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Kingdom Animalia W Phylum Chordata W Class Mammalia W
Order	Family	Genus	Species	Common Name
Artiodactyla W	Bovidae W	Bison W	B. bison W	Bison
		Bos W	B. primigenius W	Cow
		Ovis W	O. aries W	Domestic Sheep
		Ovis W	O. canadensis W	Big Horn Sheep
	Camelidae W	Lama W	L. glama W	Llama
	Cervidae W	Odocoileus W	O. hemionus W	Mule Deer
	Cervidae W	Odocoileus W	O. virginianus W	White Tailed Deer
Carnivora W	Canidae W	Canis W	C. lupus W	Domestic Dog, Wolf, Coyote
	Felidae W	Felis W	F. catus W	Domestic Cat
	Felidae W	Lynx W	L. rufus W	Bobcat
	Mephitidae W			Skunks
	Mustelidae W	Lontra W	L. canadensis W	River Otter
	Procyonidae W	Procyon W	P. lotor W	Raccoon
	Ursidae W	Ursus W	U. arctos W	Brown Bear
	Ursidae W	Ursus W	U. arctos W	Brown Bear
	Ursidae W	Ursus W	U. arctos horribilis W	Grizzly Bear
Cingulata W	Dasypodidae W	Dasypus W	D. novemcinctus W	Nine Banded Armadillo
Didelphimorphia Subset of Marsupials W	Didelphidae W	Didelphis W	D. virginiana W	Virginia Opossum Only species in US
Perissodactyla W	Equidae W	Equus W	E. ferus caballus W	Horse
Rodentia W	Castoridae W	Castor W	C. canadensis W	Beaver
	Cricetidae W	Neotoma W	N. floridana W	Florida Woodrat, Pack Rat, or Trade Rat
	Cricetidae W	Ondatra W	O. zibethicus W	Muskrat
	Muridae W	Rattus W	R. norvegicus W	Norway Rat
	Sciuridae W	Marmota W	Many species in USA	Marmot
		Sciurus W	Many species in USA	Tree Squirrel
		Tamias W	Many species in USA	Ground Squirrel or Chipmunk
Sirenia W	Trichechidae W	Trichechus W	T. manatus W	Manatee
Soricomorpha W	Soricidae W			Shrew
Order	Family	Genus	Species	Common Name
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Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus

Mule Doe and her Fawn, at the bottom of the picture, to the right.

Mule Doe and her Fawns, Northwest Rim of Crater Lake, Oregon

White Tail Deer

Domestic Sheep - Ovis aries

Llamas - Lama glama

Jim and Dan at Canadian Border with Llamas borrowed from a party hiking in fromthe Canadian side. Washington

Dog, Wolf, Coyote - Canis lupus

This rotted tree looks just like a dog. San Jacinto Mountains, California

Domestic Cat

Bobcat - Lynx rufus

Skull of the bobcat I saw on SR 78. Florida

River Otter - Lontra canadensis

Otter Scat. Consists mostly of Crayfish Shells. Minnesota

Otter Slides in Sand and Damp Clay, Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Today I saw River Otter footprints and slide marks in the sand and damp clay of the banks of Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia. On the 27th, I took these pictures. Most of the tracks and slides at the multiple slide sites were a couple days old, with rain marks, but one site had fresh tracks and sand mud on the dry sand, indicating the otters had visited overnight.

Otter Track, Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia

Raccoon - Procyon lotor

Raccoon Print, Chatahoochie River, Marietta, Georgia

Raccoon Footprint, Pavilion Key, Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades, Florida

Raccoon scratching on Pavillion Key. Surface only, no digging. One set of prints to and from scratched area. Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades, Florida

Brown Bear - Ursus arctos

Bear Foot Print along Bridge Creek, Stehekin, Washington

The bears bit and tore right through these cans. Yosemite, California

The bears destroyed a lot of food and made a big mess. My dad is second from left and I am third from right. Yosemite, California

Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus

Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

Virginia Opossum Front Paw, Marietta,Georgia

Virginia Opossum Rear Paw, Marietta,Georgia

Horse - Equus ferus caballus

This friendly horse walked over for some petting, then followed me across a field with his nose often nudging me and my pack. Wales

Beaver - Castor canadens

Beaver Dam. The lodge is in the left background, Minnesota

Beaver Front Print, Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia

Beaver Rear Print, Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia

Beaver Chewed Stick, Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia

I often saw beaver cut trees and sticks, bark stripped sticks with tooth marks from the stripping, and beaver dams along the Chatahoochie River and Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia.

Florida Woodrat - Neotoma floridana

Pack Rat Nest? Built into a rotten tipped stump pile, the tunnel continues deep into the ground. No scat, runs, tracks, etcetera, so the den is not presently occupied. Marietta, Georgia

Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
I saw a muskrat grazing along and swimming in Rottenwood Creek, Marietta, Georgia. It had a long skinny tail, dragging like a rudder, and was collecting various weeds and swimming away with them. It hid in a storm drain pipe.

Manatee - Trichechus manatus

Shrew

Tree Squirrel

Tree Squirrel Front Left Paw, Marietta, Georgia

Tree Squirrel Rear Right Paw, Marietta, Georgia

Squirrels have chewed through this aluminum trail blaze. California