Mammals
1. feral burro
2. marsh rabbit
3. moose
4. golden-mantled ground-squirrel
6. beaver
7. mule deer
8. feral pig
9. chipmunk sp.
10. harbor seal
11. red squirrel
12. California ground-squirrel
13. eastern gray squirrel
14. thirteen-banded armadillo
15. brush rabbit
16. manatee
17. river otter
18. Weid's marmoset (shown on mammals from Brazil page)
19.California sea lion (shown on mammals 2)
20. eastern cottontail
21. unknown bat species (shown on mammals of Brazil)
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| river otter, Loop Road, Collier County,
Florida, 2008. Supposedly otters are rather common on Loop
Road, but this is the first otter that I've seen. While we are
watching it, it cannot six fish and ate them in front of us. It
would enter the culvert underneath the road, catch fish,
principally walking catfish, and eat them on the exact same bank. |
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| manatee, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida,
2008. I took my dad to the canal on the University of Miami
campus because someone said that manatee was here. To my great
astonishment, two cows and a calf were lazily swimming in a canal.
They stayed around for quite some time feeding on vegetation. |
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On the way back from a fishing trip, 3 burros were walking on the side of the road. Yuma, Arizona, 2008.
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golden-mantled squirrel (Citellus lateralis)
Niwot Ridge, CO, USA, 2007.
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chipmunk sp. I have no idea what species of
chipmunk. This one was near one of the cabins that I was staying at
during a family get-together near Ashton, Idaho, USA, 2007.
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chipmunk species climbing an scrub oak in the mountains near Cortez, Colorado, USA, 2007.
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Feral
pig, Archbold Biological Station (ranch), FL, USA. A good size boar
with visible
tusks.
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Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus), above Dick’s Campround, by Niwot
Ridge, outside of Boulder, CO, USA
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California ground squirrel (Citellus beecheyi) by
the coast, south CA, USA. The brown triangle between its shoulders is
visible
and the white on the neck and shoulder are distinguishing
characteristics.
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| river otter, Loop Road, Collier County, Florida, 2008.
I took so many pictures of this otter because he was my first
otter in the wild. He sure didn't care that we were close by. |
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| The scars on the tail this manatee are from a
motorboat blade .and are unfortunately all too common in South Florida
Canal system |
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marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris), Bill Baggs Park, Key Biscayne, FL, USA, 2008.
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moose in Winter Park, Colorado, 2008. He was down by the frozen creek browsing in the bushes.
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beaver (Castor canadensis),
Burley, Idaho, USA. 2007. This beaver lives in a creek below my
uncle and aunt's house. It did not have the typical dam or house on the
pond as is typically seen with beavers. It had as many beavers in the
West have a den made in the bank. It makes a rather large burrow that
opens under the surface of the water. Muskrats also make this type of
den in areas such as many areas in the West where ample building
material is not abundantly available.
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mule deer (Odocoileus
hemionus) below Niwot Ridge near Boulder, CO, USA, 2007. The bottom buck is a decent 4-point still in the velvet.
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Harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina), south of San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico.
These seals were inside a cave. The waves crashing against the
sandstone cliffs eroded a cave that goes 100m or more inside the cliff.
Eventually the top of the cave collapsed from constant erosion, leaving
the top of the cave open to light. From above, one can look down and
see a small underground beach with waves lapping against the sand. This
beach is only accessible from the ocean, and huge waves make entry by
boat very difficult. About 200 seals use it as a nursery during the
breeding season.
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Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis),
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
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nine-banded
armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Highlands
County, FL, USA. It is considered an introduced species in
Florida because it supposedly escaped from a traveling circus.
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