Predators 



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The present distribution of the gray fox in Missouri seems to include the 

 eastern two-thirds of the State, and also the Missouri bluffs below Kansas City. 

 This, in general, is the rough wooded country. It may be highly significant, 

 however, that the species is totally absent at the present time from three regions 

 just as rough and wooded as those where it is present, namely, from the north- 



PREDATORS 



AS DETERMINED BY A 



GAME SURVEY 



OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL STATES. 



MADE BY ALDO LEOPOLD IN 1928- 1929 FOR THE 

 SPORTING ABMS4AHMUNITION MANUFACTURERS' INSTITUTE 



Present Crow Roost ( known age to left) 

 D Former Crow Roost (date last used to right) 

 T &/?// Present range of Gray Foxfjn so far as 

 Sample Populations per Two. 9 determined during survey) 



Foies (solid -real data) io_ 5 Present Red Gray Fox Ratio(estimaled) 



right 



Foj.; 



left , last 5 



Wild Housecats seen with dens and young 

 in the wild away from buildings 

 Feral Housecats seen wintering in the wild 

 Feral Housecats do not winter in the wild 



MAP 18 



east corner of the State, from a group of counties clustering around Howard 

 County, and from Dent County. Dent County represents typical Ozark condi- 

 tions. The absence of grays from Dent County is based not merely on the re- 

 ports of local sportsmen, but also on the entire absence of grays from the 30 

 foxes trapped in Indian Trail Park (see Table 50) . 



