Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

All photos are copyright Allan or Cathy Murrant unless otherwise stated. Not all species were photographed here on Cape Breton Island.
  • Species marked as *NEW* are new species to the list or new photos have been added to a species page.

    MAMMALS

  • Beaver (Castor canadensis)
  • Mink (Mustela vison)
  • Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
  • Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
  • American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
  • Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii)
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
  • Groundhog (Marmota monax)
  • Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

  • Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

  • Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)

  • White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
  • Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
  • Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
  • Moose (Alces alces)
  • Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae)

  • Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)

  • Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
  • Northern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)



  • FISH

  • Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)
  • Kelp Snailfish (Liparis tunicatus)
  • Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

    REPTILE

  • Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
  • Carolina Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin centrata)
  • Eastern Fox Snake (Pantherophis gloydi)
  • Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
  • American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
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