Animals and their Georgia Habitats Thriving, endangered and extinct animals that have called Georgia home

Gray bat Lives in the Mountain Habitat of Georgia Currently on the endangered animal list Usually live in caves along rivers

Black Bear Thrives in the mountain habitat of Georgia

Carolina Parakeet Only species of parakeet native to the USA Declared extinct in 1939 Made the mountain and piedmont regions of Georgia its home

Hadrosaur Fossil remains of the duck-billed hadrosaur were found in the piedmont and mountain habitats of Georgia Lived in Georgia 65 to 100 million years ago Now extinct

Gray wolf On the endangered species list Lives in piedmont region of Georgia all the way up to Maine

Great Horned Owl Found in the piedmont habitat Currently thrives in Georgia Largest species of owls commonly found in Georgia Eats skunks frequently because they have no sense of smell

Passenger Pigeon Was native to the piedmont and coastal plains of Georgia This is species of birds is now extinct. This is a picture of Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914

Eastern Indigo Snake Listed as endangered because of habitat loss since 1979 Populations continue to decline Found in the coastal plains of Georgia

Brown thrasher Thrives in Georgia Officially made the state bird by the Georgia legislature in 1970 Can be found in the coastal plains and piedmont regions of Georgia

Sherman’s Pocket Gopher Spend most of their lives underground Was found in Chatham County, Georgia Became extinct in 1950 in the coastal plains of Georgia

Flatwoods Salamander Small, dark colored salamander Found in or near ponds in southeast Georgia Lives near the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia

Alligator Thriving in the Okefenokee Swamp habitat in Georgia Hunted in the 1950’s and 1960’s until it was almost extinct Government protected the species, so now the population has increased to thriving

Harelip Sucker Freshwater fish species that is now extinct Found near the Tennessee River Basin in the mountain region of Georgia This picture is a relative of the harelip sucker

Manatees Lives in the Atlantic Ocean Can be spotted most frequently from April through October Has been on the Endangered Species list since 1973

Right Whale Like the manatee, has been on the Endangered species list since 1973 Called “Right Whale” because it was the right whale to kill because it yielded lots of oil to make things like soap Lives in the Atlantic Ocean habitat

Seagulls Thriving in the Atlantic Ocean habitat of Georgia Live on the water searching for food