Local animals in this group:
- ray-finned fishes
- frogs, salamanders, and caecilians
- segmented worms
- springtails
- shrimps, crabs, lobsters, water fleas, and relatives
- Chestnut lamprey
- Northern brook lamprey
- Southern brook lamprey
- Silver lamprey
- insects
- mammals
- snails, clams, squids and octopodes
- millipedes, centipedes, and relatives
- turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
animal kingdom
Animalia
- KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- OrderPetromyzontiformeslampreys
- FamilyPetromyzontidaelampreys
- OrderAcipenseriformessturgeons and paddlefishes
- OrderClupeiformes
- OrderCypriniformessuckers and minnows
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyFundulidaeTopminnows and killifishes
- OrderEsociformes
- FamilyUmbridaeMudminnows
- OrderGadiformes
- OrderGasterosteiformes
- FamilyGasterosteidaeSticklebacks and tubesnouts
- OrderPerciformesperchlike fishes
- FamilyCarangidaeJacks and pompanos
- FamilyGobiidaeGobies
- FamilyIstiophoridaeBillfishes
- FamilyMoronidaeTemperate basses
- OrderPercopsiformes
- OrderSalmoniformes
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- OrderSiluriformes
- SubfamilyAnatinaeducks, teals, and relatives
- SubfamilyAnserinaegeese and swans
- SubfamilyMeleagridinaeturkey
- SubfamilyTetraoninaegrouse, ptarmigan, and relatives
- FamilyAlcidaepuffins, murres, auklets, and relatives
- FamilyHaematopodidaeoystercatchers
- SubfamilyLarinaegulls and kittiwakes
- SubfamilySterninaeterns and noddys
- SubfamilyArdeinaeherons and egrets
- SubfamilyBotaurinaebitterns
- FamilyThreskiornithidaeibises and spoonbills
- SubfamilyThreshkiornithinaeibises
- SubfamilyColumbinaetypical doves and pigeons
- SpeciesMegaceryle alcyonbelted kingfisher
- SubfamilyPhaenicophaeinaeNew World cuckoos, malkohas, and Malagasy cuckoos
- SubfamilyAccipitrinaehawks, eagles, buzzards, vultures, and relatives
- SubfamilyPandioninaeosprey
- SubfamilyFalconinaefalcons
- SpeciesFalco sparveriusAmerican kestrel
- FamilyVireonidaevireos
- FamilyGenera Incertae Sedis (12:69)tanagers and relatives
- SpeciesMolothrus aterbrown-headed cowbird
- FamilyReguliidaekinglets
- FamilyPelecanidaepelicans
- SpeciesBubo virginianusgreat horned owl
- OrderCrocodyliaalligators, crocodiles and relatives
- FamilyIguanidae
- FamilyKinosternidae
- SuborderCaniformiacaniform carnivores
- SubfamilyMustelinaewolverines, martens, weasels
- FamilyOtariidaefur seals and sea lions
- FamilyPhocidaeearless seals
- SuborderFeliformiafeliform carnivores
- SubfamilyFelinaesmall cats
- SubfamilyCapreolinaewhite-tailed deer, caribou, and moose
- SubfamilyCervinaeelk and relatives
- FamilySuidaehogs and pigs
- SubfamilySuinaebabirusas
- OrderCetaceadolphins, porpoises, and whales
- SuborderMysticetibaleen whales
- FamilyBalaenopteridaerorquals
- SuborderOdontocetitoothed whales
- FamilyDelphinidaedolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives
- FamilyMolossidaefree-tailed bats
- SubfamilyMolossinaefree-tailed bats, mastiff bats, and relatives
- SubfamilyMyotinaemouse-eared bats, silver-haired bats, and wing-gland bats
- SubfamilyVespertilioninaeevening bats, forest bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives
- OrderCingulataarmadillos
- FamilyDasypodidaearmadillos
- SubfamilyDasypodinaelong-nosed armadillos
- FamilyOchotonidaepikas
- OrderPerissodactylahorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs
- FamilyEquidaeasses, horses, and zebras
- SuborderCastorimorphabeavers, gophers, kangaroo rats, and relatives
- FamilyHeteromyidaekangaroo rats, pocket mice, and relatives
- SubfamilyPerognathinaepocket mice
- SuborderHystricomorphahystricognath rodents
- SubfamilyErethizontinae
- SuborderMyomorphamice, rats, gerbils, and relatives
- SubfamilyZapodinaejumping mice
- SubfamilySigmodontinaeNew World mice
- SubfamilyMurinaeOld World rats and mice
- SuborderSciuromorphasquirrels and relatives
- SubfamilySciurinaetree and ground squirrels, marmots, chipmunks
- SubfamilyXerinaemarmots, ground squirrels, African squirrels, and relatives
- OrderSoricomorphainsectivores
- SubfamilySoricinaered-toothed shrews
- SubfamilyScalopinaeNew World moles and relatives
- FamilyDidelphidaeAmerican opossums
- SubfamilyDidelphinaeAmerican opossums
- FamilyRhyacotritonidaeTorrent Salamanders
- FamilySirenidaeSirens
- FamilyEleutherodactylidae
- FamilyLeiopelmatidaeTailed Frogs, Leiopelmatids, Ribbed Frogs
- FamilyScaphiopodidae
- FamilyTetragnathidae
- OrderNot assigned
- FamilyThelyphonidae
- OrderNotostraca
- FamilyTriopsidae
- OrderDecapodashrimp, crabs, and their kin
- FamilyCambaridaecambarid crayfish
- OrderIsopodaisopods
- FamilyArmadillidiidae
- FamilyAnobiidaeanobies, anobiid beetles, death watch beetles, vrilettes
- FamilyDermestidaedermestid beetles, skin beetles
- FamilyBuprestidaemetallic wood-boring beetle
- FamilyChrysomelidaechrysomèles, leaf beetles
- FamilyHaliplidaecrawling water beetles
- FamilyScarabaeidae
- FamilyForficulidae
- FamilyBombyliidae
- FamilyCalliphoridae
- FamilyMuscidae
- FamilyTabanidae
- OrderEphemeroptera
- FamilyEphemeridae
- FamilyHeptageniidae
- FamilyPseudococcidae
- FamilyFulgoridae
- FamilyPentatomidaepentatomes, pentatomidés, stink bugs, terrestrial turtle bugs
- FamilyReduviidaeassassin bugs, réduves
- FamilyHalictidaehalictid bees, sweat bees
- FamilySphecidaedigger wasps, mud daubers, sand wasps, sphecid wasps
- FamilySiricidaehorntails
- FamilyEumenidae
- FamilyVespidae
- FamilyRhinotermitidaesubterranean termites
- FamilySaturniidae
- FamilyLymantriidae
- FamilyNoctuidae
- FamilyPapilionidae
- FamilyTortricidae
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyMantidae
- OrderMegalopteraant lions, lacewings, and relatives
- FamilyCorydalidae
- OrderNeuroptera
- FamilyMyrmeleontidae
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyAeshnidae
- FamilyGomphidae
- FamilyCalopterygidae
- FamilyCoenagrionidae
- FamilyLibellulidae
- FamilyRhaphidophoridae
- OrderParachela
- FamilyHypsibiidae
- OrderVeneroida
- FamilyDreissenidae
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
- FamilyViviparidae
- OrderBasommatophora
- FamilyCarychiidae
- FamilyPlanorbidae
- OrderHeterostropha
- FamilyValvatidae
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyAchatinidae
- FamilyArionidae
- FamilyDiscidae
- FamilyHaplotrematidae
- SpeciesHaplotrema concavum
- FamilyLimacidae
- FamilyPupillidae
- FamilySuccineidae
- FamilyValloniidae
- OrderAspidogastrea
- FamilyAspidogastridae
- OrderStrigeatida
- FamilyDiplostomatidae
- OrderTricladida
- FamilyPlanariidae
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