# List of mammals of Ohio

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, 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.

## Order: Didelphimorphia
### Opossums

Family: Didelphidae
* Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana

## Order: Eulipotyphla
### Shrews

Family: Soricidae
* Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
* North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva
* Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus
* Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus
* American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi

### Moles

Family: Talpidae
* Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata
* Hairy-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri
* Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

## Order: Chiroptera
### 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
* 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

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, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

### Beavers

Family: Castoridae
* North American beaver, Castor canadensis

### Jumping mice

Family: Dipodidae
* Woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis
* Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius

### 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
* House mouse, Mus musculus introduced
* Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
* Black rat, Rattus rattus introduced

### New World porcupines

Family: Erethizontidae
* North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum vagrant

## Order: Carnivora
### Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)

Family: Canidae
* Coyote, Canis latrans
* Eastern wolf, Canis lycaon extirpated
* Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
* Red fox, Vulpes vulpes

### Bears

Family: Ursidae
* American black bear, Ursus americanus

### Raccoons

Family: Procyonidae
* Raccoon, Procyon lotor

### Mustelids

Family: Mustelidae
* North American river otter, Lontra canadensis
* American marten, Martes americana extirpated
* Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
* American ermine, Mustela richardsonii
* Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata
* American mink, Neogale vison
* Fisher, Pekania pennanti extirpated
* American badger, Taxidea taxus

### Skunks

Family: Mephitidae
* Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis

### Cats

Family: Felidae
* Bobcat, Lynx rufus
* Cougar, Puma concolor extirpated
** Eastern cougar, P. c. couguar EX

## Order: Artiodactyla
### Bovids

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

### Deer

Family: Cervidae
* Elk, Cervus canadensis extirpated
** Eastern elk, C. c. canadensis EX
* White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus

### Pigs

Family: Suidae
* Wild boar, Sus scrofa introduced