List of mammals of Utah

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

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  • Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sciuaber |title=Abert's Squirrel |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719221626/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sciuaber |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=idiophyl |title=Allen's big-eared bat |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210034/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=idiophyl |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • American badger (Taxidea taxus)
  • American bison (Bison bison){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=bosxbiso |title=American bison |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719222820/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=bosxbiso |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • American black bear (Ursus americanus)
  • American ermine (Mustela richardsonii)
  • American pika (Ochotona princeps)
  • American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
  • American water shrew (Sorex palustris)
  • Arizona woodrat (Neotoma devia){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=neotdevi |title=Arizona woodrat |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210324/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=neotdevi |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • American mink (Neogale vison)
  • Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sperbeld |title=Belding's ground squirrel |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719223327/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sperbeld |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
  • Big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=nyctmacr |title=Nyctinomops macrotis |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719223524/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=nyctmacr |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Black rat (Rattus rattus) introduced
  • Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=mustnigr |title=Black-footed ferret |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719223712/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=mustnigr |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)
  • Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) extirpated{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=ursuarct |title=Brown bear |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719224031/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=ursuarct |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) introduced
  • Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii)
  • Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
  • Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=peroerem |title=Cactus mouse |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719224411/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=peroerem |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • California myotis (Myotis californicus)
  • Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lynxcana |title=Canada lynx |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130061948/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lynxcana |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • Canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus)
  • Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=dipomicr |title=Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130062022/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=dipomicr |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • Cinereus shrew (Sorex cinereus){{cite web |url=https://nhmu.utah.edu/mammals-wasatch-front |title=Mammals of the Wasatch Front |date=29 August 2012 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |publisher=Natural History Museum of Utah |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719175602/https://nhmu.utah.edu/mammals-wasatch-front |url-status=live}}
  • Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=tamidors |title=Cliff chipmunk |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719225923/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=tamidors |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Cougar (Puma concolor)
  • Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=noticraw |title=Crawford's gray shrew |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231246/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=noticraw |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=micrmega |title=Dark kangaroo mouse |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719230139/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=micrmega |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscane |title=Desert bighorn sheep |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130062348/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscane |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}
  • Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sylvaudu |title=Desert cottontail |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719230548/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sylvaudu |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=dipodese |title=Desert kangaroo rat |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719230744/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=dipodese |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=chaepeni |title=Desert pocket mouse |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231051/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=chaepeni |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=neotlepi |title=Desert woodrat |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231539/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=neotlepi |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Dwarf shrew (Sorex nanus){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sorenanu |title=Dwarf shrew |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719231758/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=sorenanu |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Elk (Cervus canadensis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=cervelap |title=Elk or Wapati |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232153/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=cervelap |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger){{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title=Utah Fox Squirrels {{!}} Natural History Museum of Utah |url=https://nhmu.utah.edu/citizen-science/utah-fox-squirrels |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=nhmu.utah.edu |language=en}} introduced
  • Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
  • Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
  • Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
  • Gray wolf (Canis lupus) extirpated, vagrant{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=canilupu |title=Gray wolf |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232443/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=canilupu |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/03/gray-wolf-is-utah-first/ |title=A gray wolf is in Utah for the first time in years. The state is setting traps. |first=Zak |last=Podmore |date=June 3, 2020 |work=Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233113/https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/03/gray-wolf-is-utah-first/ |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus)
  • Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
  • House mouse (Mus musculus) introduced
  • 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 (Neogale 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) introduced
  • Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
  • Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
  • North American beaver (Castor canadensis)
  • North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
  • North American donkey (Equus asinus) introduced
  • North American river otter (Lontra canadensis){{cite web|url=http://thelivingplanet.com/discoverutah/|title=Discover Utah|publisher=Loveland Living Planet Aquarium|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=June 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611104801/http://thelivingplanet.com/discoverutah/|url-status=live}}
  • Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
  • Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
  • Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)
  • Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
  • Pacific marten (Martes caurina){{Cite journal|last1=Colella|first1=Jocelyn P.|last2=Wilson|first2=Robert E.|last3=Talbot|first3=Sandra L.|last4=Cook|first4=Joseph A.|date=2019-04-01|title=Implications of introgression for wildlife translocations: the case of North American martens|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1120-5|journal=Conservation Genetics|language=en|volume=20|issue=2|pages=153–166|doi=10.1007/s10592-018-1120-5|bibcode=2019ConG...20..153C |s2cid=85447345 |issn=1572-9737}}
  • Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
  • Piute ground squirrel (Urocitellus mollis)
  • Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=antiamer |title= Pronghorn |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233459/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=antiamer |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
  • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)
  • Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus)
  • Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscana |title=Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233729/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscana |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
  • Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
  • Southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
  • Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
  • Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
  • Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
  • Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)
  • Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)
  • Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens)
  • Vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans)
  • Water vole (Microtus richardsoni)
  • Western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis)
  • 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){{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=odocvirg |title=White-tailed deer |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719234036/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=odocvirg |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
  • Wild horse (Equus ferus caballus){{Cite web |title=Programs: Wild Horse and Burro: Herd Management: Herd Management Areas: Utah |url=https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/herd-management/herd-management-areas/utah |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Bureau of Land Management |language=en}} introduced
  • Wolverine (Gulo gulo) vagrant{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=gulogulo |title= Wolverine |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719234243/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=gulogulo |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/utah/articles/2021-07-04/rare-wolverine-caught-on-utah-neighborhood-doorbell-camera |title=Rare Wolverine Caught on Utah Neighborhood Doorbell Camera |date=July 4, 2021 |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211029162056/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/utah/articles/2021-07-04/rare-wolverine-caught-on-utah-neighborhood-doorbell-camera |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/10/20/wolverine-spotted-utah/ |title=Wolverine spotted in Utah this month marks third publicized sighting this year |date=October 20, 2021 |first=Jordan |last=Miller |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026215148/https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/10/20/wolverine-spotted-utah/ |url-status=live }}
  • Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

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