What are the animals found in Kansas?

The most common wild animals include forest creatures like deer, beavers, raccoons, opossums, and rodents. Its largest predators are coyotes, bobcats, and foxes. Kansas has a small but stable population of American bison. The state has a high number of birds, including migratory birds who stop there on their way south.

1. How many species of animals are there in Kansas?
2. Does Kansas have black bears?
3. Are elk in Kansas?
4. Is there wolves in Kansas?
5. What is Kansas mammal?
6. Are there ferrets in Kansas?
7. Are there kangaroo mice in Kansas?
8. Do we have shrews in Kansas?
9. Do beavers live in Kansas?

How many species of animals are there in Kansas?

Kansas has on record approximately 470 species of birds, 88 mammals, 55 reptiles, 30 amphibians, and 140 fishes. A few of the species included on this list are considered extirpated from the state and no longer occur here.

Does Kansas have black bears?

Presently, the American Black Bear occurs in Kansas primarily as immature individuals dispersing from Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado and Oklahoma (see remarks section) with most confirmations being made in southeast and southwest Kansas, during May-July (the time at which young bears are weaned and disperse.

Are elk in Kansas?

Kansas is well-known as home to a thriving whitetail deer population but it also home to wild, free-ranging elk. ... Kansas has a small, wild elk herd near Fort Riley but individual elk are known to wander 75 to 100 miles away.

Is there wolves in Kansas?

Gray wolves, or timber wolves, formerly lived in Kansas. The species was extirpated from the state by the early 1900s. In December 2012, an 80-lb. ... This was the first documented wolf in Kansas since the early 1900s.

What is Kansas mammal?

American buffalo (bison); state symbol of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming (also the national mammal of the USA).

Are there ferrets in Kansas?

Nearly 50 years later, on December 18, 2007, ferrets returned to Kansas. The reintroduction marked the beginning of an experimental effort that we hope will allow ferrets to make Kansas prairies their home again.

Are there kangaroo mice in Kansas?

Distribution. Ord's kangaroo rat ranges from southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan to southern Hidalgo, Mexico, and from central Oregon and eastern California east to central Kansas and Oklahoma. ... In Utah, Ord's kangaroo rats have an affinity for open shrublands and grasslands on sandy soils.

Do we have shrews in Kansas?

Distribution: In Kansas short-tailed shrews are on the western edge of their range, and within the state confined to the eastern parts. ... Northern short-tailed shrews are found in nearly all terrestrial habitats.

Do beavers live in Kansas?

In Kansas today, beavers inhabit various waters throughout the state. ... In northern climates, beavers often live in "lodges," but in Kansas where steep banks are common, beavers usually burrow dens into the side of pond dams or river banks.