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Wildlife of Lancaster

Learn about all kinds of animals that live in Lancaster here.

Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 2
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 4
Vireo griseus
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-headed Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Melanerpes carolinus
Northern Flicker 8
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus varius
Carolina Parakeet 10
Conuropsis carolinensis
Common Nighthawk 6
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Screech-Owl 11
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 12
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 14
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 15
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 15
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 16
Tyto alba
Gray Tree Frog 17
Hyla versicolor
Cope's Gray Tree Frog 18
Hyla chrysoscelis
Northern Cricket Frog 19
Acris crepitans
Upland Chorus Frog 20
Pseudacris feriarum
Spring Peeper 21
Pseudacris crucifer
Ringneck Snake 22
Diadophis punctatus
Northern Ringneck Snake 23
Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Eastern Spadefoot 24
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Jefferson Salamander 25
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Marbled Salamander 18
Ambystoma opacum
Tiger Salamander 26
Ambystoma tigrinum
Spotted Salamander 27
Ambystoma maculatum
Hellbender 19
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Long-tailed Salamander 28
Eurycea longicauda
Northern Two-lined Salamander 29
Eurycea bislineata
North American Racer 30
Coluber constrictor
Valley and Ridge Salamander 31
Plethodon hoffmani
Northern Slimy Salamander 32
Plethodon glutinosus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander 33
Plethodon cinereus
Eastern Worm Snake 19
Carphophis amoenus
Northern Dusky Salamander 19
Desmognathus fuscus
Red Salamander 34
Pseudotriton ruber
Spring Salamander 35
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Four-toed Salamander 36
Hemidactylium scutatum
Eastern Newt 37
Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Earth Snake 30
Virginia valeriae valeriae
Common Garter Snake 38
Thamnophis sirtalis
Eastern Garter Snake 39
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Dekay's Brownsnake 40
Storeria dekayi
Northern Brown Snake 41
Storeria dekayi dekayi
Queen Snake 32
Regina septemvittata
Rough Greensnake 42
Opheodrys aestivus
Northern Watersnake 34
Nerodia sipedon
Northern Watersnake 43
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Eastern Milksnake 44
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum
Eastern Kingsnake 40
Lampropeltis getula
Eastern Hognose Snake 45
Heterodon platirhinos
Timber Rattlesnake 46
Crotalus horridus
Eastern Fence Lizard 28
Sceloporus undulatus
Common Snapping Turtle 47
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 48
Chrysemys picta
Eastern Painted Turtle 49
Chrysemys picta picta
Common Slider 50
Trachemys scripta
Common Box Turtle 51
Terrapene carolina
Northern Map Turtle 52
Graptemys geographica
Wood Turtle 53
Glyptemys insculpta
Little Brown Bat 54
Myotis lucifugus
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 55
Myotis leibii
Indiana Bat 56
Myotis sodalis
Eastern Pipistrelle 57
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat 58
Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat 59
Lasiurus seminolus
Eastern Red Bat 60
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 61
Lasiurus cinereus
Evening Bat 62
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 63
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
North American River Otter 64
Lontra canadensis
Stoat 65
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 66
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk 67
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 68
Lynx rufus
Coyote 69
Canis latrans
Red Fox 70
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 6
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
White-tailed Deer 71
Odocoileus virginianus
Eastern Cottontail 72
Sylvilagus floridanus
American Beaver 13
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 56
Zapus hudsonius
Meadow Vole 73
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland Vole 59
Microtus pinetorum
Rock Vole 74
Microtus chrotorrhinus
White-footed Mouse 18
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 75
Peromyscus maniculatus
Marsh Rice Rat 76
Oryzomys palustris
Brown Rat 77
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 78
Mus musculus
Allegheny Woodrat 79
Neotoma magister
Southern Bog Lemming 80
Synaptomys cooperi
Muskrat 81
Ondatra zibethicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 82
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 83
Sciurus niger

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