The list of mammals of Kansas comprises 100 mammals recorded in the U.S. state of Kansas.[1][2] It includes both native and introduced species which can have a negative impact on the ecosystem but does not include domesticated animals.[3] Four of these species that have been extirpated from the state are the gray wolf, grizzly bear, cougar, and the black-footed ferret.
Didelphimorphia (opossums)
[edit]Family: Didelphidae
Cingulata (armadillos)
[edit]Family: Dasypodidae
Eulipotyphla (shrews and moles)
[edit]Family: Soricidae
Family: Talpidae
Family: Castoridae
Family: Geomyidae
Kangaroo rats and pocket mice
[edit]Family: Heteromyidae
Family: Erethizontidae
Family: Dipodidae
New World rats, mice, and voles
[edit]Family: Cricetidae
- Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
- Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
- Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum
- White-throated woodrat, Neotoma albigula
- Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana
- Southern plains woodrat, Neotoma micropus
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster
- Marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
- Texas mouse, Peromyscus attwateri
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
- Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis
- Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
- Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis
- Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
- Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus
Old World rats and mice
[edit]Family: Muridae
Chipmunks, marmots, and squirrels
[edit]Family: Sciuridae
- Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus
- Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictodomys tridecemlineatus
- Groundhog, Marmota monax
- Colorado chipmunk, Neotamias quadrivittatus
- Rock squirrel, Otospermophilus variegatus
- Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
- Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
- Spotted ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Family: Myocastoridae
- Nutria, Myocastor coypus introduced
Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
[edit]Family: Leporidae
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum
- Gray bat, Myotis grisescens
- Small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
- Indiana myotis, Myotis sodalis
- Cave myotis, Myotis velifer
- Yuma myotis, Myotis yumanensis
- Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
- Western pipistrelle, Parastrellus hesperus
- Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus
- Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Plecotus rafinesquii
- Townsend's big-eared bat, Plecotus townsendii
Family: Molossidae
Carnivora (carnivorans)
[edit]Family: Felidae
Family: Canidae
Family: Ursidae
Family: Mephitidae
Family: Mustelidae
Family: Procyonidae
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
[edit]Family: Antilocapridae
Family: Bovidae
Family: Cervidae