Midwest Mammal Habitat

Front 1

Gray Wolf

Back 1

Dense forest

Run with tail outward

Front 2

Coyote

Back 2

Farmland, new succession, forest edge

Front 3

Cottontail rabbit

Back 3

Forest, farmland, grassland

Front 4

Jack rabbit

Back 4

Large ears, savanna, prairie

Front 5

Snowshoe hare

Back 5

Brushy woodland, swamp, heavy forests

Large hind feet

Front 6

Badger

Back 6

Grassland, Savanna, farmland

Front 7

Little brown bat

Back 7

Ag areas, over lakes, fields, woods

Pointed tragus

Front 8

Big brown bat

Back 8

Ag areas, over lakes, fields and woods

Front 9

Bobcat

Back 9

Northern forest, swamps, rocky outcrop

Tail with no black tip

Front 10

Lynx

Back 10

Black tip of tail

Front 11

Beaver

Back 11

Rivers and grasslands

Front 12

Fisher

Back 12

Dense conifer or mixed deciduous

Front 13

Fisher

Back 13

Dense conifer or mixed deciduous

Front 14

Mink

Back 14

Wetland and forested steams always near water

Half size of fisher

White chin mark

Front 15

Gray fox

Back 15

Forest and open brush land

Front 16

Red fox

Back 16

Farmland and mixed woodland

Front 17

Red fox

Back 17

Farmland and mixed woodland

Front 18

Pocket gopher

Back 18

Large yellow teeth

Prairie, savanna, scrub land

Front 19

Deer mouse

Back 19

Forest, grassland, old fields, woodland, grain bin

Bicolor tail small white margin on belly

Front 20

Jumping mouse

Back 20

Conifer forest or woodland

Long tail, yellowish color, big feet

Front 21

Western harvest mouse

Back 21

Forest, grassland, old field, woodland, grain bin

Small, native, and good at climbing corn stalks

Front 22

White footed mouse

Back 22

Forest, grassland, old field, woodland, grain bin

No bicolor tail

Large white margin on stomach

Front 23

Muskrat

Back 23

Tail flattened on sides

Marshes, ponds, slow streams, river banks

Front 24

River otter

Back 24

Rivers steams lakes

Front 25

River otter

Back 25

Rivers steams lakes

Front 26

Opossum

Back 26

Woodlands, hardwood swamp, farmland

Only NA marsupial

Front 27

River otter

Back 27

Rivers steams lakes

Front 28

Opossum

Back 28

Woodlands, hardwood swamp, farmland

Only NA marsupial

Front 29

Star nosed mole

Back 29

Grassland, woodland, wetland

Front 30

Eastern mole

Back 30

Grassland, woodland, wetland

Front 31

Eastern mole

Back 31

Grassland, woodland, wetland

Front 32

Least shrew

Back 32

Grassland, woodland, wetland

Front 33

Least shrew

Back 33

Frosted, no outer ear flaps

Grassland, wetland, woodland

Front 34

Eastern chipmunk

Back 34

Northern forest, mixed evergreen and deciduous

Black stripe not all the way to tail

Front 35

Least chipmunk

Back 35

Northern forest, mixed evergreen and deciduous

Black stripe extends all the way to tail

Front 36

Gray squirrel

Back 36

Spends most of time in trees

Small wood lot, farmland, brush along streams

Front 37

Red squirrel

Back 37

Forest with pine, fir, hemlock, hardwood

Front 38

Fox squirrel

Back 38

Pale yellow orange and frosted

Spends time foraging on ground

Small woodlots, farmland, brush along stream, open woodland

Front 39

13 lined ground squirrel

Back 39

Grassland, prairie, lawns

Front 40

Franklin ground squirrel

Back 40

Grassland, prairie, lawn

Gray and tawny

Front 41

Woodchuck

Back 41

Farmland, edges of brushy forest and creek

Frosted

Front 42

Woodchuck

Back 42

Farmland, edges of brushy forest and creek

Frosted

Front 43

Long tail weasel

Back 43

Forest and thick brush

Front 44

Woodchuck

Back 44

Farmland, edges of brushy forest and creek

Frosted

Front 45

Long tail weasel

Back 45

Forest and thick brush

Front 46

Short tail weasel

Back 46

Forest and thick brush

Black on tip of short tail

Front 47

Least weasel

Back 47

Meadow and fields