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Virginia Opossum: Marsupials. Females are called jills and the young are joeys. 50 teeth, primitive brain. Front feet- 5 claws Hind feet- 4 clawed toes and an opposable "thumb"
Young can leave the pouch and ride on the mothers back.

Least Shrew: Smallest mammal in KS. 30 teeth, small beady eyes. Typically solitary animals. Have up to 3 litters with 4-6 young between March and November.

Eastern Mole: Spend almost 100% of the time living underground. Streamlined body with partially webbed forefeet. Sensitive snout and small ears. Poorly developed eyesight, they can only tell the difference between light and dark. Life span 4 years and have one litter

Eastern Red Bat: Solitary and spend the day hanging from tree limbs. Rarely roost together. Forage fields and water for insects. Consume half their weight each night. Migrate late summer and hibernate in caves. Have one litter of 3-4 pups in June. Life span of 12 yea

Big Brown Bat: Most common bat in KS. Soft brown fur with a naked face and ears. Have 1-2 young in late May or early June. Several hundred may gather together in maternity colonies. Live up to 19 years. Consume a third of their body weight each night.

Nine-banded Armadillo: Oval in shape and are night foragers. Entire body is armored except their ears, outer legs and tail. Sparsely grown yellow hair on their bellies. 28-36 peg like teeth. Have 4 identical pups of the same sex in March or April. Life span 4 years. They jump

Eastern Cottontail: Forage in the twilight hours and night. Bread from early spring to late fall. Females may produce 6-7 litter with 3-6 young per litter. Found throughout Kansas shrublands, woodlands, uncultivated croplands and gardens. Feed on green vegetation.

Black-Tailed Jackrabbit: Named for black tail fur and long ears. Can accelerate rapidly to 40 mph. Can leap as high as 6 ft. and as far as 20. Can produce 4-7 litters with 2-4 kits each, from late winter to late summer. Prefer arid habitats. Feed on green vegetation.

Eastern Chipmunk: Chipping vocalizations. Store food in tunnels. A litter of 4-5 young born in April. Found in oak-hickory woodlands of extreme eastern Kansas. Feed on nuts, seeds, berries, insects.

Woodchuck: Sometimes called groundhogs. Largets member of squirrel family in KS. Constantly growing teeth. Hibernate in winter. Spring females produce 3-4 kits. Found in shrublands, woodlands and uncultivated cropland. Mainly eat wild forbs, but also eat alfalf

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel: 13 rows of yellowish stripes and spots. Forage during day. Bear a litter of 8-10 young in May. Found in prairies, overgrazed rangelands, parks, cemeteries, and golf courses. Feed on grasses, seeds, insects, and sometimes small vertebrates.

Black-tailed Prairie Dog: Create complex systems of tunnels. Forage in day. Females produce one litter of 2-10 pups in spring. Found in shortgrass prairies and overgrazed rangelands of western KS. Feed on green vegetation and the occasional insect.

Eastern Gray Squirrel: Gray fur. Forage in day. In early spring and later summer litters of 3-6 are born. Found in oak-hickory forests in the easter quarter of KS. Eat nuts, seeds, berries, buds, insects, and occasionally bird eggs and nestlings.

Eastern Fox Squirrel: reddish-orange fur. Larger then gray squirrels. Spend more time on the ground. Reproduction habits the same as the gray squirrel. Found in oak-hickory woodlands and wooded parks and neighborhoods in KS. Same diet as gray squirrel.

Southern Flying Squirrel: Live in woodpecker holes. glide up to 300 ft. Produce two litters of 1-7 young. Found in oak-hickory forests in the eastern quarter of KS. Forage at night on nuts, seeds, leaf and flower buds, berries, insects, nestling birds, bird eggs and carrion.

Plains Pocket Gopher: Spend most of life in tunnels. Only coming up at night to forage and breed. 1-6 pups are born in spring. Found in prairies, overgrazed rangelands, parks, golf courses, cemeteries and residential lawns.

Hispid Pocket Mouse: The largest pocket mice in KS. Gather food at night and spend the day in burrows. Fur is brownish gray on top and white below with yellow-orange band between. Two litters per year, with 5-6 young each. Found in the sand prairies of western KS. Feed o

Ords Kangaroo Rat: Can leap 6 ft. long and 2 ft. high. Forage at night. In dry seasons absorb water from their kidney's and bladders. Litters of 2-5 young are born in May and September. Found in in sandy prairies and overgrazed rangelands in the western half of Kansas. F

American Beaver: Largest rodents in KS. Active throughout the year from dusk to dawn. litters of 3-4 kits in May or June. Found in KS wherever there is water and a source of edible trees. Feed on rhizomes, roots and shoots of aquatic plants, and leaves and twigs of tr

Western Harvest Mouse: Resemble house mice. Harvest seeds from suset to midnight by climbing grass stalks. fur is brownish on top, grayish on the sides and white below. Up to seven litters a year with 3-5 per litter. Found in prairies, and uncultivated croplands. Feed on se

Deer Mouse: Forage at night. Fur is reddish-brown on back, white belly. large hairless ears. Up to 10 litters per year, 4-5 young per litter. Found in woodlands, shrublands and prairies. Feed on green vegetation, nuts, berries, fruits, seeds and insects.

Northern Grasshopper Mouse: Have strong social bonds, predatory life style, high pitch "howls" very much like wolves. Highly territorial. Forage at night. From spring to early fall they produce 2-3 litters of 2-6 young. Found in dry, sandy grasslands and shrublands of western

Hispid Cotton Rat: Forage at dusk and dawn. Short tails. Can produce many litters from spring through fall with 7-9 young per litter. Live in prairies, uncultivated croplands, shrublands and wetlands. Feed on grass stems, leaves, seeds, grains, cotton, insects and small

Eastern Woodrat: Resemble a large mouse. Grayish brown with white throat, belly feet and a furry tail. Often called packrats due to the nature of their nests often containing random findings. Twoo litters of 3-4 young are produced between Feb. and Sept. Found in woodl

Prairie Vole: A major food source for many large predatory mammals. Black and white peppery fur, yellowish tinge on belly. forage at night. Four litters of 3-4 young per year. Found in large numbers in grasslands and fallow croplands. Feed on grasses, forbs, seeds

Common Muskrat: Water-dwelling rodents. Well adapted for water life. Forage mostly at twilight and night. Often mistake as beavers. Up to three litters per year with 2-9 kits. Found in marshlands, ponds, lakes and slow moving rivers and streams. Feed on aquatic pla

North American Porcupine: Second largest rodent on the Great Plains. As many as 30,000 quills. Forage at night. A single cub born in April or May. Found in wooded areas in central and southwestern Kansas. Feed on tender bark, grasses, forbs, alfalfa and corn.

Coyote: Are both solitary, and social, living in packs or pairs sometimes. Howl at night for various reasons. Litters of 4-7 pups born in spring. Found in all habitats of Kansas. Hunt from dusk to dawn for rabbits, mice, rats, squirrels and ground nesting bir

Red Fox: Bright rusty-red coat, white belly, chin, and tip of tail. Hunt solitarily from dusk to dawn. Litters of 4-9 pups born in late winter or early spring. The most widely distributed carnivore in the world. Commonly found in woodlands and shrublands, and

Northern Raccoon: Forage alone at night. Sows bear litter of 3-7 kits in the spring and raise them alone. Found in woodlands, both rural and urban, and are usually more abundant near agricultural areas. Feed on fruits, berries, nuts, grains, insects, fish, frogs, small

American Mink: Excellent simmers that search for prey in or near water from dusk to dawn. Bear litters of 4-5 kits in early summer. Found statewide near aquatic habitats, but less common in the west. Feed on fish crayfish, snails, mussels, frogs, snakes, muskrats, mi

American Badger: Pound for pound, the most powerful mammal in KS. If threatened they attack explosively with hissing, growling and biting. Except during mating season, are solitary. Bear a litter of 1-5 young in spring. Found from southern Mexico through the western

Striped Skunk`: Forage alone at night. When provoked, spray musk. litters of 6-7 kits in spring. Found in woodlands, shrublands, prairies and urban areas. Feed on insects, mice, rats, bird eggs, turtle eggs, earthworms, frogs, crayfish, fruits, berries and grain crop

Bobcat: Hunt alone from dusk to dawn. Bear a single litter of 2-4 kittens in the summer. Found in shrublands and woodlands. Feed on rabbits/hares, mice, rats, birds, and occasionally on fawns and injured adult deer.

Elk: Largest member of the deer family in KS. Deliver a single calf usually weighing about 3o lbs. in early June. There are only a couple of small free ranging herd in KS. Feed on grasses, forbs, shrubs, bark, and twigs.

Mule Deer: Breeding season, or rut, peaks in late October and early November. Twin fawns are usually delivered in in late May or early June. Present in the rollings hills and breaks of the western third of the state. Feed on shrubs, tree twigs, grasses, forbs, gr

White-Tailed Deer: Smaller and more numerous than Mule Deer. Peak of rut occurs in Nov. One fawn is usually born in May or June for young does, while twins are common in older does, and triplets, not uncommon. Found in woodlands or riparian corridors throughout KS. Feed

Pronghorn: Often called antelope. Twin births are all but certain, with does delivering fawns in late May or early June. Found in the western quarter of Kansas. Feed on sagebrush, cactus, forbs and young, tender grasses.

American Bison: Heaviest land mammal native to North America. The last wild bison in KS was killed in 1879 at Point of Rocks north of Elkhart. Breed from early July to late Sept. One reddish calf weighing up to 35 pounds delivered in April or May. Once ranged almost