List of North American megafauna
Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna of North America (north of Mexico) are listed here.
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
- American Bison (Bison bison)
- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- American Cheetah † (Miracinonyx trumani)
- American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
- American Horse † (Equus scotti)
- American Lion † (Panthera leo atrox)
- American Llama † (Lama americanus)
- American Mastodon † (Mammut americanum)
- American Mountain Deer † (Navajoceros fricki)
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- American Scimitar Cat † (Homotherium serum)
- American Zebra † (Equus simplicidens)
- Ancient Caribou † (Bretzia pseudoacles)
- Ancient Bison † (Bison antiquus)
- Ancient Moose † (Torontocervus hypocaetus)
- Beautiful Armadillo † (Dasypus bellus)
- Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
- Californian Condor (Gymnopyps californius)
- California tapir † (Tapirus californicus)
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Columbian Mammoth † (Mammuthus columbi)
- Common Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo)
- Cougar (Puma concolor)
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli)
- Dire Wolf † (Canis dirus)
- Donkey (Equus asinus)
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Flat-headed Peccary † (Platygonus spp.)
- Giant Beaver † (Castoroides ohioensis)
- Giant Ground Sloth † (Megatherium americanum)
- North American Glyptodon † (Glyptotherium texanum)
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
- Grizzly bear (brown bear) (Ursus arctos horribilis)
- Fugivite Deer † (Sangamona fugitvi)
- Human being (Homo sapiens)
- Incredible Teratorn † (Aiolornis incredibilis)
- Jaguar (Panthera onca augusta)
- Harlan's Ground Sloth † (Paramylodon harlani)
- Harrington's Mountain Goat † (Oreamnos harringtoni)
- Imperial Mammoth † (Mammuthus imperator)
- Jefferson's Ground Sloth † (Megalonyx jeffersoni)
- Jeffersonian Mammoth † (Mammuthus jeffersonii)
- Laurillard's Ground Sloth † (Eremotherium laurillardi)
- Long-nosed Peccary † (Mylohyus nasutus)
- Longhorn Bison † (Bison latifrons)
- Merriam's Teratorn † (Teratornis merriami)
- Moose (Alces alces gigas)
- Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
- Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
- Pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)
- Pygmy Mammoth † (Mammuthus exilis)
- Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
- Saber-toothed cat † (genus Smilodon)
- Shasta Ground Sloth † (Nothrotheriops shastensis)
- Short-faced Bear † (Arctodus simus)
- Shrub-ox † (Euceratherium collium)
- Saiga Antelope † (Saiga tatarica)
- Stag-moose † (Cervacles scotti)
- Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- Trumpeter Swan (Cyngus buccinator)
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Whooping Crane (Grus americanus)
- Woodland Muskox † (Bootherium bombifrons)
- Woolly Mammoth † (Mammuthus primigenius)
- Yesterday's Camel † (Camelops hesternus)
- Yukon Wild [...] † (Equus asinus lambei)