South Carolina Mammals

Opossum
Moles and Shrews
Bats
Carnivores
Rodents
Rabbits
Deer
Armadillo
Manatee

Marsupialia
Didelphiidae
Opossum Didelphis marsupialis
Opossum, in tree
Opossum
Opossum, mother and baby

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Insectivora
Soricidae
Southeastern Shrew Sorex longirostris
Least Shrew Cryptotis parva
Least Shrew, adult
Shorttail Shrew Blarina brevicauda
Talpidae
Starnose Mole Condylura cristata
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus

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Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Little Brown Myotis Bat Myotis lucifugus
Keen Myotis Bat Myotis keeni
Mississippi Myotis Bat Myotis austroriparius
Indiana Myotis Bat Myotis sodalis
Small-footed Myotis Bat Myotis subulatus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Pipistrel Pipistrellus subflavus
Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat Lasiurus seminolus
Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis
Eastern Yellow Bat Lasiurus intermedius
Flying Bat
Eastern Big-eared Bat Plecotus refinesquei
Molossidae
Mexican Freetailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

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Carnivora
Ursidae
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Black Bear, adult, Track in Horry County
Procyonidae
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Raccoon, hunting
Raccoon, in tree
Raccoons, Caught in Stray Dog Trap
Raccoon, juvenile
Mustelidae
Least Weasel Mustela rixosa
Longtail Weasel Mustela frenata
Mink Mustela vison
Mink, adult hunting
River Otter Lutra canadensis
Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Striped Skunk, adult
Canidae
Coyote Canis latrans
Coyote, adult
Red Fox Vulpes fulva
Red Fox, adult
Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Gray Fox, adult
Felidae
Bobcat Lynx rufus
Bobcat, adult (mounted specimen)


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Rodentia
Sciuridae
Woodchuck Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Gray Squirrel, adult
Eastern Gray Squirrel, adult
Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
Fox Squirrel in Tree
Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans
Southern Flying Squirrel, adult, male
Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
Cricetidae
Beaver Castor canadensis
Beaver, adult
Beaver, swimming
Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys humulis
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Oldfield Mouse Peromyscus polionotus
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Deer Mouse (golden), adult, female
Deer Mouse, female and young
Cotton Mouse Peromyscus gossypinus
Golden Mouse Peromyscus nuttalli
Golden Mouse
Golden Mouse nest
Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana
Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Hispid Cotton Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat nest
Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi
Boreal Redback Vole Clethrionomys gapperi
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Yellownose Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus
Woodland (aka Pine) Vole Pitymys pinetorum
Woodland Vole
Woodland Vole (dead)
Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
Muridae
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
Black Rat Rattus rattus
House Mouse Mus musculus
Zapodidae
Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Jumping Mouse (dead specimen)
Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis

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Lagomorpha
Leporidae
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus
Cottontailed Rabbit
Cottontailed Rabbits, juveniles
Cottontailed Rabbit, running
Cottontailed Rabbit nest and young
Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus
Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris
Marsh Rabbit, adult
New England Cottontail Rabbit Sylvilagus transitionalis

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Artiodactyla
Cervidae
Whitetail Deer Odocoileus virginianus
urban deer
adult deer
adult doe
doe with 2 fawns
adult deer
deer tracks
deer dropings
deer trail

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Xenarthra
Dasypodidae
Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
Nine-banded Armadillo, adult
Nine-banded Armadillo, adult

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Sirenia
Trichechidae
Manatee Trichechus manatus

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