rats, and voles[edit]
Family: Cricetidae
- Sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus)
- Long-tailed vole (Microtus longicaudus)
- Montane vole (Microtus montanus)
- Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
- Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida)
- Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
- Southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus)
- Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
- Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus)
- Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
- Gambel's deer mouse, (Peromyscus gambelii)
- Western deer mouse, (Peromyscus sonoriensis)
- Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
- Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotus)
- Arizona cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) extirpated
Old World mice and rats[edit]
Family: Muridae
- House mouse (Mus musculus) introduced
- Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) introduced
- Black rat (Rattus rattus) introduced
Porcupines[edit]
Family: Erethizontidae
- North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)[edit]
Canids[edit]
Family: Canidae
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Gray wolf (Canis lupus) extirpated, vagrant
- Northwestern wolf (C. l .occidentalis) vagrant[6]
- †Cascade Mountains wolf (C. l. fuscus) extinct
- †Southern Rocky Mountain wolf (C. l. youngi) extinct
- Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis)
- Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Sierra Nevada red fox (V. v. necator)
Bears[edit]
Family: Ursidae
- American black bear (Ursus americanus)
- Brown bear (Ursus arctos) extirpated
- Grizzly bear (U. a. horribilis) extirpated
Procyonids[edit]
Family: Procyonidae
Mustelids[edit]
Family: Mustelidae
- Wolverine (Gulo gulo) extirpated
- North American river otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Pacific marten (Martes caurina)
- American ermine (Mustela richardsonii)
- Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata)
- American mink (Neogale vison)
- American badger (Taxidea taxus)
Skunks[edit]
Family: Mephitidae
- Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
Cats[edit]
Family: Felidae
- Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) extirpated
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
- Cougar (Puma concolor)
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)[edit]
Deer[edit]
Family: Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni)
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Bovids[edit]
Family: Bovidae
- American bison (Bison bison) extirpated
- Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) introduced
- Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
- Desert bighorn (O. c. nelsoni)
Pronghorns[edit]
Family: Antilocapridae
- Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Wildlife of Nevada
- ^ Hall, Eugene Raymond (1946). Mammals of Nevada. University of California Press. pp. 1–170.
- ^ Clark, Jeanne L. (1993). Nevada Wildlife Viewing Guide. Globe Pequot Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1560442073.
- ^ "Nevada Fish & Wildlife Service". fws.gov. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ Cockrum, E. Landell; Petryszyn, Yar (1994). Mammals of California and Nevada/Selected Examples and Related Species. Treasure Chest Publications. p. 178. ISBN 0918-080347.
- ^ "First wolf spotted in Nevada in nearly a century". 27 March 2017.