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This list of mammals of Minnesota includes the mammals native to Minnesota. It also shows their status in the wild. There are 81 native and 5 introduced mammal species found in the state. American bison, caribou, and wolverines were extirpated from the state.
Of those 31 species, two (Blanding's turtle and the wood turtle) have been listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with another 20 listed as least concern and nine have not been evaluated. Minnesota does not have an official state reptile. However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the ...
Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide; Minnesota Amphibian and Reptile Survey This page was last edited on 1 April 2022, at 19:57 (UTC). Text ...
It is one of two species in the genus Synaptomys, the other being the southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi). [2] Very little information is available about this species' life as they are hard to find and study. [3] The northern bog lemming is a small, reddish-brown rodent with a short tail, and distinct markings on their upper teeth.
The woodland jumping mouse occurs throughout northeastern North America. [6]Populations are most dense in cool, moist boreal woodlands of spruce-fir and hemlock-hardwoods where streams flow from woods to meadows with bankside touch-me-nots and in situations where meadow and forest intermix and water and thick ground cover are available.
As of 2021, the American Society of Mammalogists has recognized 2,277 different species of rodents, making up 35% to 40% of all mammal species on the planet, depending on which authority you talk to.
The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae.Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the north, and Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico to the south. [2]
The species is invasive in Florida and other warm states, where they eat Florida’s native plants and destabilize seawalls. A green iguana (Iguana iguana) is pictured at the Wildlife Rescue ...