North American porcupine
The forests are home to a variety of wildlife from reptiles including American black bear ("Ursus americanus"), moose ("Alces alces"), white-tailed deer ("Odocoileus virginianus"), red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), snowshoe hare ("Lepus americanus"), North American porcupine ("Erithyzon dorsatum"), fisher ("Martes pennanti"), North American beaver ("Castor canadensis"), bobcat ("Lynx rufus"), American marten ("Martes americana"), raccoon ("Procyon lotor") and muskrat ("Ondatra zibethica"). The area is habitat for maritime ringlet butterflies ("Coenonympha nipisiquit") and other invertebrates. Birds include many seabirds, a large colony of great blue heron ("Ardea herodias"), the largest remaining population of the endangered piping plover and one of the largest colonies of double-crested cormorant ("Phalacrocorax auritus") in the world.