Record #:

23946

Author(s):

Pusser, Todd

Abstract:

The Albemarle Peninsula is a wetland located between the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. The peninsula covers 3,200 square miles of land in five different counties. The wetland environment is home to a variety of wildlife, including bobcats, black bears, red wolves, tundra swans, river otters, snake species, and the American Alligator, among others.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 79 Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2015, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife management areas--North Carolina, Eastern; Beaufort County--Ecology; Dare County--Ecology; Hyde County--Ecology; Tyrrell County--Ecology; Washington County--Ecology