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.

The white-tailed deer is the state mammal of Ohio

Order: Didelphimorphia

Opossums

Family: Didelphidae

Order: Eulipotyphla

Shrews
Northern short-tailed shrew

Family: Soricidae

Moles

Family: Talpidae

Order: Chiroptera

Vesper bats
Eastern red bat

Family: Vespertilionidae

Free-tailed bats

Family: Molossidae

Order: Lagomorpha

Rabbits and hares

Family: Leporidae

Order: Rodentia

Squirrels
American red squirrel

Family: Sciuridae

Beavers

Family: Castoridae

Jumping mice

Family: Dipodidae

New World mice, rats, and voles
Pine vole
Muskrat

Family: Cricetidae

Old World mice and rats

Family: Muridae

New World porcupines

Family: Erethizontidae

Order: Carnivora

Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)
Red fox

Family: Canidae

Bears

Family: Ursidae

Raccoons

Family: Procyonidae

Mustelids
American mink

Family: Mustelidae

Skunks

Family: Mephitidae

Cats
Bobcat

Family: Felidae

Order: Artiodactyla

Bovids

Family: Bovidae

Deer

Family: Cervidae

Pigs

Family: Suidae

See also

References
  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.
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