North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population, if nearby islands (most notably the Caribbean) are included.

## Mammals

Amity and LuzWhite-Tailed DeerMooseBrown BearPolar BearAmerican Black BearGrey WolfAmerican BisonMountain GoatCougarCalifornia Sea LionCaribouNorth American BeaverStriped SkunkEastern Grey SquirrelEastern CottontailAmerican BadgerVirginia OpossumNorth American RaccoonNine-Banded ArmadilloNorth American River OtterBighorn SheepPronghornElkHumpback WhaleDomestic HorseNorth American PorcupineWalrusArctic FoxMuskoxWolverineOcelotKinkajouPanamanian White-Headed CapuchinGeoffroy's Spider MonkeyWhite-nosed CoatiCoyoteBobcatCollared PeccaryBlack-Tailed Prairie DogBlack-Footed FerretBlack-Tailed JackrabbitSnowshoe HareEastern ChipmunkRed FoxCanada LynxGroundhogDomestic DogDomestic CatAmerican MartenSea OtterCommon Bottlenose DolphinWest Indian ManateeNarwhalGrey WhaleHarp SealNorthern Fur SealSouthern Flying SquirrelLittle Brown BatAmerican Mink
## Birds

Bald EagleRed-Tailed HawkGreat Horned OwlPeregrine FalconWood DuckCanada GooseBlue JayRuby-Throated HummingbirdWild TurkeyGreat Blue HeronNorthern CardinalCommon RavenPileated WoodpeckerGreater RoadrunnerCalifornia QuailBrown PelicanWhooping CraneAmerican FlamingoKeel-billed ToucanAmerican RobinWestern OspreyGreat EgretScarlet IbisAmerican CootTurkey VultureWillow PtarmiganHooded MerganserAmerican BitternSnow GooseGreater Prairie ChickenEastern BluebirdAmerican GoldfinchCommon StarlingVermilion FlycatcherPurple MartinBrown-headed CowbirdResplendent QuetzalI’iwiHorned GuanCuban AmazonCalifornia CondorSandhill CraneAmerican Purple Gallinule
## Reptiles

American AlligatorGreen Sea TurtleGila MonsterWestern Diamondback RattlesnakeEastern CopperheadEastern Box TurtleSpiny Softshell TurtleGreen AnoleCommon Collared LizardSmooth Green SnakeEyelash ViperRed-Eared SliderRegal Horned LizardCommon Garter SnakeDesert TortoisePlumed BasiliskEastern Coral Snake
## Dinosaurs

TyrannosaurusAllosaurusTriceratopsStegosaurusApatosaurusDeinonychusParasaurolophusAnkylosaurusBrachiosaurus
## Amphibians

Red-Eyed Tree FrogAmerican BullfrogStrawberry Poison FrogSpring PeeperAmerican Green Tree FrogEastern NewtTiger SalamanderAxolotlCommon MudpuppyWood FrogAmerican Toad
## Fish

Sockeye SalmonRainbow TroutGreat HammerheadSwordfishLargemouth BassAmerican PaddlefishAlligator GarGaribaldiOcean SunfishBlack DragonfishAtlantic SailfishPacific Bluefin TunaGoldfishAtlantic Goliath GrouperBonnetheadSarcastic FringeheadCrescent Gunnel
## Invertebrates

Monarch ButterflyGreen DarnerAmerican CockroachMexican Red-Knee TarantulaBark ScorpionLuna MothGiant Pacific OctopusEastern FireflyCommon Blue MorphoPurple Sea UrchinCaribbean Hermit CrabAtlantic Sea NettleGolden Silk Orb-Weaver
## Mythical Beasts

BigfootJersey DevilCuero ChupacabraJackalopeThunderbirdAmarok WolfHogzillaVampire BeastMermaidWerewolfHodagShunka WarakinMothmanOwlmanBeast of Bray RoadPuerto Rican ChupacabraOgopogoUnktehila