Stock photos of Alligators, American Alligator pictures, Alligator mississippiensis. Photos from Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, of wild alligators.

The American Alligator taxonomy is Kingdom: Metazoa; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Reptilia; Order: Crocodilia; Family: Alligatoridae; Genus: Alligator; Species: mississippiensis; Scientific name: alligator mississippiensis.

Bighorn sheep photos. Ovis canadensis. Bighorn rams and bighorn sheep lambs from Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Full curled or full curl trophy bighorn rams.

Bighorn sheep Taxonomy; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis, Species: canadensis; Scientific Name: Ovis canadensis.

Stock photos of bison, also commonly and incorrectly called buffalo. Bison bos, from Yellowstone National Park, and bison from Custer State Park. These are Plains bison, one of 2 subspecies of American bison. The other species are wood bison. Photos of bull bison, cows and bison calves.

Bison taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Bovinae; Genus: Bison; Species: bison; Scientific Name: Bison bison; Subspecies include Bison bison bison (Plains bison) and Bison bison athabascae (Wood bison).

Black bear photos, Ursus americanus, from Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photos of black bears from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska, and black bear pictures in British Columbia and Alberta Canada.

Black bear taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: americanus; Scientific Name: Ursus americanus

Caribou photos, Rangifer tarandus. Some Woodland caribou photos here, but most of these caribou photos are the more common Barren Ground caribou, found in Denali National Park, Alaska and also Wrangell St. Elias National Park. Images of caribou from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska. Bull caribou photos, and cows and calves. Woodland caribou belong to the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou and Barren ground caribou to Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus.

Caribou taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Rangifer; Species: tarandus; Scientific Name: Rangifer tarandus

Wild coyote photos. Coyotes from the Yukon to Yellowstone, photos of Coyotes in Jasper, Canada. Coyote pups and adult coyote photos.

Coyote Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Infraclass: Eutheria; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Genus: Canis; Species: latrans; Scientific Name: Canis latrans.

Dall sheep stock photos, from Denali National Park, Alaska, and also Dall sheep pictures, rams, ewes and lamb photos from Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Oringially called Dall's Sheep. Full curled trophy ram photos. Ovis dalli dalli images.

Dall sheep Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla;, Family: cabras; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis; Species: dalli; Scientific Name: Ovis dalli.

Wapiti, or Elk photos. The native American name for elk is wapiti. Cervus elaphus images. Stock photos of bull elk from Jasper National Park the Yukon Territory, Canada. Bull elk photos from Yellowstone National Park. Bugling Bull elk photos, and elk flehmen, fighting and rutting elk photos.

Elk taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Suborder: Ruminantia; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Cervinae; Genus: Cervus; Species: canadensis; Scientific name: Cervus canadensis.

Fannin sheep photos; Fannin sheep, or Fannin's Sheep are either a subspecies or color morph of the Dall Sheep. Fannin sheep are found in the Pelly Mountains and Ogilvie Mountains of Yukon Territory. Ovis dalli fannini images from Yukon Territory, Canada.

Taxonomy for the Fannin Sheep is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla;, Family: cabras; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis; Species: dalli; Scientific Name: Ovis dalli fannini.

Arctic fox photos, red fox photos and cross fox photos. The red fox is Vulpes vulpes and arctic fox is Vulpes lagopus. Fox pictures from British Columbia, Canada, and Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska, Denali National Park, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, arctic Alaska. Fox kits, or pups, and adult foxes.

Red fox Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Tribe: Vulpini; Genus: Vulpes; Species: vulpes; Scientific Name: Vulpes vulpes.

Grizzly bear photos, Ursus arctos images. Grizzly bear pictures, also called brown bears, from Katmai National Park, Alaska. Stock grizzly bear photos from Denali and Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska, and grizzly bears from Canada, including Yukon Territory and Kananaskis Country, Alberta. For photos of grizzly bear cubs, please be sure to visit the Grizzly Bear Cub Photos page.

Alaska Grizzly Bear Photo Tour.

Grizzly bear, or American brown bear Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: arctos; Scientific Name: Ursus arctos.

Moose photos, Alces alces. Bull and cow moose photos from Denali National Park, Alaska. Trophy bull moose photos. Moose pictures from Yukon Territory, Canada, and Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Photos of moose calves around Anchorage, Alaska, in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

North American moose taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Alces; Species: laces; Scientific Name: Alces alces.

Mountain goat photos, North American mountain goat, also called the Rocky Mountain goat. Oreamnos Americanus images Most of these mountain goat photos are from Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Mountain goats, Chugach mountains, photos of mountain goat kids and nannies.

Taxonomy for the Rocky Mountain or North American Mountain Goat is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Oreamnos; Species: americanus; Scientific Name: Oreamnus americanus.

Photos of muskox, or muskoxen photos, Ovibos moschatus images; also Musk Ox photos, Muskox on the arctic coastal plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR Muskox herd or musk ox pictures, Alaska.

Musk taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovibos; Species: moschatus; Scientific Name: Ovibos moschatus.

Pronghorn Photos, Custer State Park, South Dakota. Pronghorn antelope photos - though pronghorn are not an antelope, but are more closely related to the American mountain goat species. Correct common name is Pronghorn. Antilocapra americana images.

Pronghorn taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Antilocapridae; Genus: Antilocapra; Species: americana; Scientific Name: Antilocapra americana.

Painted turtle photo, Chrysemys picta and more coming soon.

Photos of arctic ground squirrels, snowshoe hare photos, lynx, red squirrel pictures, marmot photos, chipmunk photos, beaver photos, weasel photos, and more. Wildlife photos.

Whitetail deer photos, or white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus images. Photos of whitetail bucks from Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Whitetail deer, or white-tailed deer, females are called does and the males are called bucks. The breeding season is called the rut, trophy whitetail buck pictures.

Taxonomy for the white-tailed deer is: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Odocoileus; Species: virginianus; Scientific name: Odocoileus virginianus

Wild wolf photos. Photos of wild wolves from Denali National Park, Alaska, and wolf photos from Jasper National Park, Canada. These pictures are all pictures of wild wolves, not captive animals. Wolves are typically gray, though color morphs range from black wolves to almost white wolves. The black wolves are the most voracious.

There are numerous schools of thought on the taxonomy of wolves, and various subspecies, though few scientists agree on exactly what they might be. So, to the species level, taxonomy for North American wolves is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Subfamily: Caninae; Tribe: Canini; Genus: Canis; Species: lupus; Scientific Name: Canis lupus.

Photos of baby bears, brown bear cubs and grizzly bear cubs - Ursus arctos. Cute young bear cub pictures from Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photos of sows with cubs, bear families and babies. Also, be sure to visit the main Grizzly Bear Photos page for more great bear photos.

Grizzly bear, or American brown bear Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: arctos; Scientific Name: Ursus arctos.

Alaska Polar bear photos, Ursus maritimus. Polar bears are marine mammals of the arctic, and inhabit the circumpolar regions of the northern hemisphere. Listed as threatened species in the US by the Fish and Wildlife Service, polar bears face the threat of habitat loss from global climate change. Polar bear photos on this page include adult polar bears, male and female polar bears and polar bear cub photos. Mostly taken in Arctic Alaska, in the Beaufort Sea and edges of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska polar bear photos.

The accepted and standard taxonomy for polar bears is; Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae, Genus: Ursus, Species: Ursus maritimus