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Florida panther Ants Wildlife that RUN/crawl Wildlife that RUN/crawl Wildlife that RUN/crawl Scientific name: Scientific Name: Family Formicidae Puma concolor coryi Antilocapra americana Description: Ants are insects with Description: The Florida panther Description: are about a narrow “waist” between the eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N © jocrebbin / Shutterstock.com is a subspecies of the cougar 1 1 0 2 , 0 and 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N © TerrySpivey_USDAForestService 5 to 6 feet tall with a body shape © David Cappaert_MichiganStateU second and third body segments, the only cougar that remains in the similar to a deer. Pronghorns are large heads, and elbowed antennae. Eastern United States. They are about 6-7 feet long. mostly beige or reddish brown to blend in with the color They are usually red, brown or black and range in size Males are larger than females. Their bodies are mainly of grasses. They have white bellies, rumps, tails and from .03-2 inches in length. They are social insects that covered in tawny-beige fur, except for the whitish-gray white markings on their necks and face. Both male and live in highly organized colonies. In ant colonies there belly and chest. Black markings decorate the tip of the female pronghorns have horns. The front of the horns are different kinds of ants with different jobs—usually tail, ears and around the snout. They hunt birds, white- has one small prong that is the source of the common workers (all female) and one or more queens, and tailed deer, feral hogs, raccoons, and other medium- name. sometimes other specialist ants. Some create or nurture sized mammals and reptiles. U.S. Habitat and Range: Look for pronghorns throughout the next generations of ants, some gather food, some take U.S. Habitat and Range: The historic range of the the year in the plains, deserts and prairies of the western care of the queen, some defend the colony. Florida panther extended from Florida to Louisiana and southwestern United States. U.S. Habitat and Range: Ants are found throughout the throughout the Gulf Coast states and Arkansas. Today, Fun Fact: Pronghorns are some of the fastest on U.S., often underground, but also in leaf litter and logs. the only place where wild Florida panthers are found Earth and can sustain their speed for a long time. Some Fun Fact: As they walk ants can leave trails of chemical is the southwestern tip of Florida, where less than 100 pronghorns have been known to run at 25-30 miles per scents (called pheromones) that help guide their fellow Florida panthers remain. They use a variety of habitats, hour for over 15 miles. ants to food and back to the colony. including wetlands, swamps, upland forests, and stands of saw palmetto. Conservation Status: Two subspecies of pronghorn—the Conservation Status: Stable Fun Fact: Peninsular pronghorns and Sonoran pronghorns—are Florida panthers don’t roar like a . They both listed as Endangered. purr, hiss, snarl, growl and yowl to communicate. Conservation Status: Endangered. National Wildlife Federation • www.nwf.org National Wildlife Federation • www.nwf.org National Wildlife Federation • www.nwf.org W ildlife that

Snails Red fox Black bear Wildlife that RUN/crawl Wildlife that RUN/crawl Wildlife that RUN/crawl Class Gastropoda Scientific name:Vulpes vulpes Scientific Name:Ursus americanus Description: Snails belong to a group Description: Red foxes are about 3 Description: Not all black bears are of animals with a soft body called feet long and 2 feet tall. They have black – their fur can range in color eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N

eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N mollusks which are related to oysters, large, pointy ears and a long snout. from a cinnamon color to very eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N © Marshal_Hedin clams, and other shellfish. Snails © Larry R Hitchens The tail is long and fluffy. They have © Michael Peterson dark brown or black. The muzzle range greatly in size and can live on land, freshwater or in red fur across the face, back, sides and tail. The throat, is usually lighter than the coat color, and some black the sea. The body of a land snail is long, moist and slimy chin, and belly are grayish-white. They have black feet bears have a white spot on the chest or throat. They have and it has a shell to protect its soft body. Shell shapes and black tipped ears and a white tipped tail. Red foxes a short, inconspicuous tail and small, dark eyes. Males range from rounded, spiral, or high to pointed or flat. like to eat rodents and rabbits, but they will also eat are larger than females, weighing up to 600 lbs., while They usually have one or two pairs of tentacles on their birds, amphibians and fruit and sometimes steal food females weigh up to 175 lbs. They typically eat insects, heads. from garbage cans or farms. Their ability to find food, larvae, roots, berries, and sometimes fish and small U.S. Habitat and Range: Snails can be found in a very even during the winter, is one reason why red foxes have mammals. wide range of environments. Although many people are a reputation for being cunning and smart. U.S. Habitat and Range: The black bear is widely familiar with land snails, there are many more species of U.S. Habitat and Range: Red foxes can be found distributed in the U.S., including Alaska. They can live in a marine snail species. Many snails can also be found in throughout the continental United States from Alaska to wide range of habitat types, but prefer forests. Sometimes freshwater. Florida. Red foxes like open areas in woodlands, rural they become attracted to communities because of Fun Fact: Snails move by muscular contractions of their and suburban neighborhoods, wetlands and brushy the immediate availability of food. fields. “foot”, which is covered with mucus to protect it and help Fun Fact: Despite their large size, black bears can run it glide along smoothly. Fun Fact: Red foxes have excellent hearing. They can hear quite fast—at speeds of 25-30 miles an hour! low-frequency sounds and rodents digging underground. Conservation Status: Ranges from stable to endangered, Conservation Status: The Louisiana black bear (Ursus depending on the species. All of the Oahu tree snails in Conservation Status: Stable americanus luteolus), one of 16 identified subspecies of Hawaii are endangered. the , is federally listed as threatened.

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Box turtle Greater American bison Wildlife that RUN/crawl roadrunner Wildlife that RUN/crawl Wildlife that RUN/crawl Genus Terrapene Scientific Name:Bison bison Description: Box turtles range from Scientific Name: Basic Description: American bison about 5 to 8 inches long. The shell is Geococcyx californianus are the largest land animals in the eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N eek • March 14-20, 2011 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N domed shaped and covers 1 most 1 0 2 , 0 2 - 4 1 h c r a M of • k e We e f i l d l i W l a n o i t a N U.S. They are taller than an average © JohnnyNDell © MikeBaird Basic Description: The greater © DavidJones the body. They have a hinge in their roadrunner is a fast-running bird man and can weigh 2 tons! They have plastron (the underside of the shell) that allows them to that rarely flies and does not migrate. They are about 2 brown fur, often dark brown around the face, and grow close up their shells for protection from predators. Box feet long with long, thin legs. The tail is long and sticks long beards. They have two short horns. Behind the turtles like warm weather, but if it gets too hot, they will out to help the roadrunner balance when standing head, on the shoulders, is a hump. They eat plants like seek protection from the sun under logs or leaves or take and running. Roadrunners have a crest at the top of grasses and sedges. Female bison and their young live a swim in a pond. Box turtles eat berries, insects, roots, the head that can puff up when the bird is trying to in herds. Males and females mix only during the mating flowers, eggs and amphibians – basically, anything they communicate with other roadrunners. With speeds season. can catch and fit in their mouths. of 20 miles per hour, roadrunners definitely earn their U.S. Habitat and Range: Bison live in grasslands, prairies U.S. Habitat and Range: Box turtles are found in the name! Roadrunners will fly short distances to perch on and fields of the Great Plains. In the wild, bison can be Eastern and Midwestern U.S. as far west as Arizona and branches, posts and rocks. seen in parks and reserves such as Yellowstone National Wyoming. They prefer woodlands, but some are found in U.S. Habitat and Range: Greater roadrunners live in Park. grasslands and the semi-desert Southwest. Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Fun Fact: Bison love dust baths! When bison roll on the Fun Fact: Box turtles can live to be over 100 years old— California. They can be seen in deserts, brush and ground their immense weight causes depressions in the you can calculate their ages by counting growth rings on grasslands on the ground or sitting on low perches, such ground called wallows. the scutes (bony scales) of their shells. as fences. Conservation Status: Recovering, but many are on private Conservation Status: Ranges near threatened to Fun Fact: Roadrunners are quick enough to catch and eat ranches or have been crossbred with cattle. Few unmixed endangered depending on the species. rattlesnakes and scorpions. herds remain. The only continuously wild population can Conservation Status: Stable be found in Yellowstone National Park.

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