American animals you won't find anywhere else
US-native pygmy rabbits are small rabbits. It's the only North American rabbit that digs its own burrow. The pygmy rabbit is a monotypic genus Brachylagus, neither Lepus or Sylvilagus.
Pygmy rabbit
Medium-sized, semi-aquatic chicken turtles live in the southeastern US. These 15–20-year-olds sunbathe on logs and rocks.
Chicken turtle
The primitive short-nose gar looks archaic. The short-nose gar feeds on minnows that damage game fish and other fish populations in calm rivers and lakes.
Short-nose gar
The endangered Hawaiian monk seal is native to the Hawaiian Islands. The other is the Mediterranean monk seal.
Hawaiian monk seal
Blue crayfish are freshwater. Blue crayfish are popular in aquariums worldwide. It cleans rivers and lakes by eating dead fish and garbage.
Blue crayfish
The endangered Gunnison grouse is only found in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. Gunnison grouse has an intricate courtship dance like its close relative.
Gunnison grouse
San Nicolas Island, Santa Barbara Island, and San Clemente Island are home to the island night lizard. Sutil Island near Santa Barbara also has island night lizards.
Island night lizard
The Utah prairie dog is a rodent found solely in Utah's south central steppes. With little over 4,000 individuals, the US Fish and Wildlife Service lists this mammal as threatened.
Utah prairie dog