Mammal Identification
Badger • Broad squat body, white stripe from the nose over the head to the shoulders. White stripe between the eye and ear. • 20-34” • Wt 7 7/8-25 lbs
Big Brown Bat
Large Bat usually glossy; belly paler, with hairs dark at base. 41/8-5� Wt 3/8-5/8 oz
Hoary Bat •Pale brown with tips of fur heavily frosted white; throat Buffy yellow. Ears short and rounded, with black, naked rims. •4-6” •Wt 5/8-11/4 oz
Black Bear • Smallest North American bear. Short stocky bear, thick legs, small ears. Color may be black, blonde, cinnamon. • Length 4’6-6’2 • Wt 203-587 lbs
Beaver • Large soft furred rodent. It has a large flat scaly tail, two large front teeth, short ears and webbed hind feet. • 3-4’ • Wt usually 44-60 lbs but sometimes up to 86 lbs.
Bobcat • The bobcat has a short tail, tawny gray body with black spots. Broad cheek ruff, small tufts of black hair on the ends of the ears. • 28-49” • Wt 14-29 lbs
Chipmunk • Yellow grey in color with black and white stripes from the nose to tail. • 81/2-113/4” • 21/4-5 oz
Coyote • The coyote is dog like with a round bushy tail. Very coarse hair that varies in color, mostly gray but can be brown, black, rust colored. • 3’5”- 4’4” • Wt 20- 40 lbs
White-tailed deer • Brown body with a white underside. The underside of the tail is white, there is white ring on the nose and white on the throat. Antlers curve forward over the face. • 7’ to 45” • Wt Males 150-310 lbs Females 90-211 lbs
Red Fox • Reddish brown fur. White underline and a white tip on the tail. • 35-41” • Wt 77/8-15 lbs
Gray fox • Salt and pepper coat, the underline and neck are buff/orange in color. There is a black stripe from the rump to • 31-44” • Wt 71/2-13 lbs
Mink •Sleek-bodied, with lustrous chocolate brown to black fur; white spotting on chin and throat. Tail long, somewhat bushy. Males larger than female. •193/8-28” •Wt 11/2-31/2 lbs
Eastern Mole •Short, velvety fur; gray in northern parts of range, brownish or tan in southern and western parts. Tail very short and nearly naked. Snout long, flexible, and naked. No visible eyes. •31/4-83/4” •Wt 3-5 oz
Starnose Mole • Black fur, long hairy tail. Large digging forelegs. 22 pink fleshy projections on nose. • 6-81/4” • Wt 1-25/8 oz
Meadow Jumping Mouse • Brownish back; yellowish sides; white belly. Long tail with tip usually not white. • 73/8-11/8 • Wt 3/8-1 oz
House Mouse • Grayish brown above; nearly as dark below. Tail dusky above and below; nearly hairless; less than half the body length. • 51/2-73/4” • Wt 5/8-3/4 oz
White-Footed Mouse • Body brownish or reddish to grayish, often with darker stripe down middle of back; white below. Tail similarly bicolor, nearly half total length. Large ears. Juvenile gray above; white below. • 51/8-81/8 • Wt 3/8-11/2 oz
Muskrat • Dense, glossy fur, dark brown above, lighter on sides; finer, softer, and paler below to nearly white on throat. Small dark patch occasionally on chin. Long scaly tail, nearly naked. Hind feet partially webbed and larger than forefeet. Eyes and ears small.
Little Brown Myotis • Variable shades of glossy brown above, with tips of hair burnished brown; buff below. • 31/8-35/8 • Wt 1/16-1/2 oz
Opossum • Grey to black in color. The opossum has a pink nose, tail and feet. The nose is long an pointed and the ears are often black in color. • 25-40” • Wt 4-14 lbs
River Otter • A large aquatic mustelid with elongate body and broad, flattened head. Dark brown above, with paler belly. Throat often sliver gray, Ears and eyes small. Prominent, whitish whiskers. Long tail thick at base gradually pointed. Feet webbed. Male larger than female. • 35-52” • Wt 11-30 lbs
Cottontail rabbit • Small brown rabbit with black and white speckles, white tail like ball of cotton short ears. • 143/4-181/4” • Wt 2-4 lbs
Raccoon • Brown body, black mask around the eyes, 4-6 orange and black rings on the tail. • 24-37” • Wt 12-42 lbs
Norway rat • Will have brown to black fur. Ears and tail are bald. The length of tail is shorter than the length of body. • 123/8-181/8” • Wt 67/8-17 oz
Least Shrew • Grayish brown or brownish above; paler below. Short tail. Only three unicupids visible. Fifth absent; fourth is hidden behind the third. • 23/4-31/2 • Wt 1/8-1/4 oz
Short-Tailed Shrew • Solid gray above and below. Short tail. • 33/4-5” • Wt ½-1 oz
Stripped Skunk • Black head and body. White stripe between the eyes. White stripe on each side from the top of the head to the tail • 20-31” • Wt 1-11/2 lbs
Fox squirrel • The fox squirrel has a brown/gray body with a red underline, cheeks and a red black speckled tail. • 177/8-28” • Wt 173/4-371/2 oz
Gray Squirrel • The upper body is gray in color, underline and bottom of the tail are white. Black tufts of hair on the tips of the ears. • 17-193/4” • Wt 141/8-25 oz
Red Squirrel • Reddish gray in color, white underline, large bushy tail. • 105/8-151/4” • Wt 5-87/8 oz
Southern Flying Squirrel • Very silky coat grayish brown above, white below, with all white from tip to base. Loose fold of between foreleg and hindleng. Flattened, gray-brown tail. Large black eyes. • 73/4-101/8” • Wt 11/2-31/2 oz
Thirteen-lined ground Squirrel • Brownish, with 13 alternating brown and whitish longitudinal lines ( sometimes partially broken into spots) on back and sides. Rows of whitish spots within dark lines. • 63/4-115/8” • Wt 37/8-91/2 oz
Meadow Vole • Color variable: from yellowish brown or reddish brown peppered with black, to blackish brown above, usually gray with silver-tipped hair below. Feet dark. • 51/2-21/2” • Wt 5/8-21/2 oz
Least Weasel • Brown above, white below. Tail very short, brown. Feet white. All white in winter in North. • 63/4-81/8” • Wt 11/4-13/4 oz
Long-tailed weasel • Long slender brown body, bushy tail, yellow/white belly and neck, pure white in the winter. • 11-22” • Wt 3-93/8 oz
Woodchuck • Grizzled brown with variations from reddish to blackish. Prominent bushy tail. Small ears and short legs. Feet dark brown or black. Incisors white. • 161/2-32” • Wt 41/2-14 lbs
Eastern Woodrat •Grayish brown above; white or grayish below. Bicolor tail is less than half total length. Throat hairs gray at base. •121/4-173/8” •Wt 71/8-16 oz