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McHenry County Mammals

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This is a checklist of the mammal species of McHenry County.

 

Mammals

Virginia Opposum

Masked Shrew

Pygmy Shrew

N. Short-tailed Shrew

Least Shrew

Eastern Mole

Little Brown Bat

Northern Myotis

Social Myotis

Silver-haired Bat

Eastern Pipistrelle

Big Brown Bat

Red Bat

Hoary Bat

Evening Bat

Eastern Cottontail

Eastern Chipmunk

Woodchuck

Franklin’s Ground Squirrel

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Gray Squirrel

Fox Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Southern Flying Squirrel

Beaver

Western Harvest Mouse

White-footed Mouse

Deer Mouse

House Mouse

Prairie Vole

Meadow Vole

Woodland Vole

Norway Rat

Muskrat

Southern Bog Lemming

Meadow Jumping Mouse

Coyote

Red Fox

Gray Fox

Raccoon

Long-tailed Weasel

Least Weasel

Mink\

Badger

Striped Skunk

River Otter

Bobcat

White-tailed Deer

 

Black Bears and Wolves have recently made a rare appearance in the county, but do not expect to find them.  These were quick visits over the border from Wisconsin.

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McHenry County Audubon is a chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society. www.illinoisaudubon.org