List of mammals of New Hampshire

The list of mammals of New Hampshire includes all mammal species living in the US state of New Hampshire. Four species of mammals are currently extirpated from the state: gray wolf,^[1] cougar,^[2] wolverine,^[3] and caribou.^[4] The list does not include species found only in captivity.

While New Hampshire does not have a state mammal, it does have a state animal (the white-tailed deer)^[5] and a state wildcat (the bobcat).^[6]

Family: Didelphidae

• Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana^[7][8]
  North America's only marsupial^[7] is found in all but the northernmost parts of the state.^[9]

Family: Soricidae

• American water shrew, Sorex palustris^[10]
  Found throughout the state.^[11]

• Eastern water shrew, Sorex albibarbis^[12][13]
  Possibly a subspecies of the American water shrew.^[14]

• Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus^[15]
  Found throughout the state.^[15]

• Long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar^[16]
  Secure and found in all but the far northern and southeastern portions of the state.^[17][16]

• Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus^[18][19]
  Found throughout the state.^[18]

• American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi^[20][21]
  Secure and found in the northern part of the state.^[21]

• Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda^[22]
  Secure and found throughout the state.^[22]

Family: Talpidae

• Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata^[23]
  Stable and secure throughout the state.^[24]

• Hairy-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri^[25]
  Stable and secure throughout the state.^[26]

Family: Vespertilionidae

• Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus^[27]
  Increasing and found throughout the state.^[28]

• Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans^[27]
  Stable and found throughout the state.^[29]

• Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis ^[27]

• Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus ^[27]

• Eastern small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii - state endangered^[27]

• Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus - state endangered^[27][30]
  Endangered and in decline.^[31]

• Northern long-eared bat, Myotis septentrionalis - federally threatened and state endangered^[27][32][33]

• Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis ^[34][35]

• Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus - state endangered^[27]

• Evening bat, Nycticeius humerali^[36] Some sources fail to note the presence of this species in New Hampshire.^[37]

Family: Leporidae

• Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus^[38]

• Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus^[39] - introduced ^[40]
  Found in southern part of the state.^[39]

• New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis - endangered^[41]

Family: Castoridae

• North American beaver, Castor canadensis^[42]

Family: Erethizontidae

• North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum^[43]

Family: Dipodidae

• Woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis^[44][45]

• Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius^[46][47]

Family: Cricetidae

• Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi^[48][49]

• Rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus^[50][51]

• Eastern meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus^[52][53]

• Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum^[54][55]

• Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus^[56][57]

• White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus^[58][59]

• Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus^[60][61]

• Northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis^[62][63]

• Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi^[64][65]

Family: Muridae

• House mouse, Mus musculus - introduced^[66][67]

• Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus - introduced^[68][69]

• Black rat, Rattus rattus - introduced^[70]

Family: Sciuridae

• Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus^[71][72]

• Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans^[73][74]

• Groundhog, Marmota monax^[75][76]

• Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis^[77][78]

• Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus^[79][80]

• American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus^[81][82]

Family: Felidae

• Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis^[83]

• Bobcat, Lynx rufus ^[84]
  The New Hampshire State Wildcat is the bobcat.^[6]

• Cougar, Puma concolor - possibly extirpated^[85][86]
  • Eastern cougar, P. c. couguar - possibly extirpated ^[87][2]

Family: Canidae

• Eastern Coyote, Canis latrans^[88]

• Gray wolf, Canis lupus - extirpated ^[1]

• Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus^[89][90]

• Red fox, Vulpes vulpes^[91]

Family: Ursidae

• American black bear, Ursus americanus^[92]

Family: Mephitidae

• Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis^[93][94]

Family: Mustelidae

• Wolverine, Gulo gulo - extirpated ^[3]

• North American river otter, Lontra canadensis^[95]

• American marten, Martes americana^[96]

• American ermine, Mustela richardsonii^[97]

• Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata^[98][99]

• American mink, Neogale vison ^[95]

• Fisher, Pekania pennanti^[100]

Family: Procyonidae

• Racoon, Procyon lotor^[101]

Family: Cervidae

• Moose, Alces alces^[102]

• White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus ^[103]
  The New Hampshire State Animal is the white-tailed deer.^[5]

• Caribou, Rangifer tarandus - extirpated^[4]

Families: Monodontidae, Physeteroidea, Ziphioidea, Delphinidae, Phocoenidae
Various whales,^[104] dolphins,^[105] and porpoises^[106] are sometimes visible off the coast of New Hampshire.^[107]

• List of birds of New Hampshire
• List of mammals of New England