List of mammals of Utah

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

Yellow-bellied marmot

• Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti) ^[1]
• Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) ^[2]
• American badger (Taxidea taxus) ^[3]
• American bison (Bison bison) ^[4]
• American black bear (Ursus americanus) ^[3]
• American ermine (Mustela richardsonii) ^[3]
• American pika (Ochotona princeps) ^[3]
• American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) ^[3]
• American water shrew (Sorex palustris) ^[3]
• Arizona woodrat (Neotoma devia) ^[5]
• American mink (Neogale vison) ^[3]
• Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) ^[6]
• Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) ^[3]
• Big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) ^[7]
• Black rat (Rattus rattus) ^[3] introduced
• Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) ^[8]
• Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) ^[3]
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus) ^[3]
• Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) ^[3]
• Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) extirpated ^[9]
• Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) ^[3] introduced
• Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii) ^[3]
• Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) ^[3]
• Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) ^[10]
• California myotis (Myotis californicus) ^[3]
• Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) ^[11]
• Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus) ^[3]
• Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps) ^[12]
• Cinereus shrew (Sorex cinereus) ^[3]
• Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis) ^{[3] [13]}
• Cougar (Puma concolor) ^[3]
• Coyote (Canis latrans) ^[3]
• Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) ^[14]
• Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus) ^[15]
• Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) ^[16]
• Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) ^[17]
• Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti) ^[18]
• Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) ^[19]
• Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) ^[20]
• Dwarf shrew (Sorex nanus) ^[21]
• Elk (Cervus canadensis) ^[22]
• Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) ^[3]
• Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) ^[3]
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) ^[3]
• Gray wolf (Canis lupus) extirpated, vagrant ^{[23] [24]}
• Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus) ^[3]
• Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) ^[3]
• House mouse (Mus musculus) ^[3] introduced
• Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) ^[3]
• Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) ^[3]
• Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) ^[3]
• Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) ^[3]
• Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans) ^[3]
• Long-tailed vole (Microtus longicaudus) ^[3]
• Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata) ^[3]
• Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) ^[3]
• Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) ^[3]
• Montane shrew (Sorex monticolus) ^[3]
• Montane vole (Microtus montanus) ^[3]
• Moose (Alces alces) ^[3]
• Mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) ^[3]
• Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) ^[3] introduced
• Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) ^[3]
• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) ^[3]
• North American beaver (Castor canadensis) ^[3]
• North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) ^[3]
• North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) ^[25]
• Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) ^[3]
• Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) ^[3]
• Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) ^[3]
• Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) ^[3]
• Pacific marten (Martes caurina) ^[26]
• Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) ^[3]
• Piute ground squirrel (Urocitellus mollis) ^[3]
• Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) ^[27]
• Raccoon (Procyon lotor) ^[3]
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) ^[3]
• Ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus) ^[3]
• Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) ^[3]
• Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) ^[28]
• Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) ^[3]
• Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) ^[3]
• Southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) ^[3]
• Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) ^[3]
• Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) ^[3]
• Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) ^[3]
• Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus) ^[3]
• Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus) ^[3]
• Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens)
• Vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans) ^[3]
• Water vole (Microtus richardsoni) ^[3]
• Western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis) ^[3]
• Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) ^[3]
• Western heather vole (Phenacomys intermedius) ^[3]
• Western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps) ^[3]
• Western small-footed bat (Myotis ciliolabrum) ^[3]
• Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis) ^[3]
• White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus) ^[3]
• White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) ^[29]
• White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) ^[3]
• Wolverine (Gulo gulo) vagrant ^{[30] [31] [32]}
• Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) ^[3]

References

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2. "Allen's big-eared bat". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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