This list of mammals of Ohio includes a total of 70 mammal species recorded in the state of Ohio. Of these, three (the

American black bear The American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), also called simply a black bear or sometimes a baribal, is a medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most widely distributed bear species. American black bear ...

, Indiana bat, and

Allegheny woodrat The Allegheny woodrat (''Neotoma magister''), is a species of "pack rat" in the genus ''Neotoma''. Once believed to be a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), extensive DNA analysis has proven it to be a distinct species. D ...

) are listed as endangered in the state; four (the brown rat,

black rat The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is n ...

house mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. Althoug ...

, 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 The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...

, snowshoe hare,

fisher Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to: Places Australia *Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Elect ...

cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...

, Canada lynx, eastern wolf,

marsh rice rat The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...

and the

American marten The American marten (''Martes americana''), also known as the American pine marten, is a species of North American mammal, a member of the family Mustelidae. The species is sometimes referred to as simply the pine marten. The name "pine marten" ...

) have been extirpated from the state.

Order: Didelphimorphia

Opossums

Family: Didelphidae * Virginia opossum, ''Didelphis virginiana''

Order: Eulipotyphla

Shrews

Family: Soricidae * Northern short-tailed shrew, ''Blarina brevicauda'' *

North American least shrew The North American least shrew (''Cryptotis parvus'') is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and a tail never more than twice the length of its hind foot. The dense fur coat is e ...

, ''Cryptotis parva'' *

Masked shrew The cinereus shrew or masked shrew (''Sorex cinereus'') is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew. Descriptio ...

, ''Sorex cinereus'' *

Smoky shrew The smoky shrew (''Sorex fumeus'') is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and extends further south along the Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appal ...

, ''Sorex fumeus'' *

American pygmy shrew The American pygmy shrew (''Sorex hoyi'') is a small shrew found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, south through the Appalachian Mountains. It was first discovered in 1831 by naturalist William Cane in Georgian Bay, Parr ...

, ''Sorex hoyi''

Moles

Family: Talpidae * Star-nosed mole, ''Condylura cristata'' *

Hairy-tailed mole The hairy-tailed mole (''Parascalops breweri''), also known as Brewer's mole, is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only member of the genus ''Parascalops''. The species epithet ''breweri'' refers to Thomas Mayo Brewer, an American ...

, ''Parascalops breweri'' * Eastern mole, ''Scalopus aquaticus''

Order: Chiroptera

Vesper bats

Family: Vespertilionidae *

Rafinesque's big-eared bat Rafinesque's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus rafinesquii''), sometimes known as the southeastern big-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat native to the southeastern United States. Description As its name implies, this species has ears over an in ...

, ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' * Big brown bat, ''Eptesicus fuscus'' * Silver-haired bat, ''Lasionycteris noctivagans'' *

Eastern red bat The eastern red bat (''Lasiurus borealis'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda. Taxonomy and etymology It was described in 1 ...

, ''Lasiurus borealis'' *

Hoary bat The hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (possibly including Hawaii, although this is disputed). Taxonomy The hoary bat was described as a ...

, ''Lasiurus cinereus'' * Gray bat, ''Myotis grisescens'' *

Eastern small-footed bat The eastern small-footed bat (''Myotis leibii'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada and in mountainous portions of the eastern United States from New England to northern Georgia, and westward to n ...

, ''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 * Mexican free-tailed bat, ''Tadarida brasiliensis''

Order: Lagomorpha

Rabbits and hares

Family: Leporidae * Snowshoe hare, ''Lepus americanus'' extirpated * Eastern cottontail, ''Sylvilagus floridanus''

Order: Rodentia

Squirrels

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Family: Sciuridae * Southern flying squirrel, ''Glaucomys volans'' * Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, ''Ictidomys tridecemlineatus'' * Groundhog, ''Marmota monax'' * Eastern gray squirrel, ''Sciurus carolinensis'' * Fox squirrel, ''Sciurus niger'' * Eastern chipmunk, ''Tamias striatus'' *

American red squirrel The American red squirrel (''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'') is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus ''Tamiasciurus'', known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, ''T. douglasii'', and the sou ...

, ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus''

Beavers

Family: Castoridae * North American beaver, ''Castor canadensis''

Jumping mice

Family: Dipodidae *

Woodland jumping mouse The woodland jumping mouse (''Napaeozapus insignis'') is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to using its extremely strong feet and long tail. Taxonomy Representatives of the family Dipodidae are found in the nort ...

, ''Napaeozapus insignis'' *

Meadow jumping mouse The meadow jumping mouse (''Zapus hudsonius'') is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to ...

, ''Zapus hudsonius''

New World mice, rats, and voles

Family: Cricetidae * Prairie vole, ''Microtus ochrogaster'' * Meadow vole, ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' *

Pine vole The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail. Its weight ranges bet ...

, ''Microtus pinetorum'' *

Southern red-backed vole The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (''Myodes gapperi'') is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States. It is closely related to the western red-backed vole (''Myodes californius''), which lives to th ...

, ''Myodes gapperi'' *

, ''Neotoma magister'' extirpated *

Muskrat The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

, ''Ondatra zibethicus'' *

Marsh rice rat The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...

, ''Oryzomys palustris'' extirpated * White-footed mouse, ''Peromyscus leucopus'' *

Eastern deer mouse ''Peromyscus maniculatus'' is a rodent native to eastern North America. It is most commonly called the eastern deer mouse; when formerly grouped with the western deer mouse (''P. sonoriensis''), it was referred to as the North American deermous ...

, ''Peromyscus maniculatus'' *

Eastern harvest mouse The eastern harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys humulis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland ...

, ''Reithrodontomys humulis'' * Southern bog lemming, ''Synaptomys cooperi''

Old World mice and rats

Family:

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...

House mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. Althoug ...

, ''Mus musculus'' introduced * Brown rat, ''Rattus norvegicus'' introduced *

Black rat The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is n ...

, ''Rattus rattus'' introduced

New World porcupines

Family: Erethizontidae * North American porcupine, ''Erethizon dorsatum'' vagrant

Order:
Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...

Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)

Family:

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within th ...

Coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

, ''Canis latrans'' * Eastern wolf, ''Canis lycaon'' extirpated * Gray fox, ''Urocyon cinereoargenteus'' *

Red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the Order (biology), order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe ...

, ''Vulpes vulpes''

Bears

Family: Ursidae *

, ''Ursus americanus''

Raccoons

Family:

Procyonidae Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It comprises the raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, and olinguitos. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments and are generally omnivorous. Character ...

* Raccoon, ''Procyon lotor''

Mustelids

Family: Mustelidae * North American river otter, ''Lontra canadensis'' *

, ''Martes americana'' extirpated *

Least weasel The least weasel (''Mustela nivalis''), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus '' Mustela,'' family Mustelidae and order Carnivora. It is native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, and has bee ...

, ''Mustela nivalis'' *

American ermine The American ermine or American stoat (''Mustela richardsonii'') is a species of mustelid native to most of North America. Taxonomy It was long considered conspecific with the stoat (''M. erminea''), but a 2021 study found it to be a distinct ...

, ''Mustela richardsonii'' * Long-tailed weasel, ''Neogale frenata'' * American mink, ''Neogale vison'' *

Fisher Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to: Places Australia *Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Elect ...

, ''Pekania pennanti'' extirpated * American badger, ''Taxidea taxus''

Skunks

Family: Mephitidae *

Striped skunk The striped skunk (''Mephitis mephitis'') is a skunk of the genus '' Mephitis'' that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on ac ...

, ''Mephitis mephitis''

Cats

Family:

Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the ...

Bobcat The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUC ...

, ''Lynx rufus'' *

Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...

, ''Puma concolor'' extirpated **

Eastern cougar The eastern cougar or eastern puma (''Puma concolor couguar'') is a subspecies designation proposed in 1946 for cougar populations in eastern North America. The subspecies as described in 1946 was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife S ...

, ''P. c. couguar''

Order: Artiodactyla

Deer

Family: Cervidae *

Elk The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ...

, ''Cervus canadensis'' extirpated ** Eastern elk, ''C. c. canadensis'' * White-tailed deer, ''Odocoileus virginianus''

Bovids

Family: Bovidae * American bison, ''Bison bison'' extirpated ** Plains bison, ''B. b. bison'' extirpated

Pigs

Family:

Suidae Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domestic pigs and wild boars separately), classified into ...

* Wild boar, ''Sus scrofa'' introduced

References

{{Lists of mammals by U.S. state Ohio Mammals of Ohio

Order: Didelphimorphia

Opossums

Order: Eulipotyphla

Shrews

Moles

Order: Chiroptera

Vesper bats

Free-tailed bats

Order: Lagomorpha

Rabbits and hares

Order: Rodentia

Squirrels

Beavers

Jumping mice

New World mice, rats, and voles

Old World mice and rats

New World porcupines

Order: Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...

Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)

Bears

Raccoons

Mustelids

Skunks

Cats

Order: Artiodactyla

Deer

Bovids

Pigs

See also

References

Order:
Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...