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
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, Poliocitellus franklinii
- Richardson's ground squirrel, Urocitellus richardsonii
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
- American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
- Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus introduced
Beavers
Gophers
Pocket mice
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
Jumping mice
Porcupines
Hares
Cottontail rabbits
Shrews
Moles
Evening bats
Procyonids
Mustelids
- Wolverine, Gulo gulo vagrant
- Northern river otter, Lontra canadensis
- American marten, Martes americana
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- American ermine, Mustela richardsonii
- Western Great Lakes stoat, M. r. bangsi
- Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
- Stoat, Mustela erminea
- American mink, Neogale vison
- Fisher, Pekania pennanti
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
Skunks
Canines
Felines
Bears
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
Bovids
Pigs
References
- Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider (1976). Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexico. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- Gunderson, H. L., and J. R. Beer (1953). "Mammals of Minnesota". Occasional Papers, Minnesota Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota. 6: 1-190.
- Hazard, E. B. 1982. Mammals of Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Heany, L. R., and E. C. Birney (1975). "Comments on the distribution and natural history of some mammals in Minnesota". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 89 (1): 29-34.
- Wiche, J. M. and J. F. Cassel (1978). "Checklist of North Dakota mammals. (Revised)". The Prairie Naturalist 10 (3): 81-88.
- Wilson, D. E., and F. R. Cole (2000). Common Names of the Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., US.