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Sunday, February 11, 2018

This is a list of mammals that are or were in the past native to South Carolina.

Balaenopteridae
  • Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
  • Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
  • Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
  • Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
  • Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Bovidae
  • Bison (Bison bison)
Canidae
  • Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Fox
    • Grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
    • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Wolf
  • Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
  • Red wolf (Canis rufus)
Cervidae
  • Elk (Cervus elaphus)
  • White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Dasypodidae
  • Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Delphinidae
  • Antillean beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)
  • Atlantic pilot whale (Globicephala melaena)
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontails)
  • Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
  • Dense-beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
  • False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
  • Grampus (Grampus griseus)
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
  • Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanenis)
  • Saddleback dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
  • Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrohyncha)
  • Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
  • Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
  • True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
Didelphimorphia
  • Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Equidae
  • Horse (Equus caballus)
Eschrichtiidae
  • Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
Felidae
  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Mountain lion (Puma concolor)
Leporidae
  • Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
  • Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
  • New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)
  • Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
Molossidae
  • Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Muridae
  • Black rat (Rattus rattus)
  • Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
  • Deer mouse (Peromyscuc maniculatus)
  • Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis)
  • Eastern woodrat (Neotoma Floridana)
  • Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
  • Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
  • House mouse (Mus musculus)
  • Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
  • Muskrat (Ondatra zibethiscus)
  • Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
  • Oldfield mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)
  • Pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)
  • Red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
  • Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
  • White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Mustelidae
  • Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
  • Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
  • Mink (Mustela vison)
  • North American river otter (Lutra canadensis)
  • Spotted skunk (Spilogal putorius)
  • Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Phocidae
  • Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
  • Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
Phocoenidae
  • Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Physeteridae
  • Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus)
  • Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
  • Sperm whale (Physeter catodon)
Procyonidae
  • Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Sciuridae
  • Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
  • Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
  • Least shrew (Cryptotis parva)
  • Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus)
  • Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
Soricidae
  • American pygmy shrew (Microsorex hoyi)
  • Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
  • Short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
  • Smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus)
  • Southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris)
  • Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
  • Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
Suidae
  • Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Talpidae
  • Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
  • Hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri)
  • Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
Trichechidae
  • Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Ursidae
  • Black bear (Ursus americanus)
Vespertilionidae
  • Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
  • Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
  • Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
  • Eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii)
  • Evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
  • Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
  • Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
  • Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)
  • Northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis)
  • Northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius)
  • Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Plecotus rafinesqueii)
  • Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
  • Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
  • Southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
Zapodidae
  • Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
  • Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
Ziphiidae
  • Goosebeaked whale (Ziphius carvirostris)



SC Mammals index Page
SC Mammals index Page. Source : www.neoperceptions.com

 
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