Big Brown Bat

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Big Brown Bat

• Eptesicus/fuscus
• Big Brown Bat is larger in size than ordinary
  bats. Usually 4 to 5 inches in length and ½ to
  5/8 ounce in weight.
• Fur is mildly long and shiny brown, ears,
  membranes, feet and face are mildly blacking in
  color
• Big Brown Bats are nocturnal. At night Navigate
  through the skies using ultrasonic sounds through
  the mouth and nose.

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Usually Stay in Forests or Wooded areas where it
is more damp and Dark Relatively Ferocious when
captured Theyre food is entirely insects that
they catch during flight
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Opossum
Didelphis/ Virgniana Diverged From South
American Marsupials Usually stay in one area, as
long as water and food is available. Adult
opossums do not hang from trees, Babies do
though. Opossums life-span are very short, Only
lasting from 2 to 4 years.
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small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size
of a large house cat Males are usually larger
than females Have a very broad range of
diet Usually stay in one area as long as food and
water is present When threatened or harmed, they
will mimic the appearance and smell of a sick or
dead animal Have immunities to most harmful snake
bites, such as the cotton-mouth, pit vipers and
rattle snakes

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Glauomys/Volans Have Grey/Brown Fur on top and
cream colored fur underneath. They have large
dark eyes and a flattened tail. The furry
membrane called the patagium extends between the
front and rear legs, used to glide through the
air. Feed on fruit/nuts from trees such as red
and white oak. Hickory and beech. They store
much food too, in snags of trees.
Southern Flying Squirrel
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Parents leave their young 65 days after they are
born. The young then become fully independent at
120 days of age. Their ears open at 2 to 6 days
old, and fur grows in by 7 days. Their eyes don't
open until they are 24-30 days old Can Fly up to
a kilometer If there homes are moved they can
sense up to 40,000 sq meters where its
located Kick out there front and back legs to
glide through the air Is one of the 2 genuss for
flying Squirrels Use nesting wholes in the
winter communally.
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Deer Mouse
Peromycus/ Maniculatus A small, white-footed
mouse with sharply bicolor tail, white beneath
and dark above These mice occupy a variety of
habitats, ranging from mixed forests to
grasslands to open, well vegetated areas. Deer
mice do not hibernate
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Breed in almost every month of the year. Periods
Mostly January through April, and June through
November Their food consists of a variety of
items, chiefly seeds. In season fruits, bark,
roots, and herbage are also consumed and, judging
from the behavior of these mice about camps,
nearly everything edible is sampled. They live
in underground burrows, in brush piles, or in
crevices among rocks
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Star Nosed Mole

• Condylura/Cristata
• very powerful in relation to its size
• Is about 20cm in Length
• A third of its body length is its tail
• Has 22 fingerlike tentacles
• Active Year-round
• Spends much time in water
• Prefers Wet Swampy Ground

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It lives in wet lowland areas and eats small
insects, worms It is a good swimmer and can
forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds.
Like other moles, this animal digs shallow
surface tunnels often, these tunnels exit
underwater. It is active day and night and
remains active in winter, when it has been
observed tunneling through the snow and swimming
in ice-covered streams

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Cotton Tail Rabbit
Sylvillagus/floridanus Gets its name from the
fluffy white fur on the underside of its tail
Does not change it's colour in winter It has up
to of 4 to 7 bunnies several times a year Has
life span of less than 2 years They eat a
variety of green plants, including poison ivy

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Males Fight with other males over some territory
and mostly females Can Move quickly at about 10
to 15 mph In the winter it  eats the woody parts
of plants like the twigs and the bark of
brambles, birch, oak, dogwood and maple
trees stand on its hind feet to watch for
predators like coyotes, foxes, weasels, eagles
and hawks
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Beaver
Castor/Canadiensis Best known for their natural
trait of building dams in rivers and streams, and
building their homes in the eventual pond. They
are the second-largest rodent in the
world. Theyre dams protect against predators,
and provide storage for food in the winter. When
startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will
rapidly dive while forcefully slapping the water
with its broad tail. Adult beavers way over
fifty-five lbs.
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The primary sound of water stimulates the beavers
to build dams. The beaver waterproofs its thick
fur by coating it with castoreum, an oily
secretion from its scent glands Beavers use
theyre thick extra fat on their stomachs to keep
warm Females usually larger than the male
beavers.
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Plains Pocket Gopher

• Geomys/bursarius
• small, solitary rodent
• 5 1/2 to 9 inches long
• Black and Yellowish Brown
• Has long feet with large fore claws
• uses its front teeth to dig and to gnaw roots and
  holes
• Plains pocket gophers can run backwards in their
  burrows as fast as they can run forward. They use
  their bare tail as a feeler when backing up in
  the burrows. Their loose skin lets them turn a
  somersault in the tunnel for a quick getaway.

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Plains pocket gophers live in pastures,
grasslands, and prairies The gophers choose
well-drained soil that supports the growth of
plants like alfalfa that have tuberous roots.
Burrows are often located on embankments near
roads. Most of their lives are spent
underground. They dig burrows just under the
surface to find roots. Every few feet they push
the soil they have dug out up through the surface
to remove it from the tunnel. It forms a
mound.