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mammal, bird, salamander practical Flashcards

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Smokey Shrew

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  • size of a leaf
  • more pointy nose
  • almost unnoticeable eyes
  • tail twice as large 2in
  • most likely slightly larger than short tailed

Sorex fumeus

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Southern short-tailed shrew

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  • leaf size
  • gray fur
  • almost unnoticeable eyes
  • up to 1 in tail, much smaller
  • pointed nose

Blarina carolinensis

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Meadow Vole

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  • chestnut brown (brown-gray) fur
  • long-ish tail, covered in loose hair
  • larger eyes than shrew, smaller eyes than mouse
  • rounded nose

Microtus pennsylvanicus

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Woodland Vole/ Pine Vole

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  • light reddish fur(on ENTIRE body)
  • tail as long as legs(short) slightly hairy
  • rounded nose
  • larger eyes than shrew, smaller eyes than mouse

Microtus pinetorum

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Red-backed Vole

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  • exclusively red backed, rest of body is a dull gray brown
  • large head and eyes (comparatively)
  • long whiskers
  • tail as long as legs (short) short-haired

Clethrionomys gapperi

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White footed Mouse

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  • pale brown fur on back and head, white fur on belly and legs
  • much larger eyes, large ears
  • longer whiskers than voles and shrews
  • long (LONG) tail, comparatively about 2/3 of body sized

Peromyscus leucopus

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Star-nose mole

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  • large body, chestnut color
  • large feet (for digging)
  • shriveled star nose
  • almost hairless med size tail

Condylura cristata

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Eastern Mole

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  • pointed nose (no star nose)
  • very large feet(comparatively) , almost size of head
  • hairless tail

Scalopus aquaticus

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Hairy-tailed Mole

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  • smallest mole
  • most pointed nose
  • hairy tail

Parascalops breweri

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Eastern Spotted Skunk

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  • variable white spots
  • white circle on face

Spilogale putorius

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Striped Skunk

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  • two matching white strips along back
  • line through face
  • larger than Spotted

Mephitis mephitis

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Least Weasel

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  • long body
  • short tail
  • short-haired
  • white belly

Mustela nivalis

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Long-tailed Weasel

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  • longer, black-tipped thick tail
  • long body

Mustela frenata

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American Mink

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  • long haired dark brown fur
  • white under chin
  • very furry tail

Neovison vison

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Northern River Otter

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  • long body but small head
  • short haired
  • small ears
  • long pointy tail

Lontra canadensis

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Eastern Cottontail

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the only rabbit we got

Sylvilagus floridanus

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Eastern Red Bat

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  • obvious red coloring
  • red interfemoral membrane and black wings

Lasiurus borealis

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Big Brown Bat

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  • brown coloring
  • darker brown wings and interfemoral membrane

Eptesicus fuscus

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Eastern Chipmunk

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  • unique patterns on back: black line through middle, two white lines on either side of back outlined in black lines

Tamias striatus

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Gray Squirrel

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  • gray body with light orange spot through middle
  • reddish head
  • dark gray tail surrounded by light gray (bushy)

Sciurus carolinensis

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Red Squirrel

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  • entire body is reddish orange with more color on tail
  • end of tail is black

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

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Southern Flying Squirrel

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  • flat tail, small body
  • white line separating back fur and belly fur
  • pointed ears

Glaucomys volans

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Eastern Fox Squirrel

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  • ears, feet, and outer tail are orange while rest of body is gray
  • NO orange spot on back (gray squirrel)

Sciurus niger

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Virginia Opossum

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only opossum

Didelphis virginiana

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Northern Raccoon

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only raccoon

Procyon lotor

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Red Fox

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  • orange/red fur
  • white tipped large bushy tail

Vulpes vulpes

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Common Gray Fox

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  • mostly gray fur
  • orange sides
  • fur is black tipped
  • tail has black strip

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

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Groundhog/Woodchuck

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  • light brownish fur, some orange on sides
  • fur is gray tipped with black undercoat
  • stubby furry tail

Marmota monax

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Common Muskrat

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  • fat fuzzy body
  • long claws
  • long skinny hairless tail

Ondatra zibethicus

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Black bear (fetal)

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  • short haired, big butt, lighter belly and face

Ursus americanus

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Coyote

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  • black line down back and black tipped tail
  • white line below neck line
  • wolf or dog like

Canis latrans

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American Beaver

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  • fat body
  • large flat hairless tail

Castor canadensis

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North American Porcupine

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  • quills, hairless feet
  • flat face

Erethizon dorsatum

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Bobcat

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  • black line through back
  • irregular black spots
  • very stubby rounded short tail

Lynx rufus

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Cougar

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  • large
  • short haired
  • beige fur, darker brown line through middle
  • white belly
  • long fuzzy tail
  • big paws and claws

Puma concolor

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Hooded Merganser

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  • distinct white crest on head
  • long hooked beak

Lophodytes cucullatus

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Black Duck

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  • head is light brown while body is darker
  • blue metallic patch with NO surrounding white(as with mallards)

Anas rubripes

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Mallard (female)

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  • brown color throughout body and head
  • blue metallic patch with white lines outlining it

Anas platyrhynchos

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Wood Duck (male)

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  • green head crown
  • partially red back
  • white neck

Aix sponsa

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Common Raven

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  • streamlined body
  • metallic blue sheen to black feathers
  • larger than crow

Corvus corax

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American Crow

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  • entirely black (no sheen)
  • smaller than raven

Corvus brachyrhynchos

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Barred Owl

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  • large head and eyes
  • large noticeable sclerotic rings (eye rings)
  • small yellow beak

Strix varia

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Eastern Screech Owl

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  • very red body
  • small
  • large head compared to body

Megascops asio

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White Breasted Nuthatch (male)

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  • black top of head, white below and on belly(breast)
  • long pointy beak
  • small patch of orange/red on butt

Sitta carolinensis

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Northern Flicker (male)

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  • brown base color
  • long sharp beak for pecking trees
  • noticeable red ring around neck
  • spotted belly
  • yellow patch under tail

Colaptes auratus

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Pileated Woodpecker (female)

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  • large unique red crown
  • white face stripe on either side of face extending down neck

Dryocopus pileatus

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Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)

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  • red head
    -orangeish lower face
  • black and white alternating feathers
    *Flicker is brown and has red ring instead of red spot on head

Melanerpes carolinus

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Downy Woodpecker

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  • small body
  • red dot on head
  • black and white feathers with varying dotted (downy, dotted) white instead of striped like Red-bellied

Dryobates pubescens

scens; scents - downy laundry detergent

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Loggerhead Shrike

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  • short gray body
  • black bandit like strip through eyes
  • white chin and belly
  • hooked beak

Lanius ludovicianus

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Cooper’s Hawk

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  • dark gray wings and top of head
  • light orange and white feathers on belly
  • brown and white alternating on tail feather underside

Accipiter cooperii

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American Kestrel

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  • fairly small
  • vertical black strips through eyes
  • orange and black feathers on back
  • hooked beak

Falco sparverius

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Tufted Titmouse

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  • blue upper body, white belly and lower head
  • *orange patch below wing
  • blue crest like elvis hair

Baeolophus bicolor

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Carolina chickadee

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  • black upper head, white in between, black chin
  • rest of body is gray with slight orange coloring on wings

Poecile carolinensis

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Purple Martin

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  • purple metallic sheen(like raven) on black feathers

Progne subis

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Red-winged Blackbird

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  • entirely black other than red/orange patch on wings

Agelaius phoenicus

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Eastern Meadowlark

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  • entirely yellow belly except for black strip on chest
  • spotted brown and black back
  • some of face is yellow

Sturnella magna

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American Robin

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  • dark brown/black color on back and head
  • belly is dark orange

Turdus migratorius

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American Goldfinch (female)

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  • mostly brown body
  • wings are alternating black and white
  • under chin is slightly yellow

Spinus tristis

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American Goldfinch (male)

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  • mostly yellow body
  • black spot above beak
  • mostly black wings

Spinus tristis

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White throated Sparrow

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  • gray brown body
  • two black strips on top of head
  • yellow spots above eyes
  • white throat/chin

Zonotrichia albicollis

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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  • mostly brown body
  • yellow spot on head, armpits, and base of tail

Setophaga coronata

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Northern Cardinal

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cardinal lol

Cardinalis cardinalis

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