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term meaning ''of Canada'', used in taxonomy to denote species indigenous to or strongly associated with Canada.

Mammals

*'' Castor canadensis'', common names American beaver, Canadian beaver, or North American beaver *''

Cervus canadensis The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The comm ...

'', common name elk or wapiti *''

Lontra canadensis The North American river otter (''Lontra canadensis''), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that only lives on the North American continent, along its waterways and coasts. An adult North American riv ...

'', common name northern river otter or North American river otter *''

Lynx canadensis The Canada lynx (''Lynx canadensis''), or Canadian lynx, is a medium-sized North American lynx that ranges across Alaska, Canada, and northern areas of the contiguous United States. It is characterized by its long, dense fur, triangular ears w ...

'', common name Canadian lynx *''

Ovis canadensis The bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') is a species of Ovis, sheep native to North America. It is named for its large Horn (anatomy), horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to ; the sheep typically weigh up to . Recent genetic testing indicates ...

'', common name bighorn sheep

Birds

*'' Aquila chrysaetos canadensis'', common name golden eagle *'' Branta canadensis'', common name Canada goose *'' Branta hutchinsii'' or ''Branta canadensis hutchinsii'', common name cackling goose *'' Falcipennis canadensis'', common name spruce grouse or Canada grouse *''

Grus canadensis The sandhill crane (''Antigone canadensis'') is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on t ...

'', common name sandhill crane *''

Perisoreus canadensis The Canada jay (''Perisoreus canadensis''), also known as the gray jay, grey jay, camp robber, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae. It is found in boreal forests of North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky ...

'', common name Canada jay, moosebird, or gray jay *''

Sakesphorus canadensis The black-crested antshrike (''Sakesphorus canadensis'') is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru. It is u ...

'', common name black-crested antshrike *'' Sitta canadensis'', common name red-breasted nuthatch *'' Cardellina canadensis'', common name Canada warbler *'' Caryothraustes canadensis'', common name yellow-green grosbeak

Fish

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Sander canadensis The sauger (''Sander canadensis'') is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae that resembles its close relative, the walleye. The species is a member of the largest vertebrate order, the Perciformes.Jaeger, Matthew. 2004. Montana's F ...

'', common name sauger

Insects

*'' Argyresthia canadensis'', a moth with common name Canadian arborvitae leafminer or cedar leafminer *''

Calyptra canadensis ''Calyptra canadensis'', the Canadian owlet or meadow rue owlet moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Charles J. S. Bethune in 1865. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina in mountain ...

'', a moth with common name Canadian owlet *''

Harpagoxenus canadensis ''Harpagoxenus canadensis'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Canada and the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a c ...

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Aedes canadensis ''Aedes canadensis'', the woodland pool mosquito, is an aggressive, day biting mosquito that can be a vector of a number of diseases which is found mainly in eastern North America. Taxonomy ''Aedes canadensis'' was originally described as ''Cul ...

'', a species of mosquito *'' Ochlerotatus canadensis'', a species of mosquito *''

Papilio canadensis ''Papilio canadensis'', the Canadian tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was once classified as a subspecies of ''Papilio glaucus''. Description Adult The wingspan of this species is 67 to 80 mm. It ...

'', a butterfly with common name Canadian tiger swallowtail *'' Sphinx canadensis'', a moth with common name Canadian sphinx *''

Tephronota canadensis ''Tephronota canadensis'' is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus '' Tephronota'' of the family Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. Th ...

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Trypeta canadensis ''Euphranta canadensis'', the currant fruit fly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does n ...

'', a species of fly *''

Zeiraphera canadensis ''Zeiraphera canadensis'', the spruce bud moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is a small brown moth mainly found in North America, specifically New Brunswick, Quebec, and the north-eastern United States. The adult moth flutters quickly ...

'', a moth with common name spruce bud moth The red paper wasp '' Polistes canadensis'' was incorrectly classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 because he had been misinformed about the source location of the specimen.

Nematodes

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Heterodera canadensis ''Heterodera canadensis''
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Allium canadense'', common name wild onion, meadow garlic, tree onion, and Canadian garlic *''

Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...

'', with many common names, including Canadian serviceberry, Juneberry, shadblow serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry *''Anemone canadensis'', a synonym of ''

Anemonastrum canadense ''Anemonastrum canadense'', synonym ''Anemone canadensis'', the Canada anemone, round-headed anemone, round-leaf thimbleweed, meadow anemone, windflower, or crowfoot, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is n ...

'', common name Canada anemone *'' Antennaria canadensis'', a subspecies of ''Antennaria howellii'', common name Canada pussytoes *''

Aquilegia canadensis ''Aquilegia canadensis'', the Canadian or Canada columbine, eastern red columbine, or wild columbine, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial native to woodland and rocky slopes in east ...

'', common name wild columbine, Canadian columbine, or red columbine *'' Arabis canadensis'', common name sicklepod *'' Astragalus canadensis'', common name milk-vetch *''

Bromus ciliatus ''Bromus ciliatus'' is a species of brome grass known by the common name fringed brome. It is native to most of North America, including most of Canada, most of the United States except for some portions of the South, and northern Mexico. It is ...

'' or ''Bromus canadensis'', common name fringed brome *''

Calamagrostis canadensis ''Calamagrostis canadensis'' is a species of grass, having three or more varieties, in the family Poaceae. It is known variously by the common names of bluejoint, bluejoint reedgrass, marsh reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass, meadow pinegrass, and m ...

'', common name Canada bluejoint, Canada reedgrass, Langsdorff's reedgrass, or Macoun's reedgrass *'' Cercis canadensis,'' common name eastern redbud *''

Circaea canadensis ''Circaea canadensis'', known as eastern enchanter's nightshade, Canada enchanter's nightshade, broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in forests of eastern North America. It is very similar to its sister speci ...

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Collinsonia canadensis ''Collinsonia canadensis'', commonly called richweed or stoneroot, is a perennial herb in the mint family. It is native to eastern North America, primarily east of the Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river a ...

'', with many common names, including Canada horsebalm, richweed, hardhack, heal-all, horseweed, ox-balm and stone root *''

Conyza canadensis ''Erigeron canadensis'' ( synonym ''Conyza canadensis'') is an annual plant native throughout most of North America and Central America. It is also widely naturalized in Eurasia and Australia. Common names include horseweed, Canadian horseweed ...

'', with many common names, including horseweed, Canadian horseweed, Canadian fleabane, coltstail, marestail and butterweed *'' Cornus canadensis'', common name Canadian dwarf cornel, Canadian bunchberry or crackerberry *'' Cryptotaenia canadensis'', common name Canada honewort *''

Dicentra canadensis ''Dicentra canadensis'', the squirrel corn, is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves. Description Squirrel corn has small yellow clustered bulblets (looking roughly like kernels of ...

'', common name squirrel corn *''

Elodea canadensis ''Elodea canadensis'' (American waterweed or Canadian waterweed or pondweed) is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America.Flora of North America''Elodea canadensis''/ref>Plants of British Columbia''Elod ...

'', common name American waterweed, common waterweed, or Canadian waterweed and ''Anacharis'' *''

Elymus canadensis ''Elymus canadensis'', commonly known as Canada wild rye or Canadian wildrye, is a species of Elymus (plant), wild rye native to much of North America. It is most abundant in the central plains and Great Plains. It grows in a number of ecosystems ...

'', common name Canada wild rye *'' Hydrastis canadensis'', common name goldenseal, orange-root, or orangeroot *''

Lactuca canadensis ''Lactuca canadensis'' is a species of wild lettuce known by the common names Canada lettuce, Canada wild lettuce, tall lettuce, and Florida blue lettuce.Weakley, Alan S''. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States.'' UNC Herbarium, North Car ...

'', a variety of lettuce with multiple sub-species, with common names Canada lettuce, Florida blue lettuce, and wild lettuce *'' Laportea canadensis'', common name wood nettle *''

Mentha canadensis ''Mentha canadensis'' is a species of Mentha, mint native to North America (from the Northwest Territories to central Mexico) and the eastern part of Asia (from Siberia to Java). In North America, it is commonly known as Canada mint, American wil ...

'', a species of mint *''

Nuttallanthus canadensis ''Nuttallanthus canadensis'', the blue toadflax, Canada toadflax, or old-field toadflax, is a species of '' Nuttallanthus'' in the family Plantaginaceae, native to eastern North America from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Texas and Flo ...

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Linaria canadensis ''Nuttallanthus canadensis'', the blue toadflax, Canada toadflax, or old-field toadflax, is a species of '' Nuttallanthus'' in the family Plantaginaceae, native to eastern North America from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Texas and Flo ...

'', with many common names, including blue toad-flax, blue toadflax, old-field toadflax, toad-flax *'' Pedicularis canadensis'', common name wood betony and Canada lousewort *''

Sambucus canadensis ''Sambucus canadensis'', the American black elderberry, Canada elderberry, or common elderberry, is a species of elderberry native to a large area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Bolivia. It grows in a variety of conditions ...

'', common name American elderberry *'' Sanguinaria canadensis'', common name bloodroot *''

Sanguisorba canadensis ''Sanguisorba canadensis'', the white burnet or Canadian burnet, is a species of flowering plant in the Rose family Rosaceae, native to North America. This herbaceous perennial commonly grows in bogs, swamps, and roadsides from Labrador to Georgi ...

'', common name Canadian burnet *'' Sanicula canadensis'', common name black snakeroot *'' Shepherdia canadensis'', common name Canada buffaloberry *''

Solidago canadensis ''Solidago canadensis'', known as Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern and north-central North America and often forms colonies of upright growing plants, ...

'', common name Canada golden-rod or Canada goldenrod *''

Stipa canadensis ''Stipa'' is a genus of around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae, which also contains many species form ...

'', common name feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass *''

Taxus canadensis ''Taxus canadensis'', the Canada yew or Canadian yew, is a conifer native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called simply "yew", this species is also referred to as Am ...

'', common name Canadian yew *'' Tsuga canadensis'', common name eastern hemlock or Canadian hemlock *''

Viola canadensis ''Viola canadensis'' is a flowering plant in the Violaceae family. It is commonly known as Canadian white violet, Canada violet, tall white violet, or white violet. It is widespread across much of Canada and the United States, from Alaska to Newf ...

'', common name Canadian white violet, Canada violet, tall white violet, or white violet

Other

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Anomalocaris canadensis ''Anomalocaris'' ("unlike other shrimp", or "abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of radiodont, an order of early-diverging stem-group arthropods. The first fossils of ''Anomalocaris'' were discovered in the ''Ogygopsis'' Shale of the Stephen F ...

'', or anomalous shrimp * ''Bothriolepis canadensis'', a Late Devonian species of placoderm fish *'' Brachylophosaurus canadensis'', a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs *'' Grewingkia canadensis'', a species of prehistoric coral *'' Leidyosuchus canadensis'', an alligatorid *''

Monoclonius canadensis ''Chasmosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of North America. Its name means 'opening lizard', referring to the large openings (fenestrae) in its frill ( Greek ''chasma'' meaning 'opening' or 'hollow' ...

'', included with '' Chasmosaurus canadensis'' *''

Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' (meaning in Greek "thick-nosed lizard", from ' (), thick; ' (), nose; and (), lizard) is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of North America. The first examples were discov ...