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Maple Avenue Library: Wisconsin Mammals

Wisconsin Mammals - Mystery Animal Lessons

Mystery Animals of Wisconsin

Could you guess the names of any of these Wisconsin mammals down below?  If so, what do you really know about them?  
Students will learn in their library lessons fascinating facts about these animals by reading fiction and nonfiction books and magazine articles in Ranger Rick and National Geographic for Kids, utilizing our educational databases such as PebbleGO, Fact Cite, and World Book, viewing multimedia sources, and by examining actual animal pelts and hides.

White-tailed Deer

Wisconsin Mammals

Ermine

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Weasels
https://www.havahart.com/weasel-facts
Ermine
http://animalia.bio/ermine
Weasels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WMjXnr7Rx8
​Interesting Ermine Facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drg6pkqTy1U
Weasel Attacks, Ermine Winter Color Phase!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqzRIr7AUQ

Animal Tracks

Animal Track Identification Guide
https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/animal-tracks-identification-guide
How to Identify Tracks of 10 Most Common North American Species
https://www.outdoorlife.com/identify-common-animal-tracks/
Animal Track Identification Guide
https://www.wildliferemoval.com/animal-track-identification-guide/
Animal Track Patterns - SciShow Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz02S-CizAU
​Tracking Animals in the Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBrrr-RUUaM
​Everything About Animal Tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18PfhzwW8Go
​EEK! Animal Tracks Tips
https://www.eekwi.org/animals/tracks
Mammal Tracks of Wisconsin
https://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wm/WM0359.pdf