Wildlife Identification Test

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Wildlife Identification Test

• Chris Ellis
• And
• Nicole White

Provided by Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture
Teacher, Lowndes Co. High School GA Ag Ed
Curriculum Office To accompany Georgia
Agriculture Education Curriculum Lesson
03452-4.4 July 2001
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The Basics

• Wildlife identification is a skill, that is
  developed by studying the animals physical
  features and its tracks.
• Each species of wildlife has its own identity.
  For example horns, antlers, hooves, paws,
  claws, teeth, tail, ears, size, shape, color, and
  its habits.

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1

• Size 32-40 inches.
• Wingspread 7.5 feet.
• Habitat associated with large bodies of water,
  which provide abundant food source, throughout
  North America

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2

• Length 5-6 feet
• Shoulder height 2-3 feet
• Weight 200-400 lbs.
• Habitat forests, swamps, or mountains.

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3

• Head and body 42-54 in.
• Tail 30-36 in.
• Shoulder height 26-31 in.
• Weight 80-260 lbs.
• Habitat forests, remote mountains, plains, and
  swamps.

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4

• Size 16-19 inches.
• Habitat brushy timberlands and coniferous forest
  edges.

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5

• Head and body 17 7/8 to 27.5 in.
• Tail 7 7/8-13 in.
• Weight 17 5/8 37 1/8 lbs.
• Habitat hardwood forests, borders of cypress
  swamps, thickets, and urban areas. Prefers large
  trees.

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6

• Length up to 19ft and 2in.
• Habitat usually near water such as rivers,
  ponds, or swamps.

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7

• Head and body 21-44 in.
• Tail 11-16 in.
• Shoulder height 11-14 in.
• Weight 7-13 lbs.
• Habitat usually associated with wooded and
  brushy areas.

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8

• Size 19-25 inches.
• Wingspread 4.5 feet.
• Habitat woodlands, fields, plains, and deserts.

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9

• Head and body 22-42 in.
• Tail 14-16 in.
• Shoulder height 14-16 in.
• Weight 8-15 lbs.
• Habitat areas combining forests, open country,
  and inhabited areas.

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10

• Head and body up to 18in.
• Tail up to 10 inches.
• Weight up to 10 lbs.
• Habitat nearly all areas, especially woods,
  plains, and meadows.

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11

• Head and body 46-49 in.
• Tail 13-15 in.
• Weight 24-31 lbs.
• Habitat prefers open spaces such as grasslands,
  farmlands, or brush country.

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12

• Head and body 15-20 in.
• Tail 9-13 inches
• Weight 6-12 lbs.
• Habitat open woods, farming areas, forest edges,
  and brushy wastelands.

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13

• Male up to 48 inches.
• Female up to 38 inches.
• Habitat open timberland, mountain forest, logged
  over land, prairie where food is available.

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14

• Head and body 14-17 in.
• Ears 2.5-3 inches
• Weight 2-4 lbs.
• Habitat from swampy wood to upland thickets,
  farmlands, forests with open areas nearby, and
  heavy brush.

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15

• Size 15-21 inches.
• Wingspread 3.75 feet.
• Habitat grasslands and meadows from mountains to
  the coast.

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16

• Head and body 32-40 in.
• Tail up to 4 in.
• Shoulder height 20-29.5 inches.
• Weight 15-30 lbs.
• Habitat prefers forest areas, swamps, and
  tundras.

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17

• Head and body 14-17 in.
• Ears up to 4 inches
• Weight 3.5-6 lbs.
• Habitat moist bottomland and swamps, to upland
  thickets and farmland.

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18

• Size 7-10 inches.
• Habitat orchards, woods, suburbs, and small
  towns.

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19

• Size 11-13 inches.
• Habitat dry uplands, grain fields, suburbs, and
  deserts.

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20

• Head and body 8-10 in.
• Tail 8-10 in.
• Weight 14-25 ounces.
• Habitat hardwood of mixed forests with nit
  trees, like oak and hickory, also residential
  areas and city parks.

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• Size 17-21 inches.
• Habitat fields, coastlines, city parks, river
  woodlands, and orchards.

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22

• Head and body 24-37.5in.
• Tail 7.5-16 in.
• Weight 12-48 lbs.
• Habitat streams, rivers, lakes, woods and swamps.

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• Size 18-25 inches.
• Habitat throughout North America in various
  habitats.

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24

• Length 6 feet
• Shoulder height 3.75 feet
• Male weight 125-400 lbs. Female weight 100-150
  lbs.
• Habitat forests, desert, shrubs, brushy areas,
  and rocky uplands

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Warning!!!!!

• The following slides are the animal keys.

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The Animal Key

• Bald Eagle (1)
• Black Bear (2)
• Cougar (3)
• Ruffled Grouse (4)
• Fox Squirrel (5)
• American Alligator (6)
• Gray Fox (7)
• Red-Tailed Hawk (8)
• Red Fox (9)

• Skunk (10)
• Coyote (11)
• Opossum (12)
• Wild Turkey (13)
• Eastern Cottontail (14)
• Peregrine Falcon (15)
• Bobcat (16)
• Swamp Rabbit (17)
• Screech Owl (18)

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Animal Key part two

• Mourning Dove (19)
• Gray Squirrel (20)
• Crow (21)
• Raccoon (22)
• Great-Horned Owl (23)
• White-Tailed Deer (24)

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Putting chapter in a Nutshell

• A responsible hunter will not shoot what he/she
  can not POSITIVLY identify.

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Recognizing our help

• Our graphics and photos are from the AltaVista
  website