List of mammals of South Carolina

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2013)

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
Delphinidae
Didelphimorphia
Felidae
Leporidae
Mephitidae
Molossidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Phocidae
Phocoenidae

' Kogiidae

Physeteridae
Procyonidae
Sciuridae
Soricidae
Suidae
Talpidae
Trichechidae
Ursidae
Vespertilionidae
Zapodidae
Ziphiidae

References

  1. ^ Keith Allen. "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.