FRIENDS OF VOLO BOG

Castor canadensis

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Eptesicus fuscus

Large brown bat, may live in colonies

Canis latrans

Good sized canine predator, tail down while running

Peromyscus maniculatus

Common small rodent, omnivorous

Tamias striatus

Ground dwelling herbivore, can be abundant

Sylvilagus floridanus

The common local rabbit, herbivore

Nycticeius humeralis

Small brown colored bat

Sciurus niger

Savannah squirrel with orange highlights in their tail

Urocyon cineroargenteus

medium sized carnivore, black stripe down top of tail

Sciurus carolinensis

Squirrel of thick forests, note cray highlights in tail

Lasiurus cinereus

Large bat with grizzled fur

Mustela nivalis

Very small carnivore, long and skinny to follow mice into holes

Myotis lucifugus

Lives in colonies like the Bat Barn

Mustela frenata

Squirrel sized carnivore

Sorex cinereus

1/4th the size of a mouse, carnivorous, must eat it's weight in food each day

Zapus hudsonius

Very long tail, hops like a kangaroo, needs larger habitats

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Small ears and short tail, abundant in open areas

Mustela vison

All dark except white patch under chin, carnivore

Ondatra zibethicus

Rabbit sized rodent with a tail flattened side to side

Blarina brevicauda

Mouse sized carnivore, one of three venemous mammals

Procyon lotor

Medium sized carnivore

Lasiurus borealis

Reddish fur, solitary, hides in vegetation

Vulpes vulpes

medium sized carnivore, red color

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Small solitary bat

Glaucomys volans

Nocturnal, half the size of regular squirrels, glides between trees

Mephitis mephitis

nocturnal carnivore with aposamatic coloration

Spermophilus tridecimlineatus

Medium sized burrowing herbivore

Didelphis virginiana

A marsupial carbnivore

Odocoileus virginianus

Large herbivore, males have antlers in the fall and winter

Marmota monax

Large burrowing herbivore