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Note: These images are taken from Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains: A Natural History by Paul A. Johnsgard, courtesy of the University of Nebraska Press. Permission to reproduce is required.

Bison Bison, adult male
Bears Grizzly bear adult (top) and black bear adult (bottom)
Elk Elk, adult male
Pronghorn Pronghorn, adult male
Least tern Least tern, adult and chick
Piping Plover Piping Plover, adult
Buffaloberry Buffaloberry, female plant with berries
Pasture Sagewort Pasture sagewort, with leaf variation and flower detail
Bighorn Bighorn, adult male
Black-tailed prairie dog Black-tailed prairie dog, adult ("all-clear" or "jump-yip" call)
Coyote Coyote, adult
Grey Wolf Grey wolf, adult
Mule Deer Mule deer, adult male (in autumn)
Richardson's Ground Squirrel Richardson's ground squirrel, adult ("pocket-pin" posture)
White-tailed Jackrabbit White-tailed jackrabbit, adult in summer pelage
Common poorwill Common poorwill, adult
Golden Eagle Golden eagle, adult
Sharp-tailed Grouse Sharp-tailed grouse, adult male
Trumpeter Swan Trumpeter swan, adult
Western Meadowlark Western Meadowlark, adult male
Whooping Crane Whooping Crane, adult
Bearberry Bearberry
Fringed Sagebrush Fringed sagebrush, with leaf variation and flower detail
Indian Tobacco Indian tobacco
Lanceleaf Sage Lanceleaf sage, with leaf variation and flower detail
Clammyweed Large-flowered clammyweed, with flower detail
Missouri milk-vetch Missouri milk-vetch
Shadscale Shadscale, with seed detail
Silky Wormwood Silky wormwood, with leaf variation and flower detail
Juniper and Sparrow Western juniper and adult lark sparrow
Bushy-tailed Woodrat Bushy-tailed woodrat, adult with cache
Swift Fox Swift fox, adult
Ground Squirrel Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, adult (dormant)
Greater Sage-grouse Greater sage-grouse, adult male (right) and female
Lewis's Woodpecker Lewis's woodpecker, adult male (right) and female
McCown's Longspur McCown's longspur, adult male
Western Rattlesnake Western rattlesnake (top and middle) and western hognose snake (bottom)
Catfish and Trout Channel catfish (top), blue catfish (middle), and cutthroat trout (bottom)

Note: These images are courtesy of the American Philosophical Society library. Permission to reproduce is required.

"Convolvalist" leaf Large "convolvalist" leaf (Convolvulus sepium L., hedge bindweed), July 17, 1804, Codex R, p. 37
Skate Skate (big skate, Raja binoculata), January 7, 1806, Clark's First Draft
Fir Leaf Fir Leaf (Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga taxifolia), February 9, 1806, Codex J, p. 65
Maple Leaf Maple Leaf (vine maple, Acer circinatum), February 10, 1806, Codex J, p. 66
Fern Leaf Fern Leaf (Christmas fern, Polystichum munitum), February 13, 1806, Codex J, p. 71
California condor Head of a Vulture (California condor, Gymnogyps califorianus), February 17, 1806, Codex J, p. 80
Pine Cone Pine Cone (Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis), February 18, 1806, Codex J, p. 83
Eulachon Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), February 24, 1806, Codex J, pp. 93
Cock of the Plains Head of Cock of the Plains (sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus), March 2, 1806, Codex J, p. 107
White Gull Head of a White Gull (northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis), March 7, 1806, Codex J, p. 115
Brant Head Head of a Brant (greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons), March 15, 1806, Codex J, p. 131
White Salmon Trout White Salmon Trout (coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch), March 16, 1806, Codex J, p. 133

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