Species in Washington

Learn more about a specific fish or wildlife species in Washington.

Species marked with an "AIS" badge are aquatic invasive species. For more information about these environmentally and economically destructive species, visit the Aquatic invasive species page.

Species Category
River otter (Lontra canadensis) Mammals
Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) Mammals
Rocky mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) Mammals
Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) Mammals
Roy Prairie pocket gopher - Mazama species (Thomomys mazama glacialis) Mammals
Sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus) Mammals
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) Mammals
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) Mammals
Shaw Island Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii pugeti) Mammals
Shelton pocket gopher - Mazama species (Thomomys mazama couchi) Mammals
Shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) Mammals
Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) Mammals
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Mammals
Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) Mammals
Spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) Mammals
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Mammals
Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Mammals
Tenino pocket gopher - Mazama species (Thomomys mazama tumuli) Mammals
Townsend mole (Scapanus townsendii) Mammals
Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) Mammals
Townsend’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus townsendii townsendii) Mammals
Washington ground squirrel (Urocitellus washingtoni) Mammals
Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) Mammals
Western Long-eared bat (Myotis evotis) Mammals
Western small-footed myotis (bat) (Myotis ciliolabrum) Mammals