List of mammals of Missouri

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Subfamily: Bovinae

Genus: Bison

American bison Bison bison Extirpated* (a small herd of 100 animals have been reintroduced to Prairie State Park and 37 bison were introduced to the Nature Conservancy's Dunn Ranch Prairie in 2011 and are considered wild)

Subfamily: Caprinae

Genus: Ovis

Domestic sheep Ovis aries Exotic

Family: Cervidae

Subfamily: Capreolinae

Genus: Odocoileus

White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

Subfamily:: Cervinae

Genus: Cervus

Elk Cervus elaphus recently reintroduced into parts of Shannon, Reynolds and Carter County

Family: Suidae

Genus: Sus

Wild boar Sus scrofa

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genus: Canis

Domestic dog Canis familiaris Exotic

Coyote Canis latrans

Gray wolf Canis lupus Extirpated

Red wolf Canis rufus Extirpated

Genus: Urocyon

Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Genus: Vulpes

Red fox Vulpes vulpes

Family: Felidae

Genus: Felis

Domestic cat Felis catus Exotic

Genus: Lynx

Bobcat Lynx rufus

Genus: Puma

Cougar Puma concolor Extirpated

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

Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata

Least weasel Mustela nivalis

Genus: Neovison

American mink Neovison vison

Genus: Taxidea

American badger Taxidea taxus

Family: Procyonidae

Genus: Bassariscus

Ring-tailed cat Bassariscus astutus

Genus: Procyon

Raccoon Procyon lotor

Family: Ursidae

Genus: Ursus

American black bear Ursus americanus

Grizzly bear Ursus arctos Extirpated

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

Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

Swamp rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus

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

Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus

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 Exotic

Genus: Rattus

Brown rat Rattus norvegicus Exotic

Black rat Rattus rattus Exotic

Family: Myocastoridae

Genus: Myocastor

Nutria Myocastor coypus Exotic

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: Soricomorpha

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