A selection of species found in North Carolina.
Scientific Name: Parvaspina 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.
Scientific Name: Fusconaia barnesiana
Classification: State Endangered
Photo Credit: Michael Perkins
Scientific Name: Orconectes P. spinosus
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean
Scientific Name: Eurycea guttolineata
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson
Scientific Name: Leptodea ochracea
Classification: State Threatened
Photo Credits: Michael Perkins
Scientific Name: Crotalus horridus
Classification: State Listed as Special Concern
Photo Credits: Richard Barlett
Scientific Name: Alasmidonta undulata
Classification: State Endangered
Photo Credits: Michael Perkins
Photo Credit: Michael Perkins
Scientific Name: Cambarus J. tuckasegee
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean
Scientific Name: Cygnus columbianus
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: During migration, the tundra swan occurs widely on coastal marshes and on large bodies of water.
Scientific Name: Cathartes aura
Classification: Nongame Species
Abundance: Found statewide
Scientific Name: Amphiuma means
Photo Credit: Kevin Stohlgren
Photo Credit: Michael Perkins
Scientific Name: Cambarus J. dubius
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean
Scientific Name: Pseudacris feriarum
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Most common in Piedmont; rarer in the mountains and Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall
Photo Credit: Michael Perkins
Scientific Name: Cambarus P. brimleyorum
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean
Scientific Name: Didelphis virginiana
Classification: Game species and furbearer
Abundance: Common throughout state