Wildlife

State Animals

100

This is the official state Wild Animal

American Buffalo

200

This is the official state Agricultural insect

Honeybee

300

This is the official state reptile

Ornate Box Turtle

400

This is the official state fish

Channel Catfish

500

This is the official state bird

Western Meadowlark

Native to KS

100

These animals are a popular game animal and are known for their antlers.

White-tail Deer

200

This is a threatened species that is native specifically to Western Kansas?

Lesser Prairie Chicken

300

These large, imposing animals native to east KS are impressive climbers and hibernate during the winter.

Black Bear

400

Although they look cute and cuddly, these felines are vicious predators that are named for their distinctive short white-and-black striped tail.

Bobcat

500

Coming in both red and grey varieties, these small animals belong to the family canidae and has babies called kits.

Foxes

Fun Facts

100

True or False: Great westward expansion like the Oregon trail and mass exodus to California often ran through Kansas

True

200

This is the only known species of bird that can fly backwards.

Hummingbird

300

This animal has an adult lifespan of just 24 hours, making it the shortest living animal in the world. It is commonly found in the spring and can be seen swarming around lights at night.

Mayfly

400

This environment makes up most of western Kansas and is home to animals like coyotes and deer?

grassland Prairie

500

There are tons of these types of game in Kansas and you can often find them in the middle of the road?

White-Tailed Deer

Mammals

100

This is the only mammal that can fly.

Bat

200

This invasive mammal is nocturnal, lives in packs, and root up large areas looking for food and causing erosion in the process.

Feral Hog

300

This semi-aquatic mammal is a rodent who loves to block waterways.

Beaver

400

These pocket-sized, striped rodents prefer subterranean living, burrowing vast underground burrows.

Chipmunk

500

This mammal is heavily armored, with only its underbelly being exposed.

Armadillo

Potluck

100

The study of this type of animal is known as Ichthyology.

Fish

200

Turtles are this kind of animal.

Reptile

300

For a long time people have looked at these insects to forecast the weather.

Wooly worm/Wooly bear catepillar

400

This migratory animal is known for its distinctive orange and black wings, and travels up to 3,000 miles each year from its summer breeding grounds in North America to its wintering grounds in Mexico.

Monarch Butterfly

500

This group of animals are known for chewing their cud.

Ruminants