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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. Order: DidelphimorphiaOpossumsFamily: Didelphidae
Order: EulipotyphlaShrews Family: Soricidae
MolesFamily: Talpidae
Order: ChiropteraVesper bats.JPG) Family: Vespertilionidae
Free-tailed batsFamily: Molossidae
Order: LagomorphaRabbits and haresFamily: Leporidae
Order: RodentiaSquirrels.jpg) Family: Sciuridae
BeaversFamily: Castoridae
Jumping miceFamily: Dipodidae
New World mice, rats, and voles  Family: Cricetidae
Old World mice and ratsFamily: Muridae
New World porcupinesFamily: Erethizontidae
Order: CarnivoraCanids (wolves, coyotes, and foxes) Family: Canidae
BearsFamily: Ursidae
RaccoonsFamily: Procyonidae
Mustelids Family: Mustelidae
SkunksFamily: Mephitidae
Cats Family: Felidae
Order: ArtiodactylaBovidsFamily: Bovidae
DeerFamily: Cervidae
PigsFamily: Suidae
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