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Alligatoridae North America

Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

  • 56 km/h
  • 68–450 kg
  • 35–50 years
Freshwater Wetlands, Swamps

The American alligator is a living relic of the age of dinosaurs, belonging to an archosaur lineage that has remained relatively unchanged for over 200…

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Sciuridae North America

Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

  • ~27 km/h
  • 70-140 g kg
  • 3-5 years (wild)
Deciduous Forest & Forest Edge

The eastern chipmunk is a small, boldly striped ground squirrel of North American deciduous forests, celebrated for its industry and memory in gathering and caching…

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Sciuridae North America

Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans

  • ~20 km/h gliding
  • 45-80 g kg
  • 3-5 years (wild)
Deciduous & Mixed Forest

The southern flying squirrel is one of North America’s most overlooked mammals — secretive, strictly nocturnal, and capable of gliding silently between trees using a…

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Viperidae North America

Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix

  • 1.6 km/h
  • 0.2-0.7 kg
  • 18-25 years
Temperate Forest

The eastern copperhead is North America’s most commonly encountered venomous snake, a pit viper found across the eastern and central United States in deciduous forests,…

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Ranidae North America

Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

  • 8 km/h
  • 0.3-0.75 kg
  • 7-9 years
Freshwater Wetlands

The American bullfrog is the largest frog native to North America, a voracious generalist predator that eats nearly anything it can fit into its enormous…

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Cervidae North America

Elk

Cervus canadensis

  • 72 km/h
  • 170-500 kg
  • 10-13 years
Temperate Forest

The elk, or wapiti, is one of the largest members of the deer family and one of the largest land mammals in North America and…

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Picidae North America

Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

  • 24 km/h
  • 250-340 g kg
  • 9-12 years
Temperate Forest

The pileated woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in North America, a crow-sized bird with a flaming red crest that excavates large, rectangular cavities in dead…

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Cicadidae North America

Cicada

Magicicada septendecim

  • 40 km/h
  • 0.5-3 g kg
  • 2-6 weeks (adult); 13-17 years (larval)
Temperate Deciduous Forest

The periodical cicadas of eastern North America are among the most extraordinary insects in the world, spending 13 or 17 years as nymphs feeding on…

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Cathartidae North America

Condor

Gymnogyps californianus

  • 90 km/h
  • 7-11 kg
  • 45-60 years
Rocky Mountains & Canyon Lands

The California condor is the largest flying land bird in North America and one of conservation’s most dramatic comeback stories. By 1987, the entire wild…

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Bovidae North America

Bison

Bison bison

  • 65 km/h
  • 400-900 kg
  • 12-20 years
Grasslands & Prairie

The American bison is the largest land animal in North America and a keystone species of the Great Plains ecosystem. Once numbering 30-60 million individuals,…

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Accipitridae (Eagles) North America

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  • 120–160 km/h (75–100 mph) diving
  • 3–6.3 kg (6.6–14 lbs)
  • 20–30 years (wild)
Forest & Woodland

Discover the fascinating world of the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) — behavior, habitat, conservation status, and amazing facts about one of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures.

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Accipitridae (Eagles) North America

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

  • 389 km/h (242 mph) — world's fastest animal
  • 0.33–1 kg (0.73–2.2 lbs)
  • 15–20 years
Mountains & Highlands

Discover the fascinating world of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) — behavior, habitat, conservation status, and amazing facts about one of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures.

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