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List of mammals of South Carolina information


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[1]
    • Eastern elk (C. c. canadensis) EX
    • 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) EX
Leporidae
  • Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
  • Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
  • Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
  • Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) extirpated[2]
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)
  1. ^ Keith Allen (27 October 2016). "First elk seen in South Carolina since the 1700s". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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