Fauna of Canada

They are the bats, carnivores (including the pinnipeds), artiodactyls, cetaceans, insectivores, rodents, and lagomorphs.

Canada's avifauna comprises 462 species, members of seventeen orders of bird.

Another prominent Canadian bird is the whooping crane, whose only breeding grounds are protected in Wood Buffalo National Park.

Canada has forty-three species of reptile, including turtles, lizards, and snakes.

Additionally, the western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia have species of pit viper, such as the western rattlesnake, and British Columbia has Canada's only species of boa, the rubber boa.

Canada is home to six species of lizard, all living along the southern border with the United States.

In the past, invasive species such as the lamprey and zebra mussel have threatened these native species, and while efforts to combat them have been made they still remain a hazard in some areas, and there is an ongoing effort to prevent the spread of Asian carp from the United States.

There are also significant commercial fisheries of many salt-water species, including Atlantic cod, haddock and halibut, although some of these are in decline.

Most of them are found along the west coast of British Columbia and regions in the Yukon not covered by glaciers during the last ice age.