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RODENTIA description A rich, brown color, but the belly and the underside of the tail are paler than the back. habitat The Easter n harvest mouse i n habits old fields, marshes, a nd wet meadows. reproduction The baseball-sized, spherical nests are constructed on the ground out of shredded grasses. After a gestation period of about 21 days, a litter of two to five young is born between May and November. did you know? The Eastern harvest mouse is an excellent climber, and may spend a good deal of its time foraging above ground in dense vegetation. Eastern Harvest Mouse © R. W. Van Devender / American Soc. Mammalogists Reithrodontomys humulis 40
RODENTIA description About the size of a common house mouse. Their color ranges from a pale gray to a deep reddish brown. The tail is always sharply bicolored; it is white below and dark above. habitat Inhabits nearly every dry-land habitat within its range. They can be found in forests, grasslands, brushlands, agricultural fields, and deserts. reproduction Deer mice will nest in burrows, trees, and buildings. The average litter has five or six young. Usually two to four litters are produced each year. The young are altricial at birth but develop very quickly. did you know? When disturbed, deer mice may drum their front paws rapidly up and down against a hard surface; this may serve as a warning signal to other deer mice. Deer Mouse © Gary Meszaros Peromyscus maniculatus 41
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Page 3 and 4: DIDELPHIMORPHIA5 6 Virginia Opossum
Page 5 and 6: DIDELPHIMORPHIA ORDER Didelphimorph
Page 7 and 8: INSECTIVORA ORDER Insectivora A s i
Page 9 and 10: INSECTIVORA description Fur is dens
Page 11 and 12: INSECTIVORA description This tiny s
Page 13 and 14: INSECTIVORA description Broad front
Page 15 and 16: INSECTIVORA description Easily iden
Page 17 and 18: CHIROPTERA description The fur is u
Page 19 and 20: CHIROPTERA Rafinesque’s Big-eared
Page 21 and 22: CHIROPTERA description Varies in co
Page 23 and 24: CHIROPTERA description The largest
Page 25 and 26: CHIROPTERA description Small with a
Page 27 and 28: CHIROPTERA description Similar in a
Page 29 and 30: LAGOMORPHA description A large rabb
Page 31 and 32: RODENTIA ORDER Rodentia R odents ar
Page 33 and 34: RODENTIA Thirteen-lined Ground Squi
Page 35 and 36: RODENTIA description Slightly large
Page 37 and 38: RODENTIA description Easily disting
Page 39: RODENTIA description Beavers are la
Page 43 and 44: RODENTIA description Roughly the si
Page 45 and 46: RODENTIA Southern Red-backed Vole d
Page 47 and 48: RODENTIA description Grayish to dar
Page 49 and 50: RODENTIA description The fur is a d
Page 51 and 52: RODENTIA description A small, gray-
Page 53 and 54: RODENTIA Woodland Jumping Mouse des
Page 55 and 56: CARNIVORA ORDER Carnivora W hile th
Page 57 and 58: CARNIVORA description Most commonly
Page 59 and 60: CARNIVORA description Appears in a
Page 61 and 62: CARNIVORA description Has a brown c
Page 63 and 64: CARNIVORA description Has a brown c
Page 65 and 66: CARNIVORA description A stocky anim
Page 67 and 68: CARNIVORA description The hair is l
Page 69 and 70: ARTIODACTYLA ORDER Artiodactyla U n
Page 71 and 72: Altricial - young which are helples

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