Ringtail • Bassariscus astutus • 24-32” long • Tail 12-17” • 1.75-2.5 lbs. • Narrow fox-face • Large ears • Large eyes • Yellowish-gray above • Buff/off-white underside • Long bushy tail • Alternang bands of black and white • Habitat • Rocky slopes, cliffs, canyons • Oen in the sparse trees found there • May be found up to 9000’ • Den • Cavity in rock pile, or small cave • Possibly under log Ringtail • Range • SW corner of Oregon • Siskiyou Mountains • South along Sierras • Southern Rocky Mountains • Southern U.S. from Louisiana to Arizona • South through Mexico • Feeding • Omnivorous • Insects, small mammals, reples, amphibians, bird eggs, nestlings, carrion, fruit • Reproducon • Breed Feb-March • Born May-July • 1-5 per lier • Weaned aer 1 month • Disperse early winter Ringtail • Track • 5 toes on each foot • No claws showing • No long heel print • Hard to find • Dry and oen rocky habitat • Maybe in dust on the floor of dry, shallow caves or on sheltered ledges • 1–2 3/4” x 2" (50 mm) • Cat-like • Except fore-print shows extra pad just behind the main one • Scat • Usually elongated and cylindrical • great variaon • In dry habitat, tends to crumble. • Frequently contains fragments of insect prey Northern Raccoon • Procyon lotor • 26-38” long • Tail 7.5-16” • 12-31 lbs. • Blackish to brownish gray • Lighsh gray-brown underneath • Bushy tail • 4-6 alternang black rings on yellowish background • Black mask over eyes • White eyebrows • White snout • Habitat • Near streams, lakes, ponds • Woodlands • Towns… • Den • Hollow tree, rock crevice Northern Raccoon • Range • All of U.S. into southern Canada • Except extreme SW U.S. • All of Mexico • Feeding • Fruits, nuts, insects, clams, frogs, fish, eggs, young birds, rodents • Faens up for winter • Reproducon • Breed late winter-early spring • Born late spring • 2-7 per lier • Nightly forays at about 1 month • Some disperse fall • Others in spring when new lier arrives Northern Raccoon • Track • Hand-shaped • 2 to 3 inches across • Five finger-like toes • Oen register small claws • Asymmetrical • innermost toe is smallest and further towards the rear of the foot than other toes • allows le and right tracks to be differenated • Foot pad roughly C-shaped • Front tracks have longer toes • more spread apart • Hind feet oen show larger palm and heel pad • Scat • Ommivorous • Variable in color, consistency, and shape • Oen found at base of trees which they climb and use for resng • Drier foods tubular with blocky ends • diameter ~3/8” • Cauon! Can contain parasic roundworms • If inhaled, can be lethal American Black Bear • Ursus americanus • 4 ½’ - 6’ long • Tail 3 - 7” • 3 - 3 ¼’ tall at shoulder • 88 - 595 lbs. • Typically solid black • May be brown, honey, cinnamon • Fairly long and shaggy • Thick short powerful legs • Long curved sharp claws • 1.5.2” • Habitat • Forests, especially remote montane regions • Den • Used only in winter • Small cave, hollow tree, under fallen log, root wad • Soens with grass • Doesn’t eat, drink, eliminate while in den American Black Bear • Range • Historically - Nearly all of Canada, south through most of U.S. except SW • Into northern Mexico • Current – Sll in most of Canada but reduced to mountains only in U.S./Mexico • Feeding • 95% plant material • Leaves, buds, flower, berries, fruits, roots • Some insects, small hoofed mammals, carrion • Reproducon • Mate June-July • Delayed implantaon unl denning in Nov. • Number implanted depends on health of sow • 1-5 (avg 2-3) born Jan • Disperse at just over 1 year American Black Bear

• Track • Large – 4x5” front w/claws • 4x6” hind w/o claws • 5 toes each paw • Claws more evident on fore- print • Hind includes heel print • Slightly pigeon toed • Scat • Large (~8x8” pile), ~1-1.5” diameter, segmented, round ends, typically full of plant maer Grizzly Bear

• Ursus arctos • 6 – 8 ½’ long • Tail 3 – 7” • 3 – 4’ at shoulder • 240 – 1160 lbs. • Typically brown to yellowish with white- pped guard hairs (grizzly) U. a. horribilis • May be black to nearly white • Small eyes, round ears • Large shoulder hump • Long claws – up to 4” • Habitat • Formerly open ranges but reduced to open areas of mountain regions and forests • Den • Cave or under tree roots on N/NE slope • Enter Oct during heavy snow • No eang/eliminang for 6 months Grizzly Bear • Range • Formerly western half N.A. • Now western Canada, Alaska, northern edge WA, NW MT • Feeding • 70-80% plant maer • Leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits • May dig insects, ground squirrels, marmots, mice • Occasional young sheep, deer, elk; carrion • Reproducon • Reproduce every other year • Not unl 7 y/o • Mate June-July • Implantaon delayed unl denning • Born Jan-March • 1-4 (avg 2) • nurse while she sleeps, leave next spring Grizzly Bear • Track • 5 toes each paw • Extremely long claws • ~4” • Commonly seen on hind as well • Heel on hind • Rare on fore • Larger than black bear • F – 8x6” • R – 12x6” • Alignment of toe pads more linear than black bear • Scat • Dark, large (~10x10”) crumbly pile • ~2” diameter • Mostly vegetave maer, insects, hair Coyote • Canis latrans • 3 ½’ – 4 ½’ long • Tail 12-16” • 23-26” height • 18-44 lbs. • Gray to buffy/reddish-gray • Buffy to white underneath • Pointed nose; Fairly large, erect ears • Gray patch between eyes above rufus snout • Long bushy tail - Blackish p • Habitat • All NA terrestrial habitats • except tundra & SE forests • Expanded range due to wolf exrpaon • Den • Borrow on slope • Expanded badger/woodchuck hole • 1’x10’ deep Coyote • Range • Most of NA except SE U.S. and NE Canada • All of WA/OR • Feeding • Primarily carnivorous • Squirrels, hares, mice, voles, birds, amphibians, reples • Cactus fruit, melons, berries, vegetaon • Pets, livestock • Reproducon • Breed Jan-March • Born March-May • 3-10 (5-7 avg) • Furry, blind • Exit den, begin social wrangling at 3 weeks • Established in week or two Coyote • Track • 4 toes per foot • Narrower and less splayed than dog • Front slightly larger than rear • Palm pad too • Claws evident • Especially two center digits • 2½”long x 1 ½” wide • Scat • ¾” wide • +/- segmented • May be completely loose • May have tapered ends • Contains berries, hair, bones, seeds, etc