Species

Tennessee Pigtoe

Scientific Name: Fusconaia barnesiana

Classification:  State Endangered

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins

Tennessee River Spiny Crayfish

Scientific Name: Orconectes P. spinosus
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Three-Lined Salamander

Scientific Name: Eurycea guttolineata
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson

Tidewater Mucket

Scientific Name: Leptodea ochracea

Classification:  State Threatened

Photo Credits: Michael Perkins

Timber Rattlesnake

Scientific Name: Crotalus horridus

Classification: State Listed as Special Concern

Photo Credits: Richard Barlett

Triangle Floater

Scientific Name: Alasmidonta undulata

Classification:  State Endangered

Photo Credits: Michael Perkins

Tuckasegee Stream Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Cambarus J. tuckasegee
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Tundra Swan

Scientific Name: Cygnus columbianus
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: During migration, the tundra swan occurs widely on coastal marshes and on large bodies of water.

Turkey Vulture

Scientific Name: Cathartes aura

Classification: Nongame Species

Abundance: Found statewide

Two-toed Amphiuma

Scientific Name: Amphiuma means
Photo Credit: Kevin Stohlgren

Upland Burrowing Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Cambarus J. dubius
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Upland Chorus Frog

Scientific Name: Pseudacris feriarum
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Most common in Piedmont; rarer in the mountains and Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Valley River Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Cambarus P. brimleyorum
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean

Virginia Opossum

Scientific Name: Didelphis virginiana
Classification: Game species and furbearer 
Abundance: Common throughout state

Virile/Northern Crayfish

Photo Credit: Michael Perkins 
Scientific Name: Faxonius G. virilis
Classification: Non-native