North America Animal Facts

With its rivers and waterfalls, lakes and wetlands, springs, geysers, and caves, all rimmed with rocky seacoasts, sandy beaches, corals, and deltas, North America's 5.8 billion acres boast an amazing abundance and diversity of wildlife and wild lands. Unfortunately, many of them—like the black-footed ferret, its prairie dog prey, and their grassland habitat—are highly endangered.

Birds See Complete Birds List Bahama pintail Bald eagle Barred owl Barrow's goldeneye Brown pelican Double-crested cormorant Flamingo Green-winged teal Hooded merganser Little blue heron Roseate spoonbill Scarlet ibis White-faced ibis Wood duck	Mammals American Beaver American Bison Black-Footed Ferret Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Bobcat Coati Collared Peccary Gray Seal Mexican Wolf North American River Otter
Amphibians Greater siren Three-Toed Amphiuma	Reptiles Alligator Snapping Turtle American Alligator Black Rat Snake Cornsnake Cottonmouth Eastern Box Turtle Florida Softshelled Turtle Gila Monster Knight Anole