What types of animals are native to Illinois?

- White-tailed deer

- Eastern cottontail rabbit

- Raccoon

- Striped skunk

- Opossum

- Coyote

- Red fox

- Gray fox

- Beaver

- Muskrat

Birds:

- Northern cardinal

- American robin

- Blue jay

- Mourning dove

- Red-winged blackbird

- Eastern meadowlark

- Common grackle

- American crow

- Bald eagle

- Great horned owl

Reptiles:

- Eastern box turtle

- Painted turtle

- Snapping turtle

- Northern water snake

- Eastern garter snake

- Bullsnake

- Milk snake

- Eastern hog-nosed snake

- Timber rattlesnake

Amphibians:

- American toad

- Wood frog

- Leopard frog

- Bullfrog

- Green frog

- Pickerel frog

- Mudpuppy

- Hellbender

Fish:

- Largemouth bass

- Smallmouth bass

-Spotted bass

- Northern pike

- Muskellunge

- Walleye

- Sauger

- Yellow perch

- Crappie

- Bluegill

Insects:

- Monarch butterfly

- Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

- Painted lady butterfly

- Red admiral butterfly

- Common buckeye butterfly

- Mourning cloak butterfly

- Cabbage white butterfly

- Clouded sulphur butterfly

- American copper butterfly

- Spring azure butterfly