Species

Striped Skunk

Scientific Name: Mephitis mephitis
Classification: Furbearer and game species
Abundance: Occupies most of the state (green); rare to absent in certain Coastal Plain counties

Surgeon Crayfish

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

Tangerine Darter

Scientific Name: Percina aurantiaca

Classification: Nongame Fish

Abundance: Common

Tar River Spinymussel

Scientific Name: Elliptio steinstansana

Classification:  Federal and State Endangered

The Tar River spinymussel was first described by Johnson and Clarke (1983). Shells rarely exceed 55 mm in length. Clean young shells are shiny, usually yellowish-brown, and rayed. Older shells become brownish and tend to lack rays.

Tennessee Heelsplitter

Scientific Name: Lasmigona holstonia

Classification:  State Endangered

Tennessee Pigtoe

Scientific Name: Fusconaia barnesiana

Classification:  State Endangered

Photo Credit: NCWRC

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

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

Tuckasegee Stream Crayfish

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