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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

Virginia Opossum 1
Didelphis virginiana
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 3
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 4
Sciurus niger
Southern Flying Squirrel 5
Glaucomys volans
Franklin's Ground Squirrel 6
Poliocitellus franklinii
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 7
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck 8
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 9
Tamias striatus
American Beaver 10
Castor canadensis
Brown Rat 11
Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse 12
Mus musculus
Prairie Vole 13
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 14
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland Vole 15
Microtus pinetorum
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 17
Synaptomys cooperi
White-footed Mouse 18
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 19
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 20
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 21
Zapus hudsonius
White-tailed Deer 22
Odocoileus virginianus
American Bison 23
Bison bison
Eastern Red Bat 24
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 25
Lasiurus cinereus
Big Brown Bat 26
Eptesicus fuscus
Evening Bat 27
Nycticeius humeralis
Silver-haired Bat 28
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Tricolored Bat 29
Perimyotis subflavus
Little Brown Bat 30
Myotis lucifugus
Northern Myotis 31
Myotis septentrionalis
Common Raccoon 32
Procyon lotor
North American River Otter 33
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 34
Mustela frenata
Least Weasel 35
Mustela nivalis
American Mink 36
Neovison vison
American Badger 7
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 37
Mephitis mephitis
Domestic Cat 38
Felis catus
Bobcat 39
Lynx rufus
Domestic Dog 40
Canis familiaris
Coyote 41
Canis latrans
Red Fox 42
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 43
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North American Least Shrew 44
Cryptotis parva
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 45
Blarina brevicauda
Masked Shrew 46
Sorex cinereus
Eastern Mole 47
Scalopus aquaticus

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