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Are there moose in Maine?

Last checked November 3, 2026 against official sources.

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Yes.

IFW says Maine has one of the biggest moose and black bear populations in the Lower 48.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: “Our state has one of the biggest moose and black bear populations in the ‘Lower 48’.” Source

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On Maine's official list

All mammals in the state: Maine mammals.

Where the moose lives in the US

Wisconsin: on the state's official listOregon: on an official sourceNew York: on an official sourceMontana: on the state's official listMinnesota: on an official sourceIowa: on the state's official listNebraska: on the state's official listWashington: on the state's official listSouth Dakota: on the state's official listColorado: on an official sourceUtah: on the state's official listWyoming: on the state's official listNevada: on the state's official listNorth Dakota: on the state's official listMaine: on an official sourceRhode Island: on the state's official listConnecticut: on the state's official listMichigan: on an official sourceAlaska: on an official sourceNew Mexico: on the state's official listVermont: on the state's official listNew Hampshire: on the state's official list
Official presence. 22 states where a state list or official source names it. Gray means no official record in our data, not that it is absent.
  • Native or listed
  • Nonnative or not established
  • No official record in our data
New York: 6 recordsIdaho: 95 recordsMontana: 85 recordsMinnesota: 145 recordsOhio: 1 recordNebraska: 28 recordsWashington: 50 recordsColorado: 432 recordsUtah: 102 recordsWyoming: 343 recordsMassachusetts: 15 recordsNorth Dakota: 9 recordsMaine: 87 recordsMichigan: 89 recordsAlaska: 1,372 recordsVermont: 1,652 recordsNew Hampshire: 244 records
Observation records. Open-licence records on GBIF in 17 states. Records are sightings people shared, not confirmation that a population lives there.
  • 1–9
  • 10–99
  • 100–999
  • 1,000+

Moose: identification, range and danger

When mammals are seen in Maine

1,994 records (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY).

Sources

  1. Mammals: Species Information. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. undated page; checked November 3, 2026.
    Quoted passages (2)
    “Our state has one of the biggest moose and black bear populations in the ‘Lower 48’.”
    “These include the sea mink, caribou, eastern cougar, and wolf.”
  2. Moose (mammal species page). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. undated page; checked November 3, 2026.
    Quoted passages (1)
    “Minimize agricultural conflicts with moose and the number and severity of moose-vehicle collisions”
  3. GBIF.org occurrence records, human observations licensed CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, accessed November 3, 2026. The datasets behind these counts are listed on our Sources page.