List of fauna of Michigan
This is a list of fauna found in the U.S. state of Michigan, including those of wider distribution. See also List of threatened fauna of Michigan.
Invertebrates
Cnidaria
Arthropods
Arachnids
Crustaceans
- Armadillidium vulgare (common pillbug)
- Cambarus diogenes (chimney crayfish)
- Cambarus robustus (big water crayfish)
- Creaserinus fodiens (digger crayfish)
- Faxonius immunis (calico crayfish)
- Faxonius propinquus (northern clearwater crayfish)
- Faxonius rusticus (rusty crayfish)
- Faxonius virilis (northern crayfish)
- Procambarus acutus acutus (white river crawfish)
Insects
Coleoptera
- Brychius hungerfordi
- Cicindela sexguttata
- Colorado potato beetle
- Desmocerus palliatus
- Harmonia axyridis
- Megacyllene robiniae
- Neandra brunnea
- Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
Diptera
Dictyoptera
- Chinese mantis (introduced)
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
- Dolichovespula maculata
- Polistes dominulus
- Polistes exclamans
- Polistes fuscatus
- Polistes metricus
- Vespa crabro
- Vespula maculifrons
Lepidoptera
Odonata
- Blue dasher
- Erythemis simplicicollis
- Green darner
- Ischnura posita
- Lestes vigilax
- Sympetrum vicinum
- Variable dancer
Orthoptera
- Differential grasshopper
- Gryllus pennsylvanicus
- Barrens or spotted-winged grasshopper
- Spur-throat grasshopper
- Blue-legged locust
- Hebard's green-legged locust
- Hoosier locust
- Atlantic-coast or long-horned grasshopper
- Lake Huron locust
- Secretive locust
- Post-oak grasshopper
- Ceuthophilus silvestris
- Ceuthophilus uhleri
- Woodland meadow katydid
- Bog conehead
- Neoconocephalus retusus
- Eelicate meadow katydid
- Pine katydid
- Davis's shield-bearer
- Melodious ground cricket
- Tamarack tree cricket
- Pine tree cricket
Entognatha
Molluscs
- Eastern flat-whorl (Planogyra asteriscus)
- Giant floater (Pyganodon grandis)
- Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa)
- Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis)
- Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
Vertebrates
Amphibians
Birds
- American bittern (Botanus lentiginosus)
- American black duck (Anas rubripes)
- American coot (Fulica americana)
- American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Barn owl (Tyto alba)
- Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
- Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
- Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
- Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
- Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)
- Boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
- Brant goose (Branta bernicla)
- Bonaparte's gull (Larus philadelphia)
- Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Caspian tern (Sterna caspia)
- Common loon (Gavia immer)
- Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- Common raven (Corvis corax)
- Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- Dovekie (Alle alle)
- Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great egret (Ardea alba)
- Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Greater yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Green heron (Butorides virescens)
- Hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
- Herring gull (Larus argentantus)
- House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- King eider (Somateria spectabilis)
- King rail (Rallus elegans)
- Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
- Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
- Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Long-eared owl (Asio otis)
- Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
- Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (rare in state)
- Northern goshawk (Astur atricapillus)
- Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
- Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Pileated woodpecker (Dryocuopus pileatus)
- Pintail duck (Anas acuta)
- Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Prairie warbler (Dendroica discolor)
- Purple martin (Progne subis)
- Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- Redhead duck (Aythya americana)
- Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed hawk
- Red-throated loon
- Red-winged blackbird
- Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Robin
- Ross's goose
- Ruby-throated hummingbird
- Ruffed grouse
- Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
- Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Scaup
- Scoters
- Sharptailed grouse
- Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
- Snipe
- Snowy owl
- Sora rail
- Spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis)
- Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Tundra swan
- Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- Virginia rail
- Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- White-fronted goose
- White pelican
- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
- Wood duck
- Woodcock
- Yellow rail (Corturnicops noveboracensis)
- Yellow-throated warbler (Dendroica dominica)
Extinct
- Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
- Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
- Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
- American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- Black buffalo (Ictiobus Niger)
- Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
- Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
- Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)
- Brook (five-spined) stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
- Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
- Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
- Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
- Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
- Bowfin (Amia calve)
- Burbot (Lota lota)
- Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
- Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
- Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
- Dace
- Darter
- Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
- Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
- Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
- Grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus)
- Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
- Killifish
- Lake herring or northern cisco (Coregonus artedi)
- Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
- Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
- Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
- Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
- Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
- Menominee or round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
- Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)
- Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
- Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
- Northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
- Northern pike (Esox lucius)
- Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis)
- Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
- Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
- Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
- Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
- Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
- Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
- Rainbow trout or steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
- River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
- Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
- Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
- Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
- Sauger (Sander canadensis)
- Saugeye (Sander canadensis × Sander vitreus)
- Sculpin
- Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
- Shiner
- Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
- Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)
- Sockeye or kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)
- Splake (Salvelinus namaycush × Salvelinus fontinalis)
- Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)
- Stonecat (Noturus flavus)
- Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
- Topminnow
- Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)
- Tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus)
- Walleye (Sander vitreus)
- Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
- Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
- White bass (Morone chrysops)
- White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
- White perch (Morone americana)
- White sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
- Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
- Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Extinct fish
- Bigeye chub (Hybopsis amblops)
- Bluepike (Sander vitreus glaucus)
- Blackfin cisco(Coregonus nigrpinnis)
- Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)
- Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
- Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)
- Mississippi paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
- Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi)
- Weed shiner (Notropis texanus)
Mammals
- American badger
- American bison (extirpated)
- American black bear
- American ermine
- American marten
- American red squirrel
- American water shrew
- Big brown bat
- Beaver
- Bobcat
- Brown rat (introduced)
- Canada lynx
- Cinereus shrew
- Cougar (extirpated, but vagrants sighted)[1][2][3]
- Coyote
- Deer mouse
- Eastern cottontail rabbit
- Eastern gray squirrel
- Eastern mole
- Eastern chipmunk
- Eastern red bat
- Eastern wolf (naturally repopulated)
- Elk (reintroduced)
- Fisher
- Fox squirrel
- Gray fox
- Groundhog
- Hoary bat
- House mouse (introduced)
- Indiana bat
- Least chipmunk
- Least weasel
- Little brown bat
- Long-tailed weasel
- Meadow vole
- Meadow jumping mouse
- Mink
- Moose (reintroduced)
- Muskrat
- North American river otter
- Northern short-tailed shrew
- North American porcupine
- Prairie vole
- Raccoon
- Red fox
- Silver-haired bat
- Sika deer (introduced)
- Snowshoe hare
- Southern bog lemming
- Southern flying squirrel
- Star-nosed mole
- Striped skunk
- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
- Virginia opossum
- White-footed mouse
- White-tailed deer
- Wolverine (extirpated)
- Woodland caribou (extirpated)
- Woodland jumping mouse
- Woodland vole
Reptiles
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animals of Michigan.
- Identifying Michigan Fish, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Amphibians and Reptiles, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Mammals, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- State of Michigan - Crayfish Species Checklist, James W. Fetzner Jr., Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, 28 January 2008
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