All Animals

Species information is provided in one of two formats: a PDF, or a user-friendly species profile with tabbed webpages designed to include photos, sounds, sign, range maps, comments on management and research, and much more. Over time, the department plans to convert content from all PDF sources into species profiles.

Have fun learning about Alaska’s wildlife and their habitats.

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Common Name Scientific Name Link
Abalone    
Pinto Haliotis kamtschatkana View Pinto Abalone Profile
Albatross    
Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes View Black-footed Albatross Profile
Short-tailed Phoebastria albatrus View Short-tailed Albatross Profile
Amphipod    
Cave-dwelling Stygobromus quatsinensis View PDF of Cave-dwelling Amphipod
Bat    
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus View Little Brown Bat Profile
Silver-haired Lasionycteris noctivagans View Silver-haired Bat Profile
Western Long-Eared Myotis evotis View Western Long-eared Bat Profile
Bear    
Black Ursus americanus View Black Bear Profile
Brown Ursus arctos View Brown Bear Profile
Polar Ursus maritimus View Polar Bear Profile
Beaver Castor canadensis View Beaver Profile
Bison    
Plains Bison bison bison View Plains Bison Profile
Wood Bison bison athabascae View Wood Bison Profile
Blackfish    
Alaska Dallia pectoralis View PDF of Alaska Blackfish
Burbot Lota lota View Burbot Profile
Butterfly    
Eskimo Arctic Oeneis alpina View PDF of Eskimo Arctic
Capelin Mallotus villosus View PDF of Capelin
Caribou Rangifer tarandus granti View Caribou Profile
Char    
Arctic Salvelinus alpinus View Arctic Char Profile
Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma View Dolly Varden Profile
Chickadee    
Black-capped Parus atricapillus View Black-capped Chickadee Profile
Boreal Parus hudsonicus View Boreal Chickadee Profile
Chestnut-backed Parus rufescens View Chestnut-backed Chickadee Profile
Gray-headed Poecile cinctus View Gray-headed Chickadee Profile
Chiton    
Black Katy Katharina tunicata View PDF of Black Katy Chiton
Gumboot Cryptochiton stelleri View PDF of Gumboot Chiton
Chub    
Lake Couesius plumbeus View PDF of Lake Chub
Cisco    
Arctic Coregonus autumnalis View Arctic Cisco Profile
Bering Coregonus laurettae View Bering Cisco Profile
Least Coregonus sardinella View Least Cisco Profile
Clam    
Baltic Macoma Macoma balthica View PDF of Baltic Macoma
Geoduck Panopea abrupta View Geoduck Clam Profile
Littleneck Leukoma staminea View Littleneck Clam Profile
Razor Siliqua patula View Razor Clam Profile
Coyote Canis latrans View Coyote Profile
Crab    
Blue King Paralithodes platypus View Blue King Crab Profile
Dungeness Metacarcinus magister View Dungeness Crab Profile
Golden King Lithodes aequispinus View Golden King Crab Profile
Red King Paralithodes camtschaticus View Red King Crab Profile
Tanner Chionoecetes bairdi and C. opilio View Tanner Crab Profile
Crane    
Sandhill Grus canadensis View Sandhill Crane Profile
Curlew    
Eskimo Numenius borealis View Eskimo Curlew Profile
Deer    
Mule Odocoileus hemionus View Mule Deer Profile
Sitka Black-tailed Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis View Sitka Black-tailed Deer Profile
Dipper    
American Cinclus mexicanus View American Dipper Profile
Dolphin    
Pacific white-sided Lagenorhynchus obliquidens View Pacific White-sided Dolphin Profile
Dragonfly    
Treeline Emerald Somatochlora sahlbergi View PDF of Treeline Emerald
Duck    
Harlequin Histrionicus histrionicus View Harlequin Duck Profile
Dunlin Calidris alpina View PDF of Dunlin
Eagle    
Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus View Bald Eagle Profile
Golden Aquila chrysaetos View Golden Eagle Profile
Eider    
King Somateria spectabilis View PDF of King Eider
Spectacled Somateria fischeri View Spectacled Eider Profile
Steller's Polysticta stelleri View Steller's Eider Profile
Elk    
Roosevelt Cervus elaphus roosevelti View Roosevelt Elk Profile
Ermine Mustela erminea View Ermine Profile
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus View Eulachon Profile
Fisher Pekania pennanti View Fisher Profile
Fox    
Arctic Alopex lagopus View Arctic Fox Profile
Red Vulpes vulpes View Red Fox Profile
Frog    
Columbia Spotted Rana luteiventris View Columbia Spotted Frog Profile
Wood Rana sylvatica View PDF of Wood Frog
Goat    
Mountain Oreamnos americanus View Mountain Goat Profile
Goose    
Canada Branta canadensis View Canada Goose Profile
Emperor Anser canagicus View Emperor Goose Profile
Greater White-fronted Anser albifrons View PDF of Greater White-fronted Goose
Goshawk    
Northern Accipiter gentilis View Northern Goshawk Profile
Grayling    
Arctic Thymallus arcticus View Arctic Grayling Profile
Grouse    
Ruffed Bonasa umbellus View Ruffed Grouse Profile
Sharp-tailed Tympanuchus phasianellus View Sharp-tailed Grouse Profile
Sooty Dendragapus fuliginosus View Sooty Grouse Profile
Spruce Falcipennis canadensis View PDF of Spruce Grouse
Gull    
Glaucous-winged Larus glaucescens View PDF of Glaucous-winged Gull
Gunnel    
Crescent Pholis laeta View PDF of Crescent Gunnel
Hagfish Eptatretus deani View Hagfish Profile
Halibut    
Pacific Hippoglossus stenolepis View Pacific Halibut Profile
Hare    
Alaska Lepus othus View Alaska Hare Profile
Snowshoe Lepus americanus View Snowshoe Hare Profile
Hawk    
Sharp-shinned Accipiter striatus View PDF of Sharp-shinned Hawk
Herring    
Pacific Clupea pallasii View Pacific Herring Profile
Knot    
Red Calidris canutus View Red Knot Profile
Lamprey    
Arctic Lampetra camtschatica View Arctic Lamprey Profile
Pacific Entosphenus tridentatus View Pacific Lamprey Profile
River Lampetra ayresii View River Lamprey Profile
Lemming    
Northern Collared Dicrostonyx groenlandicus View Northern Collared Lemming Profile
Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus View Lingcod Profile
Loon    
Pacific Gavia pacifica View PDF of Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Gavia adamsii View Yellow-billed Loon Profile
Lugworm Abarenicola pacifica View PDF of Lugworm
Lynx Lynx Canadensis View Lynx Profile
Mackerel    
Atka Pleurogrammus monopterygius View Atka Mackerel Profile
Marmot    
Alaska Marmota broweri View Alaska Marmot Profile
Hoary Marmota caligata View Hoary Marmot Profile
Woodchuck Marmota monax View Woodchuck Profile
Marten    
American Martes americana View American Marten Profile
Pacific Martes caurina View Pacific Marten Profile
Mink    
American Neovison vison View American Mink Profile
Moose Alces alces View Moose Profile
Murrelet    
Kittlitz's Brachyramphus brevirostris View Kittlitz's Murrelet Profile
Marbled Brachyramphus marmoratus View Marbled Murrelet Profile
Muskox Ovibos moschatus View Muskox Profile
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus View Muskrat Profile
Newt    
Roughskin Taricha granulosa View Roughskin Newt Profile
Octopus    
Giant Pacific Enteroctopus dofleini View Giant Pacific Octopus Profile
Osprey Pandion haliaetus View Osprey Profile
Otter    
Northern Sea Enhydra lutris kenyoni View Northern Sea Otter Profile
River Lutra canadensis View River Otter Profile
Owl    
Barred Strix varia View Barred Owl Profile
Boreal Aegolius funereus View Boreal Owl Profile
Great Gray Strix nebulosa View PDF of Great Gray Owl
Northern Hawk Surnia ulula View PDF of Northern Hawk Owl
Phalarope    
Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus View PDF of Red-necked Phalarope
Pika    
Collared Ochotona collaris View Collared Pika Profile
Pike    
Northern Esox lucius View Northern Pike Profile
Plover    
Black-bellied Pluvialus squatarola View PDF of Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden Pluvialus dominica View PDF of Lesser Golden Plover
Semipalmated Charadrius semipalmatus View PDF of Semipalmated Plover
Pollock    
Walleye Gadus chalcogrammus View Walleye Pollock Profile
Porcupine    
North American Erethizon dorsatum View North American Porcupine Profile
Porpoise    
Dall's Phocoenoides dalli View Dall's Porpoise Profile
Harbor Phocoena phocoena View Harbor Porpoise Profile
Prowfish Zaprora silenus View PDF of Prowfish
Ptarmigan    
Rock Lagopus muta View Rock Ptarmigan Profile
White-tailed Lagopus leucura View PDF of White-tailed Ptarmigan
Willow Lagopus lagopus View Willow Ptarmigan Profile
Puffin    
Horned Fratercula corniculata View PDF of Horned Puffin
Tufted Fratercula cirrhata View PDF of Tufted Puffin
Raven    
Common Corvus corax View Common Raven Profile
Reindeer    
Santa's R.t. saintnicolas magicalus View Santa's Reindeer Profile
Rockfish    
Black Sebastes melonops View Black Rockfish Profile
Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus View Yelloweye Rockfish Profile
Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria View Sablefish Profile
Salamander    
Long-toed Ambystoma macrodactylum View PDF of Long-toed Salamander
Northwestern Ambystoma gracile View PDF of Northwestern Salamander
Salmon    
Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha View Chinook Salmon Profile
Chum Oncorhynchus keta View Chum Salmon Profile
Coho Oncorhynchus kisutch View Coho Salmon Profile
Pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha View Pink Salmon Profile
Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka View Sockeye Salmon Profile
Sand Lance    
Pacific Ammodytes hexapterus View PDF of Pacific Sand Lance
Sandpiper    
Rock Calidris ptilocnemis View PDF of Rock Sandpiper
Sapsucker    
Red-breasted Sphyrapicus ruber View PDF of Red-breasted Sapsucker
Scallop    
Weathervane Patinopecten caurinus View Weathervane Scallop Profile
Sculpin    
Slimy Cottus cognatus View PDF of Slimy Sculpin
Sea Cucumber    
Red Apostichopus californicus View Red Sea Cucumber Profile
Sea Lion    
Steller Eumetopias jubatus View Steller Sea Lion Profile
Sea Urchin    
Red Mesocentrotus franciscanus View Red Sea Urchin Profile
Seal    
Bearded Erignathus barbatus View Bearded Seal Profile
Harbor Phoca vitulina View Harbor Seal Profile
Northern Fur Callorhinus ursinus View Northern Fur Seal Profile
Ribbon Phoca fasciata View PDF of Ribbon Seal
Ringed Phoca hispida View Ringed Seal Profile
Spotted Phoca largha View PDF of Spotted Seal
Shark    
Salmon Lamna ditropis View Salmon Shark Profile
Sheefish Stenodus leucichthys View Sheefish Profile
Sheep    
Dall Ovis dalli dalli View Dall Sheep Profile
Shrew    
Glacier Bay Water Sorex alaskanus View PDF of Glacier Bay Water Shrew
Shrimp    
Coonstripe Pandalus hypsinotus View Coonstripe Shrimp Profile
Northern Pandalus eous View Northern Shrimp Profile
Sidestriped Pandalopsis dispar View Sidestriped Shrimp Profile
Spot Pandalus platyceros View Spot Shrimp Profile
Smelt    
Longfin Spirinchus thaleichthys View Longfin Smelt Profile
Pond Hypomesus olidus View Pond Smelt Profile
Rainbow Osmerus mordax View Rainbow Smelt Profile
Snail    
Sitka Periwinkle Littorina sitkana View PDF of Sitka Periwinkle
Sparrow    
Song Melospiza melodia View PDF of Song Sparrow
White-crowned Zonotrichia leucophrys View PDF of White-crowned Sparrow
Squirrel    
Arctic Ground Spermophilus parryii View Arctic Ground Squirrel Profile
Northern Flying Glaucomys sabrinus yukonensis View Northern Flying Squirrel Profile
Red Tamiasciurus hudsonicus View Red Squirrel Profile
Stickleback    
Ninespine Pungitius pungitius View PDF of Ninespine Stickleback
Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus View PDF of Threespine Stickleback
Sucker    
Longnose Catostomus catostomus View PDF of Longnose Sucker
Swan    
Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator View Trumpeter Swan Profile
Tundra Cygnus columbianus View PDF of Tundra Swan
Toad    
Western Bufo boreas View Western Toad Profile
Trout    
Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarkii View Cutthroat Trout Profile
Lake Salvelinus namaycush View Lake Trout Profile
Steelhead / Rainbow Oncorhynchus mykiss View Steelhead / Rainbow Trout Profile
Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus View PDF of Trout-perch
Turtle    
Green Sea Chelonia mydas View Green Sea Turtle Profile
Leatherback Sea Dermochelys coriacea View Leatherback Sea Turtle Profile
Loggerhead Sea Caretta caretta View Loggerhead Sea Turtle Profile
Olive Ridley Sea Lepidochelys olivacea View Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Profile
Vole    
Meadow Microtus pennsylvanicus View Meadow Vole Profile
Red-Backed Myodes rutilus View Northern Red-backed Vole Profile
Southern Red-backed Myodes gapperi View PDF of Southern Red-backed Vole
Walrus    
Pacific Odobenus rosmarus divergens View Pacific Walrus Profile
Whale    
Baird’s Beaked Berardius bairdii View PDF of Baird’s Beaked Whale
Beluga Delphinapterus leucas View Beluga Whale Profile
Blue Balaenoptera musculus View PDF of Blue Whale
Bowhead Balaena mysticetus View PDF of Bowhead Whale
Cuvier’s Beaked Ziphius cavirostris View PDF of Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
Fin Balaenoptera physalus View PDF of Fin Whale
Gray Eschrichtius robustus View Gray Whale Profile
Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae View Humpback Whale Profile
Killer Orcinus orca View Killer Whale Profile
Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata View PDF of Minke Whale
North Pacific Right Eubalaena japonica View North Pacific Right Whale Profile
Sei Balaenoptera borealis View PDF of Sei Whale
Sperm Physeter macrocephalus View Sperm Whale Profile
Stejneger’s Beaked Mesoplodon stejnegeri View PDF of Stejneger’s Beaked Whale
Whitefish    
Broad Coregonus nasus View Broad Whitefish Profile
Humpback Coregonus pidschian View Humpback Whitefish Profile
Pygmy Prosopium coulteri View PDF of Pygmy Whitefish
Wolf Canis lupus View Wolf Profile
Wolverine Gulo gulo View Wolverine Profile
Woodpecker    
Hairy Picoides villosus View PDF of Hairy Woodpecker
Worm    
Arrow Sagitta elegans View PDF of Arrow Worm