List of fauna of Michigan

Arachnids

European garden spider

Misumenops celer

Crustaceans

Cambarus diogenes (chimney crayfish)

Cambarus robustus (big water crayfish)

Fallicambarus fodiens (digger crayfish)

Orconectes immunis (calico crayfish)

Orconectes propinquus (northern clearwater crayfish)

Orconectes rusticus (rusty crayfish)

Orconectes virilis (northern crayfish)

Procambarus acutus acutus (white river crawfish)

Insects

Coleoptera

Brychius hungerfordi

Cicindela sexguttata

Colorado potato beetle

Desmocerus palliatus

Harmonia axyridis

Megacyllene robiniae

Neandra brunnea

Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

Diptera

Chironomus plumosus

Dictyoptera

Chinese mantis (introduced)

Hemiptera

Adelphocoris lineolatus

Green stink bug

Large milkweed bug

Hymenoptera

Dolichovespula maculata

Polistes dominulus

Polistes exclamans

Polistes fuscatus

Polistes metricus

Vespa crabro

Vespula maculifrons

Lepidoptera

Odonata

Blue dasher

Erythemis simplicicollis

Green darner

Ischnura posita

Lestes vigilax

Sympetrum vicinum

Variable dancer

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

Planogyra asteriscus (eastern flat-whorl)

Giant floater

Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa)

Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis)

Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

Birds

Longer list at Michigan Breeding birds Atlas, Appendix 3

American bittern (Botanus lentiginosus)

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

American kestrel (Falco sparverius)

American white pelican

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)

Barn owl (Tyto alba)

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Black duck

Black tern (Chlidonias niger)

Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)

Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue goose or snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Bobwhite quail

Boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)

Brant goose

Bonaparte's gull (Larus philadelphia)

Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Canada goose

Canvasback duck

Cardinal

Caspian tern (Sterna caspia)

Common loon (Gavia immer)

Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Common raven (Corvis corax)

Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

Coot

Crow

Double-crested cormorant

Dovekie (alle alle) (rare in state)

Downy woodpecker

Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)

Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

Great egret

Great horned owl

Greater yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Green heron

Hairy woodpecker

Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)

Herring gull (Larus argentantus)

House finch

House sparrow

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

Merganser

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

Mute swan

Northern flicker

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (rare in state)

Northern goshawk

Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Pheasant

Pigeon

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

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

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 X Sander vitreus)

Sculpin

Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

Shiner

Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)

Sockeye or kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Splake (Salvelinus namaycush X 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 bison (no longer occurs)

American marten

American water shrew

American badger

American red squirrel

Big brown bat

Black bear

Beaver

Bobcat

Canada lynx

Cinereus shrew

Eastern cottontail

Eastern mole

Cougar

Brown rat

Coyote

Eastern chipmunk

Elk

Ermine

Feral swine

Fisher

Fox squirrel

Gray fox

Gray wolf

Grey squirrel

Groundhog (woodchuck)

Hoary bat

House mouse

Indiana bat

Least chipmunk

Least weasel

Little brown bat

Long-tailed weasel

Meadow vole (field mouse)

Meadow jumping mouse

American mink

Moose

Muskrat

North American river otter

Northern short-tailed shrew

Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse)

North American porcupine

Opossum

Prairie vole

Raccoon

Red bat

Red fox

Red squirrel

Silver-haired bat

Snowshoe hare

Southern bog lemming

Southern flying squirrel

Star-nosed mole

Striped skunk

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

White-footed mouse

White-tailed deer

Woodland caribou (last sighting, 1928 on Isle Royale)

Woodland jumping mouse

Woodland vole