Common Wildlife in Virginia Beach Area

Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton and all the surrounding cities.

The roof rat (Rattus rattus)
Is one of two introduced rats found in the contiguous 48 states. The Norway rat (R. norvegicus) is the other species and is better known because of its widespread distribution. A third rat species, the Polynesian rat (R. exulans) is present in the Hawaiian Islands but not on the mainland. Rattus rattus is commonly known as the roof rat, black rat, and ship rat. Roof rats were common on early sailing ships and apparently arrived in North America by that route. This rat has a long history as a carrier of plague.

Norway Rat 
The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus,  ) is a stocky burrowing rodent, unintentionally introduced into North America by settlers who arrived on ships from Europe. Also called the brown rat, house rat, barn rat, sewer rat, gray rat, or wharf rat, it is a slightly larger animal than the roof rat. Adult Norway rats weigh an average of 1 pound (454 g). Their fur is coarse and usually brownish or reddish gray above and whitish gray on the belly. Blackish individuals occur in some locations.

Raccoon
 (Procyon lotor), also called “coon,” is a stocky mammal about 2 to 3 feet (61 to 91 cm) long, weighing 10 to 30 pounds (4.5 to 13.5 kg) (rarely 40 to 50 pounds [18 to 22.5 kg]). It is distinctively marked, with a prominent black “mask” over the eyes and a heavily furred, ringed tail. The animal is a grizzled salt-and-pepper gray and black above, although some individuals are strongly washed with yellow. Raccoons from the prairie areas of the western Great Plains are paler in color than those from eastern portions of the region.

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Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana
A opossum is a whitish or grayish color animal around the size of a domestic feline. The face of a opossum is pointed and somewhat long with rounded hairless ears. The tail almost look rat like . The opossum is the only marsupial( mammal with a pouch) in NORTH AMERICA.

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Fox squirrel, Sciurius niger, 
Can grow 18 to 27 inches from tail to nose. They can weigh from 1 pound to 2 1/2 pounds. There are all type off different colors, from all black in Florida to silver and gray with a white belly in Maryland. Georgia's fox squirrel can be brown and gray on top and a orange belly side. A bunch of squirrels from the same colony or should I say extend family can range in very different colors.

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