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 Eastern elk (C. c. canadensis) 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)
Leporidae Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) extirpated
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)
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