Mammals of the Eco Plot

1. Marker 1

2. White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
• White Tailed Deer Is the most
abundant large mammal in North
America.
• It is also the most widely hunted
mammal in the united states.
• They can live for up to 15 years in the
wild.
• White Tailed Deer live off of a wide
variety of food sources including
acorns, corn, legumes, and most PA
native grasses , leaves and plant
shoots.

3. Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
• The Eastern gray Squirrel can be
found in a variety of habitats from
forests to city parks.
• Eastern Gray Squirrels have graysish
brown fur with a white/ gray
stomach.
• They spend a majority of there lives
in the trees
• The most common types of trees
they are found in are white Oak,
American Beech, Red maple, and
Sweet gum.
• The Eastern Gray Squirrel feeds on
acorn, walnuts, beechnuts, maple
buds and bark, Black Cherry, some
grasses, and in some cases insects.

4. White Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus
• The White Footed Mouse is found in
wooded/ Brush areas, or next to
wooded areas. White footed mice area
also burrowers and mainly come out at
night.
• White footed Mice have brown or
grayish fur with white fur underneath.
They also have large ears and tails.
• White footed mice feed off of nuts and
seeds along with some insects and
plants such as black cherry,
jewelweed, yellow poplar, and
flowering dogwood.
• One interesting fact about the white
footed mouse is that they sometimes
drum with there front feet on hollow
reeds and make a buzzing noise.

5. Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
• The Eastern Cottontail has light
brown or gray fur with erectly held
ears, and white tail.
• The eastern cottontail can be found
in open grassy fields or edge of
forested area with shrubs or thorns.
• Eastern cottontails feed off of mainly
grasses along with wild strawberries,
plantains, and clover.
• The eastern cottontail is mainly
nocturnal, only coming out at night
to feed but can be spotted during the
day in the summer months.

6. Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
• Also known as the field mouse the
meadow vole is found in grassy fields
and woodland areas.
• The meadow vole ahs yellowish
brown to reddish and blackish brown
fur and is about seven inches in size.
• They are mainly nocturnal and
remain in there burrows. but are
active year round.
• Meadow voles feed on many types of
grasses, seeds, and flowering plants
along with clover and plantain.
• Meadow voles are very good diggers
and can build networks of
underground burrows to escape
predators .

7. Works Cited
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/meadow_vole.htm
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_cottontail.htm
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white-footed_mouse.htm
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Eastern_Gray_Squirrel_Philadelphia,_PA.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-tailed_deer_fawn_in_Berwyn_PA.jpg