List of fauna of Michigan

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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.

• Craspedacusta sowerbyi

• European garden spider
• Misumenops celer

• 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)

• Brychius hungerfordi
• Cicindela sexguttata
• Colorado potato beetle
• Desmocerus palliatus
• Harmonia axyridis
• Megacyllene robiniae
• Neandra brunnea
• Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

• Chironomus plumosus

• Chinese mantis (introduced)

• Adelphocoris lineolatus
• Green stink bug
• Large milkweed bug

• Dolichovespula maculata
• Polistes dominulus
• Polistes exclamans
• Polistes fuscatus
• Polistes metricus
• Vespa crabro
• Vespula maculifrons

• Blue dasher
• Erythemis simplicicollis
• Green darner
• Ischnura posita
• Lestes vigilax
• Sympetrum vicinum
• Variable dancer

• 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

• Willowsia nigromaculata

• Eastern flat-whorl (Planogyra asteriscus)
• Giant floater (Pyganodon grandis)
• Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa)
• Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis)
• Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

• 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)

• Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
• Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
• Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• 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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