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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.

Marsh Rabbit 1
Sylvilagus palustris
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
American Beaver 3
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 4
Zapus hudsonius
Coypu 5
Myocastor coypus
Meadow Vole 6
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 7
Glaucomys volans
American Red Squirrel 8
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 9
Tamias striatus
Fox Squirrel 10
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 11
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 12
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 13
Synaptomys cooperi
Golden Mouse 14
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 15
Sigmodon hispidus
House Mouse 16
Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat 17
Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse 18
Reithrodontomys humulis
Cotton Mouse 19
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 20
Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole 21
Microtus pinetorum

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