List of mammals 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
Family: Didelphidae
Shrews
Family: Soricidae
Moles
Family: Talpidae
Vesper bats
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
- Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
- Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
- Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
- Gray bat, Myotis grisescens
- Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii
- Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
- Northern long-eared bat, Myotis septentrionalis
- Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis
- Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
- Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus
Free-tailed bats
Family: Molossidae
Rabbits and hares
Family: Leporidae
Squirrels
Family: Sciuridae
Beavers
Family: Castoridae
Jumping mice
Family: Dipodidae
New World mice, rats, and voles
Family: Cricetidae
- Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster
- Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
- Pine vole, Microtus pinetorum
- Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi
- Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma magister extirpated
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
- Marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris extirpated
- White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
- Eastern deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
- Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis
- Southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi
Old World mice and rats
Family: Muridae
New World porcupines
Family: Erethizontidae
Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)
Family: Canidae
Bears
Family: Ursidae
Raccoons
Family: Procyonidae
Mustelids
Family: Mustelidae
Skunks
Family: Mephitidae
Cats
Family: Felidae
Bovids
Family: Bovidae
Deer
Family: Cervidae
Pigs
Family: Suidae
See also
References
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