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List of mammals of Ohio

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The white-tailed deer is the state mammal of Ohio

This list of mammals of Ohio includes a total of 70 mammal species recorded in the state of Ohio.[1] Of these, three (the American black bear, Indiana bat, and Allegheny woodrat) are listed as endangered in the state; four (the brown rat, black rat, house mouse, and wild boar) are introduced; three (the gray bat, Mexican free-tailed bat and North American porcupine) are considered accidental; and ten (the American bison, elk, Allegheny woodrat, snowshoe hare, fisher, cougar, Canada lynx, eastern wolf, marsh rice rat and the American marten) have been extirpated from the state.

Opossums

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Family: Didelphidae

Shrews

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Northern short-tailed shrew

Family: Soricidae

Moles

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Family: Talpidae

Vesper bats

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Eastern red bat

Family: Vespertilionidae

Free-tailed bats

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Family: Molossidae

Rabbits and hares

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Family: Leporidae

Order: Rodentia

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Squirrels

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American red squirrel

Family: Sciuridae

Beavers

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Family: Castoridae

Jumping mice

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Family: Dipodidae

New World mice, rats, and voles

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Pine vole
Muskrat

Family: Cricetidae

Old World mice and rats

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Family: Muridae

New World porcupines

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Family: Erethizontidae

Order: Carnivora

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Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)

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Red fox

Family: Canidae

Bears

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Family: Ursidae

Raccoons

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Family: Procyonidae

Mustelids

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American mink

Family: Mustelidae

Skunks

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Family: Mephitidae

Cats

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Bobcat

Family: Felidae

Bovids

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Family: Bovidae

Deer

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Family: Cervidae

Pigs

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Family: Suidae

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/species-guide-index/mammals. ODNR Division of Wildlife
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.