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List of mammals of Ohio

This list of mammals of Ohio includes a total of 70 mammal species recorded in the state of Ohio.[1] 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.

The white-tailed deer is the state mammal of Ohio

Order: Didelphimorphia

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Opossums

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Family: Didelphidae

Order: Eulipotyphla

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Shrews

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Northern short-tailed shrew

Family: Soricidae

Moles

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Family: Talpidae

Order: Chiroptera

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Vesper bats

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Eastern red bat

Family: Vespertilionidae

Free-tailed bats

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Family: Molossidae

Order: Lagomorpha

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Rabbits and hares

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Family: Leporidae

Order: Rodentia

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Squirrels

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American red squirrel

Family: Sciuridae

Beavers

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Family: Castoridae

Jumping mice

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Family: Dipodidae

New World mice, rats, and voles

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Pine vole
 
Muskrat

Family: Cricetidae

Old World mice and rats

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Family: Muridae

New World porcupines

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Family: Erethizontidae

Order: Carnivora

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Canids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes)

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Red fox

Family: Canidae

Bears

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Family: Ursidae

Raccoons

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Family: Procyonidae

Mustelids

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American mink

Family: Mustelidae

Skunks

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Family: Mephitidae

Cats

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Bobcat

Family: Felidae

Order: Artiodactyla

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Bovids

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Family: Bovidae

Deer

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Family: Cervidae

Pigs

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Family: Suidae

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/species-guide-index/mammals. ODNR Division of Wildlife
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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