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Vole and Lemming Species of North America
The 38 species of vole and lemming that exist in North America.
Information summarized from the Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America.
Voles and lemmings are small mouse-like rodents that have a stout body, with small eyes and ears. Lemmings are very similar to voles, but the main difference is probably a smaller tail and a more northerly distribution. There is some difficulty distinguishing some of the species here, so I will be providing some notes on screen, but a lot of the differences between species can actually be determined by proportionate length of the tail, so I’ll be very specific regarding that. And there is currently some taxonomic revision going on specifically relating to the Meadow Vole, which has been split into 3 different species.
Information summarized from the Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America.
Voles and lemmings are small mouse-like rodents that have a stout body, with small eyes and ears. Lemmings are very similar to voles, but the main difference is probably a smaller tail and a more northerly distribution. There is some difficulty distinguishing some of the species here, so I will be providing some notes on screen, but a lot of the differences between species can actually be determined by proportionate length of the tail, so I’ll be very specific regarding that. And there is currently some taxonomic revision going on specifically relating to the Meadow Vole, which has been split into 3 different species.
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Rabbits and Hares: How to Identify the Lagomorphs of North America
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The 21 species of rabbit, hare and pika in North America. Information summarized from the Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America.
Seals and Sea Lions: Sea Carnivores of North America
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The 14 species of sea carnivores in North America known as seals, sea lions and the walrus, plus a bonus species near the end. Information summarized from the Peterson Field guide to Mammals of North America.
Small Carnivores: Skunks, Raccoons, and Weasels of North America
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The 5 species of skunk, 3 species of raccoon, and 10 species of weasel in North America. Not all of these are actually called raccoons or weasels, but they are in those respective families and I have organized the video as such. Information provided is summarized from the Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America
Large Carnivores: Cat, Dog and Bear Species of North America
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How to identify the Large carnivore species of North America. 19 species from within the Cat, Dog, and Bear families from the Order Carnivora. Information summarized from "Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America"
Large Herbivores: Deer and Cattle Species of North America
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The 22 large herbivore species of North America, including all introduced species. This includes all species from the Order Artiodactyla, including the Deer Family, Cattle Family, Pig Family, Peccary Family, and Pronghorn Family. Information summarized from "Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America".
How to Identify Marmots, Prairie Dogs and Some Bonus Species
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How to Identify Marmots, Prairie Dogs and Some Extra Species Including: Black-tailed Prairie Dog White-tailed Prairie Dog Utah Prairie Dog Gunnison's Prairie Dog Groundhog/Woodchuck Yellow-bellied Marmot Olympic Marmot Vancouver Island Marmot Alaska Marmot Hoary Marmot Sewellel/Mountain Beaver American Beaver Coypu/Nutria Common Muskrat Round-tailed Muskrat North American Porcupine Nine-banded ...
The Ground Squirrels (And Antelope Squirrels) of North America
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How to identify the 21 species of Ground Squirrels and 4 species of Antelope Squirrels in North America. Information in this video is summarized from the "Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America" which provides more detailed species descriptions for all of these species.
Chipmunk Species of North America
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How to identify the 22 species of chipmunk in North America. Eastern Chipmunk Least Chipmunk Yellow-pine Chipmunk Red-tailed Chipmunk Townsend's Chipmunk Alpine Chipmunk Lodgepole Chipmunk Long-eared Chipmunk Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk Siskiyou Chipmunk Allen's Chipmunk Sonoma Chipmunk Merriam's Chipmunk California Chipmunk Palmer's Chipmunk Uinta Chipmunk Panamint Chipmunk Colorado Chipmunk Hopi ...
Identifying Tree Squirrels of North America
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How to identify the 11 species of tree squirrels in North America. Species included: Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eastern Fox Squirrel, Red-bellied Squirrel, Tassel-eared Squirrel, Mexican Fox Squirrel, Western Gray Squirrel, Arizona Gray Squirrel, Red Squirrel, Douglas's Squirrel, Northern Flying Squirrel, and Southern Flying Squirrel. Information provided is originally from the Peterson Field Guide...
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What squirrels are there in Idaho?.... They seem to be like fox squirrels but are not part of the territories on your map?
Southern Ontario? Where I am from Windsor we have more melanistic eastern gray squirrel than we have wild type regular color. Great video brother.
What kind of squirrel do people call cat squirrels
Old blues singers.
I have 2 American reds that just showed up in my backyard, full of greys. Very exciting!
yep thats a squirrel
They are pests here in the south! $2000 new car wiring thanks to them! They are gone now though.
Thanks for the informative vid! As an adult I am just learning that there are in fact multiple species of tree squirrels in my locale, not just eastern grey. Thanks for helping me to differentiate, can't wait to go spot some fox squirrels and red Americans
Great video! I was surprised to see the Red-bellied Squirrel mentioned here. Someone did their research!
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Great video!
What about the smaller wiry black squirrels that run rampant at Stanford University in Northern CA? They seem different (much smaller and thinner) from the melanistic (sp?) eastern greys that are now by far the most common in CA.
Canadian, hey! 8 black squirrels from Rondeau Park, Ontario, were gifted to the President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, in 1902. Subsequently, they were released in Washington, DC. Today, they make up a significant portion of the squirrel population of the nation's capital.
Good video but the audio is low and uneven. Yikes!
Really nice introduction to North American squirrel species. You answered some of my questions, and the photos and maps were very helpful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Why are black squirrels absent?😄
By black squirrels, I assume you mean the melanistic version of the Eastern Gray Squirrel which was covered in that section
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0:43 Ummm... No, they are not found in Australia, at least not as of today. As far as I know, all of the introduced Eastern Gray Squirrels have died there.
We have quite a few melanistic eastern grays here in upstate NY, but we're not far from Ontario.
The Douglas squirrels are very vocal and territorial too. I feed my squirrels here in Western WA. I have about seven Eastern Gray and two Douglas squirrels. And those Douglas are chatterboxes, and chase off the Easterns without fear. I finally got one of them to takes nuts from my hand. Love how they hop around. So cute.
I have seen most of these guys in my travels. As far as I can tell, they all taste about the same too. 😀
Australia?? Nope. No squirrels of any sort in Australia.
Correct! Australia has koalas, not tree squirrels.
California has a lot of chipmunks
Yup. 13 species in California, which is more than half of the species in North America
Max I live in the Northeast and I have a squirrel I can't identify. Can I send you a video?
Yeah, sure. If you're in the Northeast, its most likely an Eastern Grey Squirrel or an Eastern Fox Squirrel.
Maybe this one is sick. Its red but the size of a grey squirrel. All four paws are black and a grey and white tail but very thin to little hair on the tail
@@samfisher88 It may be a sick Eastern Fox Squirrel. They tend to have more variability than Eastern Gray Squirrels, and some forms do have black paws though they're mostly in the Southeast, and same with the gray and white tail. Of course, it could still be an Eastern Gray Squirrel, and I think I'd want to see the video before saying definitively.
Great information, thank you
Glad it was helpful!