List of mammals of Utah facts for kids

This is a list of mammals observed in the U.S. state of Utah.

American bison

Belding's ground squirrel

Black-tailed jackrabbit

Desert bighorn sheep

Cliff chipmunk

Elk

North American porcupine

Spotted bat

Western spotted skunk

• Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti)
• Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis)
• American badger (Taxidea taxus)
• American bison (Bison bison)
• American black bear (Ursus americanus)
• American marten (Martes americana)
• American pika (Ochotona princeps)
• American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
• American water shrew (Sorex palustris)
• Arizona woodrat (Neotoma devia)
• American mink (Neovison vison)
• Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi)
• Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
• Big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis)
• Black rat (Rattus rattus)
• Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
• Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
• Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)
• Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) – extirpated
• Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) introduced
• Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
• Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
• Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
• California myotis (Myotis californicus)
• Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
• Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus)
• Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps)
• Cinereus shrew (Sorex cinereus)
• Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)
• Cougar (Puma concolor)
• Coyote (Canis latrans)
• Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
• Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus)
• Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)
• Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
• Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti)
• Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus)
• Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida)
• Dwarf shrew (Sorex nanus)
• Elk (Cervus canadensis)
• Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
• Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• Gray wolf (Canis lupus) – extirpated, but sightings along the Wyoming border occur
• Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)
• Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
• House mouse (Mus musculus)
• Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis)
• Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)
• Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)
• Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)
• Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)
• Long-tailed vole (Microtus longicaudus)
• Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
• Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
• Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
• Montane shrew (Sorex monticolus)
• Montane vole (Microtus montanus)
• Moose (Alces alces)
• Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)
• Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
• Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• North American beaver (Castor canadensis)
• North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
• North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
• North American river otter (Lontra canadensis)
• Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
• Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
• Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)
• Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
• Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
• Piute ground squirrel (Urocitellus mollis)
• Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
• Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• Ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)
• Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)
• Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)
• Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
• Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
• Southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
• Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
• Stoat (Mustela erminea)
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
• Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
• Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)
• Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)
• Vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans)
• Water vole (Microtus richardsoni)
• Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
• Western heather vole (Phenacomys intermedius)
• Western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps)
• Western small-footed bat (Myotis ciliolabrum)
• Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
• White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
• White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
• White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
• Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
• Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

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  Yellow-bellied marmot