List of fauna of Michigan

This is a list of fauna found in the U.S. state of Michigan, including those of wider distribution. See also List of threatened fauna of Michigan.

Cnidaria

 * Craspedacusta sowerbyi

Arachnids

 * European garden spider
 * Misumenops celer

Crustaceans

 * Armadillidium vulgare (common pillbug)
 * Cambarus diogenes (chimney crayfish)
 * Cambarus robustus (big water crayfish)
 * Creaserinus fodiens (digger crayfish)
 * Faxonius immunis (calico crayfish)
 * Faxonius propinquus (northern clearwater crayfish)
 * Faxonius rusticus (rusty crayfish)
 * Faxonius virilis (northern crayfish)
 * Procambarus acutus acutus (white river crawfish)

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

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 (Pyganodon grandis)
 * 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 black duck (Anas rubripes)
 * American coot (Fulica americana)
 * American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
 * American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
 * American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
 * American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
 * Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
 * Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
 * Barn owl (Tyto alba)
 * Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
 * Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
 * Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
 * Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
 * Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
 * Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
 * Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)
 * Boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
 * Brant goose (Branta bernicla)
 * Bonaparte's gull (Larus philadelphia)
 * Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)
 * Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
 * Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
 * Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
 * Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
 * Caspian tern (Sterna caspia)
 * Common loon (Gavia immer)
 * Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
 * Common raven (Corvis corax)
 * Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
 * Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
 * Dovekie (Alle alle)
 * Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
 * Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
 * Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri)
 * Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
 * Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
 * Great egret (Ardea alba)
 * Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
 * Greater yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
 * Green heron (Butorides virescens)
 * 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)
 * Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
 * 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
 * White pelican
 * 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 × Sander vitreus)
 * Sculpin
 * Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
 * Shiner
 * Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
 * Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)
 * Sockeye or kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka)
 * Splake (Salvelinus namaycush × 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 badger
 * American bison (extirpated)
 * American black bear
 * American ermine
 * American marten
 * American red squirrel
 * American water shrew
 * Big brown bat
 * Beaver
 * Bobcat
 * Brown rat (introduced)
 * Canada lynx
 * Cinereus shrew
 * Cougar (extirpated, but vagrants sighted)
 * Coyote
 * Deer mouse
 * Eastern cottontail rabbit
 * Eastern gray squirrel
 * Eastern mole
 * Eastern chipmunk
 * Eastern red bat
 * Eastern wolf (naturally repopulated)
 * Elk (reintroduced)
 * Fisher
 * Fox squirrel
 * Gray fox
 * Groundhog
 * Hoary bat
 * House mouse (introduced)
 * Indiana bat
 * Least chipmunk
 * Least weasel
 * Little brown bat
 * Long-tailed weasel
 * Meadow vole
 * Meadow jumping mouse
 * Mink
 * Moose (reintroduced)
 * Muskrat
 * North American river otter
 * Northern short-tailed shrew
 * North American porcupine
 * Prairie vole
 * Raccoon
 * Red fox
 * Silver-haired bat
 * Sika deer (introduced)
 * Snowshoe hare
 * Southern bog lemming
 * Southern flying squirrel
 * Star-nosed mole
 * Striped skunk
 * Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
 * Virginia opossum
 * White-footed mouse
 * White-tailed deer
 * Wolverine (extirpated)
 * Woodland caribou (extirpated)
 * Woodland jumping mouse
 * Woodland vole