Big Animals
This very big animal has long legs and big antlers. You can see it in Banff.
Moose
This very tiny animal is brown and white. It lives in forest and grasslands. It has a long tail and is active at night. It can carry disease that humans need to be careful of.
Deer mouse
This animal has long ears and hops.
Rabbit
This white animal has horns. It lives high in the mountains and climbs steep rocks.
Mountain Goat
Baby mammals drink this from their mother.
Milk
This heavy animal lives on the prairie. It has a very big head and brown fur. It is a very important animal to indigenous people.
Bison
This animal is small with stripes on its back. It likes nuts
Chipmunk
This small animal has a fluffy tail and climbs trees. You might see it in your backyard.
Squirrel
This big cat lives in the forest and mountains. It is very quiet.
Cougar
Most mammals have this on their body to stay warm.
Fur
This animal lives on mountains. It has curved horns and is good at climbing.
Bighorn Sheep
This animal lives in the ground. You see it in city parks and fields.
Gopher or Richardson ground squirrel
This wild dog howls at night. It looks like a small wolf.
Coyote
This animal lives on land and water. It has flat tail and it builds and lives in dams.
Beaver
This small animal flies at night but is not a bird.
Bat
This big brown animal is strong and can be dangerous. It has a hump on its back. It eats berries and fish.
Grizzly bear
This black-and-white animal smells very bad.
Skunk
This animal has white fur on the underside of its tail. The males have large antlers.
white tail deer
Black bear
Mammals breathe with these. You have two.
Lungs
Elk
This small animal has short legs and is good at digging. It has black-and-white face stripes.
Badger
This wild cat is bigger than a house cat. It has short tail and spotted fur.
Bobcat
This animal looks like a large dog. It lives in packs and howls.
Wolf
This is the biggest mammal on land in Alberta.
Bison