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This article does not include species found only in captivity. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted.
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States and appears on its Great Seal.The bald eagle's range includes all of the contiguous United States and Alaska.. The fauna of the United States of America is all the animals living in the Continental United States and its surrounding seas and islands, the Hawaiian Archipelago, Alaska in the Arctic, and several island-territories in the ...
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail. Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006 "SSAR North American Species Names Database". Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.) US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The common name derives from Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla čaxwal, via Spanish [66] Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) salmon: Lower Chinook: The common name derives from tzum ("spotted") via Chinook Jargon. [citation needed] Cisco (Coregonus artedi and several other species) salmon: Ojibwe: From siscowet ("cooks itself"), via French. [citation ...
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
Mainly unchanged from the wild animal Common in captivity, endangered in the wild, feral populations common in parts of Australia and South America [34] [35] 1b Bovidae: Dromedary or Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) [36] Unknown 4000 BCE Arabia, the Horn of Africa: meat, milk, urine, racing, hunting, pack, mount, show, pets Tame, few ...
Genus Caiman – Spix, 1825 – three species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Spectacled caiman. C. crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758: Northern South America and Central America: Size: up to 45 kg (99 lb) Habitat: Forest, savanna, shrubland, grassland, and inland wetlands [4] Diet ...