Canada

Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species

This list of mammal species found exclusively in Canada is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

American Society of Mammalogists (2020) Mammal Diversity Database, Version 1.2 http://www.mammaldiversity.org, accessed 24 September 2020. An online version can be found here.

Additional species recognized more recently by the Mammal Diversity Database are listed at the bottom of the page.

Sorex maritimensis (Eulipotyphla - Soricidae) Maritime Shrew

Dicrostonyx hudsonius (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Ungava Collared Lemming

Dicrostonyx nunatakensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming

Dicrostonyx richardsoni (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Richardson's Collared Lemming

Peromyscus arcticus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Yukon Deermouse

Marmota vancouverensis (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Vancouver Island Marmot

The following additional species was recognized after the version of the ASM Mammal Diversity Database listed above. This single species added to the 6 listed above total 7 endemic mammal species for Canada.

Myotis pernox (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Alberta Little Brown Myotis