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(coyote)

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Canis latrans

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheris

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Canis latrans (coyote)?

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Range: All of North America except northernmost portions of Canada

Habitat: Praires, bushy areas, and wooded edges

Feeding habits: opportunistic: most scavenges, shrews, squirrels, voles, mice, rabbits, hares, muskrats, porcupines, deer, moose, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, insects

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Canis lupus (gray wolf)?

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Range: Roams over most of Canada and Alaska

Habitat: Tundra, mountains, praires, forests

Feeding habits: pack hunting large prey, white tailed deer, moose, beavers, rabbits, squirrels, mice

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Gray wolf

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Canis lupus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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(red fox)

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Vulpes vulpes

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Vulpes vulpes (red fox)?

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Range: Canada and most of US (excluding western states)

Habitat: open country with reliable cover, forest-field edges, brushy fencelines, wooded borders of streams or lakes

Feeding habits: Opportunistic, solitary hunters, uses acute hearing and seen of smell to locate prey, stalking behavior, pounces; rabbits, squirrels, mice, voles, ground-nesting birds

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(gray fox)

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)?

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Range: North America; great lakes mark northernmost part of range

Habitat: woodlands, farm fields, wooded swamps, bottomland forests, woods

Feeding habits: climbs trees to search for prey: cottontail, voles, squirrels, mice, birds, grasshoppers, crayfish

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(striped skunk)

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Mephitis mephitis

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheris

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mephitidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)?

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Range: Atlantic to Pacific from Northern Mexico to Hudson Bay (all of US and southern parts of Canada)

Habitat: mix of forests, fields, wooded ravines, suburbs, areas of dense cultivation

Feeding habits: Opportunistic, primarily insectivorous (beetles, crickets, grasshoppers), corn, fruits, small mammals (voles) in winter

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(raccoon)

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Procyon lotor

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Procyon lotor (raccoon)?

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Range: Central and North America (Panama to southern Canada)

Habitat: in/near wooded areas, near streams or ponds, hardwood forests

Feeding habits: omnivore

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(kinkajou)

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Potos flavus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Potos falvus (kinkajou)?

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Range: southern Central America-northern South America

Habitat: Jungle

Feeding habits: Frugivore

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(ringtail)

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Bassariscus astutus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Bassariscus astutus (ringtail)?

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Range: Southwest US and north/central Mexico

Habitat: rocky habitats associated with water: riparian canyons, caves, mineshafts

Feeding habits: Mostly carnivorous, does eat fruits

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(black bear)

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Ursus americanus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus americanus (black bear)?

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Range: Northern US/Southern Canada

Habitat: Forested areas: coniferous or deciduous woods, upland forests and swampy woods

Feeding habits: Carnivorous but also eats grub and fruit/plants

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(brown bear)

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Ursus arctos

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus arctos (brown bear)?

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Range: Northern Eurasia and northern North America

Habitat: Arctic/Tundra areas: forests

Feeding habits: omnivorous

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(Polar bear)

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Ursus maritimus

Class: Mammalis

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Ursus maritimus (Polar bear)?

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Range: Arctic region surrounding North Pole; nearctic, palearctic, arctic ocean

Habitat: terrestiral: packed ice or arctic ocean

Feeding habits: carnivore

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(northern fur seal)

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Callorhinus ursinus

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Otariidae

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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Callorhinus ursinus (Northern fur seal)?

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Range: Arctic and Pacific oceans

Habitat: saltwater/marine

Feeding habits: Opportunistic carnivore (piscivore, mulluscivore)

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| (California sea lion)
**Zalophus californianus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Otariidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Zalophus califorianus (California sea lion)?
**Range:** Nearctic and Pacific ocean **Habitat:** temperate saltwater/marine **Feeding habits:** Carnivore (piscivore, molluscivore)
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| (Mountain lion)
**Puma concolor** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Puma concolor (Mountain lion)?
**Range:** coast to coast in North America, south to Argentina **Habitat:** temperate terrestrial **Feeding habits:** carnivorous
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| (Canadian lynx)
**Lynx canadensis** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lynx canadensis (Canadian lynx)?
**Range:** northern parts of North Ameriaca **Habitat:** tundra, coniferous forests **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Bobcat)
**Lynx rufus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lynx rufus (Bobcat)?
**Range:** Southern Canada to southern Mexico **Habitat:** hardwood/coniferous/riparian forests **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Marten)
**Martes americana** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Martens americana (Marten)?
**Range:** Forests of Canada; Rockies of US: Nearctic **Habitat:** Temperate forests; coniferous forests **Feeding habits:** Carnivore (eats some fruits)
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| (Fisher)
**Martes pennanti** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Martes pennanti (Fisher)?
**Range:** Across Canada and portions of Northern US **Habitat:** Dense coniferous forests **Feeding habits:** Carnivore but eats some fruit
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| (Ermine/short-tailed weasel)
**Mustela erminea** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela erminea (Ermine/short-tailed weasel)?
**Range:** Boreal regions of Asia, Europe, North America **Habitat:** Forests, riparian woodlands **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Least weasel)
**Mustela nivalis** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela nivalis (Least weasel)?
**Range:** Northern Europe, Asia, North America **Habitat:** generalist: fields, pastures, riparian edges, open woodlots, forest **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Long-tailed weasel)
**Mustela frenata** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Mustela frenata (Long-tailed weasel)?
**Range:** Canada to South America **Habitat:** Forest-field edges, wooded areas, forests **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Mink)
**Neovison vison** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Neovison vison (mink)?
**Range:** US and Canada **Habitat:** Brush near streams/ponds/lakes, temperate, marsh **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (Wolverine)
**Gulo gulo** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutherian Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Gulo gulo (wolverine)?
**Range:** North America, Northern Eurasia **Habitat:** Tundra and boreal forests **Feeding habits:** Mostly carnivorous; omnivorous
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| (Badger)
**Taxidea taxus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Taxidae taxus (badger)?
**Range:** Great plains region of US **Habitat:** dry open grasslands, fields, pastures, temperate **Feeding habits:** Carnivorous
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| (River otter)
**Lontra canadensis** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lontra canadensis (River otter)?
**Range:** most of Canada and US **Habitat:** Riparian **Feeding habits:** Carnivore (piscivore)
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| (Virginia opossum)
**Didelphis virginiana** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Metatheria Order: Didelphimorphia Familly: Didelphidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)?
**Range:** Central America and US **Habitat:** Deciduous woods, semiopen countryside, brush **Feeding habits:** Omnivore
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| (Eastern cottontail)
**Sylvilagus floridanus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail)?
**Range:** US east of Rockies into Central America **Habitat:** Edge environments between woody vegetation; temperate forest **Feeding habits:** Herbivore (folivore)
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| (Snowshoe hare)
**Lepus americanus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Lepus americanus (Snowshoe hare)?
**Range:** Canada, Northern US **Habitat:** Heavily forested areas and dense underbrush **Feeding habits:** Herbivore (folivore)
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| (Moose)
**Alces alces** Class: Mammalia Sublcass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Alces alces (Moose)?
**Range:** Northern North America (Canada), Northern Europe and Asia **Habitat:** Forested areas **Feeding habits:** Herbivore (folivore)
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| (Elk)
**Cervus elaphus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Cervus elaphus (elk)?
**Range:** West US/Canada (Rockies) **Habitat:** Open woodlands, aspen hardwood forests **Feeding habits:** Herbivore (folivore, lignivore)
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| (White-tailed deer)
**Odocoileus virginianus** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)?
**Range:** Central Canada to South America **Habitat:** Dense thickets and edges; forests; grassland **Feeding habits:** Herbivore
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| (American Bison)
**Bison bison** Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae
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What are the geographic range, habitat, and feeding habits of Bison bison (American bison)?
**Range:** Alaska to northern Mexico **Habitat:** Grasslands, open woodlands **Feeding habits:** Herbivore (folivore)

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