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

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

The North Atlantic right whale is the state mammal of Georgia.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

EExtinctNo reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EWExtinct in the wildKnown only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
ExExtirpatedThe species no longer can be found in Georgia, but can be found outside the state.
CRCritically EndangeredThe species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
ENEndangeredThe species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VUVulnerableThe species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NTNear ThreatenedThe species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
LCLeast ConcernThere are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DDData DeficientThere is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.
IIntroducedThe species is not native to the state of Georgia, but was artificially introduced by humans.

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:

LR/cdLower Risk/conservation dependentSpecies which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
LR/ntLower Risk/near threatenedSpecies which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
LR/lcLower Risk/least concernSpecies for which there are no identifiable risks.

Mammals of Georgia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Metatheria

Marsupials are an infraclass of pouched mammals that was once more widely distributed. Today they are found primarily in isolated or formerly isolated continents of Gondwanan origin. Georgia's only exant marsupial, the Virginia opossum is a relatively recent immigrant from South America. South American marsupials are thought to be ancestral to those of Australia and elsewhere.


Order: Didelphimorphia

Infraclass: Eutheria


Superorder: Afrotheria

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)
West Indian manatee

Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. They evolved about 50 million years ago, and their closest living relatives are elephants. Manatees are the only extant afrotherians in the Americas. However, a number proboscid species, some of which survived until the arrival of Paleo-Indians, once inhabited the region. Mammoths and mastodons all formerly lived in Georgia.

Superorder: Xenarthra

Order: Cingulata (armadillos)
Nine-banded armadillo

Armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. There is only one extant species present in Georgia. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but went extinct following the appearance of humans.

Magnorder: Boreoeutheria

Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).


Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Family: Cervidae

Family: Suidae

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Canis latrans coyote

Canis lupus gray wolf Ex

Canis rufus red wolf Ex

Urocyon cinereoargenteus gray fox

Vulpes vulpes red fox

Family: Felidae

Lynx rufus bobcat

Puma concolor mountain lion Ex

Family: Mephitidae

Mephitis mephitis striped skunk

Spilogale putorius eastern spotted skunk

Family: Mustelidae Lontra canadensis North American river otter

Mustela frenata long-tailed weasel

Mustela nivalis least weasel

Mustela vison American mink

Family: Phocidae

Cystophora cristata hooded seal

Phoca vitulina harbor seal

Family: Procyonidae

Procyon lotor raccoon

Family: Ursidae

Ursus americanus American black bear

Order: Cetacea

Family: Balaenidae

Eubalaena glacialis north Atlantic right whale

Family: Eschrichtiidae

Eschrichtius robustus gray whale Ex

Family: Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera brydei Bryde's whale

Balaenoptera physalus fin whale

Balaenoptera musculus blue whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata common minke whale

Balaenoptera borealis sei whale

Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale

Family: Delphinidae

Feresa attenuata pygmy killer whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus short-finned pilot whale

Pseudorca crassidens false killer whale

Stenella coeruleoalba striped dolphin

Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin

Stenella attenuata pantropical spotted dolphin

Stenella clymene clymene dolphin

Stenella longirostris spinner dolphin

Steno bredanensis rough-toothed dolphin

Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's dolphin

Tursiops truncatus common bottlenose dolphin

Delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin

Peponocephala electra melon-headed whale

Orcinus orca killer whale

Family: Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus sperm whale

Family: Kogiidae

Kogia breviceps pygmy sperm whale

Kogia simus dwarf sperm whale

Family: Ziphiidae

Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' beaked whale

Mesoplodon mirus True's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Molossidae

Tadarida brasiliensis Mexican free-tailed bat

Family: Vespertilionidae

Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's big-eared bat

Eptesicus fuscus big brown bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans silver-haired bat

Lasiurus borealis eastern red bat

Lasiurus cinereus hoary bat

Lasiurus intermedius northern yellow bat

Lasiurus seminolus Seminole bat

Myotis austroriparius southeastern myotis

Myotis grisescens gray bat

Myotis leibii eastern small-footed myotis

Myotis lucifugus little brown bat

Myotis septentrionalis northern long-eared myotis

Myotis sodalis Indiana bat

Nycticeius humeralis evening bat

Pipistrellus subflavus eastern pipistrelle

Order: Insectivora

Family: Soricidae

Blarina brevicauda northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina carolinensis southern short-tailed shrew

Cryptotis parva least shrew

Sorex cinereus cinereus shrew

Sorex dispar long-tailed shrew

Sorex fumeus smoky shrew

Sorex hoyi American pygmy shrew

Sorex longirostris southeastern shrew

Sorex palustris American water shrew

Family: Talpidae

Condylura cristata star-nosed mole

Parascalops breweri hairy-tailed mole

Scalopus aquaticus eastern mole

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae

Sylvilagus aquaticus swamp rabbit

Sylvilagus floridanus eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus obscurus Appalachian cottontail

Sylvilagus palustris marsh rabbit

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