Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Plecotus rafinesquii)
Southeastern bat (Myotis austroriparius)
Short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala)
Eptesicus fuscus- Big Brown Bat
Perimyotis subflavus- Eastern Pipistrelle with condensation on it
This is part of the Mammalogy collection at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. They have an enormous collection which is pretty cool. Notice all of the ribs on the sloth that support its organs since it hangs from trees its entire life. It forms a sort of basket-like shape.
Garden of the Gods- This was a site where the endangered Neotoma floridana (Eastern Woodrat) was re-introduced.
These first two pictures were taken at Horseshoe Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area in Southern Illinois. This is where we got to stay when we went there for my wildlife biology class field trip. These bald cypress swamps were just beautiful!
These last three photos were taken at Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area on our way back from S. Illinois. In this last photo, there were thousands of water bugs out off of a dock and they would move away from your shadow and outline your body if you waited long enough. It was pretty cool!
All of these pictures were taken at Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois. I got to go here on a field trip with my wildlife biology class. It looked like we were in Louisiana with all the bald cypress trees!
