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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.

American Beaver 1
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 2
Zapus hudsonius
Coypu 3
Myocastor coypus
Meadow Vole 4
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 5
Glaucomys volans
American Red Squirrel 6
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 7
Tamias striatus
Fox Squirrel 8
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 9
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 10
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 11
Synaptomys cooperi
Golden Mouse 12
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 13
Sigmodon hispidus
House Mouse 14
Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat 15
Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse 16
Reithrodontomys humulis
Cotton Mouse 17
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 18
Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole 19
Microtus pinetorum

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