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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton

A guide to potential species observed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. For more information about Cape Breton Highlands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

Moose 1
Alces americanus
Minke Whale 2
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 3
Blarina brevicauda
Coyote 4
Canis latrans
Canadian Beaver 5
Castor canadensis
Star-nosed Mole 6
Condylura cristata
Bladdernose Seal 7
Cystophora cristata
Northern Flying Squirrel 8
Glaucomys sabrinus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 9
Globicephala melas
Atlantic Gray Seal 10
Halichoerus grypus
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 11
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
North American River Otter 12
Lontra canadensis
Canada Lynx 13
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 14
Lynx rufus
American Marten 15
Martes americana
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Meadow Vole 3
Microtus pennsylvanicus
House Mouse 16
Mus musculus
Stoat 17
Mustela erminea
Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Little Brown Bat 18
Myotis lucifugus
Woodland Jumping Mouse 19
Napaeozapus insignis
American Mink 20
Neovison vison
White-tailed Deer 21
Odocoileus virginianus
Muskrat 22
Ondatra zibethicus
Deer Mouse 23
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Atlantic Harbor Seal 24
Phoca vitulina concolor
Common Raccoon 25
Procyon lotor
Norway Rat 26
Rattus norvegicus
Masked Shrew 27
Sorex cinereus
Sorex gaspensis
Sorex dispar
American Pygmy Shrew 28
Sorex hoyi
American Water Shrew 29
Sorex palustris
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Eastern Chipmunk 3
Tamias striatus
American Red Squirrel 3
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
Red Fox 30
Vulpes vulpes
Meadow Jumping Mouse 31
Zapus hudsonius

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