THE
MARYLAND NATURALIST (July/December 1997) - A long-term mammal study of Fort
Belvoir, VA, was conducted from 1987 to 1995.
The following was found:
SPECIES
NUMBERS
Virginia
Opossum Abundant
Northern
Short-tailed Shrew
369
Least
Shrew
1
Pygmy
Shrew
82
Southeastern
Shrew
254
Starnosed
Mole
3
Eastern
Mole
~10
Big
Brown Bat
187
Silver-haired
Bat
1
Red
Bat
77
Eastern
Pipistrelle 16
Eastern
Cottontail
Abundant
Beaver
4 sites
Meadow
Vole
18
Pine
Vole
105
House
Mouse
Abundant
Muskrat
Abundant
Marsh
Rice Rat
20
White-footed
Mouse
275
Deer
Mouse
5
Norway
Rat
Abundant
Southern
Flying Squirrel 5
Woodchuck
Abundant
Gray
Squirrel
Abundant
Eastern
Chipmunk 19
Meadow
Jumping Mouse
13
Gray
Fox
Present*
Red
Fox
Abundant
Bobcat
Present*
River
Otter
Present*
Striped
Skunk
Present*
Mink
7
Raccoon
Abundant
White-tailed
Deer
Abundant
*
"Present" indicated a very few observations were made.
NOT
FOUND, but expected, was the Little Brown Bat, hoary bat, and the long-tailed
weasel.
Efforts
to capture larger mammals were minimal, with tracks and visual sightings used to
document their existence.