PHYLUM MOLLUSCA: Snails, Slugs, Shellfish, and Octopuses

Class Gastropoda: Snails and Slugs

Family (Slugs)

PHYLUM ANNELIDA: Segmented Worms

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA: Insects and Spiders

Class Arachnida: Spiders

Family Areneidae: Orb-Weavers

Garden Spider
Areneus diadematus

Family Linyphiidae: Sheet-Web Weavers

Bowl-and-Doily Spider
Frontinella communis

Class Insecta

Order Diptera: Flies and Mosquitoes

Family Culicidae: Mosquitoes

Family Muscidae: Common Flies

Housefly
Musca domestica

Family Tipulidae: Crane Flies

Order Hymenoptera: Ants, Bees, and Wasps

Family Apidae: Bees

Honeybee
Apis mellifera

Bumblebee
Tribe Bombini

Family Formicidae: Ants

Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Order Lepidoptera

Family Liparidae: Gypsy Moths

Order Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies

Suborder Anisoptera: Dragonflies

Suborder Zygoptera: Damselflies

Order Orthoptera: Crickets, Roaches, and Grasshoppers

Family Acrididae: Short-Horned Grasshoppers

Family Tettigoniidae: Long-Horned Grasshoppers

Family Gryllidae: Crickets

Phylum Chordata

Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Osteichthyes: Bony Fish

Family Anguillidae: Freshwater Eels

American Eel
Anguilla rostrata

Family Salmonidae: Trouts

Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinales

Brown Trout
Salmo trutta

Family Esocidae: Pikes

Chain Pickerel
Esox niger

Northern Pike
Esox lucius

Family Cyprinidae: Carps and Minnows

Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio

Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas

Family Ictaluridae: Bullhead Catfishes

Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus

Brown Bullhead
Ictalurus nebulosus

Family Percichthyidae: Temperate Basses

White Perch
Morone americana

Family Centrarchidae: Sunfishes

Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus

Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus

Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides

Family Percidae: Perches

Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens

Class Amphibia: Amphibians

Family Bufonidae: Toads

American Toad
Bufo americanus

Family Ranidae: True Frogs

Northern Wood Frog
Rana sylvatica

Class Reptilia: Reptiles

Family Colubridae: Snakes

Garter Snake
Thamnophis spp.

Class Aves: Birds

Family Ardeidae: Herons and Bitterns

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Family Anatidae: Waterfowl

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos

Canada Goose
Branta canadensis

Family Hirundinidae: Swallows

Tree Swallow
Iridoprocne bicolor

Family Corvidae: Jays and Crows

American Crow
Iridoprocne bicolor

Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

Family Mimidae: Mimic Thrushes

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

Family Turdidae: Thrushes

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

Family Sturnidae: Starlings

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Family Ploceidae: Weaver Finches

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia

House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus

Class Mammalia: Mammals

Family Didelphidae: Opposums

Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana

Family Soricidae: Shrews

Short Tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda

Family Leporidae: Hares and Rabbits

Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus

Family Sciuridae: Squirrels

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus

Family Castoridae: Beavers

Beaver
Castor canadensis

Family Cricetidae: New World Mice and Rats

Muskrat
Ondatra zibethica

White-Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus

Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Family Muridae: Old World Mice and Rats

House Mouse
Mus musculus

Family Procyonidae: Raccoons

Raccoon
Procyon lotor

Family Mustelidae: Weasels and others

Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis

Family Cervidae: Deer and others

White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus

Moose
Alces alces americana

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