by LATO | Mar 21, 2014 | News and Views
Identification Pointers The coyote is smaller than a wolf, but tends to have larger ears. Their upperparts are variable in color, but are typically brown with reddish highlights on its legs. The belly and throat are often pale. The largest recorded weight of a coyote...
by LATO | Mar 21, 2014 | News and Views
Identification Pointers The mule deer is named for its ears, which are large like those of a mule. Males have antlers on the top of their heads that branch dichotomously and are typically shed in January and regrow over the summer. Coastal versions of this deer are...
by LATO | Mar 21, 2014 | News and Views
Identification Pointers The striped skunk has a black body with two white stripes along the sides of its body which meet at the nape of the neck to become one. On a striped skunks forehead, there is a single narrow white stripe. This is the heaviest species of skunk...
by LATO | Mar 21, 2014 | News and Views
Identification Pointers The desert cottontail rabbit has large pointed ears that are sparsely covered with hair. The fur of a cottontail rabbit is a light grayish-brown with an almost white colored fur on the belly. They have large legs with slender feet that lack...
by LATO | Mar 21, 2014 | News and Views
Identification Pointers The red fox is uniquely-colored. It has a bushy white-tipped tail which is longer than half their body length. Most red foxes are red-colored with black feet and black-tipped, triangular ears. They can also be black/silver, or cross (reddish...
