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Michigan Mammals. 1. All extant mammals are newcomers 2. Michigan is a meeting place for northern and southern faunas 3. Much of the state is surrounded.

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1 Michigan Mammals

2 1. All extant mammals are newcomers 2. Michigan is a meeting place for northern and southern faunas 3. Much of the state is surrounded by water 4. Human impact

3 (1) all extant mammals are newcomers…

4 Woodland muskox

5 Scott’s moose

6 Flat-headed peccary

7 giant beaver

8 mastodon mammoth

9 mastadon mammoth indeterminate

10 No fossils in Michigan

11 northern coniferous temperate deciduous prairie (2) a meeting place for northern and southern faunas (3) much of the state is surrounded by water

12 (4) human impact… Paleo-Indians overkill vs climate change

13 human impact…cont. European immigrants

14 Hunting & trapping…

15 Logging…

16

17 Agriculture & cattle grazing…

18 house mouse Norway rat Introduction of pests…

19 Order Didelphimorphia Order Insectivora Order Rodentia Order Lagomorpha Order Chiroptera Order Artiodactyla Order Carnivora 64 in 7 Orders:

20 Order Didelphimorphia (Virginia opossum)

21 Order Insectivora… shrews

22 Order Insectivora… moles

23 Order Rodentia … mice & voles

24 Order Rodentia… squirrels

25 Order Rodentia … others.

26 Order Lagomorpha

27 Order Chiroptera (Vespertilionidae)

28 Indiana bat

29 Order Artiodactyla

30 Order Carnivora …canids

31 Order Carnivora...felids ?

32 Order Carnivora …ursids

33 Order Carnivora...procyonids

34 Order Carnivora …mustelids

35

36 Summary

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