Furbearer species are mammals that are trapped primarily for their fur and include carnivores such as raccoons and coyotes, rodents such as beaver and muskrats, and North Carolina's only marsupial, the opossum.
Beaver
Castor canadensis
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Range: Statewide
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Cooperator Program
Coyote
Canis latrans
Gray Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Groundhog
Marmota monax
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Mink
Neovison vison
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
Nutria
Myocastor coypus
Opossum, Virginia
Didelphis virginiana
Otter, River
Lontra canadensis
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Spotted Skunk
Spilogale putorius
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Weasel, Long-tailed
Mustela frenata