adult Arctic fox | eats lemmings, birds, eggs, ground squirrels, berries, small marine animals, fish, and carrion |  |
has colour white in winter, brown in summer |  |
has length 75-115 cm |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of Arctic fox |  |
weighs 2.5 to 9kg |  |
adult badger | digs with its front claws |  |
eats ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket mouse, voles, birds, snails, insects |  |
fights courageously |  |
has breeding season August and September but implantation of the embryo is delayed until mid-February |  |
has colour grizzled back with creamy or white belly, brown legs, black feet, white and black face |  |
has part belly gland that emits a musky odour when the badger is excited |  |
has part long front claws |  |
has part semiplantigrade feet |  |
has part short ears |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part short tail |  |
has part stout body, flattened dorso-ventrally |  |
hunts by excavating burrows of its prey |  |
is a kind of badger |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is not agile |  |
is smaller than European badger |  |
is solitary |  |
adult black bear | eats berries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honey  |  |
has breeding season June or early July  |  |
has colour black or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest  |  |
has good hearing  |  |
has good sense of smell  |  |
has height 100 to 120 cm at the shoulder  |  |
has length 150 cm  |  |
has part round ears  |  |
has part short tail  |  |
has part small eyes  |  |
has part very dexterous lips  |  |
has poor eyesight  |  |
is a kind of black bear |  |
is omnivorous  |  |
is solitary  |  |
weighs 70-135 kg  |  |
can climb trees  |  |
can run at 55 km/h for short distances  |  |
can swim  |  |
does not hibernate but shows some characteristics of true hibernators  |  |
adult black-footed ferret | eats prairie dogs, ground squirrels, cottontail rabbits, jack rabbits, voles and mice, snakes, birds |  |
has colour creamy white, brown mask on the face, brown legs and end of tail, white muzzle, forehead, throat, belly and base of tail, black whiskers |  |
is a kind of black-footed ferret |  |
is active at dawn and dusk |  |
is ferocious |  |
adult bobcat | eats rabbit, hare, mouse, rat, squirrel, porcupine, shrew, bird, deer, livestock, snake, lizard, insect |  |
has good eyesight |  |
has good hearing |  |
has length 710-876 mm |  |
is a kind of bobcat |  |
is solitary |  |
marks territory with urine |  |
weighs 4.1-18.3 kg |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
adult cougar | eats deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock |  |
has colour tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the belly |  |
has length 1.50-2.74 m |  |
has part short fur |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of cougar |  |
is extremely wary of humans |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is solitary |  |
makes sound growl, hiss, cry, purr |  |
stalks prey like a domestic cat |  |
uses set trails which may be 19-29 km long |  |
weighs 36-103 kg |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
may attack humans occasionally |  |
adult coyote | digs den for birth and early care of cubs  |  |
eats rabbits, hares, small rodents, wild fruits, insects, carrion from livestock and other sources, deer, domestic sheep, beef calves and domestic poultry  |  |
has breeding season February and March  |  |
has colour tawny grey, darker on the hind part of the back  |  |
has height 58- 66 cm high at the shoulder  |  |
has length 120- 150 cm (including a 30- 40 cm tail)  |  |
has maximum speed 64 km per hour  |  |
has part black nose  |  |
has part yellow eyes  |  |
is a kind of coyote |  |
is monogamous  |  |
weighs 9-23kg  |  |
can swim  |  |
adult ermine | changes colour in spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight |  |
eats mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms |  |
has breeding season early summer |  |
has colour brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail |  |
has part anal scent glands |  |
has part long, slender body |  |
has part short, oval ears |  |
has part small mouth |  |
is a kind of ermine |  |
is nocturnal |  |
kills prey by grabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull |  |
moults in March and April and again in October and November |  |
stores extra food in larders |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
adult female Arctic fox | has average number of babies 11 |  |
has gestation period 51-57 days |  |
is a kind of adult Arctic fox |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
adult female badger | brings food to her babies until they are two thirds grown |  |
gives birth in late April to mid-May |  |
has average number of babies 4 |  |
is a kind of adult badger |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
adult female black bear | gives birth in January or February while the mother is still in her winter den  |  |
has average number of babies 2  |  |
is a kind of adult black bear |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 70 kg |  |
adult female black-footed ferret | has length 500 mm |  |
is a kind of adult black-footed ferret |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
adult female bobcat | allows her mate to bring food for her kittens once they are weaned |  |
chases away her mate when her kittens are born |  |
gives birth in April and May and August to October |  |
has average number of babies 2 |  |
has gestation period 50-60 days |  |
has length 710-804 mm |  |
is a kind of adult bobcat |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 4.1-15.3 kg |  |
adult female cougar | gives birth every other year |  |
gives birth in any month, more likely in late winter or midsummer |  |
has average number of babies 2-4 |  |
has gestation period 90-96 days |  |
has length 1.50-2.33 m |  |
has part three pairs of teats |  |
is a kind of adult cougar |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 2 1/2 years |  |
weans kittens at 3 months |  |
weighs 36-60 kg |  |
adult female coyote | has average number of babies 3-7  |  |
has gestation period 60-63 days  |  |
is a kind of adult coyote |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weans pups at one month after birth |  |
adult female ermine | gives birth in April or May |  |
has apparent gestation period 10 months |  |
has average number of babies 4-9 |  |
has length 215-255 mm |  |
has part 10 mammae |  |
is a kind of adult ermine |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 2-3 months of age |  |
weighs 45-74 g |  |
adult female fisher | gives birth in March or April |  |
has average number of babies 1-4 |  |
has gestation period 352 days |  |
has length 703-946 mm |  |
is a kind of adult fisher |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 1.3-3.1 kg |  |
adult female grey fox | has average number of babies 3.7 |  |
has gestation period unknown |  |
has part six mammae |  |
is a kind of adult grey fox |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is usually monogamous |  |
stays in her den with her pups during the day |  |
weighs 3.4-5.4 kg |  |
may share den with another adult female grey fox |  |
adult female grizzly bear | gives birth in January or February in a winter den  |  |
has average number of babies 1-4  |  |
is a kind of adult grizzly bear |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 125-175 kg  |  |
adult female least weasel | gives birth to 2 or more litters per year |  |
has average number of babies 3-10 |  |
has gestation period 35-37 days |  |
has length 170-181 mm |  |
is a kind of adult least weasel |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is in heat for 4 days |  |
weighs 25-58 g |  |
adult female long-tailed weasel | gives birth in March or April |  |
has average number of babies 3-9 |  |
has gestation period 220-337 days |  |
has length 306-362 mm |  |
has part four pairs of mammae |  |
is a kind of adult long-tailed weasel |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 72-126 g |  |
adult female lynx | gives birth in May or June |  |
gives birth to 1 litter per year |  |
has average number of babies 2-3 |  |
has gestation period 9 weeks |  |
has length 76.5-96.5 cm |  |
has part four teats |  |
is a kind of adult lynx |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 5.1-11.6 kg |  |
adult female marten | gives birth in March or April  |  |
has average number of babies 2-6  |  |
has gestation period 8-9 months  |  |
has length 551-645 mm |  |
has range 0.7 square km |  |
is a kind of adult marten |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 650 g  |  |
adult female mink | gives birth in April or May |  |
gives birth to one litter per year |  |
has average number of babies 2-10 |  |
has gestation period 50 days |  |
has length 420-597 mm |  |
has part 3 pairs of mammae |  |
has range 7.6-20 hectares |  |
is a kind of adult mink |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 1 year |  |
weighs 0.79-1.2 kg |  |
adult female polar bear | excavates den in snowbank in late autumn |  |
gives birth in her den |  |
has average number of babies 2 |  |
has gestation period 228-254 days |  |
is a kind of adult polar bear |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
can breed every second year |  |
adult female raccoon | gives birth in April or May |  |
has average number of babies 1-6 |  |
has gestation period 63 days |  |
has part 4 pairs of mammae |  |
is a kind of adult raccoon |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
teaches babies to hunt and climb |  |
weighs 7.5 kg |  |
adult female red fox | gives birth in March, April or May |  |
has average number of babies 1-10 |  |
has gestation period 51-53 days |  |
has part 8 mammae |  |
is a kind of adult red fox |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
adult female river otter | allows her mate to help raise their babies after they are 6 months old |  |
chases away her mate while their babies are small |  |
has average number of babies 1-4 |  |
has gestation period 9.5-12.5 months |  |
has length 1-1.16 m |  |
is a kind of adult river otter |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
teaches her babies to swim and hunt after they are 10-12 weeks old |  |
weighs 7.2 kg |  |
adult female sea otter | carries her baby on her chest |  |
gives birth in spring |  |
has average number of babies 1 |  |
has length 1-1.3 m |  |
has part two teats |  |
is a kind of adult sea otter |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 19.7 kg |  |
adult female striped skunk | chases away male skunks after mating |  |
gives birth in May |  |
has average number of babies 2-10 |  |
has gestation period 62 days |  |
has length 512-593 mm |  |
is a kind of adult striped skunk |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
weighs 0.95-2.10 kg |  |
may lose 10-30% her weight during hibernation |  |
adult female swift fox | gives birth in March or April |  |
has average number of babies 4-5 |  |
has gestation period unknown |  |
is a kind of adult swift fox |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
mates for life |  |
weighs 1.6-2.1 kg |  |
adult female western spotted skunk | gives birth in early summer |  |
has average number of babies 4-5 |  |
has gestation period 121 days |  |
has length 323-439 mm |  |
is a kind of adult western spotted skunk |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
adult female wolf | gives birth in early May |  |
has average number of babies 7 |  |
has gestation period 60-63 days |  |
has part 8 teats |  |
is a kind of adult wolf |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 2 years |  |
can carry pups in her mouth |  |
may adopt another female's pups if their mother is killed |  |
adult female wolverine | attacks intruders to her nest when her babies are young |  |
gives birth in March and April |  |
has one breeding period per year |  |
has average number of babies 2-5 |  |
has gestation period 7-8 months |  |
has length 865-932 mm |  |
is a kind of adult wolverine |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
licks her babies' tummies after feeding to aid digestion |  |
weighs 6.6-14.8 kg |  |
can breed when she is 2 years old |  |
adult fisher | eats red squirrels, flying squirrels, re-backed voles, snowshoe hares, shrews, porcupines, deer mice, mink, muskrat, carrion, birds, insects, fruit |  |
has breeding season March and April |  |
has colour dark brown or black with grizzled grey mantle |  |
has part broad head |  |
has part long, bushy tail |  |
has part short, rounded ears |  |
has part slender body |  |
has range 16 km in diameter |  |
hunts on the ground |  |
is a kind of fisher |  |
is solitary |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 2 years |  |
travels along regular hunting circuits up to 97 km in length |  |
can swim |  |
adult grey fox | eats cottontail rabbit, groundhog, deer mouse, harvest mouse, shrew, bird, insect, fish, corn, apple, nut |  |
has breeding season end of January to mid May |  |
has length 800-1,125 mm |  |
is a kind of grey fox |  |
is nocturnal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by first birthday |  |
weighs 3.4-5.9 kg |  |
adult grizzly bear | eats plants, mammals, fish  |  |
has part dished face  |  |
has part extremely long front claws  |  |
has part shoulder hump  |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of grizzly bear |  |
is omnivorous  |  |
weighs 125-350 kg  |  |
adult least weasel | consumes 1 gram of food per hour which adds up to more than half the body weight of an adult least weasel per day |  |
eats meadow voles, prairie voles, red-backed voles, deer mice, house mice, harvest mice, amphibians, insects |  |
has colour dark brown with white underparts in summer, white in winter |  |
has high metabolic rate |  |
has length 170-217 mm |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part short, stubby tail |  |
has part slender body |  |
has range 0.8 hectares |  |
hunts by scent |  |
is a kind of least weasel |  |
is active all winter |  |
is nocturnal |  |
kills by biting through the back of the neck of its prey |  |
lines burrow with fine grass or mouse fur |  |
makes sound shrill shriek |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 4 months |  |
seldom travels more than 100 yards from its home |  |
stores mouse carcasses in larder |  |
weighs 25-63.5 g |  |
adult long-tailed weasel | eats meadow voles, deer mice, chipmunks, pocket gophers, ground squirrels, pikas, prairie dogs, cottontail rabbits, wood rats, red squirrels, harvest mice, house mice, Norway rats, roof rats, shrews, least weasels, birds, chickens, insects, snakes, berries |  |
has breeding season July and August |  |
has colour cinnamon brown above and buff coloured below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail |  |
has length 196-362 mm |  |
has part long, black-tipped tail that is half the length of its body |  |
is a kind of long-tailed weasel |  |
is eaten by foxes, coyotes, wolves, domestic cats and dogs |  |
is sexually inactive during the winter |  |
moults during October to December, and February to April caused by changing length of daylight |  |
seldom meets other adult long-tailed weasels except during the breeding season |  |
weighs 72-267 g |  |
adult lynx | communicates with urine marks |  |
eats snowshoe hare, bird, meadow vole, moose and caribou carrion, squirrel, fox, skunk |  |
has breeding season March and April |  |
has colour grey frosted on the back, buffy on the belly |  |
has length 74-106.5 cm |  |
has part black stripes on the forehead and around the facial ruff |  |
has part ears tipped with long black hairs |  |
has part large padded feet |  |
has part ruff around the face |  |
has part stubby tail with black tip |  |
has poor sense of smell |  |
has range 15-20 square km |  |
hunts by sight or hearing |  |
is a kind of lynx |  |
is hunted for fur |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is solitary |  |
moults in October and November and again in April and May |  |
travels about 4 km per day |  |
weighs 5.1-17.2 kg |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
adult male Arctic fox | is a kind of adult Arctic fox |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
adult male badger | has length 77.5-84.5 cm |  |
is a kind of adult badger |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 3.6-7.71 kg |  |
adult male black bear | is a kind of adult black bear |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 135 kg |  |
adult male black-footed ferret | has length 512-572 mm |  |
is a kind of adult black-footed ferret |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 535-633 g |  |
adult male bobcat | has length 800-876 mm |  |
is a kind of adult bobcat |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 6.4-18.3 kg |  |
adult male cougar | has length 1.71-2.74 m |  |
has length up to 8 ft |  |
is a kind of adult cougar |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
marks territory with scratched scent posts |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 3 years |  |
weighs 67-103 kg |  |
weighs up to 114 kg |  |
does not help rear his kittens |  |
may fight with other adult male cougars over adult female cougar in heat |  |
may kill cougar kitten |  |
adult male coyote | is a kind of adult coyote |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
adult male ermine | has length 251-315 mm |  |
is a kind of adult ermine |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
is twice the size of adult female ermine |  |
weighs 67-106 g |  |
adult male fisher | has length 847-1073 mm |  |
is a kind of adult fisher |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 2.6-5.5 kg |  |
adult male grey fox | helps adult female grey fox raise their pups |  |
is a kind of adult grey fox |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 3.6-5.9 kg |  |
adult male grizzly bear | is a kind of adult grizzly bear |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 250-350 kg  |  |
adult male least weasel | has breeding season February to November |  |
has length 183-217 mm |  |
is a kind of adult least weasel |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 34.5-63.5 g |  |
adult male long-tailed weasel | has length 374-456 mm |  |
is a kind of adult long-tailed weasel |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 196-267 g |  |
adult male lynx | has length 74-106.5 cm |  |
is a kind of adult lynx |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 6.7-17.2 kg |  |
adult male marten | has length 490-602 mm |  |
has range 2.5 square km |  |
is a kind of adult marten |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
is polygamous |  |
weighs 1000 g  |  |
adult male mink | has length 491-620 mm |  |
has range up to 7.8 square km |  |
is a kind of adult mink |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 18 months |  |
weighs 1.68-2.31 kg |  |
adult male polar bear | has height 120 cm at the shoulder |  |
has length 2-3 metres |  |
is a kind of adult polar bear |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 420-700 kg |  |
adult male raccoon | has length 730-950 mm |  |
is a kind of adult raccoon |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 8.6 kg |  |
adult male red fox | has length 90-112 cm |  |
is a kind of adult red fox |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
adult male river otter | has length 1-1.3 m |  |
is a kind of adult river otter |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 7.75 kg |  |
may not breed successfully until he is 6-7 years old |  |
adult male sea otter | has length 1.27-1.63 m |  |
is a kind of adult sea otter |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 34.4 kg |  |
adult male striped skunk | has length 522-610 mm |  |
is a kind of adult striped skunk |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
is polygamous |  |
weighs 1.27-2.44 kg |  |
adult male swift fox | is a kind of adult swift fox |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 1.7-2.5 kg |  |
may mate with two adult female swift foxes |  |
adult male western spotted skunk | has length 353-460 mm |  |
is a kind of adult western spotted skunk |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 784-847 g |  |
adult male wolf | brings food to nursing adult female wolf |  |
is a kind of adult wolf |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
looks after pups if their mother is killed |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 3 years |  |
may have height almost 3 feet at the shoulders |  |
may have length greater than 6 feet |  |
adult male wolverine | has length 940-1070 mm |  |
is a kind of adult wolverine |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
weighs 11.3-16.2 kg |  |
adult marten | chases away other martens of the opposite sex  |  |
eats red-backed voles, deer mouse, field voles, varying hare, grouse, squirrels, shrews, bird's eggs, amphibians, berries  |  |
has breeding season July and August |  |
has colour dark brown fur coat and a bright orange throat patch, lighter in summer  |  |
has den in hollow tree  |  |
has length 490-645 mm |  |
has part abdominal scent glands which it rubs on logs and rocks during mating season |  |
has part large, beady, black eyes |  |
has part long, bushy tail |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part slender body |  |
has temperament curious and ferocious  |  |
is a kind of marten |  |
is active all winter |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is solitary  |  |
live in trees but also spend time on the ground |  |
moults during summer |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 15-17 months |  |
weighs 650-1000 g  |  |
can swim |  |
adult mink | eats meadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthworms |  |
has breeding season February to April |  |
has colour brown to almost black, paler on the belly |  |
has length 420-620 mm |  |
has part anal glands which emit a strong, musky odour |  |
has part long neck |  |
has part long, thin body |  |
has part pointed face |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part small ears |  |
has temperament bold, ferocious and untamable |  |
is a kind of mink |  |
is active all winter |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is solitary |  |
makes sound cooing, screams, hisses |  |
weighs 0.79-2.31 kg |  |
can swim |  |
adult polar bear | eats seals, walrus, carrion, fish, mussels, crabs, starfish, eggs, grass, mushrooms, berries, lemmings, humans |  |
has breeding season April and May |  |
has good eyesight |  |
has good sense of smell |  |
has part black tongue |  |
has part brown eyes |  |
has part fur-covered foot pads |  |
has part long narrow head |  |
has part very small ears |  |
hibernates |  |
is a kind of polar bear |  |
is solitary |  |
moults during May to August |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 5 -7 years |  |
can run at 40 km per hour |  |
can stay underwater for 2 minutes |  |
can swim at 6.4 km per hour |  |
adult raccoon | eats corn, fruit, crayfish, grub, insect, fish, frog, turtle, meadow vole, deer mouse, cottontail rabbit, squirrel, bird |  |
fights if cornered |  |
has breeding season January to March |  |
has colour grizzled grey |  |
has good eyesight especially at night |  |
has good hearing |  |
has good sense of touch |  |
has part 5 non-retractile claws on each foot |  |
has part black facial mask |  |
has part long, thick coat |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part short, bushy, ringed tail |  |
has part short, rounded ears |  |
is a kind of raccoon |  |
is moderately sociable |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is omnivorous |  |
is sensitive to ground vibrations |  |
lines den with wood chips |  |
moults in the summer |  |
runs slowly with a rolling gallop |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
adult red fox | eats moles, shrews, groundhogs, squirrels, mice, muskrats, cottontail rabbits, snowshoe hares, birds, crayfish, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, acorns, grasses, corn, berries, fruit, snakes, fish, frogs |  |
has breeding season January to March |  |
has colour phases red, cross, silver |  |
has good hearing |  |
has good sense of smell |  |
has part furred foot pads |  |
has part long, black whiskers |  |
has part sharp, pointed face |  |
has part thick tail |  |
has picture  |  |
has range 3.6-8 square km |  |
has temperament shy, nervous |  |
is a kind of red fox |  |
is good parent |  |
is most active at night |  |
is omnivorous |  |
is usually monogamous |  |
males sound high-pitched bark |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 10 months |  |
weighs 3.6-6.8 kg |  |
adult river otter | catches food under water |  |
eats fish, insects, frogs, tadpoles, newts, muskrats, meadow voles, shrews and beavers |  |
has breeding season late winter to early spring |  |
has colour brown |  |
has length 1-1.3 m |  |
has part long, streamlined body |  |
has part short legs |  |
has part small ears which may be closed under water |  |
has part thick, lustrous fur with dense underfur |  |
has part webbed toes |  |
has temperament sociable, playful and docile with strong family loyalty |  |
is a kind of river otter |  |
is active all winter |  |
is nocturnal |  |
likes to slide on snowy, grassy or muddy hills |  |
makes nest of dry wood chips, bark, leaves |  |
makes sound shrill whistle, chuckle, grunt |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 2 years |  |
weighs 7.2-7.75 kg |  |
can swim |  |
adult sea otter | eats sea urchins, mussels, crabs, limpets, snails, fish |  |
has breeding season spring or summer |  |
has colour rusty red, brown, almost black, usually paler on the throat, chest and head |  |
is a kind of sea otter |  |
is active all winter |  |
is clumsy on land |  |
is polygamous |  |
reaches sexual maturity by 3 years |  |
relies on its thick fur for insulation |  |
sleeps on it back in patches of kelp |  |
swims well |  |
can stay underwater for 15-150 seconds |  |
adult striped skunk | becomes very fat in the fall to prepare for hibernation |  |
builds nest of dried grasses and leaves |  |
eats fruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes |  |
has breeding season late February and early March |  |
has colour black with white stripes down the back and tail |  |
has part long claws used for digging |  |
has part pair of musk sacs |  |
has range 4 hectares |  |
has temperament placid and sluggish |  |
is a kind of striped skunk |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is omnivorous |  |
makes sound hisses, growls, squeals, soft cooings |  |
moults in the spring and fall |  |
sprays when in danger |  |
can run at 14.5 km an hour |  |
adult swift fox | has length 844 mm |  |
is a kind of swift fox |  |
is nocturnal |  |
is solitary except during the breeding season |  |
is the same size as a large house cat |  |
makes sound yap, purr, growl, croak and whine |  |
moults between April and July |  |
can run at 40 km per hour |  |
adult western spotted skunk | eats cottontail rabbits, field voles, Norway rats. house mice, corn, insects, plants, fruit, birds, eggs, carrion, lizards, snakes, frogs |  |
has breeding season late winter |  |
has colour black with 6 white stripes on the back, white tipped tail and white spots on the head |  |
has part pair of musk sacs |  |
has range 64 hectares |  |
has temperament secretive, sociable |  |
is a kind of western spotted skunk |  |
is more carnivorous than striped skunk |  |
is nocturnal |  |
makes sound grunt and screech |  |
sprays when in danger |  |
can climb |  |
can run at 7.2 km per hour |  |
adult wolf | babysits pups |  |
eats moose, caribou, elk, deer, bighorn sheep, bison, muskox, rabbit, hare, marmot, ground squirrel, beaver, muskrat, mouse, bird, fish, berry, fruit, insect, grass |  |
has breeding season late February to mid March |  |
has colour white, cream, grey, brown or black |  |
has good hearing |  |
has good sense of smell |  |
has length 150-205 cm |  |
has picture  |  |
has poor eyesight |  |
has range 260-675 square km |  |
hunts in pack |  |
is a kind of wolf |  |
kills 1-1.5 large animals per month |  |
makes sound howl, bark, yelp, whine, snarl click to hear sound (30k wav file) |  |
marks trails with urine |  |
mates for life |  |
moults during late spring |  |
weighs 26-79 kg |  |
can breed with domestic dog |  |
can run at 45 km per hour over a short distance |  |
may migrate to follow game |  |
adult wolverine | defends food against wolf or grizzly bear |  |
eats roots, berries, mice, ground squirrels, birds' eggs, baby birds, fish, beavers, porcupines, moose, caribou, mountain goats, carrion |  |
has breeding season April to September |  |
has colour glossy dark brown with two pale buff stripes on the shoulders and flanks |  |
has good sense of smell |  |
has length 865-1070 mm |  |
has part large, strong teeth suitable for crushing bones |  |
has part long, coarse fur |  |
has part partly retractile claws |  |
has part relatively long, strong legs |  |
has part scent glands |  |
has part short, bushy tail |  |
has part stout, muscular body |  |
has poor eyesight |  |
has temperament pugnacious, curious, bold and strong |  |
is a kind of wolverine |  |
is active in the day and at night |  |
is omnivorous |  |
is solitary |  |
makes nest of grass and leaves |  |
makes sound bark, growl, hiss |  |
scavenges carcasses left by wolves and bears |  |
weighs 6.6-16.2 kg |  |
can climb |  |
can swim |  |
American pika | has scientific name Ochotona princeps |  |
is a kind of pika |  |
American red squirrel | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
American shrew-mole | has scientific name Neurotrichus gibbsii |  |
is a kind of mole |  |
American water shrew | has scientific name Sorux palustris |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
antelope, cattle, sheep or goat | is a kind of cloven-hoofed mammal |  |
Arctic fox | has distribution northern Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Quebec, Labrador and northern Newfoundland |  |
has scientific name Alopex lagopus |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
is eaten by wolf, grizzly bear, golden eagle |  |
Arctic fox cub | is a kind of Arctic fox |  |
is a kind of fox cub |  |
arctic ground squirrel | has scientific name Spermophilus parryii |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
arctic hare | has scientific name Lepus arcticus |  |
is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
arctic shrew | has scientific name Sorex arcticus |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
Atlantic pilot whale | has scientific name Globicephala melaena |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
Atlantic white-sided dolphin | has scientific name Lagenorhynchus acutus |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
baby badger | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of badger |  |
baby black-footed ferret | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of black-footed ferret |  |
is playful |  |
baby coyote | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of coyote |  |
is weaned by 1 month |  |
baby ermine | grows rapidly |  |
has colour white at birth |  |
has part sealed ears at birth |  |
has part sealed eyes at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of ermine |  |
opens eyes at 5 weeks |  |
baby fisher | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of fisher |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is helpless at birth |  |
opens eyes at 7 weeks |  |
stays with its mother for almost 1 year |  |
baby least weasel | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of least weasel |  |
is weaned by 24 days |  |
opens eyes at 30 days |  |
baby little brown bat | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of little brown bat |  |
is born during June  |  |
can fly at 18 days |  |
baby long-tailed weasel | has colour pink, with sparse white hairs at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of long-tailed weasel |  |
is weaned by 3 and a half weeks |  |
opens eyes at 36-37 days |  |
weighs 3.1 g at one day old |  |
baby mammal | is a kind of mammal |  |
baby marten | begins to crawl at 46 days |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of marten |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is deaf at birth |  |
is helpless at birth |  |
is weaned by 6 weeks |  |
opens ears at 26 days |  |
opens eyes at 39 days |  |
weighs 28 g at birth |  |
baby mink | has colour pink at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of mink |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is deaf at birth |  |
is weaned by 5-6 weeks |  |
leaves its mother by fall |  |
opens eyes at 5 weeks |  |
baby raccoon | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of raccoon |  |
is playful |  |
opens eyes at 3 weeks |  |
stays with its mother during its first winter |  |
baby river otter | begins to play at 5-6 weeks |  |
has length 275 mm |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of river otter |  |
opens eyes at 35 days |  |
ventures out of nest at 10-12 weeks |  |
weighs 132 g |  |
baby sea otter | has length 500-635 mm at birth |  |
has part open eyes at birth |  |
has part reddish brown and woolly at birth |  |
has part teeth at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of sea otter |  |
is born on the shore and immediately carried to the sea by its mother |  |
is weaned by 2 months |  |
is well developed at birth |  |
leaves its mother by 7-8 months after it has learned to swim and dive for food |  |
weighs 1.5-2 kg at birth |  |
can float at birth |  |
cannot swim at birth |  |
baby striped skunk | hibernates with its mother |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of striped skunk |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is deaf at birth |  |
is weaned by 6-7 weeks |  |
opens eyes at 3 weeks |  |
starts crawling at 3 weeks |  |
baby western spotted skunk | attains adult size at 3.5 months |  |
crawls around the nest at 3 weeks |  |
develops functional scent glands at 6 weeks |  |
has length 100 mm at birth |  |
has part black skin with white stripes |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of western spotted skunk |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is deaf at birth |  |
is playful |  |
opens eyes at 32 days |  |
weighs 22.5 g at birth |  |
baby wolverine | has colour creamy white with darker paws and face mask at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of wolverine |  |
is weaned by 8-9 weeks |  |
stays with its mother for its first winter |  |
badger | has distribution southern prairies |  |
has habitat open prairies, farmlands, parklands |  |
has name in French blaireau d'Amérique |  |
has scientific name Taxidea taxus |  |
hibernates |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is killed by humans |  |
lives in large burrow as long as 30 ft and as deep as 10 ft |  |
barren-ground caribou | has population about 2 million  |  |
has scientific name Rangifer tarandus granti  |  |
is a kind of caribou |  |
mate has breeding season late October and early November  |  |
weighs 145 kg (bulls) and 90 kg (cows)  |  |
always return to the same calving grounds  |  |
barren-ground caribou calf | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of barren-ground caribou |  |
is born during a 10-day period in late May or early June  |  |
bat | eats insects |  |
has good eyesight  |  |
has part wings made of folds of skin stretched between elongated finger bones, the sides of the body, the hind limbs, and the tail  |  |
has scientific name Order Chiroptera |  |
hibernates  |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
is nocturnal  |  |
rests upside down  |  |
uses echolocation to find prey  |  |
beaked whale | is a kind of toothed whale |  |
bear | has Family name Family Ursidae |  |
is a kind of carnivore |  |
bear cub | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
bearded seal | has scientific name Erignathus barbatus |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
beaver | builds dam  |  |
eats tree bark, grasses, herbs, leaves of woody plants, fruits, and aquatic plants  |  |
has colour brown  |  |
has Family name Family Castoridae  |  |
has length up to 1.3 m including its 30 cm long tail  |  |
has part large, flat, hairless tail  |  |
has part sharp front teeth  |  |
has part webbed hind feet  |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Castor canadensis  |  |
is the largest rodent in North America  |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
is eaten by wolf, coyote, bear, lynx, river otter, and wolverine  |  |
slaps water with its tail if it senses danger  |  |
swims up to 7 km an hour  |  |
uses its tail as a rudder when swimming  |  |
weighs 16 to 32kg  |  |
Bendire's shrew | has scientific name Sorex bendirii |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
big brown bat | has scientific name Eptesicus fuscus |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
big free-tailed bat | has scientific name Tadarida sapiens |  |
is a kind of free-tailed bat |  |
bighorn sheep | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Ovis canadensis |  |
is a kind of antelope, cattle, sheep or goat |  |
bison | eats grasses, sedges, forbs, and other ground forage |  |
has colour brown |  |
has Family name Family Bovidae |  |
has height up to 2m high |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Bison bison |  |
is a kind of antelope, cattle, sheep or goat |  |
is eaten by grizzly bear, black bear, wolf, and cougar |  |
weighs more than 1 tonne |  |
black bear | has habitat heavily wooded areas and dense bushland  |  |
has lifespan 25 or 30 years  |  |
has part 5 claws on each foot  |  |
has scientific name Ursus americanus Pallas  |  |
is a kind of bear  |  |
sleeps in a den during the winter  |  |
black bear cub | has length 15-20 cm at birth  |  |
is a kind of bear cub |  |
is a kind of black bear  |  |
stays with its mother for 16-17 months  |  |
weighs 13 to 27 kg at one year  |  |
weighs 225 g at birth  |  |
black bear | may have parasites tapeworms and roundworms  |  |
black-footed ferret | has habitat arid, short-grass prairie |  |
has name in French putois d'Amérique |  |
has scientific name Mustela nigripes |  |
has status probably extinct in Canada |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
lives in enlarged rodent den |  |
was last seen in 1937 in the wild in Canada |  |
black-tailed prairie dog | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Cynomys ludovicianus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Blainville's beaked whale | has scientific name Cynomys ludovicianus |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
blue dolphin | has scientific name Stenella caeruleoalba |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
blue whale | has scientific name Balaenoptera musculus |  |
is a kind of rorqual |  |
bobcat | has habitat swamps, woodlots, second-growth forests, deserts, rocky hillsides, agricultural land, outskirts of cities |  |
has lifespan 15 years in captivity |  |
has scientific name Lynx rufus |  |
is a kind of cat |  |
is eaten by cougar, coyote, wolf |  |
lives in a den of dry moss or leaves in a hollow log, rock crevice or thicket, or under a stump |  |
sharpens its claws on trees |  |
uses well-traveled paths |  |
can be a good pet if raised from kittenhood |  |
bobcat kitten | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of bobcat |  |
is weaned by 2 months |  |
opens eyes at 9 days |  |
stays with its mother until January |  |
weighs 283-368 g at birth |  |
bottlenosed dolphin | has scientific name Tursiops truncatus |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
bowhead whale | has scientific name Balaena mysticetus |  |
is a kind of whalebone whale |  |
brown lemming | has scientific name Lemmus sibericus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
bull moose | grows antlers every spring  |  |
has part antlers  |  |
is a kind of male mammal  |  |
is a kind of moose  |  |
sheds antlers every fall  |  |
bushy-tailed wood rat | has scientific name Neotoma cinerea |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
California bat | has scientific name Myotis californicus |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
California sealion | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Zalophus californianus |  |
is a kind of eared seal |  |
makes sound click to hear sound (11k wav file) |  |
caribou | eats lichen, flowers, grasses, leaves of shrubs  |  |
has good sense of smell  |  |
has part antlers  |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Rangifer tarandus  |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
is eaten by wolf, human,  |  |
lives in a herd  |  |
migrates  |  |
caribou bull | is a kind of caribou |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
sheds antlers in November or December  |  |
caribou | can swim  |  |
caribou cow | is a kind of caribou |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
is carnivorous or omnivorous |  |
Cascade deer mouse | has scientific name Peromyscus oreas |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
cat | has Family name Family Felidae |  |
is a kind of carnivore |  |
is carnivorous |  |
chestnut-cheeked vole | has scientific name Microtus xanthognathus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
cloven-hoofed mammal | has Order name Order Artiodactyla |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
collared lemming | has scientific name Dicrostonyx torquatus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Columbian ground squirrel | has scientific name Spermophilus columbianus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
common dolphin | has scientific name Delphinus delphis |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
cougar | has distribution southern western Canada, the Maritimes |  |
has habitat mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests |  |
has name in French couguar |  |
has population density 1 cougar per 93 square km |  |
has scientific name Felis concolor |  |
is a kind of cat |  |
is a top predator in the ecological pyramid |  |
is also called mountain lion |  |
is hunted with hounds |  |
keeps large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply |  |
likes catnip |  |
lives in cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket |  |
cougar kitten | eats meat after 6 weeks |  |
has length 300 mm at birth |  |
has part closed eyes at birth |  |
has part woolly, spotted coat at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of cougar |  |
is playful |  |
is weaned by 3 months |  |
loses spots at 6 months |  |
opens eyes at 10 days |  |
stays with its mother for a year |  |
weighs 400 g at birth |  |
may be born in any month of the year, more likely in late winter or midsummer |  |
coyote | has scientific name Canis latrans |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
is also called brush wolf |  |
is eaten by wolf, black bear, cougar, eagle |  |
makes sound yelping and howling cry, bark, growl, wail, and squeal |  |
coypu | has scientific name Myocastor coypus |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
creeping vole | has scientific name Mycrotus oregoni |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Dall's porpoise | has scientific name Phocoenoides dalli |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
Dall's sheep | has scientific name Ovis dalli |  |
is a kind of antelope, cattle, sheep or goat |  |
deer | chews its cud |  |
is a kind of cloven-hoofed mammal |  |
deer mouse | has scientific name Permyscus maniculatus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
dog | has Family name Family Canidae |  |
is carnivorous |  |
is a kind of carnivore |  |
dolphin or porpoise | is a kind of toothed whale |  |
Douglas's squirrel | has scientific name Tamiasciurus douglasii |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
dusky shrew | has scientific name Sorex obscurus |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
eared seal | is a kind of seal, sealion or walrus |  |
eastern chipmunk | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Tamias stiatus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
eastern cottontail | is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
eastern mole | is a kind of mole |  |
eastern pippistrelle | has scientific name Pipistrellus subflabus |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
elk | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Cervus elaphus |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
ermine | depends on mice |  |
has distribution all of Canada |  |
has habitat boreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores |  |
has name in French hermine |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Mustella erminea |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is also called stoat |  |
is curious |  |
is killed by coyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans |  |
is killed for fur by humans |  |
lives in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher |  |
makes nest of fur, feathers, grass, leaves |  |
European hare | has scientific name Lepus europaeus |  |
is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
evening bat | has scientific name Nycticeius humeralis |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
fallow deer | has scientific name Cervus dama |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
female beaver | gives birth in May or June  |  |
has average number of babies 3-4  |  |
has gestation period 100 days  |  |
is a kind of beaver |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
female human | is a kind of human |  |
female little brown bat | gives birth in June |  |
has average number of babies 1  |  |
has gestation period 50 - 60 days  |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is a kind of little brown bat |  |
lives in a colony in the summer  |  |
female mammal | gives birth to live babies |  |
has average number of babies |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
suckles babies |  |
female moose | has average number of babies 1-2  |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is a kind of moose |  |
female muskrat | has average number of babies 5-10  |  |
has gestation period less than 1 month  |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is a kind of muskrat |  |
female white-tailed deer | gives birth in late spring  |  |
has average number of babies 1-2  |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of female mammal |  |
is a kind of white-tailed deer |  |
is called a doe  |  |
does not have antlers  |  |
fin whale | has scientific name Balaenoptera physalus |  |
is a kind of rorqual |  |
fisher | has habitat climax coniferous forest near water |  |
has name in French pékan |  |
has scientific name Martes pennanti |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is killed by humans |  |
is secretive |  |
lives in den in hollow tree or log, rock crevice, brush pile |  |
fox cub | is a kind of baby mammal |  |
fox squirrel | has scientific name Sciurus niger |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Franklin's ground squirrel | has scientific name Myotis thysanodes |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
free-tailed bat | is a kind of bat |  |
fringed bat | has scientific name Sciurus niger |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
Gapper's red-backed vole | has scientific name Clethrionomys gapperi |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Gaspé shrew | has scientific name Sorex gaspensis |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
giant beaked whale | has scientific name Berardius bairdii |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
golden-mantled ground squirrel | has scientific name Spermophilus lateralis |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
goose-beaked whale | has scientific name Ziphius cavirostris |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
Great Basin pocket mouse | has scientific name Perognathus parvus |  |
is a kind of pocket mouse or kangaroo rat |  |
grey fox | has distribution southern Ontario and Quebec, southern Manitoba |  |
has habitat forests and marshlands |  |
has name in French renard gris |  |
has population density 1.3 foxes per square km in good habitat |  |
has scientific name Urocyon cinereoargenteus |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
lives in hollow log, stump, rock pile or burrow |  |
can climb trees |  |
grey fox cub | is a kind of fox cub |  |
is a kind of grey fox |  |
is weaned by 12 weeks |  |
loses baby teeth at 4 months |  |
reaches adult size by first winter |  |
weighs 100 g at birth |  |
grey grampus | has scientific name grampus griseus |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
grey seal | has scientific name Halichoerus grypus |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
grey squirrel | has scientific name Sciurus carolinensis |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
grey whale | has scientific name Eschrichtius robustus |  |
is a kind of whalebone whale |  |
grizzly bear | has colour nearly white or ivory yellow to black  |  |
has lifespan up to 25 years  |  |
has population 1200 in Alberta, 6500 in British Columbia, 4000-5000 in the Northwest Territories, 5000-8000 in the Yukon in 1985  |  |
has scientific name Ursus arctos Linnaeus  |  |
is a kind of bear  |  |
sleeps in a den during the winter  |  |
grizzly bear cub | is a kind of bear cub |  |
is a kind of grizzly bear |  |
is born during January or February  |  |
stays with its mother until June of its third year  |  |
grizzly bear | does not hibernate  |  |
groundhog | has scientific name Marmota monax |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
hairy-tailed mole | has scientific name Parascalops breweri |  |
is a kind of mole |  |
harbour porpoise | has scientific name Phocoena phocoena |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
harbour seal | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Phoca vitulina |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
harp seal | has scientific name Phoca groenlandica |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
heather vole | has scientific name Phenacomys intermedius |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
hoary bat | has scientific name Lasiurus cinereus  |  |
has wingspan 40 cm  |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
roosts in trees  |  |
weighs 30 g  |  |
hoary marmot | has scientific name Marmota caligata |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
hooded seal | has scientific name Cystophora cristata |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
house mouse | has scientific name Mus musculus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
human | has Family name Family Hominidae |  |
has scientific name Homo sapiens |  |
is a kind of primate |  |
does not hibernate |  |
humpback whale | has scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae |  |
is a kind of rorqual |  |
insectivore | has Order name Order Insectivora |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
John | is an instance of male human |  |
Judy | is an instance of female human |  |
jumping mouse or jerboa | is a kind of rodent |  |
Keen's bat | has scientific name Myotis keenii |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
killer whale | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Orcinus orca |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
least chipmunk | has scientific name Eutamias minimus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
least shrew | has scientific name Cryptotis parva |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
least weasel | has distribution much of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra |  |
has habitat stubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forests |  |
has name in French belette pygmée |  |
has scientific name Mustela nivalis |  |
is the smallest carnivore in Canada |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is eaten by long-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats |  |
is rare |  |
lives in mouse, pocket gopher or mole burrow |  |
little brown bat | has scientific name Myotis lucifugus  |  |
has wingspan 22 cm  |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat  |  |
roosts in buildings  |  |
weighs 8 g  |  |
long-eared bat | has scientific name Myotis evotis |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
long-legged bat | has scientific name Myotis volans |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
long-tailed vole | has scientific name Microtis longicaudus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
long-tailed weasel | has distribution southern Canada |  |
has habitat open grassland, aspen parklands, river bottom lands |  |
has name in French belette à longue queue |  |
has scientific name Mustela frenata |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
lynx | has habitat dense boreal forest, tundra |  |
has name in French loup-cervier |  |
has scientific name Lynx lynx |  |
is a kind of cat |  |
is killed by humans, cougars, wolves |  |
lynx kitten | develops adult coat at 8 to 10 months |  |
has length 163-185 mm at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of lynx |  |
is born during May or June |  |
is playful |  |
loses baby fur at 2 months |  |
opens eyes at 12 days |  |
weighs 197-211 g at birth |  |
male human | is a kind of human |  |
male mammal | is a kind of mammal |  |
male white-tailed deer | has part antlers  |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of male mammal |  |
is a kind of white-tailed deer |  |
is called a buck  |  |
mammal | is a kind of kbTop |  |
is warm-blooded |  |
may catch rabies |  |
marsupial | has Order name Order Marsupiala |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
marten | has habitat old growth coniferous or mixed woods forest  |  |
has name in French martre d'Amérique |  |
has scientific name Martes americana  |  |
has status threatened in Newfoundland  |  |
is a kind of weasel  |  |
is important to fur industry  |  |
masked shrew | has scientific name Sorex cinereus |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
meadow jumping mouse | has scientific name Zapus hudsonius |  |
is a kind of jumping mouse or jerboa |  |
meadow vole | has scientific name Microtus pennsylvanicus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
mink | has distribution most of Canada south of the treeline except Newfoundland, Anticosti Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands |  |
has name in French vison d'Amérique |  |
has picture  |  |
has population density 3 - 8.5 mink per square km of good habitat |  |
has scientific name Mustela vison |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is eaten by great horned owls, bobcats, red foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bears |  |
is trapped for fur |  |
lives in den under the roots of trees, along stream banks, occasionally in beaver or muskrat lodges |  |
Minke whale | has scientific name Balaenoptera acutorostrata |  |
is a kind of rorqual |  |
mole | has Family name Family Talpidae |  |
is a kind of insectivore |  |
montane vole | has scientific name Microtus montanus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Moore's beaked whale | has scientific name Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
moose | eats twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer  |  |
has colour dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings  |  |
has good hearing  |  |
has good sense of smell  |  |
has picture  |  |
has poor eyesight  |  |
has population between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada  |  |
has scientific name alces alces |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
is eaten by wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human  |  |
weighs up to 600 kg  |  |
moose calf | is a kind of baby mammal  |  |
is a kind of moose |  |
is helpless at birth  |  |
stays with its mother until she calves the following spring  |  |
weighs 6-16 kg at birth  |  |
moose | can dive up to 5.5 m under water  |  |
can swim  |  |
may have parasites ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms  |  |
mountain beaver | has Family name Family Aplodontidae |  |
has scientific name Aplodontia rufa |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
mountain goat | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Oreamnos americanus |  |
is a kind of antelope, cattle, sheep or goat |  |
mule deer | has scientific name Odocoileus hemionus |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
muskox | chews its cud  |  |
eats willows, grasses, and sedges  |  |
has colour black  |  |
has Family name Family Bovidae |  |
has good eyesight  |  |
has habitat arctic tundra  |  |
has habitat low-lying coastal and inland plains or river valleys of the Arctic  |  |
has Inuit name omingma which means "the animal with skin like a beard"  |  |
has part horns  |  |
has part warm coat consisting of both hairy and woolly layers  |  |
has population 85,000 in Canada  |  |
has scientific name Ovibos moschatus  |  |
is a kind of antelope, cattle, sheep or goat |  |
is eaten by arctic wolf  |  |
lives in a herd  |  |
sheds its woolly undercoat in summer  |  |
weighs 270-315 kg (males), 90 kg less (females)  |  |
can withstand very cold temperatures such as -40°C with high winds and blowing snow  |  |
muskrat | eats cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams  |  |
has breeding season March, April or May right after spring breakup  |  |
has habitat fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams  |  |
has part waterproof fur  |  |
has scientific name Ondatra zibethicus  |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
is eaten by mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx  |  |
is hunted for fur  |  |
is independent of parents at 6 weeks of age  |  |
lives in a lodge or burrow in bank  |  |
can stay underwater for 15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used  |  |
can swim very well  |  |
may have number of litters 3 in a summer  |  |
narwhal | has scientific name Monodon monoceros |  |
is a kind of white whale or narwhal |  |
northern bog lemming | has scientific name Synaptomis borealis |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
northern bottlenosed whale | has scientific name huperoodon ampullatus |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
northern elephant seal | has scientific name Mirounga angustirostris |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
northern flying squirrel | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Glaucomys sabrinus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
northern fur seal | has scientific name Callorhinus ursinus |  |
is a kind of eared seal |  |
northern grasshopper mouse | has scientific name Onychomys leucogaster |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
northern pocket gopher | has scientific name Thomomys talpoides |  |
is a kind of pocket gopher |  |
northern red-backed vole | has scientific name Clethrionomys rutilus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
northern right-whale dolphin | has scientific name Lissodelphis borealis |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
northern sealion | has scientific name Eumetopias jubata |  |
is a kind of eared seal |  |
Norway rat | has scientific name Rattus norvegicus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Nuttall's cottontail | has scientific name Sylvilagus nuttallii |  |
is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
olive-backed pocket mouse | has scientific name Perognathus fasciatus |  |
is a kind of pocket mouse or kangaroo rat |  |
opossum | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Didelphis viginiana |  |
has scientific name Didelphis virginiana |  |
is a kind of marsupial |  |
Ord's kangaroo rat | has scientific name Dipdomys ordii |  |
is a kind of pocket mouse or kangaroo rat |  |
Pacific coast mole | has scientific name Scapanus orarius |  |
is a kind of mole |  |
Pacific jumping mouse | has scientific name Zapus trinotatus |  |
is a kind of jumping mouse or jerboa |  |
Pacific pilot whale | has scientific name Globicephala macrorhyncha |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
Pacific white-sided dolphin | has scientific name Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
pallid bat | has scientific name Antrozous pallidus |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
Peary caribou | has population 3300-3600 in the 1980's  |  |
has scientific name Rangifer tarandus pearyi  |  |
has status threatened  |  |
is a kind of caribou  |  |
pigmy shrew | has scientific name Microsorex hoyi |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
pigmy sperm whale | has scientific name Kogia breviceps |  |
is a kind of toothed whale |  |
pika | has scientific name Ochotonidae |  |
is a kind of pika, hare or rabbit |  |
pika, hare or rabbit | has Order name Order Lagomorpha |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
plains bison | has scientific name Bison bison bison |  |
is a kind of bison |  |
plains pocket gopher | has scientific name Geomys bursarius |  |
is a kind of pocket gopher |  |
pocket gopher | is a kind of rodent |  |
pocket mouse or kangaroo rat | is a kind of rodent |  |
polar bear | has colour creamy white |  |
has habitat southern broken edge of the arctic ice pack |  |
has part liver that is poisonous to humans because of excess concentration of vitamin A |  |
has scientific name Ursus maritimus |  |
is a kind of bear |  |
is used by Inuit for food and clothing |  |
swims by paddling only with its front feet |  |
can be killed by humans, killer whale, male walrus |  |
polar bear cub | has length 30 cm at birth |  |
has picture  |  |
is a kind of bear cub |  |
is a kind of polar bear |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is naked at birth |  |
opens eyes at 6 weeks of age |  |
stays with its mother for a year and a half |  |
weighs less than 1 kg at birth |  |
porcupine | has Family name Family Erethizonditae |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Erethison dorsatum |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
prairie vole | has scientific name Microtus ochrogaster |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
primate | has Order name Order Primates |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
pronghorn | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Antilocapra americana |  |
is a kind of cloven-hoofed mammal |  |
rabbit or hare | has scientific name Leporidae |  |
is a kind of pika, hare or rabbit |  |
raccoon | becomes dormant in severe winter weather in northern areas |  |
has distribution much of southern Canada except Newfoundland |  |
has Family name Family Procyonidae |  |
has habitat forested areas near water |  |
has name in French raton laveur |  |
has picture  |  |
has population density 4 raccoons per square km |  |
has scientific name Procyon lotor |  |
is a kind of carnivore |  |
is eaten by bobcat, red fox, coyote, great horned owl |  |
is very intelligent |  |
lives in den in hollow tree, cave, hollow log, stump, burrow, culvert, drain pipe, barrel |  |
was introduced in Prince Edward Island |  |
can be tamed |  |
rat, mouse or vole | has Family name Family Muridae |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
red bat | has scientific name Lasiurus borealis |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
red fox | has distribution almost all of Canada except the far northern arctic |  |
has distribution most of Canada except the high arctic |  |
has habitat semi-open country such as agricultural areas, lakeshores, river valleys, clearings in the forest, alpine and arctic tundra |  |
has name in French renard roux |  |
has population density 1 fox per 4 square km |  |
has scientific name Vulpes vulpes |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
lives in modified groundhog burrow |  |
red fox cub | has part brown, woolly coat |  |
is a kind of fox cub |  |
is a kind of red fox |  |
is weaned by 1 month |  |
opens eyes at 2 weeks |  |
stays with its parents for 14-16 weeks |  |
weighs 100 g at birth |  |
red-tailed chipmunk | has scientific name Eutamias ruficaudus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Richardson's ground squirrel | has scientific name Spermophilus richardsonii |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Richardson's water vole | has scientific name Arvicola richardsoni |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
right whale | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Balaena glacialis |  |
is a kind of bowhead whale |  |
ringed seal | has scientific name Phoca hispida |  |
is a kind of true seal |  |
river otter | has distribution all of Canada except the high arctic |  |
has habitat shores of deep, clear lakes, rivers, marshes and ocean bays |  |
has lifespan up to 16 years in captivity |  |
has name in French loutre de rivière |  |
has scientific name Lontra canadensis |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is amphibious |  |
is eaten by coyotes, wolves |  |
is intelligent |  |
is trapped for fur |  |
lives in hollow logs, stumps, roots, beaver lodges |  |
can be tamed |  |
rock vole | has scientific name Microtus chrotorrhinus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
rodent | has Order name Order Rodentia |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
roof rat | has scientific name Rattus rattus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
root vole | has scientific name Microtus oeconomus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
rorqual | is a kind of whalebone whale |  |
sagebrush vole | has scientific name Lagurus curtatus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
sea otter | has distribution west coast of Canada |  |
has habitat the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts |  |
has lifespan about 8 years |  |
has name in French loutre de mer |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Enhydra lutris |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is aquatic |  |
is diurnal |  |
is eaten by killer whale |  |
uses flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them |  |
seal, sealion or walrus | has Order name Order Pinnipedia |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
Sei whale | has scientific name Balaenoptera borealis |  |
is a kind of rorqual |  |
short-tailed shrew | has scientific name Blarina brevicauda |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
shrew | has Family name Family Soricidae |  |
is a kind of insectivore |  |
silver-haired bat | has scientific name Lasionycteris noctivagans |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
singing vole | has scientific name Microtus miurus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Sitka mouse | has scientific name Peromyscus sitkensis |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
small-footed bat | has scientific name Myotis leibii  |  |
is the smallest Canadian bat  |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
weighs 5 g  |  |
smoky shrew | has scientific name Sorex fumeus |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
smooth-faced bat | has Family name Family Vespertilionidai |  |
is a kind of bat |  |
snowshoe hare | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Lepus americanus |  |
is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
southern bog lemming | has scientific name Synaptomys cooperi |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
southern flying squirrel | has scientific name Glaucomys volans |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Sowerby's beaked whale | has scientific name Mesoplodon bidens |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
sperm whale | has scientific name Physeter catodon |  |
is a kind of toothed whale |  |
squirrel | has Family name Family Sciuridae |  |
is a kind of rodent |  |
star-nosed mole | has scientific name Condylura cristata |  |
is a kind of mole |  |
Stejneger's beaked whale | has scientific name Mesoplodon stejnegeri |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
striped skunk | has distribution most of southern Canada |  |
has habitat agricultural land, forest, along river valleys |  |
has name in French mouffette rayée |  |
has picture  |  |
has population density 5.2 per square km of agricultural land |  |
has scientific name Mephitis mephitis |  |
hibernates from December to March |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is eaten by great horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisher |  |
lives in burrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbit |  |
spends the winter with up to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young |  |
swift fox | has habitat arid short-grass plains and shrubby deserts |  |
has name in French renard velocé |  |
has population density 0.4-0.8 foxes per square km |  |
has scientific name Vulpes velox |  |
has status possibly extinct in Canada |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
lives in den in sandy soil on open prairie, along fence or in ploughed field |  |
swift fox cub | is a kind of fox cub |  |
is a kind of swift fox |  |
leaves its mother by October |  |
reaches adult size by August |  |
thirteen-lined ground squirrel | has scientific name Spermophilus tridecemlineatus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Thompson's pigmy shrew | has scientific name Microsorex thompsoni |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
toothed whale | is a kind of whale, dolphin or porpoise |  |
Townsend's big-eared bat | has scientific name Plecotus townsendii |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |
Townsend's chipmunk | has scientific name Eutamias townsendii |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Townsend's mole | has scientific name Scapanus townsendii |  |
is a kind of mole |  |
Townsend's vole | has scientific name Microtus townsendii |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
Trowbridge's shrew | has scientific name Sorex trowbridgii |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
true seal | is a kind of seal, sealion or walrus |  |
True's beaked whale | has scientific name Mesoplodon mirus |  |
is a kind of beaked whale |  |
Ungava lemming | has scientific name Dicrostonyx hudsonii |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
vagrant shrew | has scientific name Sorex vagrans |  |
is a kind of shrew |  |
Vancouver Island marmot | has scientific name Marmota vancouverensis |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
walrus | has picture  |  |
has scientific name Odobensus rosmarus |  |
is a kind of seal, sealion or walrus |  |
makes sound click to hear sound (12k wav file) |  |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae |  |
is a kind of carnivore |  |
western harvest mouse | has scientific name Reithrodontomys megalotis |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
western jumping mouse | has scientific name Zapus princeps |  |
is a kind of jumping mouse or jerboa |  |
western red-backed vole | has scientific name Clethrionomys occidentalis |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
western spotted skunk | has distribution south-western British Columbia |  |
has habitat scrubland, canyons and farmland |  |
has name in French mouffette tachetée |  |
has population density 5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land |  |
has scientific name Spilogale gracilis |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
is eaten by domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl |  |
lives in groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree |  |
shares den in winter with other skunks |  |
does not truly hibernate |  |
whale, dolphin or porpoise | has Order name Order Cetacea |  |
is a kind of mammal |  |
whalebone whale | is a kind of whale, dolphin or porpoise |  |
white whale | has scientific name Delphinapterus leucas |  |
is a kind of white whale or narwhal |  |
white whale or narwhal | is a kind of toothed whale |  |
white-beaked dolphin | has scientific name Lagenorhynchus albirostris |  |
is a kind of dolphin or porpoise |  |
white-footed mouse | has scientific name Peromyscus leucopus |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
white-tailed deer | eats leaves, herbs, grass, fiddleheads, mushrooms, blueberries, acorns, twigs, buds  |  |
has colour summer: red on the back and sides and white below, winter: grey above  |  |
has height 1 m at the shoulder  |  |
has population density more than three deer per square kilometer  |  |
has range as far north as Great Slave Lake and from Cape Breton Island westward to south-central British Columbia  |  |
has scientific name Odocoileus virginianus  |  |
has subspecies northern white-tailed deer, Dakota white-tailed deer, tawny northwestern white-tailed deer  |  |
is a kind of deer |  |
can weigh more than 110 kg  |  |
white-tailed deer fawn | has picture  |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of white-tailed deer |  |
white-tailed jack rabbit | has scientific name Lepus townsendii |  |
is a kind of rabbit or hare |  |
wolf | has distribution all of Canada except the south where it has been exterminated |  |
has habitat arctic tundra, mountains, plains, forests |  |
has lifespan up to 18 years in captivity |  |
has name in French loup |  |
has population density 1 wolf to 26-207 square km |  |
is a kind of dog |  |
is social |  |
lives in den in cave, hollow log, abandoned beaver lodge, bank burrow during breeding season |  |
lives in pack made up of 4-7 relatives and pups |  |
wolf cub | eats disgorged meat fed by adults after it is weaned |  |
goes outside den at 3-4 weeks to play |  |
has part floppy ears at birth |  |
has part woolly coat at birth |  |
is a kind of baby mammal |  |
is a kind of wolf |  |
is blind at birth |  |
is weaned by 6-8 weeks |  |
learns to hunt by late August or early September |  |
opens eyes at 5-9 days |  |
wolverine | has distribution northern Canada as far north as Ellesmere Island |  |
has habitat boreal forests, tundra, alpine tundra |  |
has name in French carcajou |  |
has picture  |  |
has scientific name Gulo gulo |  |
is a kind of weasel |  |
lives under fallen tree, upturned root, rocky crevice, low tree bough |  |
can be killed by wolves, porcupines, humans |  |
wood bison | has scientific name Bison bison athabascae |  |
is a kind of bison |  |
woodland caribou | has scientific name Rangifer tarandus caribou  |  |
is a kind of caribou  |  |
weighs 180 kg (bulls) and 135 kg (cows)  |  |
woodland jumping mouse | has scientific name Napaeozapus insignis |  |
is a kind of jumping mouse or jerboa |  |
woodland vole | has scientific name Microtus pinetorum |  |
is a kind of rat, mouse or vole |  |
yellow pine chipmunk | has scientific name Eutamias amoenus |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
yellow-bellied marmot | has scientific name Marmota flaviventris |  |
is a kind of squirrel |  |
Yuma bat | has scientific name Myotis yumamensis |  |
is a kind of smooth-faced bat |  |