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