The deciduous forest is home to many creatures great and small, from the beetles buried deep in the ground to the birds soaring among the trees; these forests hold them all. Even though the number of different species is vast and quite impossible to record, here are some of the main animals you can hope to find in your visits to these beautiful and diverse forests.
Insects
- Boxelder Bug
- Sassafras Borer
- Woodboring Beetle
- American Burying Beetle
- Periodical Cicada
Arachnids
- Wolf Spider
- Hacklemesh Weaver
Mammals
- White-tailed Deer
- Chipmunks
- Raccoon
- Gray Squirrel
- Red Foxes
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Bobcat
- European Hedgehog
- Porcupines
- Timber Wolf
- Black Bear
- Opossum
Birds
- Robin
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Pileated Woodpeckers
- Turkey
- Tawny Owl
- Cardinal
- Yellow Breasted Chat
- Snowy Owl
- Goshawk
- Cedar Waxwing
- Gray Catbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Downey Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
Reptiles
- Northern Copperhead
- Black Rat Snake
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Common Garter Snake
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Western Fence Lizard
Amphibians
- Spring Peeper
- Fowler's Toad
- Longtail Salamander
- Gray Treefrog
- Wood Frogs
- Eastern Newt
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