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This list of mammals of Idaho includes all wild mammal species indigenous to the U.S. state of Idaho. [1] [2] Five mammal species introduced in the state include the eastern gray squirrel, Virginia opossum, house mouse, black rat, and the Norway rat. Mammals included in this list are drawn from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. [3]
This is an incomplete list of the species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish found in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in central Idaho. [1] Gray wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho in the 1990s while grizzly bears have been extirpated from the area, and plans to reintroduce them have been abandoned.
During the late Pliocene, Idaho was home to the horse Plesippus soshonensis. This species is regarded as a transitional form between the primitive Pliohippus and the modern horse genus Equus. Late Pliocene life of Idaho that was closely associated with water included aquatic birds, beavers, fish, frogs, a muskrat-like rodent, otters, and turtles.
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a Pliocene-age site near Hagerman, Idaho.The 4,351-acre (17.61 km 2) Monument is internationally significant because it protects one of the richest known fossil deposits from the Blancan North American Land Mammal Age. [3]
Researchers estimate fewer than 100 Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are left in the wild.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is the Idaho state department which is responsible for preserving and managing Idaho's wildlife, including mammals, fish, birds, plants, and invertebrates.
The northern Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus brunneus) is a species of the largest genus of ground squirrels. This species and the Southern Idaho ground squirrel were previously considered conspecific, together called the Idaho ground squirrel. The species is about 233mm in length and weighs 120 to 290 grams. [2]