The coyote is the state animal 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]

Order Didelphimorphia

Virginia opossum

Didelphidae

Order Eulipotyphla

Soricidae (shrews)

Masked shrew

Talpidae (moles)

Order Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Eastern red bat

Order Carnivora

Canidae

Swift fox

Felidae

Procyonidae

Mephitidae

Mustelidae

Ursidae

Order Artiodactyla

Pronghorn

Antilocapridae

Bovidae

Cervidae

Order Lagomorpha

Eastern cottontail

Leporidae

Order Rodentia

Ord's kangaroo rat

Castoridae

Cricetidae

Erethizontidae

Geomyidae

Heteromyidae

Muridae

Sciuridae

Zapodidae

See also

References

  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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List of mammals of the United States by political division
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