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Animals of United States of America
117 animals on this site have a range that includes United States of America. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
117 profiles
LCMammals
American badger
Taxidea taxus
The American badger is a flat, powerful digger of the North American grassland that tunnels after gophers and ground squirrels.
Living
NTMammals
American bison
Bison bison
The American bison is the heaviest land animal in North America and the national mammal of the United States.
Living
LCMammals
American black bear
Ursus americanus
The American black bear is the smallest and most widespread bear in North America, at home in forest from Alaska to Mexico.
Living
LCBirds
American crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
The American crow is a large all-black bird of farms, woods and city streets across North America.
Living
LCBirds
American goldfinch
Spinus tristis
The American goldfinch is a small seed-eating finch of open weedy country across North America.
Living
LCBirds
American kestrel
Falco sparverius
The American kestrel is the smallest falcon in the Americas and the most numerous.
Living
LCBirds
American robin
Turdus migratorius
The American robin is a large thrush that feeds on lawns and open ground across North America.
Living
LCMammals
Arctic fox
Vulpes lagopus
The Arctic fox is a small fox of the tundra with the best insulating fur of any mammal.
Living
VUBirds
Atlantic puffin
Fratercula arctica
The Atlantic puffin is a small black and white seabird with a bright triangular bill.
Living
NTFish
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
The Atlantic salmon hatches in a river, grows up at sea, and returns to the same river to spawn.
Living
EXMammals
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
LCBirds
Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States.
Living
LCBirds
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
The barn swallow is the most widespread swallow on earth, with a steel blue back and a deeply forked tail.
Living
LCBirds
Barred owl
Strix varia
The barred owl is a large brown owl of North American woodland, with dark eyes, a round head and no ear tufts.
Living
LCMammals
Beluga whale
Delphinapterus leucas
The beluga whale is a white toothed whale of Arctic and sub-Arctic seas.
Living
LCMammals
Bighorn sheep
Ovis canadensis
The bighorn sheep is a wild sheep of the mountains and deserts of western North America.
Living
LCBirds
Black swan
Cygnus atratus
The black swan is a large Australian waterbird with black plumage, white flight feathers and a bright red bill.
Living
LCBirds
Black vulture
Coragyps atratus
The black vulture is a glossy black scavenger of the Americas, with a bare grey head and white patches at the wingtips.
Living
LCBirds
Blue jay
Cyanocitta cristata
The blue jay is a loud blue songbird of the crow family, native to eastern and central North America.
Living
ENMammals
Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.
Living
LCBirds
Blue-footed booby
Sula nebouxii
The blue-footed booby is a seabird of the eastern Pacific that dives on schools of small fish.
Living
LCMammals
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
The bobcat is a medium-sized lynx with a short black-tipped tail, found from southern Canada to southern Mexico.
Living
LCMammals
Bowhead whale
Balaena mysticetus
The bowhead whale is a heavy Arctic baleen whale that breaks sea ice with its huge arched head.
Living
LCMammals
Brown bear
Ursus arctos
The brown bear is one of the two largest land carnivores, and it ranges across the forests and mountains of Eurasia and North America.
Living
LCMammals
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
The brown rat is a large, burrowing rodent that lives wherever people live.
Living
LCBirds
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
The budgerigar is a small green and yellow parrot from the dry interior of Australia.
Living
LCBirds
Burrowing owl
Athene cunicularia
The burrowing owl is a small, long-legged owl of open country in the Americas.
Living
CRBirds
California condor
Gymnogyps californianus
The California condor is the largest land bird in North America, with a wingspan of about 3 metres and a bare orange head.
Living
LCBirds
Canada goose
Branta canadensis
The Canada goose is a large black-necked goose with a white chinstrap, native to North America and now settled on four continents.
Living
LCMammals
Canada lynx
Lynx canadensis
The Canada lynx is a thick-furred cat of the boreal forest with tufted ears and huge snowshoe paws.
Living
EXBirds
Carolina parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot native to the eastern United States.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
LCBirds
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
The cockatiel is the smallest cockatoo, and it lives across the dry inland of Australia.
Living
LCBirds
Common loon
Gavia immer
The common loon is a heavy diving bird of northern lakes, with a black head, a white necklace and a dagger bill.
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LCBirds
Common myna
Acridotheres tristis
The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.
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LCBirds
Common pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
The common pheasant is a long-tailed gamebird from Asia that people have released across the world.
Living
LCBirds
Common raven
Corvus corax
The common raven is a large black crow that lives right across the northern half of the world.
Living
LCBirds
Common starling
Sturnus vulgaris
The common starling is a glossy black songbird of Europe and Asia, spangled with white spots in winter.
Living
LCMammals
Cougar
Puma concolor
The cougar is a large solitary cat that ranges from the Yukon to the tip of South America.
Living
LCMammals
Coyote
Canis latrans
The coyote is a mid-sized wild dog of North and Central America, smaller than a wolf and larger than a fox.
Living
LCMammals
Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
The eastern gray squirrel is a medium-sized tree squirrel of the oak and hickory forests of eastern North America.
Living
LCBirds
Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
The Egyptian goose is a pale brown waterbird of African rivers, lakes and grassland, marked by a dark ring around each eye.
Living
LCMammals
Elk
Cervus canadensis
The elk, or wapiti, is the second largest deer in the world.
Living
LCBirds
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
The Eurasian collared dove is a pale grey dove with a black half-collar on the neck.
Living
LCBirds
Eurasian eagle-owl
Bubo bubo
The Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the largest owls in the world, with orange eyes and long ear tufts.
Living
NTMammals
False killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens
The false killer whale is a large black dolphin of warm, deep seas that hunts tuna and squid in pods bound by lifelong ties.
Living
VUMammals
Fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
The fin whale is the second longest animal alive and one of the fastest of the great whales.
Living
LCMammals
Fisher
Martes pennanti
The fisher is a large, dark member of the weasel family that lives in the northern forests of North America.
Living
LCMolluscs
Giant Pacific octopus
Enteroctopus dofleini
The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus.
Living
LCBirds
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
The golden eagle is a large dark brown raptor of open country across the Northern Hemisphere.
Living
LCMammals
Gray wolf
Canis lupus
The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the dog family and the ancestor of every domestic dog.
Living
EXBirds
Great auk
Pinguinus impennis
The great auk was a large flightless seabird of the North Atlantic that swam with its wings and caught fish under water.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
LCBirds
Great blue heron
Ardea herodias
The great blue heron is the biggest of the North American herons and a patient hunter of shallow water.
Living
LCBirds
Great egret
Ardea alba
The great egret is a tall white heron that hunts fish in shallow water on six continents.
Living
LCBirds
Great horned owl
Bubo virginianus
The great horned owl is a heavy, ear-tufted owl of the Americas, at home from Alaska to Argentina.
Living
VUFish
Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
The great white shark is the largest predatory fish.
Living
LCReptiles
Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
The green sea turtle grazes on seagrass in warm coastal waters.
Living
LCMammals
Groundhog
Marmota monax
The groundhog is a large ground squirrel of eastern and northern North America that digs long burrows and hibernates through the winter.
Living
LCBirds
Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
The gyrfalcon is the biggest of all falcons, and it hunts across the Arctic tundra.
Living
LCMammals
House mouse
Mus musculus
The house mouse is a small grey-brown rodent that lives in and around human buildings on every inhabited continent.
Living
LCBirds
House sparrow
Passer domesticus
The house sparrow is a small brown and grey bird that lives beside people almost everywhere on earth.
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