Distribution & Habitat - Practical 3

Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo - Distribution

Primarily southern MO, fissile out the closer to Iowa they get

Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo - Habitat

Variety of habitats. Forests, wooded bottom-lands, bushy areas, and fields with ground cover and loose soil

Eastern Cotton Tail - Distribution

Throughout MO

Eastern Cotton Tail - Habitat

Highly adaptable to most habitats, but prefer open brush or forest-edge environments

Swamp Rabbit - Distribution

Might be in the floodplains of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers

Swamp Rabbit - Habitat

Wet lowlands, along the banks of streams and drainage ditches

Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit - Distribution

May be extripated from the state

Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit - Habitat

Likes open plains where short grass is present. Had been found in pastures, hay lands, and cultivated areas

Eastern Grey Squirrel - Distribution

Throughout MO, less abundant in CDTP and Osage Plains

Eastern Grey Squirrel - Habitat

Dense hardwood forests and city parks

Fox Squirrel - Distribution

Throughout MO

Fox Squirrel - Habitat

Dense mixed hardwood forests and city parks

13-Lined Ground Squirrel - Distribution

Mostly in northwestern MO

13-Lined Ground Squirrel - Habitat

Flat, open grasslands or other dry, open fields where cover is short. Sometimes found in brushy fencerows, woody borders, or sandy river bottomlands

Franklin’s Ground Squirrel - Distribution

Central dissected tilled plains

Franklin’s Ground Squirrel Habitat

Burrow in borderlands between woods and prairies with medium to tall grass, along railroads and roadsides, and occasionally farmland

Eastern Chipmunk - Distribution

Across MO EXCEPT for southeastern corner, most common in the Ozarks

Eastern Chipmunk - Habitat

Deciduous areas prefer timber borderlands. Also found in city parks and urban areas

Southern Flying Squirrel - Distribution

Throughout MO, most common in Ozark highlands

Southern Flying Squirrel - Habitat

Heave, deciduous forests not far from water and timbered areas around human habitation.

Ground Hog - Distribution

Everywhere, rarely seen in Alluvial Basin

Ground Hog - Habitat

Timber boarded by open land or along fencerows and heavily vegetated gullies/stream banks. Preference for rocky or sandy sloping land

North American Beaver - Distribution

Everywhere

North American Beaver - Habitat

Live in/along rivers, streams, marshes, and small lakes where running water is present.

Plains Pocket Gopher - Distribution

Fluctuate, mostly found northeastern, northwestern, and in east-central MO

Plains Pocket Gopher - Habitat

Mostly in open fields where soil is well moistened and deep. Sometimes found at airports and golf courses

Plains Pocket Mouse - Distribution

Might be in Atchison and Clark counties

Plains Pocket Mouse - Habitat

Arid to semiarid conditions where sandy or sandy-loam soil is present