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List of mammals of South Dakota

This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1][2][3] Three species that are extirpated from the state are the mountain goat, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The state consists of 86 species that live and formerly inhabited South Dakota.[4]

The coyote is the state animal of South Dakota

Order Didelphimorphia

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Virginia opossum

Didelphidae

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Order Eulipotyphla

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Soricidae (shrews)

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Masked shrew

Talpidae (moles)

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Order Chiroptera

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Vespertilionidae

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Eastern red bat

Order Carnivora

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Canidae

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Swift fox

Felidae

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Procyonidae

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Mephitidae

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Mustelidae

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Ursidae

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Order Artiodactyla

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Pronghorn

Antilocapridae

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Bovidae

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Cervidae

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Order Lagomorpha

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Eastern cottontail

Leporidae

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Order Rodentia

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Ord's kangaroo rat

Castoridae

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Cricetidae

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Erethizontidae

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Geomyidae

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Heteromyidae

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Muridae

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Sciuridae

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Zapodidae

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Kenneth (2000). Wild Mammals of South Dakota (2 ed.). South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks (published January 1, 2002). p. 278. ISBN 978-0965893664.
  2. ^ Over, William Henry; Churchill, Edward Perry (1945). Mammals of South Dakota. University of South Dakota. p. 59.
  3. ^ Kavanagh, James (2 February 2017). South Dakota Wildlife A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (Paperback). Incorporated Waterford Press (published February 12, 2017). p. 12. ISBN 97815-83556986.
  4. ^ Choate, Jerry R.; Jones Jr., J. Knox (1980). "Provisional Checklist of Mammals of South Dakota" (163). Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ^ Kobilinsky, Dana (2023-06-22). "TWS2022: Ferrets return to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation". The Wildlife Society. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
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