# List of mammals of South Carolina

This is a list of mammals that are or were historically native to the US state of South Carolina.

## Balaenopteridae

* Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
* Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
* Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
* Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
* Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
* Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)

## Canidae

* Coyote (Canis latrans)
* Red wolf (Canis rufus) extirpated
* Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
* Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

## Cervidae

* Elk (Cervus canadensis) vagrant
** Eastern elk (C. c. canadensis) EX
** Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) introduced, vagrant
* White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

## Delphinidae

* Saddleback dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
* Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrohyncha)
* Atlantic pilot whale (Globicephala melaena)
* Grampus (Grampus griseus)
* Dense-beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
* Antillean beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)
* True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
* False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
* Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
* Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
* Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontails)
* Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
* Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
* Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

## Felidae

* Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
* Cougar (Puma concolor) extirpated
** Eastern cougar, (P. c. couguar) EX

## Leporidae

* Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
* Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
* Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
* Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) extirpated

## Mephitidae

* Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
* Spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)

## Muridae

* House mouse (Mus musculus) introduced
* Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
* Pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)
* Southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi)
* Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
* Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
* Muskrat (Ondatra zibethiscus)
* Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
* Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
* White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
* Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
* Oldfield mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)
* Black rat (Rattus rattus) introduced
* Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) introduced
* Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
* Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

## Mustelidae

* North American river otter (Lontra canadensis)
* Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
* Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata)
* American mink (Neogale vison)

## Phocoenidae

' Kogiidae
* Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
* Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus)

## Sciuridae

* Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
* Groundhog (Marmota monax)
* Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
* Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
* Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
* American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

## Soricidae

* Northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
* Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
* Least shrew (Cryptotis parva)
* Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus)
* Smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus)
* American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi)
* Southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris)

## Talpidae

* Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
* Hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri)
* Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

## Vespertilionidae

* Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
* Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
* Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
* Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
* Northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius)
* Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
* Southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
* 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)
* Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
* Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Plecotus rafinesqueii)

## Zapodidae

* Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
* Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)