Where’s Wildlife · Explore the Mammal Guide
Get to know your wild neighbors.
From familiar backyard visitors to mammals of the prairie and wetlands, explore the photographs and meet each animal. Choose a mammal below to open its field guide.
Take the Mammal Quiz →Practice identifying mammals with your choice of a quick or full quiz.
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American Bison
Bison bisonDeer & bisonView mammal guide →
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianusDeer & bisonView mammal guide →
Coyote
Canis latransFoxes & coyotesView mammal guide →
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpesFoxes & coyotesView mammal guide →
House Mouse
Mus musculusMice & muskratsView mammal guide →
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicusMice & muskratsView mammal guide →
Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginianaOpossumsView mammal guide →
American Mink
Neogale visonOtters & minkView mammal guide →
River Otter
Lontra canadensisOtters & minkView mammal guide →
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanusRabbitsView mammal guide →
Raccoon
Procyon lotorRaccoons & skunksView mammal guide →
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitisRaccoons & skunksView mammal guide →
Black Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensisBlack color form of the Eastern Gray SquirrelSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatusSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensisSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus nigerSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Groundhog
Marmota monaxSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicusSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatusSquirrels & chipmunksView mammal guide →No mammals match those filters. Try another name or select Reset filters.