Meet the locals. 🦌🐾 Some are cute. Some are elusive. Regardless, it’s important to admire them all from a distance. Here’s a look at the wildlife that call South Dakota home. #HiFromSD Built for speed. Pronghorn are the fastest land mammal in North America and can reach speeds of around 60 mph across South Dakota’s prairie. One of South Dakota’s most adaptable animals, coyotes thrive everywhere from open prairie and grasslands to forests in the Black Hills. Always busy. Chipmunks spend much of their day collecting seeds and nuts, storing them in underground burrows for later. Keep an eye on rivers and wetlands. American mink are excellent swimmers that hunt both on land and in the water. South Dakota is home to 13 bat species, including little brown, big brown, silver-haired, hoary and eastern red bats. These nighttime insect hunters play a huge role in keeping bug populations down. Those impressive horns aren’t just for looks. Rams use them in dramatic head-butting battles d...