List of fauna of Michigan explained

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.

Invertebrates

Cnidaria

Craspedacusta sowerbyi

Arthropods

Arachnids

European garden spider
Misumenops celer

Crustaceans

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)

Insects

Coleoptera

Diptera

Chironomus plumosus

Dictyoptera

Chinese mantis (introduced)

Hemiptera

Hymenoptera

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

Odonata

Orthoptera

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

Entognatha

Willowsia nigromaculata

Molluscs

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

Vertebrates

Amphibians

See main article: List of amphibians of Michigan.

Birds

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)

Extinct

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

Fish

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)

Extinct fish

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)

Mammals

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

Reptiles

See main article: List of reptiles of Michigan.

References

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
https://web.archive.org/web/20090314220945/http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/HuntingWildlifeHabitat/WCS/SGCN/insects_grasshoppers_crickets.pdf