How many of the 80 mammal species that live in Minnesota can you name? Gray wolf, white-tailed deer, raccoon, and opossum are the easy ones – now the real thinking begins. Below we have assembled several links for you to learn more about the furry vertebrates that share Minnesota’s landscape. Looking for an additional challenge or two? What is Minnesota’s
official state mammal? Better yet, see if you can keep a
list of the mammals you see as you explore Northern Minnesota!
- Mammals of Minnesota - MDNR
- Gray wolf
- Gray wolf
- Natural history description of wolves by L. David Mech, National Biological Services; Daniel H. Pletscher, University of Montana; and Clifford J. Martinka, National Biolgical Services.
- Red fox
- Gray fox
- Coyote
- Mountain lion
- Lynx
- Bobcat
- Black bear
- Black bear
- Raccoon
- Raccoon
- Raccoon
- Weasel
- Weasel
- Ermine
- Mink
- Mink
- Pine Martin
- Pine Martin
- Fisher
- River Otter
- Wolverine
- Skunks
- Badger
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Bison
- Moose
- Moose
- Moose
- Elk
- Elk
- White-tailed Deer
- Squirrels
- The Minnesota gopher is actually a 13-lined ground squirrel and one of many squirrels found in Minnesota including the Franklin ground squirrel, Richardson ground squirrel, gray squirrel, fox squirrel, red (pine) squirrel, southern flying squirrel, and northern flying squirrel.
- Rabbits
- White-tailed Jackrabbit
- Snowshoe Hare
- Snowshoe Hare
- Eastern Cottontail
- Eastern Cottontail
- Porcupine
- Porcupine
- Mice and voles
- Muskrat
- Beaver
- Bats
- Minnesota hosts 7 species of bats including little brown myotis, northern myotis, big brown bat, eastern pipistrelle, silver-haired bat, eastern red bat, and hoary bat.
- Shrews
- Moles
- Opossum
