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.

Opossums
Family: Didelphidae


 * Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana

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

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

Rabbits and hares
Family: Leporidae


 * Snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus extirpated
 * Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus

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

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

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
 * White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus

Pigs
Family: Suidae


 * Wild boar, Sus scrofa introduced