Ke-tah-gah-pe-zhew—Lynx, (spotted wild cat.)
Me-she-pe-zhew—Panther, (big wild cat.)
Ah-meek—Beaver. Naub-ah-meek—Male beaver. Noazh-ah-meek—Female beaver. An-meek-koanse—Young beaver.
| Kin-waw-no-wish-shug, Cree | Black tailed deer. |
| Muk-kud-da-waw-wash-gais, Ojib. |
Waw-wash-gais—Red or Virginian deer.
| O-mush-koons, Ojib. | Elk. On Red River, Mouse River, the Saskawjawun, etc. |
| Me-sha-way, Ottaw. | |
| Waw-was-kesh, Cree, |
Ah-dik—Reindeer. Ca-ri-bou, French. The feet very large and broad, fitting the animal to travel over smooth ice, or deep snow; found on all the shores of Lake Superior, and sometimes at the upper end of Lake Huron; but most frequent farther north.
| Mooze, or Moonce, Ojib. | Moose. The nasal sound, at the end of this word is common in these dialects; but it is difficult to represent, by the letters of our alphabet. |
| Moon-swah, Cree |
I-aw-ba-mooze—Buck moose. No-zha-mooze—Deer moose. Moonze-aince—Little moose, etc.
A-yance—Opossum, only in the south. The word a-yance, means crafty.