List of mammals of Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of the mammals native to the U.S. state of Georgia.

Family	Scientific name	Common names	Range within Georgia	Conservation status
Didelphidae	Didelphis virginiana^[1]^: 35–38^[2]^: 122	Virginia opossum	Statewide	least concern
Trichechidae	Trichechus manatus^[1]^: 197^[2]^: 131	West Indian manatee	Vagrant; Savannah harbor, Jekyll Creek, Little Satilla River, and Cumberland Island	vulnerable
Dasypodidae	Dasypus novemcinctus^[1]^: 76–77^[2]^: 125	Nine-banded armadillo	Common in lower Coastal Plain sand hills	least concern
Soricidae	Blarina brevicauda^[1]^: 43–45^[2]^: 122	Northern short-tailed shrew	North of the fall line	least concern
Soricidae	Blarina carolinensis^[2]^{: 122–123}	Southern short-tailed shrew	Coastal Plain south of the fall line, and extreme northwest Georgia	least concern
Soricidae	Cryptotis parva^[1]^: 45–47^[2]^: 123	Least shrew	Statewide, most abundant in the Coastal Plain	least concern
Soricidae	Sorex cinereus^[2]^: 122	Cinereus shrew	Towns County, Georgia	least concern
Soricidae	Sorex fumeus^[1]^: 39–41^[2]^: 122	Smoky shrew	Uncommon, found in mountains of Fannin, Murray, Rabun, Towns, and Union counties.	least concern
Soricidae	Sorex hoyi^[2]^: 122	American pygmy shrew	Rare; identified in Towns County, Georgia	least concern
Soricidae	Sorex longirostris^[1]^: 41–43^[2]^: 122	Southeastern shrew	Statewide but uncommon	least concern
Talpidae	Condylura cristata^[1]^: 51–52^[2]^: 123	Star-nosed mole	Very rare; found in Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Effingham, Jackson, and Union counties	least concern
Talpidae	Parascalops breweri^[3]	Hairy-tailed mole	Appalachian Mountains, extreme northeastern part of the state	least concern
Talpidae	Scalopus aquaticus^[1]^: 48–51^[2]^: 123	Eastern mole	State-wide	least concern
Leporidae	Sylvilagus aquaticus^[1]^: 83–85^[2]^: 125	Swamp rabbit	Piedmont and Ridge and Vallye, and western upper Coastal Plain	least concern
Leporidae	Sylvilagus floridanus^[1]^: 79–83	Eastern cottontail, cottontail rabbit	State-wide	least concern
Leporidae	Sylvilagus obscurus^[4]	Appalachian cottontail	Appalachian Mountains	near-threatened
Leporidae	Sylvilagus palustris^[1]^: 85–86^[2]^: 125	Marsh rabbit	Eastern Coastal Plain	least concern
Castoridae	Castor canadensis^[1]^{: 107–110}^[2]^: 126	American beaver	State-wide	least concern
Geomyidae	Geomys pinetis^[1]^{: 105–107}^[2]^: 126	Southeastern pocket gopher	Coastal Plain	least concern
Echimyidae	Myocastor coypus^[2]^: 129	Coypu, nutria	Introduced: swamps of south central Georgia	least concern
Sciurinae	Glaucomys volans^[1]^{: 102–105}^[2]^: 126	Southern flying squirrel	State-wide	least concern
Sciurinae	Marmota monax^[1]^: 92–94^[2]^: 125	Groundhog, woodchuck	Mountains	least concern
Sciurinae	Sciurus carolinensis^[1]^: 96–98^[2]^: 125	Eastern gray squirrel	State-wide	least concern
Sciurinae	Sciurus niger^[1]^: 98–101^[2]^{: 125–126}	Eastern fox squirrel	State-wide, but less common in mountains and Piedmont	least concern
Sciurinae	Tamias striatus^[1]^: 94–96^[2]^: 125	Eastern chipmunk	Mountains, Piedmont, and upper-western Coastal Plain	least concern
Sciurinae	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus^[1]^{: 101–102}^[2]^: 126	American red squirrel	Mountains	least concern
Cricetidae	Microtus pennsylvanicus^[1]^{: 143–146}^[2]^: 128	Meadow vole	Clarke, Newton, Oconee, and Polk Counties.	least concern
Cricetidae	Microtus pinetorum^[1]^[5]^[2]^: 128	Woodland vole	State-wide, but more common in Piedmont and Mountain regions.	least concern
Cricetidae	Myodes gapperi^[2]^: 128	Southern red-backed vole	Mountains of Union, Towns, and Rabun counties	least concern
Cricetidae	Neofiber alleni^[1]^{: 149–150}^[2]^: 128	Round-tailed muskrat, water rat	Southeastern Georgia, near the Okefenokee Swamp.	least concern
Cricetidae	Neotoma floridana^[1]^{: 141–143}^[2]^{: 127–128}	Eastern woodrat	Coastal Plain and mountains	least concern
Cricetidae	Neotoma magister^[6]	Allegheny woodrat	north-western part of the state	near-threatened
Cricetidae	Ochrotomys nuttalli^[1]^{: 131–134}^[2]^: 127	Golden mouse	State-wide	least concern
Cricetidae	Ondatra zibethicus^[1]^{: 150–152}^[2]^: 128	Muskrat	Mountains, Ridge and Valley Province, Piedmont, and upper Coastal Plain	least concern
Cricetidae	Oryzomys palustris^[1]^{: 111–113}^[2]^: 126	Marsh rice rat	State-wide	least concern
Cricetidae	Peromyscus gossypinus^[1]^{: 128–131}^[2]^: 127	Cotton mouse	Primarily Coastal Plain, but can also be found in Ridge and Valley Province and Piedmont	least concern
Cricetidae	Peromyscus leucopus^[1]^{: 123–128}^[2]^: 127	White-footed mouse, woodmouse	Restricted to Piedmont and mountains	least concern
Cricetidae	Peromyscus maniculatus^[1]^{: 118–120}^[2]^: 127	Deer mouse	Summits of higher mountains	least concern
Cricetidae	Peromyscus polionotus^[1]^{: 121–123}^[2]^: 127	Oldfield mouse, beach mouse	State-wide, except high mountain areas	least concern
Cricetidae	Reithrodontomys humulis^[1]^{: 113–117}^[2]^: 126	Eastern harvest mouse	State-wide	least concern
Cricetidae	Sigmodon hispidus^[1]^{: 134–141}^[2]^: 127	Hispid cotton rat, cotton rat	State-wide	least concern
Dipodidae	Napaeozapus insignis^[1]^{: 164–165}^[2]^: 128	Woodland jumping mouse	Rare, Mountains	least concern
Dipodidae	Zapus hudsonius^[1]^{: 160–163}^[2]^: 128	Meadow jumping mouse	Rare in Georgia. Recorded in Clarke, Oconee, Hall, and Meriwether Counties.	least concern
Muridae	Mus musculus ^[1]^{: 157–160}^[2]^: 128	House mouse	Introduced: state-wide	least concern
Muridae	Rattus norvegicus^[1]^{: 153–156}^[2]^: 128	Brown rat, Norway rat, wharf rat	Introduced: state-wide	least concern
Muridae	Rattus rattus ^[1]^{: 156–157}^[2]^: 128	Black rat, roof rat	Introduced: the lower Coastal Plain	least concern
Lemuridae	Lemur catta	Ring-tailed lemur	Introduced to St. Catherines Island^[7]^[8]^[9]	Endangered
Bovidae	Bison bison^[2]^: 132	American bison	Extirpated from Georgia since the early 1800s^[10]	near threatened
Cervidae	Cervus canadensis^[2]^: 132	Elk	Reintroduced; eastern elk subspecies (C. c. canadensis) is extinct, Rocky Mountain elk subspecies (C. c. nelsoni) introduced^[11]	least concern
Cervidae	Dama dama^[2]^: 131	European fallow deer	Introduced: Little St. Simons Island^[12]	least concern
Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus^[1]^{: 199–204}^[2]^: 132	White-tailed deer	State-wide	least concern
Suidae	Sus scrofa^[1]^{: 198–199}^[2]^: 131	Wild boar	Introduced: lower Coastal Plain and mountains	least concern
Canidae	Canis latrans^[1]^{: 172–175}^[2]^: 130	Coyote	Primarily in the western half of Georgia	least concern
Canidae	Canis rufus^[2]^: 132	Red wolf	Extirpated	critically endangered
Canidae	Urocyon cinereoargenteus^[1]^{: 177–180}^[2]^: 130	Gray fox	State-wide	least concern
Canidae	Vulpes vulpes^[1]^{: 175–177}^[2]^: 130	Red fox	Piedmont and mountainous regions, occasionally in the Coastal Plain	least concern
Felidae	Lynx rufus^[1]^{: 195–196}^[2]^: 131	Bobcat	State-wide	least concern
Felidae	Puma concolor^[1]^{: 194–195}^[2]^: 131	Cougar	Extirpated; eastern cougar population is extinct, occasional vagrant from Florida reported^[13]	least concern
Mephitidae	Mephitis mephitis^[1]^{: 190–192}^[2]^: 131	Striped skunk	State-wide	least concern
Mephitidae	Spilogale putorius^[1]^{: 188–190}^[2]^: 131	Eastern spotted skunk	State-wide, except not on the eastern portion of the Coastal Plain	vulnerable
Mustelidae	Lontra canadensis^[1]^{: 192–194}^[2]^: 131	North American river otter	Coastal Plain and salt marshes. Rare above the fall line.	least concern
Mustelidae	Neogale frenata^[1]^{: 184–186}^[2]^: 130	Long-tailed weasel	State-wide	least concern
Mustelidae	Neogale vison^[1]^{: 186–188}^[2]^{: 130–131}	American mink	State-wide	least concern
Procyonidae	Procyon lotor^[1]^{: 182–184}^[2]^: 130	Raccoon	State-wide	least concern
Ursidae	Ursus americanus^[1]^{: 180–181}^[2]^: 130	American black bear	Mountains, Ocmulgee River area, along the fall line, and in the Okefenokee Swamp.	least concern
Otariidae	Zalophus californianus^[2]^: 131	California sea lion	Introduced	least concern
Phocidae	Cystophora cristata^[2]^: 131	Hooded seal	Known only from records – presumed extirpated	vulnerable
Balaenidae	Eubalaena glacialis^[2]^{: 129–130}	North Atlantic right whale, black right whale	Known from three stranding records	critically endangered
Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera brydei^[2]^: 129	Bryde's whale	Known from a 1978 stranding	least concern
Balaenopteridae	Megaptera novaeangliae^[2]^: 129	Humpback whale	Known from a stranding on Sapelo Island	least concern
Delphinidae	Globicephala macrorhynchus^[1]^: 169^[2]^: 129	Short-finned pilot whale	Known from 17 stranding events	least concern
Delphinidae	Pseudorca crassidens^[1]^: 169^[2]^: 129	False killer whale	Known from a single stranding	near threatened
Delphinidae	Stenella frontalis^[1]^: 168^[2]^: 129	Atlantic spotted dolphin	Known from sightings off of Georgia's shore	least concern
Delphinidae	Steno bredanensis^[2]^: 129	Rough-toothed dolphin	Known from a stranding event involving two individuals	least concern
Delphinidae	Tursiops truncatus^[1]^: 168^[2]^: 129	Common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin	Known from over forty strandings	least concern
Kogiidae	Kogia breviceps^[1]^: 168^[2]^: 129	Pygmy sperm whale	Known from 24 strandings	least concern
Kogiidae	Kogia simus^[2]^: 129	Dwarf sperm whale	Known from strandings	least concern
Ziphiidae	Mesoplodon densirostris^[2]^: 129	Blainville's beaked whale, tropical beaked whale	Known from a stranding on Cumberland Island	data deficient
Ziphiidae	Mesoplodon europaeus^[2]^: 129	Gervais' beaked whale	Known from a stranding on Ossabaw Island	data deficient
Ziphiidae	Ziphius cavirostris^[1]^: 168^[2]^: 129	Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale	Known from six stranding records.	least concern
Molossidae	Tadarida brasiliensis^[2]^: 125	Mexican free-tailed bat	Uncommon, in Piedmont and Coastal Plain	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Corynorhinus rafinesquii^[2]^{: 124–125}	Rafinesque's big-eared bat	Uncommon, state-wide	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Eptesicus fuscus^[1]^: 66–67^[2]^: 124	Big brown bat	Common state-wide	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Lasionycteris noctivagans^[1]^: 64–65^[2]^: 124	Silver-haired bat	Common, except in lower Coastal Plain	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus borealis^[1]^: 67–69^[2]^: 124	Eastern red bat	State-wide	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus cinereus^[1]^: 71–72^[2]^: 124	Hoary bat	Uncommon, state-wide	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus intermedius^[2]^: 124	Northern yellow bat	Rare, Coastal Plain	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus seminolus^[1]^: 69–70^[2]^: 124	Seminole bat	State-wide, mostly Coastal Plain and Piedmont	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Myotis austroriparius^[1]^: 60–62^[2]^: 123	Southeastern myotis	Southwestern Georgia	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Myotis grisescens^[1]^: 62^[2]^: 123	Gray bat, gray myotis	West Georgia	vulnerable
Vespertilionidae	Myotis leibii^[2]^: 124	Eastern small-footed myotis	Rare, Dade and Union counties	endangered
Vespertilionidae	Myotis lucifugus^[1]^: 57–60^[2]^: 123	Little brown bat	Bartow, Dade, Polk, Towns, and Walker counties	endangered
Vespertilionidae	Myotis septentrionalis^[1]^: 63^[2]^: 123^[14]	Northern long-eared bat	Rare, in Mountain and Piedmont regions. Often confused with Myotis keenii, Keen's myotis, in older literature.	near threatened
Vespertilionidae	Myotis sodalis^[1]^: 63^[2]^: 124	Indiana bat	Dade County in Northwestern Georgia.	near threatened
Vespertilionidae	Nycticeius humeralis^[1]^: 72–74^[2]^: 124	Evening bat	State-wide	least concern
Vespertilionidae	Perimyotis subflavus^[1]^: 65^[2]^: 124	Tricolored bat, eastern pipistrelle	State-wide	vulnerable

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm Laerm, Joshua; Logan, Lloyd E.; McGhee, M. Elizabeth; Neuhauser, Hans N. (July 1981). "Annotated Checklist of the Mammals of Georgia". Brimleyana (7): 121–135. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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[Golley-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br Golley, Frank B (1962). Mammals of Georgia, a study of their distribution and functional role in the ecosystem. University of Georgia Press. OCLC 337941.

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[3] "Parascalops breweri: Cassola, F.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41469A115188181". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 9 August 2016. 9 August 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41469A22322790.en. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[4] Barry, R.; Lanier, H.C. (2019). "Sylvilagus obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41301A45192437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T41301A45192437.en. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[5] Arata, Andrew A. (1965). "Taxonomic Status of the Pine Vole in Florida". Journal of Mammalogy. 46 (1): 87–94. doi:10.2307/1377819. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1377819. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[6] Linzey, A. V. & NatureServe (Hammerson (2008-06-30). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Neotoma magister". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

[NOAA1997-7] Georgia Coastal Management Program: Environmental Impact Statement. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1997. p. 222.

[Behler2001-8] Behler, .Deborah A. (2001). "St. Catherine's Wildlife Survival Center". In Bell, Catharine E; Fisher, Lester; Mizicko, Laura (eds.). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1106–1107. ISBN 978-1-57958-174-9.

[Fuentes2017-9] Fuentes, Agustín (2017). The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, 3 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-470-67337-9.

[10] "Bison Bellows: Bison East of The Mississippi (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[11] "Returning Elk to the Southeast: A 20-year Retrospective". Wildlife Management Institute. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

[12] Morse, Brian W.; Miller, Debra L.; Miller, Karl V.; Baldwin, Charles A. (April 2009). "Population health of Fallow deer (Dama dama) on Little St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 45 (2): 411–421. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.411. ISSN 0090-3558. PMID 19395750. S2CID 24723221.

[13] Dickson, Terry. "Georgia man who killed Florida panther gets two years probation, banned from hunting". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

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