What animals are native to Washington D.C.?

The following animals are native to Washington D.C.:

Birds:

- Eastern screech-owl (_Megascops asio_)

- Wood duck (_Aix sponsa_)

- Northern flicker (_Colaptes auratus_)

- American crow (_Corvus brachyrhynchos_)

- Northern cardinal (_Cardinalis cardinalis_)

Mammals:

- White-tailed deer (_Odocoileus virginianus_)

- Eastern cottontail rabbit (_Sylvilagus floridanus_)

- Raccoon (_Procyon lotor_)

- Eastern gray squirrel (_Sciurus carolinensis_)

- Virginia opossum (_Didelphis virginiana_)

Reptiles:

- Eastern box turtle (_Terrapene carolina_)

- Northern water snake (_Nerodia sipedon_)

- Eastern garter snake (_Thamnophis sirtalis_)

- Common snapping turtle (_Chelydra serpentina_)

- American alligator (_Alligator mississippiensis_) (found in the Potomac River)

Amphibians:

- American bullfrog (_Rana catesbeiana_)

- Green frog (_Rana clamitans_ _melanota_)

- Pickerel frog (_Lithobates palustris_)

- Eastern newt (_Notophthalmus viridescens_)

- Marbled salamander (_Ambystoma opacum_)

Fish:

- Largemouth bass (_Micropterus salmoides_)

- Smallmouth bass (_Micropterus dolomieu_)

- Striped bass (_Morone saxatilis_)

- White crappie (_Pomoxis annularis_)

- Bluegill (_Lepomis macrochirus_)

Insects:

- Monarch butterfly (_Danaus plexippus_)

- Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (_Papilio glaucus_)

- American dogwood sawfly (_Macremphytus tarsatus_)

- Common green darner dragonfly (_Anax junius_)

- Honey bee (_Apis mellifera_)