The terrestrial vertebrates of the Pictured Rocks Region of Michigan
Mccann R. 1975. The terrestrial vertebrates of the Pictured Rocks Region of Michigan. Pages 1-36. In Mccann R. Natural history surveys of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. University of Michigan, Biological Station. Pellston, MI
Five trap grids were set for terrestrial vertebrates using 100 "museum special" snap traps, baited with peanut butter and oatmeal, in Alger County, MI from July 1-August 8, 1973. Traps were set at 25 ft. intervals in 4 rows in a variety of habitats (wetlands and uplands) in the evening and retrieved the following morning. Additional observations were made in mid October of that year. One trap grid was within the "Fee Zone" of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore at the Twelvemile Beach Campground area. Another site near the Mosquito River was in the Inland Buffer Zone of the Lakeshore. Mammal specimens were preserved as study skins and deposited in the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Mammals trapped and preserved were woodland jumping mouse (Napeozapus insignis), northern short-tail shrew (Blarina brevicauda), woodland deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis), meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius), least chipmunk (Tamius minimus), meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), northern masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), and boreal redback vole (Clethrionomys gapperi). Eastern chipmunk (Tamius striatus) was trapped but not preserved. Observations of vertebrates were made at the following locations within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: Grand Sable Lake, Au Sable Falls, Chapel Lake, Little Beaver Lake, Miners Basin, Miners Falls, and Sand Point. They were red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), beaver (Castor canadensis), shorttailed weasel (Mustela erminea), common muskrat (Odantra zibethica), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), American toad (Bufo americanus), green frog (Rana clamitans), mink frog (Rana septentrionalis), northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens), wood frog (Rana sylvatica), garter snake (Thamnophis sp.), and northern redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata). Description of range and habitat is provided for all animals trapped as well as those whose range now includes Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Management recommendations are included.
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- Mccann, Robert
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- American toad (Bufo americanus), Amphibians (Amphibia), Au Sable Falls, Beaver (Castor canadensis), boreal redback vole (Clethrionomys gapperi), Chapel Lake, common muskrat (Odantra zibethica), common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina), eastern chipmunk (Tamius striatus), Eastern Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), garter snake (Thamnophis sp.), Grand Sable Lake, green frog (Rana clamitans), least chipmunk (Tamius minimus), Little Beaver Lake, Mammals (Mammalia), masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius), meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), Miners Basin, Miners Falls, mink frog (Rana septentrionalis), northern Leopard frog (Rana pipiens), northern red bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata), northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Reptiles (Reptilia), Sand Point, shorttailed weasel (Mustela erminea), Twelvemile Beach Campground, weasels (Mustela), White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Wood frog (Rana sylvatica), woodland deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis), woodland jumping mouse (Napeozapus insignis)