The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vertebrates Subphylum Vertebrata
- Ray-finned Fishes Class Actinopterygii
  - 1 Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches Order Cypriniformes
  - 2 Gars Order Lepisosteiformes

Smallmouth Buffalo ¹
Ictiobus bubalus

Spotted Gar ²
Lepisosteus oculatus

Shortnose Gar
Lepisosteus platostomus

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