List of mammals of Ohio

Summary

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.

The white-tailed deer is the state mammal of Ohio

Order: Didelphimorphia edit

Opossums edit

Family: Didelphidae

Order: Eulipotyphla edit

Shrews edit

 
Northern short-tailed shrew

Family: Soricidae

Moles edit

Family: Talpidae

Order: Chiroptera edit

Vesper bats edit

 
Eastern red bat

Family: Vespertilionidae

Free-tailed bats edit

Family: Molossidae

Order: Lagomorpha edit

Rabbits and hares edit

Family: Leporidae

Order: Rodentia edit

Squirrels edit

 
American red squirrel

Family: Sciuridae

Beavers edit

Family: Castoridae

Jumping mice edit

Family: Dipodidae

New World mice, rats, and voles edit

 
Pine vole
 
Muskrat

Family: Cricetidae

Old World mice and rats edit

Family: Muridae

New World porcupines edit

Family: Erethizontidae

Order: Carnivora edit

Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes) edit

 
Red fox

Family: Canidae

Bears edit

Family: Ursidae

Raccoons edit

Family: Procyonidae

Mustelids edit

 
American mink

Family: Mustelidae

Skunks edit

Family: Mephitidae

Cats edit

 
Bobcat

Family: Felidae

Order: Artiodactyla edit

Bovids edit

Family: Bovidae

Deer edit

Family: Cervidae

Pigs edit

Family: Suidae

See also edit

References edit

  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.