What animals are native to Connecticut?

* White-tailed deer

* Eastern cottontail rabbit

* Gray squirrel

* Red squirrel

* Chipmunk

* Woodchuck

* Striped skunk

* Raccoon

* Opossum

* Bobcat

* Coyote

* Red fox

* Gray fox

* Birds:

* Wild turkey

* Ruffed grouse

* Ring-necked pheasant

* Mourning dove

* Rock dove

* Barn swallow

* Tree swallow

* Blue jay

* American crow

* Common grackle

* Brown-headed cowbird

* Red-winged blackbird

* Eastern meadowlark

* American goldfinch

* House sparrow

* European starling

* Reptiles:

* Eastern box turtle

* Eastern garter snake

* Northern water snake

* Timber rattlesnake

* Amphibians:

* American toad

* Fowler's toad

* Wood frog

* Spring peeper

* Bullfrog

* Green frog

* Leopard frog

* Fish:

* Brook trout

* Brown trout

* Rainbow trout

* Atlantic salmon

* American shad

* Striped bass

* Bluefish

* Weakfish

* Flounder

* Winter flounder

* Summer flounder

* Invertebrates:

* Monarch butterfly

* Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

* Mourning cloak butterfly

* Painted lady butterfly

* Red admiral butterfly

* Common buckeye butterfly

* American burying beetle

* Eastern Hercules beetle

* Stag beetle

* Dobsonfly

* Hellgrammite

* Mayfly

* Caddisfly

* Stonefly