This list of the Cenozoic life of Idaho contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Idaho and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
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Living Abies, or fir trees - †Abies alvordensis
- †Abies concoloroides
- †Abies conncoloroides
- †Abies idahoensis – type locality for species
- †Abies klamathensis
- †Abies sonomensis
- †Abies toxirivus
- Acer
- †Acritohippus
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920). - †Aesculus
- Agelaius
- †Agriotherium
- †Agriotherium schneideri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Alforjas – tentative report
- †Alilepus
- †Alilepus vagus – type locality for species
- Alnus
- †Alnus carpinoides
- †Alnus fairii
- †Alnus fossilis
- †Alnus hollandiana
- †Alnus latahensis
- †Alnus lemhiensis – type locality for species
- †Alnus relatus
- †Alnus rossi
- †Alphagaulus
Life restoration of the Miocene elephant relative Amebelodon. Margret Flinsch (1932). - †Amebelodon floridanus – or unidentified comparable form
- Amelanchier
- Anas
- Anser
- Antilocapra
- Antrozous
- †Aphelops
- †Aphelops malacorhinus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Archaeohippus
- †Arctodus
- Ardea
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- Baiomys
- †Baiomys aquilonius – type locality for species
- Betula
- †Betula ashleyi
- †Betula lemhiensis – type locality for species
- †Betula thor
- †Betula vera
- Bibio
- †Bibio latahensis – type locality for species
- †Bibio testeus – type locality for species
- Bison
- †Bison alaskensis
- †Bison antiquus – or unidentified comparable form
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pleistocene Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison - †Bison priscus
- Boletina
- †Bolitophila
- †Bolitophila pulveris – type locality for species
- †Bombus
- †Bombus proavus – tentative report
- Bonasa
- †Bootherium
- †Borophagus
Restorative portrait of the Miocene oreodont mammal Brachycrus - Brachylagus
- Branta
- Bucephala
- †Buisnictis
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Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops - Camponotus
- Canis
- Carya
- Castor
- Ceanothus
- Cedrela
- †Ceratomeryx – type locality for genus
- †Ceratomeryx prenticei – type locality for species
- Cercidiphyllum
- Cervus
- †Cervus elaphus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Chamaecyparis
- †Chamaecyparis edwardsii – type locality for species
- †Chamaecyparis linguaefolia
- Chen
- †Chen pressa – type locality for species
- †Chrysolepis
- †Chrysolepis haynesii – type locality for species
- Ciconia – tentative report
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork
- Colymbus
- Comptonia
- †Conites – tentative report
- †Copemys – tentative report
- Cornus
- †Cosomys
- †Cosoryx
- Craigia
- Crataegus
- †Crataegus bakeri – type locality for species
- †Crataegus flavescens
- †Crataegus haynesii – type locality for species
- †Cunninghamia
- †Cunninghamia marquettii – type locality for species
- Cygnus
- †Cygnus hibbardi – type locality for species
- Cynomys
- †Cynorca
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- †Dennstaedtia
- †Diceratherium
- †Diplodipelta
- †Dipoides
- Dolichoderus
- †Domnina
Fossilized horns, jaws, and limb bones of the Miocene deer relative Dromomeryx - Dytiscus
- †Dytiscus miocenicus – type locality for species
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- Elaphe
- †Elaphe pliocenica – type locality for species
- †Elaphe vulpina
- †Entoptychus
- †Eotermes
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene bone-crushing dog Epicyon - †Equisetum
- †Equisetum alexanderi
- †Equisetum arcticum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Equisetum octangulatum
- Equus
- †Equus fromanius
- †Equus idahoensis
- †Equus scotti
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene horse Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse or American zebra
- Erethizon
- †Eucommia
- †Euptelea
- †Euptelea dilcherii – type locality for species
- Exechia
- †Exechia juliaetta – type locality for species
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- Falco
- Felis
- †Ferinestrix
- †Ferinestrix vorax – type locality for species
Illustrations of the flowers and foliage of a living Fraxinus, or ash tree, with insets further detailing its anatomy - †Fraxinus coulteri
- †Fraxinus stenocarpa – type locality for species
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- Gallinula
- †Garrya
- †Gigantocamelus
- Ginkgo
Restored foliage of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene ginkgo tree Ginkgo adiantoides
- †Gleditsia
- †Gleditsia lottii – type locality for species
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- Halesia
- †Hemiauchenia
- Homo
Restoration of Pliocene-Pleistocene Homotherium, or scimitar cat - Hydrangea
- †Hypohippus
- †Hypolagus
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- Larix
- †Larix cassiana
- †Larix lemhiensis – type locality for species
A living Lasiurus, or hairy-tailed bat - Lasius
- †Ledum
- †Ledum idahoensis – type locality for species
- Lepus
- Libocedrus
- †Limnephilus
- †Liriodendron
- †Lithocarpus
- Lontra
- †Lontra canadensis
- †Lontra weiri – type locality for species
A living Lynx
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- †Macrophya
- †Macrophya adventitia – type locality for species
- Mahonia
- †Mammut
- †Mammuthus
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909). - †Mammuthus hayi
- †Martinogale
- †Megacamelus
- †Megaleuctra
- †Megaleuctra jewetti – type locality for species
- †Megalonyx
- †Megantereon
- Meleagris
- Mergus
- †Merychyus
- †Mesoreodon
- Messor – tentative report
- †Metalopex
- Metasequoia
- †Michenia
- Mictomys
- †Mimomys
Fossilized skull of the Eocene-Oligocene three-toed horse Miohippus - †Miohippus gemmarosae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Miolabis – tentative report
- †Miopsyche
- Mustela
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- Natrix
- †Natrix hibbardi – type locality for species
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene Neophrontops - †Neophrontops slaughteri – type locality for species
- Neotoma
- †Neotoma quadriplicata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Neotragocerus
- †Neotragocerus lindgreni – type locality for species
- †Niglarodon
- †Nymphaeites
- †Nyssa
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A living Odocoileus deer - Ondatra
- †Ondatra idahoensis – type locality for species
- †Ondatra minor
- †Ondatra zibethicus
- †Ophiomys
- †Ophiomys parvus – type locality for species
- †Ophiomys taylori
- †Oregonomys
- †Oregonomys magnus
- †Oregonomys pebblespringsensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Oreolagus
- †Osmunda
- Ostrya
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Oligocene-Miocene camel Oxydactylus
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- †Paciculus
- †Paenemarmota
- †Palaeolagus – tentative report
- Panthera
- †Paracryptotis
- †Paramicrotoscoptes
Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon - †Paratamias – type locality for genus
- †Paratamias tarassus – type locality for species
- †Parthenocissus
- Pelecanus
- †Pelecanus halieus – type locality for species
- Perognathus
- †Perognathus maldei – type locality for species
- Peromyscus
- †Peromyscus hagermanensis – type locality for species
- Persea
- Phalacrocorax
A living Phalacrocorax auritus, or double-crested cormorant - †Phalacrocorax idahensis
- †Phalacrocorax macer – type locality for species
- Phenacomys
- Phryganea
- Picea
- Pinus
- †Pinus alvordensis
- †Pinus baileyii – type locality for species
- †Pinus harneyana
- †Pinus ponderosoides
- †Pinus prestrobus – type locality for species
- †Pinus wheeleri
- Platanus
- †Platanus idahoensis – type locality for species
Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922). - †Platygonus pearcei – type locality for species
- †Plesiosorex
- †Plesiosorex coloradensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pliogeomys
- †Pliogeomys parvus – type locality for species
- †Pliophenacomys
- †Pliosaccomys
- †Pliotaxidea
- †Pliotaxidea nevadensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Populus
- Porzana
- †Porzana lacustris – type locality for species
- †Potamogeton
- †Problastomeryx
- †Procastoroides
- Procyon
- †Prodipodomys
- †Prodipodomys idahoensis – type locality for species
Restoration of the Miocene hippopotamus-like oreodont Promerycochoerus both onshore and in the water. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). - †Propentacora
- †Propentacora froeschneri – type locality for species
- †Protolabis
- Prunus
- †Pseudofagus – type locality for genus
- †Pseudofagus idahoensis – type locality for species
- †Pseudolarix
- †Pseudotsuga
- Pterocarya
- Puma
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A living Quercus, or oak tree - †Quercus bilobata – type locality for species
- †Quercus castormontis – type locality for species
- †Quercus hannibali
- †Quercus haynesii – type locality for species
- †Quercus mccanni
- †Quercus moyei – type locality for species
- †Quercus simulata
- †Quercus snookensis – type locality for species
- Querquedula
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- Rangifer
- †Rhamnus
- Rhododendron
- Rhus
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene elephant relative Rhynchotherium - †Ribes
- Rosa
- †Rymosia
- †Rymosia miocenica – type locality for species
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- Salix
- †Salix cassiana
- †Salix hesperia
- †Salix knowltoni
- †Salix lemhiensis – type locality for species
- Sassafras
- †Satherium
- Scapanus
- †Scapanus hagermanensis – type locality for species
- †Scapanus proceridens – or unidentified comparable form
- †Scapanus townsendii – or unidentified related form
- Sciara
- †Sciara sepulta – type locality for species
- Sequoia
- †Sequoiadendron
- †Simocyon
- †Simocyon primigenius – or unidentified comparable form
- †Smilax
- †Smilax trinervis – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon - †Sminthosinis
- †Sminthosinis bowleri – type locality for species
- †Sophora
- †Sorbus
- Sorex
- †Sorex hagermanensis – type locality for species
- †Sorex meltoni – type locality for species
- †Sorex palustris
- †Sorex powersi – type locality for species
- †Sorex rexroadensis – or unidentified comparable form
- Spermophilus
- Sphecophaga – tentative report
- †Spiraea
- †Spiraea idahoensis – type locality for species
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene elephant relative Stegomastodon - Sthenictis
- Sylvicola
- †Sylvicola carolae – type locality for species
- †Symphoricarpos
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- Taxidea
- Taxodium
Restoration of the Miocene-Pliocene rhinoceros Teleoceras - Thamnophis
- Thomomys
- †Thuja
- †Ticholeptus
- Tilia
- †Trigonictis
- †Trilaccogaulus
- †Tsuga
- Typha
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A living Ulmus, or elm - †Ungnadia
- Ursus
- †Ursus abstrusus – type locality for species
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A variety of modern Vaccinium species, clockwise from top right: cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries, and huckleberries - †Vauquelinia
- Vulpes
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References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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