Flora and Fauna of North Carolina

A guide to the species that call North Carolina home!

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Meadow Vole ¹
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Pine Vole
Microtus pinetorum

Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus

White-footed Mouse ²
Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse ³
Peromyscus maniculatus

Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus

Cotton Mouse ⁴
Peromyscus gossypinus

Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis

Marsh Rice Rat ⁵
Oryzomys palustris

Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana

Allegheny Woodrat ⁶
Neotoma magister

Hispid Cotton Rat ⁷
Sigmodon hispidus

Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli

Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi

Muskrat ⁸
Ondatra zibethicus

Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi

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