# List of mammals of Nevada

This list of mammals of Nevada includes mammal species living in the U.S. state of Nevada. It also includes species that are now extirpated from the state.

## Order: Eulipotyphla
### Shrews

Family: Soricidae
* Desert shrew (Notiosorex crawford)
* Merriam's shrew (Sorex merriami)
* Montane shrew (Sorex monticolus)
* American water shrew (Sorex palustris)
* Preble's shrew (Sorex preblei)
* Inyo shrew (Sorex tenellus)
* Trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii)
* Vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans)

### Moles

Family: Talpidae
* Broad-footed mole, (Scapanus latimanus)

## Order: Chiroptera (bats)
### Vesper bats

Family: Vespertilionidae
* Hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus)
* Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
* Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
* Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
* Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
* Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis)
* Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
* Western red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)
* Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)
* Southwestern myotis (Myotis auriculus)
* California myotis (Myotis californicus)
* Western small-footed myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)
* Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)
* Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)
* Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
* Long-legged myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
* Western pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus)

### Free-tailed bats

Family: Molossidae
* Western mastiff bat (Eumops perotis)
* Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)

### Leaf-nosed bats

Family: Phyllostomidae
* Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana)
* California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus)

## Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
### Rabbits and hares

Family: Leporidae
* Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)
* Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
* Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
* White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
* Audubon's cottontail (Sylvilagus audobonii)
* Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)

### Pikas

Family: Ochotonidae
* American pika (Ochotona princeps)

## Order: Rodentia (rodents)
### Squirrels

Family: Sciuridae
* White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
* Northern flying squirrel (Gluacomys sabrinus)
* Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)
* Alpine chipmunk (Neotamias alpinus)
* Yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
* Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)
* Merriam's chipmunk (Neotamias merriami)
* Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)
* Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys)
* Panamint chipmunk (Neotamias panamintinus)
* Long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus)
* Allen's chipmunk (Neotamias senex)
* Lodgepole chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus)
* Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)
* Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus)
* California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)
* Belding's ground squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi)
* Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)
* Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis)
* Round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus)
* Townsend's ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii)
* Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)
* Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
* Merriam's ground squirrel (Urocitellus canus)

### Mountain beavers

Family: Aplodontiidae
* Mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)

### Pocket gophers

Family: Geomyidae
* Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) possibly extirpated
* Mountain pocket gopher (Thomomys monticola)
* Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)
* Townsend's pocket gopher (Thomomys townsendii)

### Kangaroo rats and pocket mice

Family: Heteromyidae
* Long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus)
* Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
* Spiny pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)
* Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)
* Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps)
* Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
* Panamint kangaroo rat (Dipodomys panamintinus)
* Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus)
* Pale kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops pallidus)
* Little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris)
* Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)

### Beavers

Family: Castoridae
* North American beaver (Castor canadensis)

### Jumping mice

Family: Dipodidae
* Western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps)

### New World mice, rats, and voles

Family: Cricetidae
* Sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus)
* Long-tailed vole (Microtus longicaudus)
* Montane vole (Microtus montanus)
* Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
* Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida)
* Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
* Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
* Southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus)
* Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
* Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus)
* Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
* Gambel's deer mouse, (Peromyscus gambelii)
* Western deer mouse, (Peromyscus sonoriensis)
* Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
* Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotus)
* Arizona cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) extirpated

### Old World mice and rats

Family: Muridae
* House mouse (Mus musculus) introduced
* Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) introduced
* Black rat (Rattus rattus) introduced

### Porcupines

Family: Erethizontidae
* North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

## Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
### Canids

Family: Canidae
* Coyote (Canis latrans)
* Gray wolf (Canis lupus) extirpated, vagrant
** Northwestern wolf (C. l .occidentalis) vagrant
** †Cascade Mountains wolf (C. l. fuscus) extinct
** †Southern Rocky Mountain wolf (C. l. youngi) extinct
* Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
* Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis)
* Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
** Sierra Nevada red fox (V. v. necator)

### Bears

Family: Ursidae
* American black bear (Ursus americanus)
* Brown bear (Ursus arctos) extirpated
** Grizzly bear (U. a. horribilis) extirpated

### Procyonids

Family: Procyonidae
* Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)
* Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

### Mustelids

Family: Mustelidae
* Wolverine (Gulo gulo) extirpated
* North American river otter (Lontra canadensis)
* Pacific marten (Martes caurina)
* American ermine (Mustela richardsonii)
* Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata)
* American mink (Neogale vison)
* American badger (Taxidea taxus)

### Skunks

Family: Mephitidae
* Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
* Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)

### Cats

Family: Felidae
* Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) extirpated
* Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
* Cougar (Puma concolor)

## Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
### Deer

Family: Cervidae
* Moose (Alces alces)
* Elk (Cervus canadensis)
** Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni)
* Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
* White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

### Bovids

Family: Bovidae
* American bison (Bison bison) extirpated
* Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) introduced
* Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
** Desert bighorn (O. c. nelsoni)

### Pronghorns

Family: Antilocapridae
* Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)