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The Breck Fox

This Grey Fox, who we named after our education center, likes to steal the left over cat food from our volunteer cat.

According to The Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland is home to an estimated 84 species of mammals and we have identified the following list on the park so far. There is still a large number of small mammals that make the park their home, and we are in the process of finding and identifying them. We would like to thank Craig Mask, Conservation Planner with Calvert Soil Conservation District, for his help on this project.

We have linked you to the following sites to give you information on each species. Common names are linked to: NatureWorks – Nature Files, Maryland Department of Natural Resources - DNR's Animal Bits!, and WildWNC.org – Animals at the Center. Scientific names are linked to Smithsonian Institution – Museum of Natural History. If there are pictures of the species click on the Y’s to see them.

Y	Confirmed sighting
Y	Picture Taken on the Park
?	Unconfirmed reports of sighting

Common name:

Scientific name:

Photographed in the park:

American beaver

(Castor canadensis)

Y

Bobcat

(Lynx rufus)

?

Common gray fox

(Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Y

Common raccoon

(Procyon lotor)

Y

Coyote

(Canis latrans)

?

Deer mouse

(Peromyscus maniculatus)

Y

Eastern cottontail

(Sylvilagus floridanus)

Y

Eastern gray squirrel

(Sciurus carolinensis)

Y

Eastern Woodrat

(Neitoma floridana)

Y

Little brown myotis

(Myotis lucifugus)

Y

Long-tailed weasel

(Mustela frenata)

?

Mink

(Mustela vison)

?

Muskrat

(Ondatra zibethicus)

Y

Northern river otter

(Lutra canadensis)

Y

Norway rat

(Rattus norvegicus)

?

Red fox

(Vulpes vulpes)

?

Southern flying squirrel

(Glaucomys volans)

Y

Striped skunk

(Mephitis mephitis)

Y

Virginia opossum

(Didelphis virginiana)

Y

White-footed mouse

(Peromyscus leucopus)

Y

White-tailed deer

(Odocoileus virginianus)

Y

Woodchuck

(Marmota monax)

Y

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