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Biology 250
Although a lot more animals and plants can be found in these mountains, to keep from repeating the same things again the list has been shortened to specific plants and animals that we only found while we were in the Tetons.
Grand Teton National Park
Description
Even though they are called red foxes their coats can be golden, reddish-brown, silver, or even black.
Diet
The red fox eats a wide variety of foods. It is an omnivore and its diet includes fruits, berries and grasses. It also eats birds and small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and mice.
Habitat
Red foxes live around the world in many diverse habitats including forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts.
Description
grizzled silvery gray above; throat and midbelly white; collar, lower side, legs, sides of tail rusty; top and tip of tail black.
Diet
Yellow-bellied marmots are herbivorous, eating a large range of plant types, including grasses, flowers, and forbs. In late summer, large numbers of seeds are eaten
Behavior
Yellow-bellied marmots live in burrows and come out for food, sunning, and grooming during mid-morning
Habitat
Yellow-bellied marmots generally live in moderately warm, dry habitats at low to mid elevations. They are found in semi-desert, woodland, and the alpine zone. Further south they live at higher elevations.
Description
Their body mass exhibits a great deal of variation and ranges from 121 to 176 grams. In certain parts of their range, males are larger than females, but only slightly. Their body is ovoid, with short ears, long vibrissae, short limbs, and no visible tail. Their back paws are digitigrade, have four toes, and range from 25 to 35 mm in length.
Diet
American pikas are generalized herbivores that select forage by assessing its nutritional value.
Habitat
American pikas inhabit areas of broken rock and talus fields fringed by alpine meadows. They are most common in cool, moist habitats above tree line in temperate forests.
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
American Pica
Ochotona princeps
Description
The Bald Eagle dwarfs most other raptors, including the Turkey Vulture and Red-tailed Hawk. It has a heavy body, large head, and long, hooked bill. In flight, a Bald Eagle holds its broad wings flat like a board.
Diet
They eat mainly fish, but also hunt mammals, gulls, and waterfowl.
Habitat
Look for Bald Eagles near lakes, reservoirs, rivers, marshes, and coasts.
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus
leucocephalus
Description
They are usually brown in color with brilliant yellow stripes or blotches over the length of their bodies. Their base color, however, can also be greenish or gray and their markings can be yellow dots or brown splotches.
Diet
The tiger salamander's food source consists of worms, snails, insects, and slugs
Habitat
depending upon where in the country they are found, some may inhabit forests, grasslands, or marshy areas
Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
Description
They usually have a pale muzzle which contrasts with their darker fur and may sometimes have a white chest spot. Western populations are usually lighter in color, being more often brown, cinnamon, or blonde. Total body length in males ranges from 1400 to 2000 mm, and from 1200 to 1600 mm in females. Tail length ranges from 80 to 140 mm. Males weigh between 47 and 409 kg, females weigh between 39 and 236 kg. The distance between the canine teeth is about 4.5 to 5 cm.
Diet
Only a small portion of the DIET of bears consists of animal matter, and then primarily in the form of colonial insects and beetles. Most vertebrates are consumed in the form of carrion. Black bears are not active predators and feed on vertebrates only if the opportunity exists.
Habitat
Habitats consist mostly of chaparral and pinyon-juniper woodland sites. Bears occasionally move out of the chaparral into more open sites and feed on PRICKLY PEAR cactus.
