This article was written by
Maryland Master Wildlife Habitat
Naturalist Cathy Gilleland.
For more information or for the
name of a Master Wildlife Habitat
Naturalist in your area, please
contact:
WindStar Wildlife Institute
10072 Vista Court
Myersville, Maryland 21773
Phone: (301) 293-3351
E-mail: wildlife@windstar.org
http://www.windstar.org
WindStar Wildlife Institute is a
national, non-profit, conservation
organization whose mission is to
help individuals and families
establish or improve the wildlife
habitat on their properties.
Abundance & Home Range Requirements*
Species
Abundance
Range
Beaver
.5/acre, 5-8 per colony 450 ft. from water
Big Brown Bat 12 to 200 per colony 30 mi. from birthplace
Black Bear
1 to 1.3 per mile
Females 1 to 10 miles
Males 30 to 40 miles
Bobcat
1 per 2 to 4 miles
.4 to 16 miles
Coyote
1 per 2 miles
Females 10 to 30 miles
Males 40 miles
Eastern Chipmunk 2 to 4 per acre
.5 to 1 acre
Eastern Mole
1 per 3 to 5 acres
.3 acre
Gray Fox
.01 per acre
1 to 5 miles
Gray Squirrel
N/A
2 to 7 acres
Long-tailed
Weasel
1 per 16 to 18 miles
30 to 40 acres
Mink
N/A
2 to 3 miles
Meadow Vole
35 per acre
.1 to .23 acres
Muskrat
10 per acre (fall)
200 yards from den
Opossum
2 per mile
12 acres
Raccoon
1 per 4 to 47 acres
.6 to 1.8 miles
Red Squirrel
.8 to 3.8 per acre
3 to 6 acres
Red Fox
.01 acres
1 to 2 miles
Short-tailed
Shrew
Max: 48 per acre
.5 to 1.25 acres
Striped Skunk 31 per mile
.25 to .5 miles
Southern Flying
Squirrel
Max: 5 per acre
.5 acre
White-footed
Mouse
Max: 15 per acre
.1 to .5 acre
White-tailed Deer Max: 100 per mile
150 to 500 acres
Woodchuck
1.3 to 10 per acre
.25 to .5 mile
* Compiled by J.S. Barclay and C. Grambartolomer Green
