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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.
Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail. Family: Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae. Virginia opossum, D. virginiana [n 1] [n 2] LC
[4] [5] The stag-moose resided in North America during an era with other megafauna such as the woolly mammoth, ground sloth, long horn bison, and smilodon. [6] The species became extinct approximately 11,500 years ago, toward the end of the most recent ice age, as part of a mass extinction of large North American mammals. [7] [8]
American mammal may refer to: Mammals of North America; Mammals of Central America; Mammals of South America This page was last edited on 2 ...
North American porcupine. Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Genus: Erethizon. North American porcupine, E. dorsatum LC; Eastern gray squirrel in Manhattan American red squirrel. Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats) Genus: Mus. House mouse, M. musculus LC introduced; Genus: Rattus. Norway rat, R. norvegicus LC introduced; Black ...
Ken Burns' new PBS documentary "The American Buffalo," premiering Monday, tells the story of how our national mammal was on the brink of extinction until humans evolved and saved them.
American marten are found from Southeast Alaska to the start of treeless tundra in Alaska's north and west. They are abundant in Alaska, being most common in the bogs and black spruce forests of Interior Alaska. In much of their range, especially in less optimal habitat, meadow voles and red-backed voles are American martens' primary food source.
The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, being built for maximum predator evasion through running. The top speed is dependent upon the length of time over which it is measured. It can run 56 km/h (35 mph) for 6.5 km (4 mi), 68 km/h (42 mph) for 1.5 km (1 mi), and 88.5 km/h (55 mph) for 800 m (0.5 mi).