List of mammals of Ohio


This is a list of mammals of Ohio.

Native species

There are native mammal species of Ohio.
Common nameBinomial nameStatusPicture
Virginia opossumDidelphis virginiana
Northern short-tailed shrewBlarina brevicauda
North American least shrewCryptotis parva
Masked shrewSorex cinereus
Smoky shrewSorex fumeus
American pygmy shrewSorex hoyi
Star-nosed moleCondylura cristata
Hairy-tailed moleParascalops breweri
Eastern moleScalopus aquaticus
Rafinesque's big-eared batCorynorhinus rafinesquii
Big brown batEptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern red batLasiurus borealis
Hoary batLasiurus cinereus
Eastern small-footed batMyotis leibii
Little brown batMyotis lucifugus
Northern long-eared batMyotis septentrionalis
Indiana batMyotis sodalis
Evening batNycticeius humeralis
Tricolored batPerimyotis subflavus
Snowshoe hareLepus americanus
Eastern cottontailSylvilagus floridanus
Southern flying squirrelGlaucomys volans
Thirteen-lined ground squirrelIctidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck / groundhogMarmota monax
Eastern gray squirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fox squirrelSciurus niger
Eastern chipmunkTamias striatus
American red squirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus
North American beaverCastor canadensis
Woodland jumping mouseNapaeozapus insignis
Meadow jumping mouseZapus hudsonius
Prairie voleMicrotus ochrogaster
Eastern meadow voleMicrotus pennsylvanicus
Woodland voleMicrotus pinetorum
Southern red-backed voleClethrionomys gapperi
Allegheny woodratNeotoma magister
MuskratOndatra zibethicus
Marsh rice ratOryzomys palustris
White-footed mousePeromyscus leucopus
Eastern deer mousePeromyscus maniculatus
Eastern harvest mouseReithrodontomys humulis
Southern bog lemmingSynaptomys cooperi
North American porcupineErethizon dorsatum
Eastern wolfCanis lycaon
Gray foxUrocyon cinereoargenteus
Red foxVulpes vulpes
American black bearUrsus americanus
RaccoonProcyon lotor
North American river otterLontra canadensis
American martenMartes americana
Least weaselMustela nivalis
American ermineMustela richardsonii
Long-tailed weaselNeogale frenata
American minkNeogale vison
FisherPekania pennanti
American badgerTaxidea taxus
Striped skunkMephitis mephitis
BobcatLynx rufus
Canada lynxLynx canadensis
Eastern cougarPuma concolor couguar
Plains bisonBison bison bison
Eastern elkCervus canadensis canadensis
Northern white-tailed deerOdocoileus virginianus borealis

Non-native species

There are non-native mammal species in Ohio.
Common nameBinomial namePicture
CoyoteCanis latrans
Wild boarSus scrofa
House mouseMus musculus
Brown ratRattus norvegicus
Black ratRattus rattus