List of mammals of Wyoming
[2] Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae Occurrence: Forests, slide areas, alpine meadows The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is North America's smallest and most common species of bear.
These bison once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds; their range roughly formed a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.
With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States.
[11] Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae Occurrence: Forests, grasslands The coyote (/ˈkaɪ.oʊt/ or /kaɪˈoʊtiː/)[12] (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf,[13] is a species of canid found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark.
[19] DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies reaffirm that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris).
[22] Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae Occurrence: Coniferous forests, lakes, slow streams, marshy areas The moose (North America) or common European elk (Europe) (Alces alces) is the largest extant species in the deer family.
Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates.
It resides at high elevations and is a sure-footed climber, often resting on rocky cliffs that predators cannot reach.
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae Occurrence: Coniferous forests The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas.
[26] Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Antilocapridae Occurrence: Basin-prairie and mountain-foothills, shrublands, eastern great plains and great basin-foothills grasslands, sagebrush-grasslands The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), is a species of artiodactyl mammal native to interior western and central North America.
As its name suggests, its fur is predominantly reddish brown, but there is a naturally occurring gray morph known as the "silver" fox.
[31] Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae Occurrence: Short-grass prairies and deserts The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
It does, however, survive in aspen parklands and deciduous river bottomlands within the central and northern Great Plains, and in mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the northern Rocky Mountain regions from Wyoming to southeastern British Columbia.
