Virginia Mammals



The following list of wildlife that is native to Virginia is provided by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia August, 2000.
When finding differant creatures in the wild or around the home it is easier to identify the found creature if you can narrow the search.
This list is for Virginia and most any creature found in Virginia will be listed here.

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Class Mammalia (mammals)
  Eutheria (placental mammals)
   Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
     Family Antilocapridae (pronghorn antelope)
     Family Bovidae (antelopes, cattle, gazelles, goats, sheep, and relatives)
     Family Camelidae (camels, llamas, and relatives)
     Family Cervidae (deer)
     Family Giraffidae (giraffes and okapis)
     Family Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
     Family Moschidae (musk deer)
     Family Suidae (hogs and pigs)
     Family Tayassuidae (peccaries)
     Family Tragulidae (chevrotains and mouse deer)
   Order Carnivora (carnivores)
     Family Canidae (coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, and wolves)
     Family Felidae (cats)
     Family Herpestidae (mongooses)
     Family Hyaenidae (aardwolf and hyenas)
     Family Mustelidae (badgers, otters, skunks, weasels, and relatives)
     Family Odobenidae (walruses)
     Family Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions)
     Family Phocidae (seals)
     Family Procyonidae (cacomistle, coatis, raccoons, and relatives)
     Family Ursidae (bears)
     Family Viverridae (civets, genets, linsangs, and relatives)
   Order Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales)
     Family Balaenidae (bowhead whales and right whales)
     Family Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
     Family Delphinidae (dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives)
     Family Eschrichtiidae (gray whale)
     Family Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal)
     Family Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whale)
     Family Phocoenidae (porpoises)
     Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
     Family Platanistidae (river dolphins)
     Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
   Order Chiroptera (bats)
     Family Craseonycteridae (bumblee bat and hog-nosed bat)
     Family Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives)
     Family Furipteridae (smoky bats and thumbless bats)
     Family Megadermatidae (false vampire bats)
     Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
     Family Mormoopidae (ghost-faced bats, moustached bats, and naked-backed bats)
     Family Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
     Family Myzopodidae (Old World sucker-footed bat)
     Family Natalidae (funnel eared bats)
     Family Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)
     Family Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)
     Family Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
     Family Pteropodidae (flying foxes and Old World fruit bats)
     Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats and Old World leaf-nosed bats)
     Family Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats)
     Family Thyropteridae (disc-winged bats)
     Family Vespertilionidae (evening bats and vesper bats)
   Order Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
     Family Cynocephalidae (colugos and flying lemurs)
   Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
     Family Procaviidae (hyraxes)
   Order Insectivora (insectivores)
     Family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)
     Family Erinaceidae (gymnures and hedgehogs)
     Family Nesophontidae (nesophontid insectivores)
     Family Solenodontidae (solenodons)
     Family Soricidae (shrews)
     Family Talpidae (desmans, moles, and relatives)
     Family Tenrecidae (tenrecs)
   Order Lagomorpha (hares, pikas, and rabbits)
     Family Leporidae (hares and rabbits)
     Family Ochotonidae (pikas)
   Order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)
     Family Macroscelididae (elephant shrews)
   Order Perissodactyla (horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs)
     Family Equidae (asses, horses, and zebras)
     Family Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses)
     Family Tapiridae (tapirs)
   Order Pholidota (pangolins)
     Family Manidae (pangolins)
   Order Primates (primates)
     Family Callitrichidae (marmosets and tamarins)
     Family Cebidae (New World monkeys)
     Family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
     Family Cheirogaleidae (dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs)
     Family Daubentoniidae (aye-aye)
     Family Galagonidae (bushbabies and galagos)
     Family Hominidae (great apes and humans)
     Family Hylobatidae (gibbons and lesser apes)
     Family Indridae (indris, sifakas, and relatives)
     Family Lemuridae (true lemurs)
     Family Loridae (lorises)
     Family Megaladapidae (sportive lemurs)
     Family Tarsiidae (tarsiers)
   Order Proboscidea (elephants)
     Family Elephantidae (elephants)
   Order Rodentia (rodents)
    Suborder Hystricognathi (hystricognath rodents)
     Family Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats)
     Family Agoutidae (pacas)
     Family Bathyergidae (blesmoles and mole rats)
     Family Capromyidae (West Indian hutias)
     Family Caviidae (cavies)
     Family Chinchillidae (chinchillas and viscachas)
     Family Ctenomyidae (tuco-tucos)
     Family Dasyproctidae (acuchis and agoutis)
     Family Dinomyidae (pacarana)
     Family Echimyidae (spiny rats)
     Family Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
     Family Heptaxodontidae (giant hutias)
     Family Hydrochaeridae (capybara)
     Family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
     Family Myocastoridae (coypus and nutria)
     Family Octodontidae (degus, rock rats, and viscacha rats)
     Family Petromuridae (dassie rat)
     Family Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
    Suborder Sciurognathi (gophers, mice, rats, squirrels, and relatives)
     Family Anomaluridae (scaly-tailed squirrels)
     Family Aplodontidae (mountain beaver)
     Family Castoridae (beavers)
     Family Ctenodactylidae (gundis)
     Family Dipodidae (birch mice, jerboas, and jumping mice)
     Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers)
     Family Heteromyidae (kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives)
     Family Muridae (mice, rats, voles, and relatives)
     Family Myoxidae (dormice and hazel mice)
     Family Pedetidae (springhare)
     Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
   Order Scandentia (tree shrews)
     Family Tupaiidae (tree shrews)
   Order Sirenia (dugongs, manatees, and sea cows)
     Family Dugongidae (dugong and sea cow)
     Family Trichechidae (manatees)    Order Tubulidentata (aardvark)
     Family Orycteropodidae (aardvark)
   Order Xenarthra (edentates)
     Family Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
     Family Dasypodidae (armadillos)
     Family Megalonychidae (two-toed sloths)
     Family Myrmecophagidae (anteaters)   Metatheria (marsupials)
   Order Dasyuromorphia (dasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores)
     Family Dasyuridae (dasyurids)
     Family Myrmecobiidae (numbat)
     Family Thylacinidae (Tasmanian wolf and thylacine)
   Order Didelphimorphia (American marsupials)
     Family Didelphidae (American opossums and opossums)
   Order Diprotodontia (kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives)
     Family Acrobatidae (feathertail gliders and pygmy gliders)
     Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums)
     Family Macropodidae (kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives)
     Family Petauridae (gliders, Leadbeater's possum, and striped possums)
     Family Phalangeridae (brushtail possums and cuscuses)
     Family Phascolarctidae (koalas)
     Family Potoroidae (bettongs, potoroos, and rat kangaroos)
     Family Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums)
     Family Tarsipedidae (honey possum)
     Family Vombatidae (wombats)
   Order Microbiotheria (monito del monte)
     Family Microbiotheriidae (monito del monte)
   Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)
     Family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles)
   Order Paucituberculata (shrew opossums)
     Family Caenolestidae (shrew opossums)
   Order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies)
     Family Peramelidae (Australian bandicoots)
     Family Peroryctidae (New Guinea bandicoots and rainforest bandicoots)
  Prototheria (egg-laying mammals)
   Order Monotremata (monotremes)
     Family Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
     Family Tachyglossidae (echidnas and spiny anteaters)

There are 4,675 mammal species in the world.

MAMMALS:
Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister
Appalachian cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus
Ashen-masked shrew Sorex cinereus cinereus
Beaver Castor canadensis
Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus fuscus
Black bear Ursus americanus americanus
Black rat Rattus rattus
Black-tailed jack rabbit Lepus californicus melanotis
Bobcat Lynx rufus rufusNo image of sub-species available.
Carolina beaver Castor canadensis carolinensis
Carolina Gapper's red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi carolinensis
Coastal Gapper's red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi maurusNo image of sub-species available.
Common eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus striatusNo image of sub-species available.
Common Gapper's red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi gapperi Common golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli nuttalliNo image of sub-species available.
Common mink Mustela vison minkNo image of sub-species available.
Common muskrat Ondatra zibethicus zibethicusNo image of sub-species available.
Common pine vole Microtus pinetorum pinetorumNo image of sub-species available.
Common white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus leucopusNo image of sub-species available.
Cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinusNo image of sub-species available.
Coyote Canis latrans
Dark meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus nigricansNo image of sub-species available.
Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterraeNo image of sub-species available.
Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel Sciurus niger cinereus
Dismal Swamp short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda telmalestesNo image of sub-species available.
Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris fisheriNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern big-eared bat Plecotus (Corynorhinus)
rafinesquii macrotisNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus mallurusNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteusNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis virginianusNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humulis humulisNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus aquaticusNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus subflavusNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern spotted skunk Spilogale putorius putoriusNo image of sub-species available.
Evening bat Nycticeius humeralis humeralisNo image of sub-species available.
Fisher's eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus fisheriNo image of sub-species available.
Fox squirrel Sciurus niger vulpinusNo image of sub-species available.
Gray bat Myotis grisescens
Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis carolinensisNo image of sub-species available.
Hairy-tailed mole Parascalops breweri
Hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus virginianusNo image of sub-species available.
Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus cinereusNo image of sub-species available.
House mouse Mus musculus
Howell's eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus howelliNo image of sub-species available.
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
Kirtland's short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda kirtlandiNo image of sub-species available.
Large-toothed muskrat Ondatra zibethicus macrodonNo image of sub-species available.
Least shrew Cryptotis parva parvaNo image of sub-species available.
Least weasel Mustela nivalis allegheniensisNo image of sub-species available.
Lewis' golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli aureolusNo image of sub-species available.
Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus lucifugusNo image of sub-species available.
Long-tailed shrew Sorex dispar disparNo image of sub-species available.
Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata noveboracensisNo image of sub-species available.
Marsh rabbit Sylvilagus palustris palustrisNo image of sub-species available.
Marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris palustrisNo image of sub-species available.
Masked shrew Sorex cinereus fontinalisNo image of sub-species available.
Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius americanusNo image of sub-species available.
Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicusNo image of sub-species available.
Mearn's eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsiiNo image of sub-species available.
Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus fuscusNo image of sub-species available.
Northern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicusNo image of sub-species available.
Northern long-eared myotis Myotis septentrionalis septentrionalisNo image of sub-species available.
Northern short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda churchiNo image of sub-species available.
Northern white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensisNo image of sub-species available.
Northern yellow bat Lasiurus intermedius floridanusNo image of sub-species available.
Norway rat Rattus norvegicus
Nutria Myocastor coypus
Pine vole Microtus pinetorum carbonariusNo image of sub-species available.
Pine vole Microtus pinetorum scalapsoidesNo image of sub-species available.

Prairie deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus bairdiiNo image of sub-species available.
Pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi winnemanaNo image of sub-species available.
Raccoon Procyon lotor maritimusNo image of sub-species available.
Raccoon Procyon lotor lotorNo image of sub-species available.
Rafinesque's big-eared bat Plecotus rafinesquii rafinesquiiNo image of sub-species available.
Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis borealisNo image of sub-species available.
Red fox Vulpes vulpes fulvaNo image of sub-species available.
Red squirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus abieticolaNo image of sub-species available.
River otter Lontra canadensis lataxinaNo image of sub-species available.
Rock vole Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensisNo image of sub-species available.
Seminole bat Lasiurus seminolus
Sika deer Cervus nippon nipponNo image of sub-species available.
Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Small-footed myotis Myotis leibii
Small star-nosed mole Condylura cristata parvaNo image of sub-species available.
Smokey shrew Sorex fumeus fumeusNo image of sub-species available.
Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus virginianusNo image of sub-species available.
Southeastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger niger
Southeastern myotis Myotis austroriparius
Southeastern shrew Sorex longirostris longirostrisNo image of sub-species available.
Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi helaletesNo image of sub-species available.
Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans volansNo image of sub-species available.
Southern short-tailed shrew Blarina carolinensis carolinensisNo image of sub-species available.
Southwestern mink Mustela vison visonNo image of sub-species available.
Star-nosed mole Condylura cristata cristataNo image of sub-species available.
Stone's southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi stoneiNo image of sub-species available.
Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis elongataNo image of sub-species available.
Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis nigraNo image of sub-species available.
Talkative red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus loquaxNo image of sub-species available.
Virginia big-eared bat Plecotus (Corynorhinus)
townsendii virginianusNo image of sub-species available.
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana virginianaNo image of sub-species available.
Water shrew Sorex palustris punctulatusNo image of sub-species available.
Pungo white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus eastiNo image of sub-species available.
White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
Woodchuck Marmota monax monaxNo image of sub-species available.