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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.

Little Brown Bat 1
Myotis lucifugus
Eastern Pipistrelle 2
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat 3
Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat 4
Lasiurus seminolus
Eastern Red Bat 5
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 6
Lasiurus cinereus
Northern Yellow Bat 7
Lasiurus intermedius
Evening Bat 8
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 9
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Gervais' Beaked Whale 10
Mesoplodon europaeus
True's Beaked Whale 11
Mesoplodon mirus
Common Porpoise 12
Phocoena phocoena
Pygmy Sperm Whale 13
Kogia breviceps
Gray Whale 14
Eschrichtius robustus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 15
Tursiops truncatus
Striped Dolphin 16
Stenella coeruleoalba
Clymene Dolphin 17
Stenella clymene
Spinner Dolphin 18
Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 19
Stenella attenuata
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 20
Stenella frontalis
Orca 21
Orcinus orca
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 22
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 23
Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale 24
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's Dolphin 25
Grampus griseus
Blue Whale 26
Balaenoptera musculus
Eden's Whale 27
Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale 28
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale 29
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 30
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Atlantic Right Whale 31
Eubalaena glacialis
American Black Bear 32
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 33
Procyon lotor
Common Seal 26
Phoca vitulina
North American River Otter 34
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 35
Mustela frenata
Bobcat 36
Lynx rufus
Coyote 37
Canis latrans
Red Fox 38
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 39
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Wild Boar 40
Sus scrofa
White-tailed Deer 41
Odocoileus virginianus
Marsh Rabbit 42
Sylvilagus palustris
Eastern Cottontail 43
Sylvilagus floridanus
American Beaver 44
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 45
Zapus hudsonius
Coypu 46
Myocastor coypus
Meadow Vole 47
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Star-nosed Mole 48
Condylura cristata
Eastern Mole 49
Scalopus aquaticus
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 50
Blarina carolinensis
North American Least Shrew 51
Cryptotis parva
Southeastern Shrew
Sorex longirostris
West Indian Manatee 52
Trichechus manatus
Southern Flying Squirrel 53
Glaucomys volans
American Red Squirrel 54
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 55
Tamias striatus
Fox Squirrel 56
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 57
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 58
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 59
Synaptomys cooperi
Golden Mouse 60
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 61
Sigmodon hispidus
House Mouse 62
Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat 63
Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse 64
Reithrodontomys humulis
Cotton Mouse 65
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 66
Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole 4
Microtus pinetorum

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