Notes: Included in this pamphlet are some of the ______Common Mammals mammals you are more likely to see of during your visit to Lee. ______Lee Lee has many more less common or hard ______STATE PARK to find mammals such as southern flying ______squirrels, fox squirrels, rabbits, bats, and many species of rats and mice. ______

For more information about mammals ______found at Lee, ask a park ranger or re- ______search using field guides which can be bought at any bookseller or borrowed ______Insert from a public library. Photo of ______Park Here Illustrations by Bob Savannah and Tom ______Kelley, US Fish and Wildlife Service ______

Lee State Park 487 Loop Rd Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 428-5307 www.SouthCarolinaParks.com ’s Mission

To protect and preserve the significant Park Hours: ...... 9am-5pm Extended hours during DST natural and cultural resources of the park Office Hours: Year-round ...... 11am-12pm while promoting stewardship through educational activities that emphasize the , and habitat, and The Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, age or handicap, and is an equal opportunity employer. other important features of the park. If anyone feels that he or she has been discriminated against, a complaint may be filed with the Equal Opportunity Office, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. Printed in the USA. Habitat Bobcat Lynx rufus Beaver Castor canadensis

Lee is located in the sandhills region of Elusive animals. Sometimes heard and not seen. Will South Carolina. The majority of Lee’s Places to see: slap tail on water habitat is considered the floodplain of Loop Road, the to try to frighten. the Lynches River which flows along the park entrance road Places to see: park’s western boundary. Many of the Time to see: night wetlands off of Loop Road mammals found at Lee are adapted to but can been survive in both wetland and upland infrequently seen Time to see: dusk till dawn but can been during the day infrequently seen during the day

River Otter Lutra canadensis Red Fox & Vulpes fulva White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Can be mistaken for a beaver Deer are the largest and visa versa. mammals found in the park. Gray foxes are much more common to Lee Places to see: wetlands off of Places to see: Loop Road, than red foxes. Loop Road and the Lynches the park entrance road, the River, day use area ponds picnic/day use area, the Places to see: park showring area roads Time to see: daytime

Time to see: dawn and Time to see: night Red Fox dusk Raccoon Procyon

Coyote Canis latrans Common masked bandit of Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis human habitations. A recent immigrant from the west. Gray squirrels Places to see: the park are the most entrance road, the picnic/ Places to see: park commonly seen day use area roads mammal here at

Lee. Time to see: night Time to see: night but

can been infrequently Places to see: seen during the day Opossum Didelphis marsupialis campground, the park entrance road, the picnic/day use area Common to see walking on roads Time to see: daytime Places to see: Loop Road, the park entrance road

Time to see: night