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CARNIVORA description Has a brown coat in the summer and white coat in the winter. Distinguished by its yellowish-white under parts and the black tip on the end of its long, bushy tail. The tail is more than 40 percent of its total body length. habitat Long-tailed weasels are found in most land habitats near water, but they avoid dense forests. reproduction Long-tailed weasels exhibit delayed implantation. Breeding occurs in the summer, but the egg does not begin to develop until March, making the gestation period between 205 and 337 days. Litters of four to eight are born in April or early May. did you know? Long-tailed weasels are very agg ressive. They will even threaten animals much larger than themselves. Long-tailed Weasel © Richard Day/ Daybreak Imagery Mustela frenata 62
CARNIVORA description Has a brown coat in the summer and white coat in the winter. It is distinguished from other weasels by the lack of a black tip on the end of its short tail. habitat Least weasels inhabit open areas such as meadows, marshes, brushy areas, and agricultural fields. reproduction Most breeding occurs in the spring and late summer, although they may reproduce any time of the year. Multiple litters of four to five young may be produced in a year. did you know? The least weasel is the smallest member of the weasel family and the smallest carnivore in the world. Least Weasel © Ohio Division of Wildlife Mustela nivalis 63
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DIDELPHIMORPHIA5 6 Virginia Opossum
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DIDELPHIMORPHIA ORDER Didelphimorph
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INSECTIVORA ORDER Insectivora A s i
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INSECTIVORA description Fur is dens
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Page 13 and 14: INSECTIVORA description Broad front
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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 and 40: RODENTIA description Beavers are la
Page 41 and 42: RODENTIA description About the size
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
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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
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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
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