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Wildlife

The animals and plants Canadians meet in backyards, parks and the wild: identification, range, behaviour and conservation.

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Wolverine

Coyote

Bobcat

American black bear

American black bear

Narwhal

Fisher

Bald eagle

Grizzly bear

Grizzly bear

American bison

American bison

Elk

Elk

Walrus

Reindeer

A to Z

A

American badger American bison American black bear American bullfrog American marten American paddlefish American red squirrel American robin American toad American woodcock Anna's hummingbird Arctic fox Arctic hare Arctic wolf Atlantic puffin

B

Bald eagle Baltimore oriole Beluga whale Bighorn sheep Black squirrel Black-billed magpie Black-capped chickadee Black-footed ferret Black-tailed deer Blue jay Bobcat Bullsnake Burrowing owl

C

California quail California sea lion Canada goose Canada jay Canada lynx Cedar waxwing Chimney swift Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery Common garter snake Common grackle Common loon Common snapping turtle Common watersnake Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Coyote

D

DeKay's brown snake Dolichovespula maculata

E

Eastern bluebird Eastern cottontail Eastern gray squirrel Eastern hognose snake Eastern massasauga Eastern newt Eastern whip-poor-will Elk

F

Feral pigeon Fisher Fox squirrel

G

Garter snake Gopher Gray fox Gray treefrog Great auk Great black-backed gull Green heron Grizzly bear Groundhog

H

Harbor seal Hyalophora cecropia

K

L

Leatherback sea turtle Lethocerus americanus Little brown bat Long-tailed weasel

M

Marten Mountain goat Muskox Muskrat

N

Narwhal North American beaver North American cougar North American porcupine North American river otter North Atlantic right whale Northern cardinal Northwestern wolf

P

Pacific sleeper shark Painted turtle Papilio glaucus Papilio polyxenes Pieris rapae Pileated woodpecker Plestiodon fasciatus Prairie dog Pronghorn

R

Rainbow trout Red-shouldered hawk Reindeer Ring-necked snake Ruby-throated hummingbird Ruffed grouse

S

Sandhill crane Sea otter Snowshoe hare Spirit bear Star-nosed mole Steller sea lion Steller's jay

T

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Tiger salamander Timber rattlesnake Trumpeter swan

V

Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf Vanessa atalanta Vanessa cardui Virginia opossum

W

Walrus Whooping crane Wolverine Wood bison Wood frog