List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Frederick Pursh
for $70 to do the complex task of describing 124 of his collections, which Pursh did and published in 1814.

Animals

Mammals

Pronghorn
  • Discovered (for the first time by European Americans):
    • Cynomys ludovicianus
      )
    • Neotoma cinerea
      )
    • Ursus arctos horribilis
      )
    • Odocoileus hemionus
      )
    • Vulpes velox
      )
    • Lepus townsendii
      )
  • Described:
    • Taxidea taxus
      )
    • Castor canadensis
      )
    • Ovis canadensis auduboni
      )
    • Bison bison
      )
    • Ursus americanus
      )
    • Spermophilus columbianus
      )
    • Canis latrans
      )
    • Sylvilagus floridanus
      )
    • Sciurus niger
      )
    • Cervus canadensis
      )
    • Sciurus carolinensis
      )
    • Canis lupus
      )
    • Mustela frenata
      )
    • Fiber zibethicus
      )
    • Puma concolor
      )
    • Thomomys talpoides
      )
    • Lontra canadensis
      )
    • Blarina brevicauda
      )
    • Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
      )
    • Erethizon dorsatum
      )
    • Vulpes vulpes
      )
    • Spermophilus richardsonii
      )
    • Mephitis mephitis
      )
    • Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
      )
    • Odocoileus virginianus
      )
Greater sage grouse

Birds

  • Discovered (for the first time by European Americans):
    • Nucifraga columbiana
      )
    • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
      )
    • Centrocercus urophasianus
      )
    • Sterna antillarum athalassos
      )
    • Melanerpes lewis
      )
  • Described:
    • Corvus brachyrhynchos
      )
    • Carduelis tristis
      )
    • Falco sparverius
      )
    • Turdus migratorius
      )
    • Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
      )
    • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
      )
    • Riparia riparia
      )
    • Ceryle alcyon
      )
    • Pluvialis squatarola
      )
    • Dendragapus obscurus
      )
    • Cyanocitta cristata
      )
    • Euphagus cyanocephalus
      )
    • Molothrus ater
      )
    • Branta canadensis
      )
    • Conuropsis carolinensis
      )
    • Bombycilla cedrorum
      )
    • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
      )
    • Charadrius melodus
      )
    • Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
    • Chordeiles minor
      )
    • Corvus corax
      )
    • Tyrannus tyrannus
      )
    • Ardea herodias
      )
    • Ardea alba
      )
    • Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
      )
    • Aquila chrysaetos
      )
    • Bubo virginianus
      )
    • Picoides villosus
      )
    • Eremophila alpestris
      )
    • Charadrius vociferus
      )
    • Chondestes grammacus
      )
    • Lanius ludovicianus
      )
    • Numenius americanus
      )
    • Anas platyrhynchos
      )
    • Mergus serrator
      )
    • Zenaida macroura
      )
    • Colaptes auratus
      )
    • Circus cyaneus
      ) - tentative
    • Pandion haliaetus
      )
    • Ectopistes migratorius
      )
    • Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
      )
    • Charadrius melodus
      )
    • Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi
      )
    • Melanerpes erythrocephalus
      )
    • Buteo jamaicensis
      )
    • Agelaius phoeniceus
      )
    • Bonasa umbellus
      )
    • Grus canadensis
      )
    • Chen caerulescens
      )
    • Anthus spragueii
      )
    • Bartramia longicauda
      )
    • Sturnella neglecta
      )
    • Caprimulgus vociferus
      )
    • Grus americana
      )
    • Meleagris gallopavo
      )
    • Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
      )
    • Aix sponsa
      )

Reptiles

Blue catfish
  • Phrynosoma
    )

Fish

Plants

The plants listed below were indeed collected by Lewis, but a number of them (at least those marked with *******, were previously collected and described or were not described from the Lewis collections and therefore are not considered to be the first for science. For an accurate list see [2] and [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Search Results for lewis | American Philosophical Society".
  2. ^ "Search Results for lewis | American Philosophical Society".
  3. ^ "Biographies of naturalists botanists p. 2".

Sources