Mammals of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
The 30 most recent entries.
comNamecountydateobservernumbercommentsphoto_linkobsType
BobcatMoore2025-06-29Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
BobcatMoore2025-06-28Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
BobcatMoore2025-05-29Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
American MinkDavie2025-06-03Jason Morgan1see photo frame from a video - Farmington Rd. near 801 crossing.photo02_Photo
American BeaverMoore2025-07-07Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
American BeaverMoore2025-05-28Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
Northern Short-tailed ShrewMadison2025-07-08B Downs1Black or dark gray, mouse-sized. - Four miles SE of Marshallphoto02_Photo
Common RaccoonMoore2025-06-25Jim Heine1Face and tail - Foxfire Villagephoto02_Photo
Long-tailed WeaselAvery2025-06-13Avery and Richard Schaffer1Long brown body and with long tail with black ending - Linville Falls, NCphoto02_Photo
BobcatMoore2025-05-21Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen NC photo02_Photo
BobcatMoore2025-05-22Terrell Tucker 1Trail camera - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen North Carolinaphoto02_Photo
American BeaverMoore2025-05-15Web Tucker 1Trail camera photo - Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen North Carolinaphoto02_Photo
Tricolored BatMoore2025-04-29Gary Jordan and Matt Butts (USFWS)1Individual hair shaft shows 3 distinct colors; marked contrast in color between pinkish arms and darker wing membrane; small (FA=36mm, Wt=5.0g). Adult male. - Trail in bottomland hardwood forest in Sandhills Game Land on east side of Drowning Creek. Lat/Long 35.08061, -79.58015photo02_Captured
Northern Long-eared BatOnslow2025-05-06Gary Jordan (USFWS), Hailey Grossman (Camp Lejeune)1Adult male. Ears >17mm, sharp and symmetrical stiletto-shaped tragus, FA=35mm, Wt=6.5g - Eastern side of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base on Wallace Creekphoto02_Captured
Killer Whale_Currituck_inshore2014-03-28Todd Pusser4Large dolphins with tall, erect fins and distinct black and white pigmentation; white eye patch - Approximately 50 miles east of Corolla at 36.5000 N and 75.0000 Wphoto02_Photo
North American River OtterMoore2025-04-25Web Tucker Trail camera photo - Page Lake Aberdeen North Carolinaphoto02_Photo
Marsh RabbitMoore2024-03-01Terrell Tucker 1trail camera photo - Weymouth woods Beaver pond areaphoto02_Photo
Gray FoxWake2025-03-12Carolyne Whiting1Gray, healthy thick fur, Full bushy tail. My cat was in the crawlspace at the time, but she just stayed in her bed. She is almost 17 years old. I use a trailcam in my crawlspace, which you can actually walk in. The vent has been opened for the cats. Possum's come in during the winter to get a drink. - Crawlspace of 5544 Old Still Road Wake Forest, NCphoto02_Photo
Eastern Fox SquirrelBladen2025-04-21Stephen Oneufer1Black head, large size - On my property adjacent to Baker Lake State Natural Areaphoto02_Photo
Red FoxMoore2023-12-15Terrell Tucker 1trail camera photo - WEWO Beaver pond areaphoto02_Photo
North American River OtterMoore2025-03-17Terrell Tucker1TRAIL CAMERA CAPTURE - Page's Lake at Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen, NCphoto03_Roadkill
North American River OtterMoore2025-03-17Terrell Tucker 2TRAIL CAMERA CAPTURE - Page's at Aberdeen Lake Park Aberdeen, NCphoto02_Photo
Killer Whale_north_offshore2025-03-13Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute crew1Reported widely in news media: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/tech/science/environment/orca-spotted-outer-banks-coast/ - Offshore of Kitty Hawk, NC05_Sight
Humpback WhaleDare2025-02-23B. Patteson, D. Irons, E. Corey30Large dark baleen whales with long flippers and large caudal fins with white blaze outlined in black. Dorsal small and often squarish. Several loose pods seen - 30+NM E of Oregon Inlet05_Sight
Fin WhaleDare2025-02-23B. Patteson, D. Irons, E. Corey1Large, sleek, pale rorqual with white lower right jaw, seen with loose gathering of Humpback Whales - ~30+nm E of Oregon Inlet05_Sight
Common Minke WhaleDare2025-02-23B. Patteson, D. Irons, E. Corey1Seen briefly, smaller rorqual with very diffuse blow, moderately tall falcate dorsal. - 30+NM E of Oregon Inlet05_Sight
BobcatMacon2024-05-27Alina Martin1large tanish brown cat with faint dark spotting, bobbed tail, and ear and cheek tufts ran across the road in front of the car while I was driving. - 35.0390430, -83.1384180 05_Sight
American MinkStanly2025-03-03James Phillipy 1Brown fur, long slender body and tail. - Stanly County photo02_Photo
Virginia OpossumWilkes2025-02-20Guy McGrane1Whitish color with prehensile tailm long snout pink nose small black ears. Appeared to have been frozen to death by cold windy snowy weather. - 1828 Browntown Roadphoto02_Photo
Smoky ShrewMadison2025-01-13Pat Momich1Having just seen a N. short-tail shrew (dug up and killed by our dog), this shrew was a surprise found on the snow. Smaller than the shorttail with a longer tail. Determined it was Sorex fumeus. - 2200' in rich cove forest photo02_Photo