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)


 * Bovidae
 * American bison (Bison bison) extirpated


 * 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)
 * Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) introduced, vagrant
 * White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


 * Dasypodidae
 * Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)


 * 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)


 * Didelphimorphia
 * Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)


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


 * 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)


 * Molossidae
 * Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)


 * 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)


 * Phocidae
 * Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)


 * Phocoenidae
 * Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

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


 * Physeteridae
 * Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)


 * Procyonidae
 * Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


 * 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)


 * Suidae
 * Wild boar (Sus scrofa) introduced


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


 * Trichechidae
 * West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)


 * Ursidae
 * Black bear (Ursus americanus)


 * 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)


 * Ziphiidae
 * Goosebeaked whale (Ziphius carvirostris)