This is a list of mammals that are or were historically native to the US state of South Carolina.
- Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
- American bison (Bison bison) extirpated
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Red wolf (Canis rufus) extirpated
- Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Elk (Cervus canadensis) vagrant[1]
- Eastern elk (C. c. canadensis) EX
- Rocky Mountain elk (C. c. nelsoni) introduced, vagrant
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
- 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)
- Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
- Cougar (Puma concolor) extirpated
- Eastern cougar, (P. c. couguar) EX
- Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
- Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
- Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) extirpated[2]
- Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- Spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)
- Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- 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)
- North American river otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
- Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata)
- American mink (Neogale vison)
- Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
' Kogiidae
- Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
- Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 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)
- 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)
- Wild boar (Sus scrofa) introduced
- Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
- Hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri)
- Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
- West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)
- Black bear (Ursus americanus)
- 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)
- Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
- Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
- Goosebeaked whale (Ziphius carvirostris)
References
- ^ Keith Allen. "First elk seen in South Carolina since the 1700s". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
This page was last edited on 6 October 2023, at 13:12