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 Virginia Opossum Deer Mouse Spotted Skunk

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

3. Which of the following is true of the Northern Myotis, which can be found all over the Great Lakes region? It is totally hairless. It can fly. It always gives birth to a litter of eight young. 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? Bobcat Canadian Lynx Mountain Lion Ocelot

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

6. Which of the following Michigan mammals belongs to the same family as the weasels? American Badger All three belong Striped Skunk 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? Snowshoe Hare White-tailed Jackrabbit European Hare Eastern Cottontail

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