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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
Largehead Hairtail 54
Trichiurus lepturus
Striped Bass 55
Morone saxatilis
Oyster Toadfish 56
Opsanus tau
Chain Pickerel 57
Esox niger
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Spotted Turtle 58
Clemmys guttata
Sheepshead 59
Archosargus probatocephalus
Pumpkinseed 60
Lepomis gibbosus
Grey Triggerfish 61
Balistes capriscus
Black Crappie 62
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill 63
Lepomis macrochirus
Largemouth Bass 57
Micropterus salmoides
Pigfish 64
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Atlantic Spadefish 65
Chaetodipterus faber
American Eel 66
Anguilla rostrata
Atlantic Bluespotted Cornetfish 67
Fistularia tabacaria
Horse-eye Jack 59
Caranx latus
Star-nosed Mole 68
Condylura cristata
Eastern Mole 69
Scalopus aquaticus
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 70
Blarina carolinensis
North American Least Shrew 71
Cryptotis parva
Southeastern Shrew
Sorex longirostris
West Indian Manatee 72
Trichechus manatus
Southern Flying Squirrel 73
Glaucomys volans
American Red Squirrel 74
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 75
Tamias striatus
Fox Squirrel 76
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 77
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 78
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 79
Synaptomys cooperi
Golden Mouse 80
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 81
Sigmodon hispidus
House Mouse 82
Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat 83
Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse 84
Reithrodontomys humulis
Cotton Mouse 85
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 86
Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole 9
Microtus pinetorum

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