Lewis and Clark’s Animal Encyclopedia

1. Lewis and Clark’s Animal Encyclopedia

2. Not Just Explorers

3. Quick Facts • Trip took 2 ½ years to complete • Wrote almost 5000 pages of journal entries • Move than 300 species of plants and animals • More than 100 unique animals species documented for the first time • In 1805, Lewis sent to President Jefferson five live animals including a prairie dog who spent the rest of his life living on the White House.

4. Table of Contents • North American Prairie • Bison • Black-tailed prairie dog • Black-footed ferret • Interior least tern • Whooping crane • Swift fox • Burrowing owl • Pronghorn • Pallid Sturgeon • Badger • Piping plover • Greater prairie chicken • Topeka Shiner • Northern Rockies • Grizzly bear • Westslope Cutthroat Trout • Gray wolf • Clark’s nutcracker • Bull trout • Elk • Bighorn sheep • Cougar • Mountain goat • Greater sage grouse • Pacific Northwest • Pacific salmon and steel head • Northern spotted owl • Fisher • Pygmy rabbit • Lewis’s woodpecker • Woodland caribou • Oregon spotted frog • Canada lynx • Sea otter • Wolverine

5. North American Prairie

6. American Bison “"[T]he country in every direction around us was one vast plain in which innumerable herds of Buffalow were seen attended by their shepherds, the wolves; the solitary antelope which now had their young were distributed over its face; some herds of elk were also seen." -- Meriwether Lewis.

7. American Bison

8. Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Friday, September 7, 1804"Discovered a Village of Small animals that burrow in the grown. Killed one and Caught one a live by pouring a great quantity of Water in his hole…. Those Animals are about the Size of a Small Squ[ir]rel... except the ears which is Shorter, his tail like a ground squirel which they shake & whistle when allarmd. the toe nails long, they have fine fur."

9. Black-Tailed Prairie Dog

10. Black-footed Ferret With its long, slender body, the black-footed ferret easily searches the burrows and tunnels of its favorite prey, the prairie dog. The body enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog.

11. Black-footed Ferret

12. "[T]his bird is very noysey when flying which it dose extreemly swift the motion of the wing is much like that of the Kildee it has two notes one like the squaking of a small pig only on reather a higher kee, and the other kit'-tee'-kit'-tee'-as near letters can express the sound." -- Meriwether Lewis Interior Least Tern

13. Federally endangered animal, as are many once first discovered by Lewis and Clark. “As the Corps of Discovery traveled along the Columbia, Clark spotted graceful white cranes soaring high above that were most likely whooping cranes. “ Whooping Crane

14. Swift Fox

15. Burrowing Owl

16. Pronghorn

17. Pallid Sturgeon

18. Badger

19. Piping Plover

20. Greater Prairie Chicken

21. Topeka Shiner

22. Northern Rockies

23. Grizzly Bear

24. Westslope Cutthroat Trout

25. Grey Wolf

26. Clark’s Nutcracker

27. Bull Trout

28. Elk

29. Bighorn Sheep

30. Cougar

31. Greater Sage Grouse

32. Mountain Goat

33. Pacific Northwest

34. Pacific Salmon and Steel Head

35. Northern Spotted Owl

36. Fisher

37. Pygmy Rabbit

38. Lewis’s Woodpecker

39. Woodland Caribou

40. Oregon Spotted Frog

41. Canada Lynx

42. Sea Otter

43. Wolverine