This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted. Some species are identified as indicated below: Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: and Endangered Species Act:

Didelphimorphia (opossums)

Didelphidae

Cingulata (armadillos)

Dasypodidae

Chlamyphoridae

Pampatheriidae

Pilosa: Vermilingua (anteaters and tamanduas)

Cyclopedidae

Myrmecophagidae

Pilosa: Folivora (sloths)

Megalonychidae

Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)

Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)

Megatheriidae

Mylodontidae

Nothrotheriidae

Rodentia (rodents)

Echimyidae

Heteropsomyinae

Echimyinae

Capromyinae (hutias)

Aplodontiidae

Castoridae (beavers)

Zapodidae (jumping mice)

Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)

Caviidae (cavy family)

Heptaxodontidae (giant hutia)

Dasyproctidae

Cuniculidae

Geomyidae (pocket gophers)

There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of pocket gopher should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.

Heteromyidae

Sciuridae (squirrels)

Xerinae: Marmotini (ground squirrels)

Sciurinae: Pteromyini (flying squirrels)

Sciurinae: Sciurini

Cricetidae

There has been much debate among taxonomists about which races of mice and voles should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.

Arvicolinae

(including M. mogollonensis:, ssp. hualpaiensis: ) and:

Neotominae

Sigmodontinae

Tylomyinae

Primates

Aotidae (night monkeys)

Atelidae

Callitrichidae

Cebidae

Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)

Leporidae (rabbits and hares)

Ochotonidae

Eulipotyphla (moles and shrews)

Talpidae (moles)

Soricidae (shrews)

Solenodontidae

Nesophontidae

Chiroptera (bats)

Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats)

Natalidae (funnel-eared bats)

Vespertilionidae

Mormoopidae

Furipteridae

Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)

Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)

Brachyphyllinae

Carolliinae

Desmodontinae (vampire bats)

Glossophaginae

Phyllonycterinae

Phyllostominae

Stenodermatinae

Thyropteridae

Carnivora (carnivorans)

Felidae (cats)

Canidae (dogs)

Ursidae (bears)

Alaskan brown bear or Kodiak bear, U. a. middendorffi) (Louisiana black bear U. a. luteolus: )

Procyonidae

Mustelidae

Mephitidae

Otariidae (eared seals)

Odobenidae

Phocidae (earless seals)

(E. b. barbatus, nauticus and monteriensis, jubatus ) (P. v. concolor and richardii, mellonae , stejnegeri )

Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Equidae (horse family)

Tapiridae (tapirs)

Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

Camelidae

Tayassuidae

Bovidae (bovines)

Cervidae (deer)

Antilocapridae

Cetacea

Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)

[Killer whales, Orcinus orca

near Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Killerwhales///jumping.jpg]

Monodontidae

Phocoenidae (porpoises)

Kogiidae

Physeteridae

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

Eschrichtiidae (gray whales)

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

Balaenidae

Sirenia (sea cows)

[Manatee, Trichechus manatus

Crystal River, Florida | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Manatee///Florida.jpg]

Trichechidae

Dugongidae

Proboscidea

Elephantidae

Mammutidae

Gomphothere

Introduced mammals

Echimyidae - Echimyinae, Myocastorini

Muridae

Leporidae (rabbits and hares)

Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)

Herpestidae (mongoose)

Mustelidae

Suidae (pigs)

Bovidae (bovines)

Cervidae (deer)

Lists of Western Hemisphere mammals from north to south