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Long-tailed duck
From late spring to the beginning of summer, the male has a brown head, neck and back with grey cheeks.
ClassBirdsOrderAnseriformesFamilyAnatidae (geese and ducks) -
Longhorn sculpin
The longhorn sculpin is an elongated, spiny fish. Unlike most fish, its skin is not covered in scales.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyCottidae -
Lumpfish
Lumpfish have short, robust bodies, covered with growths called tubercles. They have small mouths and humped backs.
ClassOsteichthyes (bony fish)OrderPerciformesFamilyCyclopteridae -
Macaroni penguin
This medium-sized penguin is slightly larger than the northern rockhopper penguin, and has a black back and whi
ClassBirdsOrderSphenisciformesFamilySpheniscidae (penguins) -
Moseley’s rockhopper penguin
This medium-sized penguin has a black back, white belly and short bill. It has a yellow line above the eye and a crown of long yellow and black feathers behind the eye.
ClassBirdsOrderSphenisciformesFamilySpheniscidae (penguins) -
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 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