What wildlife have you seen?(Mammals)

“Well, I'm studying for my final test in vertebrate biology on Mammals and i got to thinking, what mammals have I seen. So I was gonna start a general wildlife thread... but if any of you are birdwatchers the list could become quite extensive for every species, then people would start counting frogs and fish, and start with invertebrates - insects etc. So, i decided to limit the list to just mammals, what mammals have you seen in the wild?

My list.

Carnivora
Bears (Ursidae):
Polar Bear
Black Bear
Canines:
Timberwolf
Coyote
Red Fox
Mustelids:
Striped Skunk
Mink
Pine Marten
Fisher
Badger
River Otter
Procyonids:
Raccoon

Chiroptera(bats):
I've seen bats, i don't know what kind
Marsupials:
Opossum
Insectivora(shrews/moles):
Star-nosed mole
pygmy shrew
Leporidae(rabbits/hares):
Eastern cottontail
Snowshoe Hare
Rodents
Sciuridae(squirrels):
Least Chipmunk
Thirteen lined Ground squirrel
Gray Squirrel
Fox Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Marmot
Woodchuck
Geomyidae(gophers):
Pocket Gopher
Castoridae:
Beaver
Muridae(mice etc)
Many mice and voles, i don't know...
Muskrat
Rat
Erethizontidae:
Porcupine
Artiodactyla(hooved animals):
American Elk
Mule Deer
White-tailed deer, (key deer)
Moose
Caribou
Bison
Mountain Goats
Xenartha
Armadillo
Marine Mammals:
Dolphin
Freshwater Seal
Seal

I know I'm gonna think of more later, but that's most of them I think.”

“grr, that wasn't how the list was supposed to show up... you get the idea”

“My partial list:

Black Bear
Moose
Boar
Coyote
Bison
Dolphins (various species)
Seal
Manatee
White tailed deer
Raccoon
Chipmunk
Squirrel
Eastern cottontailed rabbit
Bats (not sure what species)”

“Damn some other cool ones:

Red Fox
Beaver”

“Does the front yard count as "in the wild" if you live in a fairly rural area?

That's quite a list, simer.”

“I think in your case it definitely does, skiracer. :-)”

“Black Bear
Coyote
Harbor Seal
White Tail Deer
Fisher
Pine Marten
Porcupine
Raccoon
Opossum
Eastern Cottontail
Varying Hare
Red Fox
Red Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Chipmunk
Bats
Beaver
Muskrat
Woodchuck
Skunk”

“Cool, lumberzac. I've yet to see a Fisher. They're pretty elusive. Most people who see them get to see them glance a dark blur.”

“Is that the one that screams like a woman in distress?”

“That's about all I saw. The only way I was able to tell that it was a fisher was by the tracks it left in the mud. I’ve also heard but never saw bobcat. And I have seen moose tracks, but have yet to see one in the wild.”

“"Is that the one that screams like a woman in distress?"
Artex
07:17:05 AM
04/30/04
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That would be a bobcat.”

“The fischer can also sound like it is a screaming child or woman. It's erie and bone chilling.”

“Kinda like the sound Pennsy makes when he discovers a piece of his gear is out of date?”

“lol”

“lots of critters sound like people when in distress...bunnies cry like babies, skunks scream like women, etc.”

“Hmmm....lemme see, animals on the trail.

Jerbear
Goose
Buddha Bear
TownDawg
packrat
MileMonster
Prowler
Hounddog
Katibug
Artex”

“"The Fisher Cat, one of New Hampshire's most elusive animals, and a ferocious predators of small game. They are very fast on their feet and can turn on a dime. Few ever get the chance to see a fisher, mainly because they are nocturnal, but can be heard calling in the woodlands during their mating season. They have a chilling scream very much like that of high pitched child."

reference

more fisher info”

“LOL @ HPM! I should have included bigfoot on my list, after hiking with you.

I asked about the screaming women sound specifically because I thought I remembered skiracer saying the fisher made that sound. Raccoons and certain owls also produce a crazy, similiar sound.”

“Cool, now I have a new goal: spot a fisher in the wild.”

“Add bear cubs to that list as well”

“Black Bear
Cougar
Coyote
Red fox
Dall Sheep
Elk
Moose
Whitetail deer
Mule deer
skunk
porcipine
mink
otter
muskrat
thirteen stripe ground squirrel
grey squirrel
red squirrel
fox squirrel
groundhog
marmot
there's gotta be more but I've only had 1/2 a cup of coffee so far.....”

“I've never seen a polar bear, an armadillo or a gopher in the wild. Otherwise, I've pretty much seen all the rest.

Sighting a fisher (twice) is always exciting - you can spend a lifetime in the out of doors and never see one. One walked by me while I was on stand hunting deer in the Laurentians north of Montreal and one ran across the road in the Adirondacks of NYS when I was driving back after doing Catamount north of Whiteface.”

“Fisher
Pine Marten


never even heard of these two....

i always wanted to see a wolverine”

“i always wanted to see a wolverine

They'll kick the sh*t out of you with those boots.”

“I forgot:
Prairie Dog
Manatee

The most exciting of that list would have to be... well, the polar bear caused quite a bit of excitement. Twice moose caused some excitement - once I was camped on an island when a mother and calf were swimming across the lake and ran right through the middle of our campsite, and once the moose was standing in the middle of the river and we had to paddle around it, on that same note i've had to wait for herds of caribou to cross the river before continuing on and I've had caribou in my campsite looking in the tent window. I was quite young when I saw the fisher, it's a vague memory - look in the trees.”

“Does road kill count?”

“Roadkill doesn't count...

Another cool one was the first day of my road trip, I was sleeping under the stars on the shore of lake superior. Maybe it was something I heard, or just this feeling I had but I opened my eyes and looked off into the dark and saw a dark shape, as I watched it it moved closer... before long there was a red fox standing about 3 feet from me we just looked at each other for a while until my dog woke up and went nuts over it.”

“Bobcat..... I've seen a bobcat!”

“forgot:
Horses, or Wild Ponies - whatever you call them things.

I've seen a pet bobcat... I've still yet to see a cat in the wild.”

“that's hard...let's see.

deer
squirrels
beaver
otter
posum
wild ponys
storc (that bird, don't know how to spell it in english)
porcipine
bison
dolphin
red squirrel
chipmonk
mouse
rat
bats
skunk
racoon
boar
rabbit

I can't think of anything else...
seeing them in the zoo doesn't count huh?? cause then I would have a huge list.”

“I'll think of others later, but here's a start:

squirrels
rabbits
whitetail deer
mule deer
elk
moose
black bear (from afar)
marmots (for some reason, they
make me laugh)
muskrats
coyotes
foxes
‘possums
raccoons
chipmunks
buffalo
beaver (passing on the easy
innuendo here)
wild horses
dolphins”

“black bear,
skunk,
red fox
grey fox
possums
racoons
squirrls
coyotes
ground squirls,
marmots,
chipmonks,
fisher,
river otter
sea otter
humpback whale
Tule elk,
white tailed deer,
mule dear
bobcat
mountain lion cubs (didnt see mom)
badger (at grand canyon, cool!)”

“black bear,
skunk,
red fox
grey fox
possums
racoons
squirrls
coyotes
ground squirls,
marmots,
chipmonks,
fisher,
river otter
sea otter
humpback whale
Tule elk,
white tailed deer,
mule dear
bobcat
mountain lion cubs (didnt see mom)
badger (at grand canyon, cool!)
sea lion,
elephant seal
cottontails
beaver
big horn sheep,
mountain goats,
wild burros and horses....

I remembered a few more.”

“armadillo
bats, bear, beaver, bison
Cat, chipmunk, coyote, cougar
Dog, dolphin
elk
fox
goat
horses

mink, mice, moose, mule deer

opossum, otter
porcupine, prairie dog,

rabbit, raccoon, rat,
skunk, squirrel, shrew,

whitetailed deer”

“I finally found my first dead body, a female, while out hiking this weekend. I'm still getting over it.

I'll post the details on a separate thread later on when I get around to it.”

“what? do tell, Buddur!

When I used to hunt, I always said I'd be the one to find a dead body. The oddest remains I ever found was the skeleton of a horse on the bottom of a river I was fishing. creepy!”

“Do bear footprints count? Saw some big'uns in Dark Canyon last week.”

“Black Bear
Deer
Elk
Moose
Big Horn Sheep
Badger
Pine Martin
Weasel
Muskrat Beaver
Racoon
Ringtail
Civit Cat
Bobcat
Skunk
SnowNymph
Opossum
Pika
Marmot
Chipmunk
Chickoree
Grey Squirel
Coyote
Kit Fox
Grey Fox
Red Fox
Ground Squirel
Jack Rabbit
Cotton Tail rabbit
Snowshoe Hare
mole
gopher


Still want to see a Cougar!”

“Buddur - Man, I'm so glad I ended up not meeting up w/ you. I'm not sure I could get over something like that. Wow.”

“coyote
mole
weasel

deer
squirrels
beaver
otter
posum
wild ponys
storc (that bird, don't know how to spell it in english)
porcipine
bison
dolphin
red squirrel
chipmonk
mouse
rat
bats
skunk
racoon
boar
rabbit

I am sure I saw more, but can't think of anything.
Never saw a bear, elch, cougar, goat...Wonder though if they saw me??”

“big red fox
huge skunk
coyote
chihuahua
white mountain sheep (big horn?)
w/babies
Roosevelt elk w/babies
bear
white deer
bats
racoons
moose
otters
seals (baby & harbor)
stellar seals
elephant seals
marmots
Orca whales
gray whales (2 weeks ago)

There may be more I can't remember.”

“OMG Buddhur. I just read your post.
Not too long ago someone/somewhere found a dead body. (heard it on the news I think) The person that found it was a hiker. Back then I thought about how I would react if I would ever find a dead body.

boy, I still am not sure. I fell for ya dude!”

“I saw a pika...

A DEAD BODY???”

“Is that you???
Wow....where have you been girl?”

“red fox
red wolf(very rare i'm told)
red and grey squrrells(even seen a black squrrell)
boar
havalina
groundhog
chipmnunk
manatee
dolphin
porpose
skunk
pole cat(white skunk w/black stripes)
bobcat
black bear w/2 cubs
elk
whitetail deer
mule deer
moose
antelope
mouse
rat
muskrat
beaver
possum
armadillo
mole
sasquatch”

“Hi Wind Walker. I've been looking for mammals, lol. I guess I was just taking a break.

I've still been camping & hiking. I have a 3-1/2 pd chihuahua that loves the trails, so I've been doing some easy car camping, and small hikes.”

“Everything except a duck-billed platypus and a Florida panther.

I happaned upon a grizzly in a particular Idaho mountain range where they supposedly hadn't been seen for 50 years.

"Cinnamon black bear" the naysayers not-so-naysaid.

"Nope - griz" this Georgia boy retorts.

"What never" they naysaid.

Then, about a year later, my Idaho Bro says on the phone: "You know that bear you saw in the _____ mountains? Well... it mighta been a..."

"I know it was. What part of 'grizzly bear' are y'all having difficulty with?"

Turns out, there's been talk among the locals about griz sightings in them thar hills.

The encounter was as exhillerating as it was unexpected.

Next day, I walked (scrambled) up on a monster male mountain goat while summiting a local peak. That dude looked like he was chiseled from white marble. Helluva specimen, he was. Moved like a cool mountain breeze, too.

That was in '96 - my first Rockies hike. Nothing has compared to that experience. Man... what an indoctrination!

The thigh-to-snout encounter with a six foot gator in Lake Whitney, Cumberland Island, GA was darned exhillerating, too. But we're not discussing "a reptile dysfunction" on this post, so I won't mention that one...

Things on the "to see" list:
jaguar (desert SW), and an American saltwater crocodile (FL Keys).

Someday...”

“I've seen....
dog
cat
deer
moose
dolphin
bald eagle
porpoise and baby
bear (3 times once with a cub)
squirrel
rat
marmot
seal
otter
rabbit
raccoon
skunk
boar
Chipmunk”

“red fox
wolf
sea turtle
whale... not sure what kind
king mackrel
fox squirrel
mole
bat (brown and black)
hawk
owls
bald eagle in captivaty
squrriels
chipmunks
bob cat
bear
pole cat
skunk
ground hog
possum
deer
mice
rat
lizards
wild turkies
Saw a 6ft alligator that lived in a creek behind my house when I lived at the beach.”

“lets see

White tail deer
red squirrel
fox squirrel
flying squirrel
mice
bear
seal lion
bats
red fox
gray fox
coyote

i'm sure theres lots more but i;m tried”