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Quick Facts about Wisconsin Wildlife

The State …

Bird is the Morning Dove
Fish is the Muskellunge aka Muskie
Insect is the Honey Bee
Mammal is White-tailed Deer & so is the Badger

  

 List of Wildlife in WI. 

Mammals / Animals in Wisconsin - http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/wildlife/publ/wildlifeprimam.pdf

• 13-Lined Ground Squirrel
  Badger
  Bats
  Beaver
  Black Bear
  Bobcat
  Canada Lynx
  Chipmunk
  Cottontail Rabbit
  Coyote
  Eastern Chipmunk
  Elk
  Fisher
  Flying Squirrel
  Fox Squirrel
  Gray Fox
  Gray Squirrel
  Gray Wolf
  Least Chipmunk
  Meadow Vole
  Mice
  Mink
  Moles
  Moose
  Muskrat
  Opossum
  Pine Marten
  Porcupine
  Raccoon
  Red Fox
  Red Squirrel
  River Otter
  Skunk
  Snowshoe Hare
  Striped Skunk
  Timber Wolf
  Weasel
  White-tailed Deer
  Woodchuck

 

Amphibians in WI.

• American Toad
  Blanchard's Cricket Frog
  Blue-spotted Salamander
  Bullfrog
  Central Newt
  Cope's Gray Treefrog
  Eastern Gray Treefrog
  Four-toed Salamander
  Green Frog
  Mink Frog
  Mudpuppy
  Northern Leopard Frog
  Northern Spring Peeper
  Pickerel Frog
  Red-backed Salamander
  Tiger Salamander
  Western Chorus Frog
  Wood Frog

Wisconsin Birds – Waterfowl, Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Song Birds and More…

• American Gold Finch
  American Tree Sparrow
  American White Pelican
  Bald Eagle
  Barn Owl
  Barred Owl
  Black-capped Chickadee
  Blue Jay
  Bobolink
  Canadian Goose
  Common Loon
  Common Redpoll
  Common Yellowthroat
  Dark-eyed Junco
  Downy Woodpecker
  Eastern Bluebird
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Evening Grosbeak
  Goshawk
  Great Blue Heron
• Great Horned Owl
  Greater Prairie Chicken
  Hairy Woodpecker
• Mallard Ducks
  Mourning Dove
  Northern Cardinal
  Osprey
  Ovenbird
  Peregrine Falcon
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Pine Grosbeak
  Pine Siskin
  Purple Finch
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
  Red-headed Woodpecker
  Red-winged Blackbird
  Ring-necked Pheasant
  Robin
  Ruffed Grouse
  Sandhill Crane
  Trumpeter Swan
  Tundra Swan
  Turkey Vulture
  Upland Plover
  Whooping Crane
  Wild Turkey
  Wood Duck
  Woodcock

Fish in Wisconsin – Fishing In Wisconsin

• Bigmouth Buffalo
• Black Crappie
  Bluegill
  Bluegill
  Brook Trout
  Brown Trout
  Bullhead
  Bullhead (Black, Yellow, & Brown)
  Catfish
  Channel Catfish
  Chinook Salmon
  Chinook Salom
  Coho Salmon
  Coho Salmon
  Common Carp
  Drum
  Flathead Catfish
  Hybrid Striped Bass
  Inland Brook Trout
  Lake Sturgeon
  Lake Trout
  Largemouth Bass
  Largemouth Bass
  Muskie
  Northern Pike
  Paddlefish
  Pink Salmon
  Pumpkinseed
  Pumpkinseed
  Rainbow Trout
  Redhorses (Suckers)
  Rock Bass
  Round Goby
  Sauger
  Shiners
  Shovelnose Sturgeon
  Smallmouth Bass
  Smelt
  Steelhead
  Sturgeon
  Suckers
  Sunfish
  Tiger Musky
  Walleye
  White Bass
  White Crappie
  Yellow Perch

 

Common Insects in Wisconsin

• Ants - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/ant.php
  Bees - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/waspbee.php
  Butterfly Gardening
  Butterfly Watching
  Cicada
  Crawling Water Beetle
  Diving Beetle
  Dragonfly
  Gypsy Moth
  Honey Bee
  Karner Blue Butterfly
  Lady Bug
  Lightning Bug
  Luna Moth
  Monarch Butterfly
  Mosquito
  Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
  Snow Flea
  Spiders - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/spider.php
  Wasps - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/waspbee.php
  Water Boatman
  Whirligig Beetle
  Water Scorpions
  Worms - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/index.html
  Yellow-faced Bee

Reptiles – Snakes, Turtles, Lizards and more…

• Black Rat or Pilot Snake
  Blanding's Turtle
  Brown or DeKay's Snake
  Bullsnake
  Butler's Garter Snake
  Common Garter Snake
  Common Map Turtle
  Common Snapping Turtle
  Eastern Hognose Snake
  Eastern Plains Garter Snake
  Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle
  False Map Turtle
  Five-lined Skink
  Massasauga Rattlesnake
  Midland Painted Turtle
  Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
  Milksnake
  Musk Turtle
  Northern Prairie Skink
  Northern Redbelly Snake
  Northern Ribbon Snake
  Northern Ringneck Snake
  Northern Water Snake
  Ornate Box Turtle
  Ouachita Map Turtle
  Prairie Racerunner
  Prairie Ringneck Snake
  Queen Snake
  Slender Glass Lizard
  Smooth Green Snake
  Timber Rattlesnake
  Western Fox Snake
  Western Painted Turtle
  Western Ribbon Snake
  Wood Turtle
  Yellow-bellied or Blue Racer Snake

 

What types of animals live in Wisconsin?  Now you know!

 

External Wildlife Links - Open in New Windows

Wisconsin Wildlife - http://www.wisconsin-wi.com/wisconsin-wildlife.html 

Florida Wildlife - http://www.marco-island-florida.us

Michigan Wildlife - http://www.lake-mi.com/michigan-wildlife.html 

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation - http://www.wiwf.org
EEK!!! – Environmental Education for Kids - http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/index.htm
Wisconsin Wildlife Photos - http://www.photo-wi.com/gallery2/v/Wildlife
Wisconsin Fish Species - http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/documents/wifish.pdf
Insects in WI - http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/index.html

 

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