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Fauna of the Great Plains

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American bison
North American species of even-toed ungulates
Ursus arctos horribilis
subspecies of mammal
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