Mammals of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Mammals of North Carolina - County Listing
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Onslow - 44 species
Opossum - 1 species 1 Virginia OpossumDidelphis virginiana
Beavers - 1 species 2 American BeaverCastor canadensis
Coypu - 1 species 3 CoypuMyocastor coypus
Squirrels - 4 species 4 Eastern Gray SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
 5 Eastern Fox SquirrelSciurus niger
 6 Southern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys volans
 7 WoodchuckMarmota monax
New World Mice and Rats, Voles - 9 species 8 Woodland VoleMicrotus pinetorum
 9 Common MuskratOndatra zibethicus
 10 Eastern WoodratNeotoma floridana
 11 Golden MouseOchrotomys nuttalli
 12 White-footed DeermousePeromyscus leucopus
 13 Cotton DeermousePeromyscus gossypinus
 14 Eastern Harvest MouseReithrodontomys humulis
 15 Hispid Cotton RatSigmodon hispidus
 16 Marsh Rice RatOryzomys palustris
Old World Mice and Rats - 2 species 17 Brown RatRattus norvegicus
 18 House MouseMus musculus
Rabbits and Hares - 2 species 19 Marsh RabbitSylvilagus palustris
 20 Eastern CottontailSylvilagus floridanus
Moles - 1 species 21 Eastern MoleScalopus aquaticus
Shrews - 4 species 22 Northern Short-tailed ShrewBlarina brevicauda
 23 Southern Short-tailed ShrewBlarina carolinensis
 24 North American Least ShrewCryptotis parva
 25 Southeastern ShrewSorex longirostris
Common Bats - 9 species 26 Tricolored BatPerimyotis subflavus
 27 Big Brown BatEptesicus fuscus
 28 Evening BatNycticeius humeralis
 29 Eastern Red BatLasiurus borealis
 30 Hoary BatLasiurus cinereus
 31 Seminole BatLasiurus seminolus
 32 Rafinesque's Big-eared BatCorynorhinus rafinesquii
 33 Southeastern BatMyotis austroriparius
 34 Northern Long-eared BatMyotis septentrionalis
Cats - 1 species 35 BobcatLynx rufus
Wolves and Foxes - 3 species 36 CoyoteCanis latrans
 37 Red FoxVulpes vulpes
 38 Gray FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteus
Bears - 1 species 39 American Black BearUrsus americanus
Raccoon - 1 species 40 Common RaccoonProcyon lotor
Weasels - 2 species 41 North American River OtterLontra canadensis
 42 American MinkNeovison vison
Skunks - 1 species 43 Striped SkunkMephitis mephitis
Deer - 1 species 44 White-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianus
_Onslow_inshore - 16 species
Earless seals - 3 species 45 Hooded SealCystophora cristata
 46 Harbor SealPhoca vitulina
 47 Harp SealPagophilus groenlandicus
Oceanic Dolphins - 8 species 48 Killer WhaleOrcinus orca
 49 Striped DolphinStenella coeruleoalba
 50 Clymene DolphinStenella clymene
 51 Pantropical Spotted DolphinStenella attenuata
 52 Tamanend's Bottlenose DolphinTursiops erebennus
 53 Risso's DolphinGrampus griseus
 54 Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
 55 Pygmy Killer WhaleFeresa attenuata
Small Sperm Whales - 2 species 56 Pygmy Sperm WhaleKogia breviceps
 57 Dwarf Sperm WhaleKogia sima
Sperm Whales - 1 species 58 Sperm WhalePhyseter macrocephalus
Rorquals - 1 species 59 Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
Manatees - 1 species 60 West Indian ManateeTrichechus manatus