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Arcadia Creek
 
Natural Features Inventory

Natural Features of the P/A Watershed

--Mammal Data:

Mammals Observed in the Watershed

A 1999 natural features inventory of "The Groves", a technology park of Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Texas Township, conducted by the Kalamazoo Nature Center documented the presence of 10 mammals on the property. Three mammals were live trapped:

  • Deer Mouse
  • White-footed Mouse
  • Southern Flying Squirrel

Seven mammalian species were identified by track or scat:

  • White Tail Deer
  • Coytote
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel Racoon
  • Red Squirrel

A track, presumed to belong to a red or grey fox, was also observed.

Source: Powless, D. A Pre-Development Natural Features Inventory and Habitat Enhancement Plan for "The Groves": A 248-Acre Education, Business and Technology Park of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Texas Township. Kalamazoo Nature Center Research Department. 1999.

KIESER & ASSOCIATES staff have observed the following mammals in the Portage-Arcadia watershed during field visits for this and other projects:

  • muskrat,
  • white tail deer (and tracks),
  • racoon tracks,
  • bats,
  • rabbits,
  • fox,
  • squirrels and
  • field mice.

The following link details mammal observation at the Western Michigan University Asylum Lake Preserve:
http://www.wmich.edu/asylumlake/natural/knc/mammaltable.html

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