Wildlife North America
your online guide to North American Animals

North American Wildlife

The aim of this site is to provide a guide to North American wildlife, covering Canadian animals, animals of the United States of America and Mexican animals.

Where possible, images of animals in the wild have been used. Many are from well-known American and Canadian national parks. Most of the marine mammals from around the North American coastline (seals and whales) are represented on the site. Some photos are from zoos both in North America and a small number are from overseas.

For most species there are several pictures and a distribution map, and also a fact sheet with information about habitat, feeding, and for threatened and endangered species there are some conservation notes.

Comments & Suggestions

If you have suggestions for improvements to the site, please contact us at inquiries@wildlifenorthamerica.com.


Copperhead
Copperhead. by Clinton & Charles Robertson.


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Mount Katahdin, Baxter State Park, the highest peak in Maine, by TJ aka Teej. Image has been released into the public domain by its author at the English Wikipedia project. The Bald Eagle was digitally added from a public domain image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

What's New

October 04, 2009 : Lizards
New lizard section added to the site.

February 25, 2009 : New Navigation
Improved navigation and added new bird sub-menu pages.

December 7, 2008 : Turtles
About 40 species of turtles and tortoises added to the site. Includes Sea Turtles.

October 7, 2008 : Birds
First 100 North American bird species added to the site. Includes some excellent bird pictures.

August 23, 2008 : Reptiles
Added about twenty snake species and subspecies.

August 15, 2008 : Squirrels
Added descriptions for all the chipmunks and squirrels on the site.

December 5, 2007 : Conservation Status
Added the conservation status from the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals, produced by the International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

November 15, 2007 : Whales
Expanded the descriptions for some of the whales.

November 2, 2007 : Snakes
Added more snakes to the reptile section.

October 2007 : New Reptiles Section
Expanded the site to include reptiles.