Category
page 1Fauna of the Great Plains

American bison
North American species of even-toed ungulates

Ursus arctos horribilis
subspecies of mammal
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pronghorn
The pronghorn (, ) (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, and prairie antelope, because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.

Didelphis virginiana
species of mammal

Cynomys
prairie dogs, North American genus of squirrels

swift fox
species of mammal

black-tailed prairie dog
species of mammal
common garter snake
species of reptile

Indiana bat
species of mammal

Great Plains wolf
subspecies of mammal

Plains pocket gopher
species of mammal

Olive-backed pocket mouse
species of mammal

smooth green snake
species of reptile

Central Texas pocket gopher
species of mammal

plains bison
subspecies of even-toed ungulates

Lithobates blairi
species of Amphibia

Great Plains Skink
species of reptile

Plains spadefoot
species of amphibian

Anaxyrus cognatus
species of amphibian

Plains Garter Snake
species of reptile
Pantherophis emoryi
species of reptile

Pantherophis slowinskii
species of reptile
Manitoban elk
subspecies of mammal
Rocky Mountain elk
subspecies of elk
Amblycheila cylindriformis
species of insect
Bull Snake
The bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) is a large, nonvenomous, colubrid snake. It is a subspecies of the gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer). The bullsnake is one of the largest/longest snakes of North America and the United States, reaching lengths up to 8 ft.
Ornate box turtle
subspecies of reptile

Geomys jugossicularis
species of mammal

Geomys lutescens
species of mammal
Brachypnoea lecontei
species of leaf beetle