List of mammals of South Carolina

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)

References

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.