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Mammals of Gooseberry Falls State Park

The park has recorded 46 species of mammals. Of special interest to visitors are white-tailed deer, black bears, gray wolves, and pine martens.

Conifer-dependent birds, wolves, pine martens, fishers, black bears, moose, and a host of other animals roam the North Shore Highlands, a name ...more ↓

Masked Shrew 1
Sorex cinereus
American Water Shrew 2
Sorex palustris
Arctic Shrew
Sorex arcticus
Short-tailed Shrews 3
Blarina
Smoky Shrew
Sorex fumeus
Star-nosed Mole 4
Condylura cristata
Little Brown Bat 5
Myotis lucifugus
Silver-haired Bat 6
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat
Lasiurus cinereus
Northern Myotis 7
Myotis septentrionalis
Eastern Red Bat 8
Lasiurus borealis
Eastern Cottontail 9
Sylvilagus floridanus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
Woodchuck 3
Marmota monax
Eastern Chipmunk 3
Tamias striatus
Least Chipmunk 10
Tamias minimus
Franklin's Ground Squirrel 11
Poliocitellus franklinii
Eastern Gray Squirrel 12
Sciurus carolinensis
American Red Squirrel 3
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Flying Squirrel 13
Glaucomys sabrinus
American Beaver 14
Castor canadensis
Deer Mouse 15
Peromyscus maniculatus
Southern Red-backed Vole 16
Myodes gapperi
Meadow Vole 3
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Woodland Jumping Mouse 17
Napaeozapus insignis
Red Fox 18
Vulpes vulpes
Common Porcupine 19
Erethizon dorsatum
Coyote 20
Canis latrans
Gray Wolf 21
Canis lupus
Muskrat 22
Ondatra zibethicus
Raccoon 23
Procyon lotor
American Black Bear 24
Ursus americanus
American Marten 25
Martes americana
Fisher 26
Martes pennanti
Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine) 27
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 28
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk 29
Mephitis mephitis
North American River Otter 30
Lontra canadensis
Mountain Lion 24
Puma concolor
Canada Lynx 31
Lynx canadensis
White-tailed Deer 32
Odocoileus virginianus
Bobcat 18
Lynx rufus
Moose 33
Alces americanus

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