Appendix C. Vertebrates Likely to Occur, Breed, or Rear Young in Palustrine 

 Habitats of the Characterization Area 



Common name Habitat ^ Feeding ^ Breeding ^ 



habits status 



Mammals " 



Bat, little brown OW I 



Bat, red OW I 



Bat, silver-haired OW I 



Beaver EM,FO,SS,OW H B 



Black bear EM,FO,SS 



Deer EM,F0,SS,0W H 



Eastern pipistrelle (bat) OW I 



Keen's myotis (bat) OW I 



Mink EM,FO,SS,OW C 



Mole, star-nosed EM.SS I 



Moose EM,FO,SS,OW H 



Mouse, meadow jumping EM 



Muskrat EM,F0,SS,0W H B 



Opossum, Virginia EM,F0 



Raccoon EM,FO,SS,OW 



Shrew, masked FO,SS I 



Shrew, smokey FO,SS I 



Shrew, water EM,FO,SS,OW H B 



Vole, meadow EM H 



Birds ^ 



Loon, common OW 



Grebe, pied-billed OW 



Cormorant, double-crested OW 



Heron, great blue EM 



green EM 



black-crowned night EM 



^ EM = emergent wetland, FO = forested wetland, SS = scrub/shrub wetland, and 

 OW = open water. 



b C = carnivore (vertebrate eater), D = detritivore, H = herbivore, I. ^ inverte- 

 brate eater, and = omnivore. 



c B = species which breed and/or rear young in palustrine areas. c^.- the 

 chapters on the various vertebrate groups for more detailed comments. 



d personal communication from C. R. Ferris, School of Forest Resources, 

 University of Maine, Orono, ME. May 1979. 



^ personal communication from N. C. Famous, School of Forest Resources, 

 University of Maine, Orono, ME. June 1979. 



C-1 denotes species whose feeding habits are primarily invertebrate as 

 juveniles and primarily carnivorous as adults. (C)I denotet, species which are 

 primarily invertebrate feeders; large adults, however, may prey on fish 

 occasionally. 



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