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This is a list of mammal species recorded in the wild in Newfoundland, the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Only 14 known species (and one extinct species) are or were native to the island; this list is divided into native species and species introduced to the island since discovery by Europeans and colonization in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
The Atlantic puffin is the provincial bird of Newfoundland and Labrador. This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bird Records Committee of Nature Newfoundland & Labrador (Nature NL) lists 427 species as occurring in Newfoundland as of 2021. [1]
This category lists animals found only on the island of Newfoundland. Pages in category "Endemic fauna of Newfoundland (island)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The island of Newfoundland is separated from Labrador by the Strait of Belle Isle, which is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long and from 60 to 15 kilometres (37.3 to 9.3 mi) wide. In addition to the island of Newfoundland, the province is made up of 12 larger islands with a total area of 2,505 square kilometres (967 sq mi) and 7,170 smaller islands ...
Indian River Provincial Park - Springdale; privately run, known as Blue Canoe as of 2020. Northern Bay Sands - Northern Bay, Conception Bay. Piccadilly Head Provincial Park - Port au Port. River of Ponds Provincial Park - River of Ponds. Sop's Arm Provincial Park - White Bay. Square Pond Provincial Park - Gambo; privately owned and operating as ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Canada.There are approximately 200 mammal species in Canada. [1] Its large territorial size consist of fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones, ranging from oceanic coasts, to mountains to plains to urban housing, mean that Canada can harbour a great variety of species, including nearly half of the known cetaceans. [2]
The Witless Bay reserve contains North America ´s largest Atlantic puffin colony. It is estimated that more than 260,000 pairs of Atlantic puffins nest there during the late spring and summer. The reserve also hosts the world's second-largest colony of Leach's storm-petrels. More than 620,000 pairs of these birds come here to nest every year.
The Newfoundland pine marten is omnivorous, feeding on mainly small mammals, along with birds, old carcasses, insects and fruits; it is currently found in suitable pockets of mature forest habitat, on the west coast of Newfoundland and in and around Terra Nova National Park. [7] The Pine Marten Study Area (PMSA) is located in southwestern ...