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Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair. This group include humans and all other animals.
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Gray Fox | The Cove Forest

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Gray Fox | The Cove Forest
(Urocyon cinereoargneteus) This fox is widely distributed and associated with decidous forests. The gray fox is an omnivore and will eat fruit, insects and small mammal prey items. This is the only...
Flying Squirrel | The Cove Forest

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Flying Squirrel | The Cove Forest
(Glaucomys volans) This squirrel is one of the most common squirrels in the cove forests. Few are seen since they are strictly nocturnal. The flying squirrel does not fly, rather it glides by using...
Eastern Chipmunk | The Cove Forest

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Eastern Chipmunk | The Cove Forest
(Tamias striatus) This ground squirrel is a burrowing mammal but is adept at climbing through trees. Nuts and seeds are the primary food sources; however, flowers, leaves, fungi and small amphibians...
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest

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Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest
(Ochrotomys nuttali) This rodent is one of the most beautiful of our native mice. A light to brilliant orange-gold fur is characterstic of the adults. This mouse uses shrubs and vines as a serial...
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest Short-Tailed Shrew | The Cove Forest

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Short-Tailed Shrew | The Cove Forest
This shrew is very common and is one of the largest of the various shrew species weighing 11- 30 g. Food consists mainly of invertebrates such as earthworms, snails, and insects. However, these shrews...
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest Eastern Pipistrelle Bat | The Cove Forest

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Eastern Pipistrelle Bat | The Cove Forest
The pipistrelle is the smallest bat in the southern US. This is one of the most common bats in the cove forest. This bat is a very early evening feeder and tends to feed at treetop levels.
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest Deer Mouse | The Cove Forest

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Deer Mouse | The Cove Forest
(peromyscus maniculatus) This rodent is the most important prey item for the avian and mammalian predators that frequent the cove forest. This specis is the most widespread of North American rodents...
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest Masked Shrew | The Cove Forest

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Masked Shrew | The Cove Forest
(sorex cinereus) This insectivore is related to the common moles. It is one of the smallest mammals found in the United States weighing between 2-5 g. It is constantly active with a very high...
Golden Mouse | The Cove Forest Red-Backed Vole | The Cove Forest

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Red-Backed Vole | The Cove Forest
(clethrionomys gapper) This rodent is a relative of the muskrat and lemming. This vole is found only in cove forests at higher altitudes in the mountains of South Carolina. It is semifossorial using...
White Tailed Deer | Bulls Island Natural Area (S.C.)

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White Tailed Deer | Bulls Island Natural Area (S.C.)
• Odocoileus virginianus • Important game mammal, but illegal to hunt in wildlife refuge • Similar to Mule Deer, Elk, Caribou, Moose and Pronghorn • Large white tail • Capable of running 56 - 64 kmps...