List of mammals of Ohio

This is a list of mammals of Ohio.

Native species

There are 64 native mammal species of Ohio.

Native mammal species of Ohio
Common name Binomial name Status Picture
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana Extant
Northern short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda Extant
North American least shrew Cryptotis parva Extant
Masked shrew Sorex cinereus Extant
Smoky shrew Sorex fumeus Extant
American pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi Extant [data missing]
Star-nosed mole Condylura cristata Extant
Hairy-tailed mole Parascalops breweri Extant
Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus Extant
Rafinesque's big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii Extant
Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus Extant
Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans Extant
Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis Extant
Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus Extant
Eastern small-footed bat Myotis leibii Extant
Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus Extant
Northern long-eared bat Myotis septentrionalis Extant
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis Extant
Evening bat Nycticeius humeralis Extant
Tricolored bat Perimyotis subflavus Extant
Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus Locally extinct
Summer coat
Winter coat
Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Extant
Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans Extant
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus Extant
Woodchuck / groundhog Marmota monax Extant
Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Extant
Fox squirrel Sciurus niger Extant
Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus Extant
American red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Extant
North American beaver Castor canadensis Extant
Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus insignis Extant
Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius Extant
Prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster Extant
Eastern meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus Extant
Woodland vole Microtus pinetorum Extant
Southern red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi Extant
Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister Locally extinct
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Extant
Marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris Locally extinct
White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus Extant
Eastern deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Extant
Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis Extant
Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi Extant
North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum Extant
Eastern wolf Canis lycaon Locally extinct
Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Extant
Red fox Vulpes vulpes Extant
American black bear Ursus americanus Extant
Raccoon Procyon lotor Extant
North American river otter Lontra canadensis Extant
American marten Martes americana Locally extinct
Least weasel Mustela nivalis Extant
American ermine Mustela richardsonii Extant
Long-tailed weasel Neogale frenata Extant
American mink Neogale vison Extant
Fisher Pekania pennanti Extant[1]
American badger Taxidea taxus Extant
Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis Extant
Bobcat Lynx rufus Extant
Canada lynx Lynx canadensis Locally extinct
Eastern cougar Puma concolor couguar Globally extinct
Plains bison Bison bison bison Locally extinct
Eastern elk Cervus canadensis canadensis Globally extinct
Northern white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus borealis Extant
Male (buck or stag)
Female (doe) with juveniles (fawns)

Non-native species

There are 5 non-native mammal species in Ohio.

Non-native mammal species in Ohio
Common name Binomial name Picture
Coyote[a] Canis latrans
Wild boar[4] Sus scrofa
House mouse Mus musculus
Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
Black rat Rattus rattus

See also

Notes

  1. ^ While coyotes are native to the contiguous United States as a whole, they only first appeared in Ohio in 1919.[2] The eastward expansion of coyotes out of their native range was caused by the human-driven extinction of local apex predators (gray wolves, eastern wolves, and cougars) and the conversion of previously forested areas into farmland.[3]

References

  1. ^ DiTirro, Tessa (March 7, 2024). "An animal that was extirpated from Northeast Ohio is making a comeback". News 5 Cleveland. Scripps Media, Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  2. ^ Weeks, John L.; Tori, Gildo M.; Shieldcastle, Mark C. (1990). "Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Ohio" (PDF). Ohio Journal of Science. 90 (5). Ohio Division of Wildlife, Crane Creek Wildlife Experiment Station: The Ohio State University Libraries: 142–145. hdl:1811/23411. Retrieved October 30, 2025. p. 142: Coyotes were first recorded in Ohio in 1919.
  3. ^ Hody, James W.; Kays, Roland (2018). Eizirik, Eduardo (ed.). "Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America". ZooKeys (759). Pensoft Publishers: 81–97. doi:10.3897/zookeys.759.15149. PMC 5974007. Retrieved October 30, 2025. p. 82: Various interacting factors are thought to have contributed to coyotes' rapid expansion in North America. First, extirpation of apex predators likely helped coyotes expand by reducing predation risk and allowing coyotes to expand their niche to larger prey. Specifically, the extirpation of wolves (C. lupus, C. rufus, and/or C. lycaon) and cougar (Puma concolor) across most of eastern North America, and the decline of cougar and jaguar (Panthera onca) in Central America probably set the stage for coyote colonization (Bekoff and Gese 2003, Berger and Gese 2007, Cove et al. 2012, Méndez-Carvajal and Moreno 2014). Second, conversion of once-forested landscapes to agricultural landscapes in eastern North America and Central America likely facilitated coyote expansion by creating suitable coyote habitat in areas that were previously unsuitable (Vaughan 1983, Parker 1995, Macdonald and Sillero-Zubiri 2004).
  4. ^ "Invasive Species: Feral Swine in Ohio". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
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