What to Trap

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.

A class of warm-blooded animals with fur or hair on their bodies. Mammals are vertebrates. The young are born live and feed on milk from their mothers.

Species	Scientific Name	State Classification	Additional Information
Beaver	Castor canadensis	Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide
Bobcat	Lynx rufus	Game & Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide Cooperator Program
Coyote	Canis latrans	NonGame	More Information Range: Statewide
Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Game	More Information Range: Statewide
Groundhog	Marmota monax	NonGame	More information
Mink	Neovison vison	Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	NonGame	More Information
Opossum, Virginia	Didelphis virginiana	Game & Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide
Otter, River	Lontra canadensis	Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide Cooperator Program
Raccoon	Procyon lotor	Game & Furbearer	More Information Range: Statewide
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	Game	More Information Range: Statewide
Striped Skunk	Mephitis mephitis	Furbearer	More Information
Spotted Skunk	Spilogale putorius	Furbearer	More Information Cooperator Program
Weasel, Long-tailed	Mustela frenata	Furbearer	Range: Statewide