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About 490 species of mammals are recorded in the United States. Unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands are not covered. Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are included.
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.
Pages in category "Lists of mammals of North America" ... List of Central American monkey species; List of mammals of Costa Rica; List of mammals of Cuba; D.
American bison (3 C, 18 P) Animal breeds originating in North America (3 C) B. Bats of North America (5 C, 19 P) ... Pages in category "Mammals of North America"
This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of mammals which do not correspond to a taxon. Pages in category "Mammal common names" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Plus, fun facts about each one. 10. Nutria. Also known as a coypu, this large, semi-aquatic rodent is native to South America and stands out for its orange teeth and webbed hind feet.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
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