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Indiana Mammal Allegheny Woodrat Indiana Mammal Badger Indiana Mammal Beaver Indiana Mammal Bobcat Indiana Mammal Cottontail Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Mammal Mammal Mammal Mammal Beaver Allegheny Badger Woodrat Bobcat Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Mammal Mammal Mammal Mammal Cottontail Coyote Rabbit Fox Squirrel Gray Fox Bobcat Beaver Badger Allegheny Woodrat The Allegheny woodrat is a The bobcat (Felis rufus) is a During the early history of Indiana, The badger is well-equipped to medium-sized nocturnal rodent moderate-sized member of the beavers were a very valuable fur species. live up to its nickname of the Their pelts were used in place of currency similar in appearance to a cat family. The name is “earth-mover.” Its powerful by fur trappers, traders, and Indians white-footed mouse. An adult appropriate because they sport forelegs and long claws allow it a stubby tail only four or five throughout the newly explored Midwest. In woodrat is 15-18 inches in to easily dig ground squirrels inches long. Bobcats range in fact, it was disputes over trapping rights for length which includes the and gophers out of their length from 30 to 50 inches, beaver that fueled the French and Indian seven-inch long tail. Unlike Wars. During the 1920s, large beaver pelts stand about 2 feet high and burrows. Badgers are very other rats, the woodrat’s tail is were worth as much as $100 each. weigh from 15 to 30 pounds. powerful animals, but are not densely haired and is distinctly Unfortunately, the demand for beaver was aggressive unless provoked. In bicolored: brownish black on Large tufts of fur on the cheeks too great, and by 1840, beaver were are characteristic of the fact, rather than engaging in a top and white below. The fur is considered rare in Indiana. In 1935, the long, soft and brownish-gray or species. The fur is reddish- Indiana Department of Conservation fight, badgers often dig brown above and a whitish themselves into a hole for cinnamon in color with a white obtained a few breeding pairs of beaver belly and feet. An adult woodrat below, and black spots or from Wisconsin and released them on defense. Man and packs of weighs approximately nine streaks are throughout the coat. Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area. As dogs are the chief predators of ounces. Immature woodrats are Bobcats live as long as 10 to 12 the population grew, some moved into badgers in Indiana, but coyotes more gray in color, particularly years in the wild. Eerie screams adjacent counties while others were may take a few young each on the belly. are often emitted by bobcats trapped and released in other parts of the spring. during the night. state. Presently, beaver are found in almost every county. Gray Fox Fox Squirrel Coyote Cottontail Rabbit A small wild canine moves as The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), To many Hoosiers, the mention of The eastern cottontail rabbit silently as a shadow among found throughout the state, is coyotes evokes images of cowboys (Sylvilagus floridanus) is found Hoosier woodlands on a the largest of the 4 tree squirrel and campfires, the open plains and throughout the eastern two- summer night. Sensitive ears species in Indiana. The other perhaps a spine-tingling nocturnal thirds of the United States and and nostrils probe damp air tree squirrels are the gray chorus by wild “prairie wolves” south through Mexico. In this currents for sounds and scents squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), overlooking the vast western range, there are 12 subspecies of prey. A pair of eyes equipped red squirrel (Tamiasciurus expanse. They would be surprised to with only one native to Indiana, for nocturnal vision search for hudsonicus), and southern discover that coyotes (Canis latrans) Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsii. movement ahead on the forest flying squirrel (Glacomys are native to Indiana soil. Prior to the The cottontail is reddish brown floor. A deer mouse foraging in volans). settlement of Indiana, coyotes were to gray along the back and a carpet of leaves, feels the primarily restricted to original prairie sides, while the underside is weight of a fur-lined paw and for regions to the state. With the gray to white. The underside of an instant the crushing teeth as clearing of forests for farming, the tail is snow white and is a gray fox tosses the ill-fated coyotes have consistently expanded very bright when the rabbit rodent over a shoulder. their distribution. Today, coyotes are runs, thus the name “cottontail.” found throughout Indiana. Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Mammal Mammal Mammal Mammal Muskrat Opossum Bats Mink Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Bird Mammal Mammal Mammal Turkey Raccoon Red Fox Striped Skunk Opossum Muskrat Mink Indiana Bats The spark of life barely flickers Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) Mink (Mustela vison) are about Although bats are often in his brain. His ancestors resemble large field mice with none the size of a small house cat, mistreated and misunderstood, walked in the shadow of of the offensive traits or habits of the but their bodies are these mammals are beneficial dinosaurs and mingled with common rat. They weigh about three considerably more elongate, and important components of horses that grew only 12 inches pounds, have bead like eyes, and and their legs are the ecosystem. They also eat tall. Slow, clumsy and low on their ears nearly concealed in dense proportionately much shorter. many night-flying insects, the intelligence scale, the fur. The hind feet are quite large, and Males are larger than females. including crop pests. opossum is Indiana's most while not webbed, have stiff hair Adult males average about two ancient mammal and seems between the toes, which aid in pounds and are from 24 to 27 Despite the many benefits of destined to follow us to the swimming. The tail flattened on the inches in length. A few males bats, people should avoid stars. sides and serves as a rudder. Most may reach weights up to 4 contact with them and should muskrats have long, dark, reddish- pounds. Mature females are not handle them. Bats can carry brown fur on the upper parts of the from 17 to 21 inches long and rabies. Dogs and cats can body and short, silver-tipped fur usually weigh about 1 1/2 to two encounter bats, especially bats underneath. Guard hairs are long pounds. In both sexes, the well- that are sick or injured, and and durable while the underfur is furred tail comprises about one- should therefore be vaccinated fine, soft and waterproof. This third of the animal's body against rabies. Even if bats are mammal is well equipped for its length. healthy, they should not be aquatic habitat but is awkward and at handled because they are a disadvantage on land. fragile. Stripped Skunk Turkey Red Fox Raccoon The striped skunk is considered by many All domestic turkeys are folks and unfortunate farm dogs to be a The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a small wild The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is descendants of those taken from disgusting beast and general pest. The dog. It has a pointed muzzle, prominent one of Indiana’s most likable ears and a long, bushy tail tipped in white. the wild in North America and skunk is actually a non-aggressive, tidy mammals. While many They appear yellowish-red from a Central America. Genuine wild animal that serves the beneficial purpose Hoosiers have difficulty distance. A closer look will reveal the turkeys resemble their tame of insect and rodent control. It is very identifying a Franklin’s ground relatives, but generations of white belly, throat and inner ears. Other aware of the respect it enjoys and will squirrel or some other small escaping meat eaters has color phases occur, but they are not rarely run from a threat. When annoyed he mammal, the raccoon is a resulted in extreme wariness and will raise his bushy tail, lower his head and common. These variations are silver preference for rapid take off and (black fur with white hairs sprinkled stranger to none. It raids our assume an aiming position, and as a last sweet corn patches, gives the flights of more than a mile. resort, commence firing. The offender then among the black), cross (a portion of the hound dog a run for his money becomes a victim of two narrow streams of fur is black and a portion of the pelt is red, The wild turkey’s naked head and on star-filled autumn nights, and yellow fluid secreted from a double and the black fur runs across the neck have bluish cast, while the barreled nozzle in the skunk’s anal tract. shoulders and along the back forming a its delicate human-like foot overall appearance is glossy The skunk can accurately dispense this cross when seen from above), and black prints are embedded along black with a metallic sheen. Hens secretion at distances up to 10 feet and (all fur is black; this is also known as the countless streams, rivers, lakes are smaller than gobblers, less can shoot five or six spurts at the intruder. melanistic phase). The long guard hairs and ponds scattered across the lustrous and do not have the making up their colorful pelt cause them If the victim is hit in the eyes, temporary Hoosier landscape. bristly black beard hanging from blindness will occur. A near miss will cause to appear larger then they actually are. the center of the breast. The average adult weighs from 8 to 14 nausea, gagging and extreme discomfort. pounds. Indiana Indiana Bird Indiana Bird Indiana Bird Mammal Bobwhite Quail White-Tailed Bald Eagle Barn Owl Deer Indiana Bird Indiana Bird Indiana Bird Indiana Bird Loggerhead Cardinal Osprey Canada Goose Shrike Bobwhite Quail Barn Owl Bald Eagle White-Tailed Deer Quail appear to be drab and Also known as the “monkey-faced Designated as the national bird White-tailed deer are Indiana’s sole rather ordinary, but a close look owl,” the barn owl (Tyto alba) has a of the United States in 1782, representative of the family Cervidae, will reveal color combinations distinctive, heart-shaped face, dark the bald eagle nested which includes mule deer, elk and moose.
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