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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 ↓

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

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