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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

Common Box Turtle 1
Terrapene carolina
Northern Red-bellied Cooter 2
Pseudemys rubriventris
River Cooter 3
Pseudemys concinna
Diamondback Terrapin 4
Malaclemys terrapin
Afghan Tortoise 5
Testudo horsfieldii
Little Brown Bat 6
Myotis lucifugus
Eastern Pipistrelle 7
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat 8
Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat 9
Lasiurus seminolus
Eastern Red Bat 10
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 11
Lasiurus cinereus
Northern Yellow Bat 12
Lasiurus intermedius
Evening Bat 13
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 14
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Gervais' Beaked Whale 15
Mesoplodon europaeus
True's Beaked Whale 16
Mesoplodon mirus
Common Porpoise 17
Phocoena phocoena
Pygmy Sperm Whale 18
Kogia breviceps
Gray Whale 19
Eschrichtius robustus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 20
Tursiops truncatus
Striped Dolphin 21
Stenella coeruleoalba
Clymene Dolphin 22
Stenella clymene
Spinner Dolphin 23
Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 24
Stenella attenuata
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 25
Stenella frontalis
Orca 26
Orcinus orca
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 27
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 28
Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale 29
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's Dolphin 30
Grampus griseus
Blue Whale 31
Balaenoptera musculus
Eden's Whale 32
Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale 33
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale 34
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 35
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Atlantic Right Whale 36
Eubalaena glacialis
American Black Bear 37
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 38
Procyon lotor
Common Seal 31
Phoca vitulina
North American River Otter 39
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 40
Mustela frenata
Bobcat 41
Lynx rufus
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Red Fox 43
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 44
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Wild Boar 45
Sus scrofa
White-tailed Deer 46
Odocoileus virginianus
Virginia Opossum 47
Didelphis virginiana
Marsh Rabbit 48
Sylvilagus palustris
Eastern Cottontail 49
Sylvilagus floridanus
American Beaver 50
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 51
Zapus hudsonius
Coypu 52
Myocastor coypus
Meadow Vole 53
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Greater Bee Fly 54
Bombylius major
Largehead Hairtail 55
Trichiurus lepturus
Striped Bass 56
Morone saxatilis
Oyster Toadfish 57
Opsanus tau
Chain Pickerel 58
Esox niger
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Red Swamp Crayfish 59
Procambarus clarkii
Eastern Carpenter Bee 60
Xylocopa virginica
Gray Hairstreak 61
Strymon melinus
Fiery Skipper 62
Hylephila phyleus
Halloween Pennant 63
Celithemis eponina
Horace's Duskywing 64
Erynnis horatius
Spotted Turtle 65
Clemmys guttata
Pipevine Swallowtail 66
Battus philenor
Sheepshead 67
Archosargus probatocephalus
Blinded Sphinx 68
Paonias excaecata
Pumpkinseed 69
Lepomis gibbosus
Grey Triggerfish 70
Balistes capriscus
Black Crappie 71
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill 72
Lepomis macrochirus
Largemouth Bass 58
Micropterus salmoides
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 73
Cicindela sexguttata
House Centipede 74
Scutigera coleoptrata
Spinybacked Orbweaver 75
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Atlantic Blue Crab 76
Callinectes sapidus
Pigfish 77
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Atlantic Spadefish 78
Chaetodipterus faber
American Eel 79
Anguilla rostrata
Gulf Fritillary 80
Agraulis vanillae
Red Admiral 81
Vanessa atalanta
Red Oak Borer 82
Enaphalodes rufulus
Convergent Lady Beetle 83
Hippodamia convergens
Wheel Bug 68
Arilus cristatus
Asian Shore Crab 61
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Forbes's Sea Star 84
Asterias forbesi
Goose Barnacle 85
Lepas anserifera
Great Black Digger Wasp 86
Sphex pensylvanicus
Oak Treehopper 87
Platycotis vittata
Monarch 88
Danaus plexippus
Cloudless Sulphur 1
Phoebis sennae
American Lady 89
Vanessa virginiensis
Painted Lady 90
Vanessa cardui
Common Buckeye 66
Junonia coenia
Asian Lady Beetle 91
Harmonia axyridis
Atlantic Sea Nettle 92
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab 93
Limulus polyphemus

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