Species

Appalachian Cottontail Rabbit

Scientific Name: Sylvilagus obscurus

Classification: Small game

Photo Credits:  Ketzirah Lesser & Art Drauglis

Armadillo, Nine-Banded

Scientific Name: Dasypus novemcinctus

Classification: Nongame 

Abundance: Confirmed observations across the state

Bat

Scientific Name: Chiroptera
Classification: Nongame 
Abundance: Locally abundant 

Beaver

Scientific Name: Castor canadensis
Classification: Furbearer
Abundance: Common throughout state

Black Bear

Scientific Name: Ursus americanus

Photo Credit: Mike Carraway

Adult Size: Length 5-6 feet; height (on all fours) 2-3 feet; weight 100-300 pounds (female), 200-700 pounds (male)

Bobcat

Scientific Name: Lynx rufus
Classification: Game Species and Furbearer 
Abundance: Common throughout state

Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel

Scientific Name: Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus

Classification: Nongame-Endangered

Abundance: Rare

Photo Credits: Clifton Avery

Coyote

Scientific Name: Canis latrans

Classification: Nongame

Abundance: Common throughout state

Photo Credits: Melissa McGaw

Eastern Chipmunk

Scientific Name: Tamias striatus striatus

Classification: Nongame

Abundance: Common northwest of Raleigh

Photo Credits: Allen Boynton

Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

Scientific Name: Sylvilagus floridanus
Classification: Game
Photo Credits: Melissa McGaw

Eastern Cougar

Scientific Name: Felis concolor
Classification: Extinct
Abundance: None

Eastern Spotted Skunk

Scientific Name: Spilogale putorius
Classification: Furbearer
Abundance: Found in the mountains and western Piedmont
Photo Credits: Neil Pearson
 

Elk

Scientific Name: Cervus elaphus
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Small population in Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties

Feral Swine

Scientific Name: Sus scrofa
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Disjunct populations statewide

Fox Squirrel

Scientific Name: Sciurus niger niger & Sciurus niger vulpinus
Classification: Game
Abundance: Locally common (found in blue counties)