Fauna of the United States
Encyclopedia
The Fauna
of the United States
covers a wide variety of species.
Fauna
Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
covers a wide variety of species.
Discussions by state
- Fauna of Alabama
- Fauna of Alaska
- Fauna of Arizona
- Fauna of Arkansas
- Fauna of California
- Fauna of Colorado
- Fauna of ConnecticutFauna of ConnecticutThe Fauna of Connecticut comprise a variety of animal species.*The state bird is the American Robin.*The state insect is the European Mantis.*The state animal is the Sperm Whale.*The state shellfish is the Eastern Oyster....
- Fauna of Delaware
- Fauna of Florida
- Fauna of Georgia
- Fauna of Hawaii
- Fauna of Idaho
- Fauna of IllinoisFauna of IllinoisThe Fauna of Illinois includes a wide variety of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds.*The state bird is the Cardinal.*The state insect is the Monarch butterfly.*The state animal is the White-tailed deer.*The state fish is the Bluegill....
- Fauna of Indiana
- Fauna of Iowa
- Fauna of Kansas
- Fauna of Kentucky
- Fauna of Louisiana
- Fauna of MaineFauna of MaineThe fauna of Maine include several diverse land and aquatic animal species, especially those common to the North Atlantic Ocean and deciduous forests of North America...
- Fauna of Maryland
- Fauna of Massachusetts
- Fauna of Michigan
- Fauna of Minnesota
- Fauna of Mississippi
- Fauna of Missouri
- Fauna of Montana
- Fauna of Nebraska
- Fauna of Nevada
- Fauna of New Hampshire
- Fauna of New Jersey
- Fauna of New Mexico
- Fauna of New York
- Fauna of North Carolina
- Fauna of North Dakota
- Fauna of Ohio
- Fauna of Oklahoma
- Fauna of Oregon
- Fauna of Pennsylvania
- Fauna of Rhode Island
- Fauna of South Carolina
- Fauna of South Dakota
- Fauna of Tennessee
- Fauna of Texas
- Fauna of Utah
- Fauna of Vermont
- Fauna of Virginia
- Fauna of Washington
- Fauna of West VirginiaFauna of West VirginiaThe life zones of West Virginia allow for a diversity of habitats for fauna , varying from large lowland farming valleys bordered with forest and meadow to highland ridge flats and heavy forestland, some with rocky ridge-line peaks. The "Mountain State" harbors at least 56 species and subspecies of...
- Fauna of Wisconsin
- Fauna of Wyoming
Insular areas
- Fauna of American Samoa
- Fauna of Guam
- Fauna of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Fauna of Puerto RicoFauna of Puerto RicoThe fauna of Puerto Rico is similar to other island archipelago faunas, with high endemism, and low, skewed taxonomic diversity. Bats are the only extant native terrestrial mammals in Puerto Rico. All other terrestrial mammals in the area were introduced by humans, and include species such as cats,...
- Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands