List of mammals of Oklahoma
This list of mammals of Oklahoma lists all wild mammal species recorded in the state of Oklahoma .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] extirpated from the state and species introduced into the state. It does not include species that are domesticated.
Didelphimorphia
Opossums
Order : Didelphimorphia Family : Didelphidae
Eulipotyphla
Shrews
Order : Eulipotyphla Family : Soricidae
Moles
Order : Eulipotyphla Family : Talpidae
Cingulata
Armadillos
Order : Cingulata Family : Dasypodidae
Rodentia
Beavers
Order : Rodentia Family : Castoridae
Pocket gophers
Order : Rodentia Family : Geomyidae
Kangaroo rats and pocket mice
Order : Rodentia Family : Heteromyidae
Porcupines
Order : Rodentia Family : Erethizontidae
Jumping mice
Order : Rodentia Family : Dipodidae
Order : Rodentia Family : Cricetidae
Eastern harvest mouse , Reithrodontomys humulis Muskrat , Ondatra zibethicus Texas mouse , Peromyscus attwateri Fulvous harvest mouse , Reithrodontomys fulvescens Marsh rice rat , Oryzomys palustris Eastern woodrat , Neotoma floridana Mexican woodrat , Neotoma mexicana White-throated woodrat , Neotoma albigula Southern plains woodrat , Neotoma micropus Brush mouse , Peromyscus boylii Rock mouse , Peromyscus difficilis Cotton mouse , Peromyscus gossypinus White-footed mouse , Peromyscus leucopus Western deer mouse , Peromyscus sonoriensis Pinyon mouse , Peromyscus truei Western harvest mouse , Reithrodontomys megalotis White-ankled mouse , Peromyscus pectoralis Plains harvest mouse , Reithrodontomys montanus Northern grasshopper mouse , Onychomys leucogaster Northern pygmy mouse , Baiomys taylori Hispid cotton rat , Sigmodon hispidus Sagebrush vole , Lemmiscus curtatus Long-tailed vole , Microtus longicaudus Prairie vole , Microtus ochrogaster Woodland vole , Microtus pinetorum
Old World rats and mice
Order : Rodentia Family : Muridae
Order : Rodentia Family : Sciuridae
Eastern gray squirrel , Sciurus carolinensis Fox squirrel , Sciurus niger Black-tailed prairie dog , Cynomys ludovicianus Southern flying squirrel , Glaucomys volans Groundhog , Marmota monax Spotted ground squirrel , Xeropermophilus spilosoma Thirteen-lined ground squirrel , Ictodomys tridecemlineatus Rock squirrel , Otospermophilus variegatus Eastern chipmunk , Tamias striatus Colorado chipmunk , Neotamias quadrivittatus
Myocastorids
Order : Rodentia Family : Myocastoridae
Nutria , Myocastor coypus introduced
Lagomorpha
Rabbits and hares
Order : Lagomorpha Family : Leporidae
Chiroptera
Vesper bats
Order : Chiroptera Family : Vespertilionidae
Pallid bat , Antrozous pallidus Rafinesque's big-eared bat , Plecotus rafinesquii Townsend's big-eared bat , Plecotus townsendii Evening bat , Nycticeius humeralis Seminole bat , Lasiurus seminolus Eastern red bat , Lasiurus borealis Silver-haired bat , Lasionycteris noctivagans Yuma myotis , Myotis yumanensis Cave myotis , Myotis velifer Indiana myotis , Myotis sodalis Little brown bat , Myotis lucifugus Small-footed myotis , Myotis leibii Northern myotis , Myotis keenii Gray bat , Myotis grisescens Southeastern myotis , Myotis austroriparius Big brown bat , Eptesicus fuscus Spotted bat , Euderma maculatum Eastern red bat , Lasiurus borealis Hoary bat , Lasiurus cinereus Western pipistrelle , Parastrellus hesperus Eastern pipistrelle , Pipistrellus subflavus Townsend's big-eared bat , Corynorhinus townsendii
Free-tailed bats
Order : Chiroptera Family : Molossidae
Carnivora
Cats
Order : Carnivora Family : Felidae
Bobcat , Lynx rufus Cougar , Puma concolor extirpated, vagrant
Canids
Order : Carnivora Family : Canidae
Bears
Order : Carnivora Family : Ursidae
Skunks
Order : Carnivora Family : Mephitidae
Weasels
Order : Carnivora Family : Mustelidae
Procyonids
Order : Carnivora Family : Procyonidae
Artiodactyla
Pronghorns
Order : Artiodactyla Family : Antilocapridae
Bovids
Order : Artiodactyla Family : Bovidae
Deer
Order : Artiodactyla Family : Cervidae
Pigs
Order : Artiodactyla Family : Suidae
Peccaries
Order : Artiodactyla Family : Tayassuidae
See also
References
^ The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and culture ^ Caire, William; Glass, Bryan P.; Michael A., Mares; Tyler, Jack D. (1989). Mammals of Oklahoma . University of Oklahoma (published December 1, 1989). ^ Caire, William; Haynie, Michelle; Coyner, Brandi; Braun, Janet; Loucks, Lynda (January 2019). Updated and Revised Checklist of the Mammals of Oklahoma, 2019 . pp. 1– 6. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0" . explorer.natureserve.org . Retrieved 2023-01-14 .^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0" . explorer.natureserve.org . Retrieved 2022-11-04 .^ "Bison Bellows: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (U.S. National Park Service)" . www.nps.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-07 .^ Coyner, Brandi S.; Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (15 August 2018). "First specimen record of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) from Oklahoma" . The Southwestern Naturalist . 63 (3): 206– 207. doi :10.1894/0038-4909-63-3-206 . ^ Mcdonald, Brandon (January 2012). "Voucher Specimens of the Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) in Two Oklahoma Counties" . Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science : 51– 52. ^ "Collared Peccary" . American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 2023-01-14 .