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Mottled red chiton
Chitons are true “living fossils” since they have not changed in 300 million years. It has preserved vestiges of the segmented body of its ancestors.
ClassPolyplacophoraOrderChitonidaFamilyIschnochitonidae -
North american river otter
A river otter has thick, glossy dark brown fur, lighter on the belly. Its toes are webbed. It has a long, tapered tail that is broader at the base.
ClassMammaliaOrderCarnivoraFamilyMustelidae -
Northern cardinal
The northern cardinal is the same size as a starling. The two sexes are quite different.
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyCardinalidae -
Northern raccoon
The stocky body of the northern racoon varies in colour from one region to another, ranging from grey to reddish-brown. It has short legs.
ClassMammaliaOrderCarnivoraFamilyProcyonidae -
Northern red anemone, Dahlia anemone
The northern red anemone resembles a flowering plant; nevertheless, it is part of the animal kingdom. A dead giveaway is the fact that it possesses a “stomach”.
ClassAnthozoaOrderActiniariaFamilyActiniidae -
Northern sea cucumber, Orange-footed sea cucumber
The northern sea cucumber has five rows of sucker tube feet or ambulacra. Ten tentacles surround its mouth. It can make its tentacles disappear by retracting them into its mouth.
ClassHolothuroideaOrderDendrochirotidaFamilyCucumaridae -
Northern shrimp
The northern shrimp moves around quite gracefully using only 6 of its 10 walking legs (pereiopods).
ClassCrustaceaOrderDecapodaFamilyPandalidés -
Ocean pout
The ocean pout has a large mouth, with fleshy lips, and an eel-like elongated body.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyZoarcidae -
Opal-rumped tanager
ClassBirdsOrderPasseriformesFamilyThraupidae -
Ornate tetra
The body of this fish is covered with silvery-pink scales.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderCharaciformesFamilyCharacidae