Michigan Mammals

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1. This true omnivore with a prehensile tail and opposable big toes is the only marsupial in Michigan. Meadow Vole Spotted Skunk Deer Mouse Virginia Opossum

2. One of the following mammals was once prevalent but is no longer found in Michigan. Which one? Coyote Wolverine Red Fox American Badger

3. Which of the following is true of the Northern Myotis, which can be found all over the Great Lakes region? It can fly. It always gives birth to a litter of eight young. It is totally hairless. It remains active year round.

4. You are wandering a large hardwood forest in the lower peninsula of Michigan and you come across a lone, spotted feline that is about two or three times larger than an average house cat. What cat have you almost definitely found? Ocelot Mountain Lion Bobcat Canadian Lynx

5. Which of the following Michigan mammals belongs to the squirrel family? Northern Flying Squirrel Eastern Chipmunk All three belong Woodchuck

6. Which of the following Michigan mammals belongs to the same family as the weasels? All three belong Striped Skunk American Badger Northern River Otter

7. Which of the following is not true of the Beaver, which is found all over Michigan? It applies oil to its fur coat with a split claw on its hindfoot. It is the largest rodent that lives in the temperate zone. Its lodge, while it protects against predators quite well, does not protect well against freezing temperatures. It practices monogamy.

8. True or False: The Star-nosed Mole is so named because of the 22 fleshy tentacles it has on the tip of its snout. True False

9. There is exactly one Leporid (Rabbit or Hare) that lives in even moderately populated areas in the state of Michigan. Which is it? White-tailed Jackrabbit Snowshoe Hare Eastern Cottontail European Hare

10. The Arctic, Masked, Pygmy, Water, Least, and Northern Short-tailed are all Michigan varieties of what small mammal? Mouse Shrew Vole Gopher