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Animal
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Family
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Location
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Habitat
|
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Pallid Bat
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Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southeast British Columbia
|
Dry plains
|
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Townsend's Big-Eared Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southern British Columbia
|
Woodlands
|
|
Big Brown Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
From British Columbia to New Brunswick
|
Anywhere
|
|
Spotted Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia Interior
|
Near lakes and rivers
|
|
Silver-Haired Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southern Canada (British Columbia to Nova Scotia)
|
Near forest lakes
|
|
Western Red Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southwest British Columbia; Southern Prairies
|
Forests, cities
|
|
Eastern Red Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southeast Alberta to Southern Mairitimes
|
Open spaces, cities
|
|
Hoary Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia to Northern Hudson Bay to the Maritimes
|
Forests
|
|
California Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
West and South British Columbia
|
Forests
|
|
Western Small-Footed Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
|
Dry areas
|
|
Long-Eared Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southern British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
|
Anywhere
|
|
Keen's Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Forests
|
|
Eastern Small-Footed Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
South-Central and Southeast Ontario, Southwest Quebec
|
Montane Forests
|
|
Little Brown Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Yukon to Atlantic Canada
|
Anywhere
|
|
Northern Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Central to Eastern Canada
|
Forests
|
|
Fringed Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia Okanagan
|
White Pine Forests
|
|
Long-Legged Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia, West Alberta
|
Anywhere
|
|
Yuma Myotis
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
British Columbia Coast and Okanagan
|
Open Areas
|
|
Tri-Coloured Bat
|
Vespertillonidae (Bats)
|
Southern Ontario and Quebec, Maritimes
|
Forests, fields, and waterways
|
|
Canada Lynx
|
Felidae (Felines)
|
All of Canada Except most of Nunavut, Northern Tips of Quebec and Labrador, and Southern Prairies
|
Forests
|
|
Bobcat
|
Felidae (Felines)
|
Southern Canada
|
Woodlands, mountains
|
|
Cougar
|
Felidae (Felines)
|
Mountain Regions of Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta
|
Mountains, Forests, Marshes
|
|
Coyote
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
Yukon to Western Quebec, Excluding most of Nunavut
|
Anywhere
|
|
Grey Wolf
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
All of Canada Except for Prince Edward Island and Anticosti Island
|
Varied
|
|
Arctic Wolf
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
Queen Elizabeth Islands of Nunavut
|
Tundra
|
|
Arctic Fox
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
Northern Canada
|
Tundra
|
|
Swift Fox
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
Southern Prairies
|
Desert and dry prairies
|
|
Red Fox
|
Canidae (Canines)
|
All of Canada Except for the Pacific Coast and Arctic Islands
|
Anywhere
|
|
Black Bear
|
Ursidae (Bears)
|
Most of Canada except Prince Edward Island and the Arctic
|
Varied, mainly forests
|
|
Grizzly Bear
|
Ursidae (Bears)
|
Yukon, British Columbia Mainland, Alberta Rockies, Northwest Territories Mainland, Nunavut Mainland
|
Mostly alpine and tundra
|
|
Polar Bear
|
Ursidae (Bears)
|
Arctic Ocean and Coasts, Hudson Bay and Coasts
|
Ice
|
|
Raccoon
|
Procyonidae (Raccoons)
|
Southern Canada Except for the Rockies
|
Riparian Forest, cities
|
|
Sea Otter
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Vancouver Island, British Columbia Central Coast
|
Sea and Coast
|
|
Northern River Otter
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Most of Canada Except for Part of the Arctic and Souther Prairies
|
Rivers, lakes, and swamps
|
|
Wolverine
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Northern Canada
|
Boreal forests, tundra
|
|
Stoat
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
All of Canada Except for Southern Prairies, Arctic Islands, and Anticosti Island
|
Anywhere
|
|
Long-Tailed Weasel
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Praires, Southern Ontario, New Brunswick and Western Nova Scotia
|
Open Areas
|
|
Black-Footed Ferret
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan
|
Prairies and grasslands
|
|
Least Weasel
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Yukon to Labrador, Except for Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec
|
Anywhere
|
|
Mink
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Most of Canada Except for the Arctic and Anticosti Island
|
Wetlands and Rivers
|
|
Marten
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Most of Canada Except for Part of the Arctic, Southern Prairies, and Nova Scotia
|
Coniferous and mixed forests
|
|
Fisher
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Maritimes, British Columbia to Southern Quebec Except for the Southern Prairies,
|
Coniferous and mixed forests near rivers
|
|
Badger
|
Mustelidae (Mustilids)
|
Southern British Columbia to Southern Ontario
|
Fields
|
|
Striped Skunk
|
Mephitidae (Skunks)
|
British Columbia to the Maritimes
|
Forests, valleys, cultivated land
|
|
Western Spotted Skunk
|
Mephitidae (Skunks)
|
Southwest British Columbia
|
Thickets and bushes
|
|
Northern Fur Seal
|
Otariidae (Eared Seals)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea, rocky outcrops
|
|
Steller Sea Lion
|
Otariidae (Eared Seals)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Coast waters, rocky outcrops
|
|
Walrus
|
Otariidae (Eared Seals)
|
Baffin Bay to James Bay
|
Arctic coast and shallows
|
|
California Sea Lion
|
Otariidae (Eared Seals)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Coast waters
|
|
Hooded Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
Atlantic Coast, Baffin Bay
|
Sea
|
|
Bearded Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
|
Sea
|
|
Grey Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
Atlantic Coast
|
Sea, rocks, and reefs
|
|
Northern Elephant Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Harp Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, James Bay
|
Cold waters
|
|
Harbour Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
All Coasts Except for Northern and Western Arctic
|
Coast waters
|
|
Ringed Seal
|
Phocidae (Earless Seals)
|
Arctic Ocean
|
Arctic waters and ice-floes
|
|
Bowhead Whale
|
Balaenidae (Right Whales)
|
Arctic Ocean
|
Polar ice shelf in winter, coast waters in summer
|
|
North Atlantic Right Whale
|
Balaenidae (Right Whales)
|
Atlantic Coast
|
Coast waters
|
|
North Pacific Right Whale
|
Balaenidae (Right Whales)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Northern Minke Whale
|
Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Sea
|
|
Sei Whale
|
Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Sea
|
|
Blue Whale
|
Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Sea
|
|
Fin Whale
|
Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Coast waters
|
|
Humpback Whale
|
Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Coast waters, estuaries
|
|
Grey Whale
|
Eschrichtiidae (Grey Whales)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Narwhal
|
Monodontidae (Monodontids)
|
Eastern Arctic Ocean
|
Edge of Arctic Ice Sheet
|
|
Beluga
|
Monodontidae (Monodontids)
|
Arctic Ocean and Arctic Rivers
|
Coast waters and rivers
|
|
Harbour Porpoise
|
Phocoenidae (Porpoises)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
|
Coast waters, estuaries, and rivers
|
|
Dall's Porpoise
|
Phocoenidae (Porpoises)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Sperm Whale
|
Physteridae (Sperm Whales)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Very deep waters
|
|
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
|
Sea
|
|
Baird's Beaked Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Northern Bottlenose Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
Atlantic Ocean, Baffin Bay
|
Sea
|
|
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
Deep sea
|
|
Hubb's Beaked Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Stejneger's Beaked Whale
|
Ziphidae (Beaked Whales)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Maritimes Coast
|
Coast waters
|
|
Short Beaked Common Dolphin
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
|
Sea
|
|
Atlantic White-Sided Dolhpin
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
Sea
|
|
Pacific White-Sided Dolhpin
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Pacific Ocean
|
Sea
|
|
White-Beaked Dolphin
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
Sea
|
|
Orca
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Part of Arctic Ocean
|
Mainly coastal waters
|
|
Short-Finned Pilot Whale
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
British Columbia Coast
|
Sea
|
|
Long-Finned Pilot Whale
|
Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolhpins)
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
Sea
|
|
Moose
|
Cervidae (Deer)
|
Yukon to East Coast and Newfoundland
|
Subarctic, open forests
|
|
Elk
|
Cervidae (Deer)
|
Yukon, Eastern British Columbia to Western Alberta, Central Ontario
|
Varied
|
|
Mule Deer
|
Cervidae (Deer)
|
British Columbia to Saskatchewan, Yukon
|
Subarctic, open forests
|
|
White-tailed Deer
|
Cervidae (Deer)
|
British Columbia Interior to Labrador and Maritimes
|
Glens, rivers, marshes, forests
|
|
Caribou
|
Cervidae (Deer)
|
Northern Canada, Rocky Mountains
|
Tundra, taiga, boreal forest
|
|
Pronghorn
|
Antilocapridae (Pronghorn)
|
Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
|
Prairies, plains
|
|
Wood Bison
|
Bovidae (Bovids)
|
Southeast Yukon, Northeast British Columbia, Western Northwest Territories, Northern Alberta, Northwest Saskatchewan
|
Varied
|
|
Mountain Goat
|
Bovidae (Bovids)
|
Throughout Western Cordillera
|
Mountains
|
|
Muskox
|
Bovidae (Bovids)
|
Arctic
|
Tundra
|
|
Bighorn Sheep
|
Bovidae (Bovids)
|
Southern Rockies
|
Alpine prairies
|
|
Dall Sheep
|
Bovidae (Bovids)
|
Yukon, Northern British Columbia
|
Alpine Tundra
|
|
Virginia Opossum
|
Didelphidae (New World Opossums)
|
Southwest British Columbia, Southeast Ontario, Southern Quebec
|
Humid lowland forest
|
|
Collared Pika
|
Ochotonidae (Pikas)
|
Yukon, Northern British Columbia, Western Northwest Territories
|
Mountains above the tree line
|
|
American Pika
|
Ochotonidae (Pikas)
|
Alberta, Southern British Columbia
|
Mountains near the tree line
|
|
Snowshoe Hare
|
Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)
|
Most of Canadian Mainland Except for Nunavut, Southern Prairies, and Southern Ontario
|
Forests
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