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This is a list of mammals in Virginia, including both current and recently historical inhabitants. Virginia has 77 species of native land mammals (including extirpated species), and the coast is visited by nearly 30 marine mammal species. 11 species or subspecies of native Virginian mammals are listed as endangered or threatened by the state ...
1 Animals. Toggle Animals subsection. 1.1 Mammals. 1.2 Birds. 1.3 ... Below is a list of the endangered and threatened animal and plant species in the Commonwealth of ...
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
West Virginia named the timber rattlesnake as its state reptile in 2008. [55] A 2009 article, "West Virginia's state reptile", in the state wildlife magazine drew a connection to the older American rattlesnake symbol: Political cartoon depicting merchants attempting to dodge the "Ograbme"
The Richmond Wildlife Center in Richmond, Virginia, shared a video of the center's founder, Melissa Stanley, feeding milk to the tiny female kit — the term for a juvenile fox — while wearing ...
4VAC15-30-10 [3] bans possession of wild animals in Virginia. 4VAC15-20-50 [4] defines a wild animal as "Any member of the animal kingdom, except domestic animals, including without limitation any native, naturalized, or nonnative (exotic) mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod or other invertebrate, and includes ...
Pages in category "Lists of fauna of Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.