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Iowa Iowa Fur-Bearing Animals Fur-Bearing Animals

Tracking Guide Tracking Guide

Muskrat Muskrat Skunk Skunk

Height: Height: 8 to 8 to 10 10 Length: Length: 15.6 to 15.6 to 37 37 Weight: Weight: up to 14 pounds up to 14 pounds Common Tracks: 1.5X2.5 Tracks: 1.5X2.5 Common Length: Length: 48 Average 48 Average Weight: Weight: 2 to 2 to 4 pounds 4 pounds Common Common Tracks:2.3X3.2 Tracks:2.3X3.2

Mink Mink
Length: Length: Average Average 26 26 Weight: Weight: up pounds up to 3 to 3 pounds Common Common Tracks: 1.8X2.5 Tracks: 1.8X2.5

Raccoon Raccoon
Height: Height: 10 to 10 to 16 16 Length: Length: 20 to 20 to 40 40 Weight: Weight:

Opossum Opossum Height: Height: 12 12 Average Average

Tracks: 2.5X4 Tracks: 2.5X4 Length: Length: 15 to 15 to 20 20 Weight: Weight: 10 to 13 pounds 10 to 13 pounds Common Common Tracks: 3X3 Tracks: 3X3

7.9 7.9 to to 35 pounds 35 pounds

Common Common

Beaver Beaver
Height: Height: 15 Average 15 Average Length: Length: 3 3 Weight: Weight: Common Common

River Otter River Otter

Height: Height: 8 Average 8 Average Length: Length: 51 Average 51 Average Weight: Weight: 25 pounds 25 pounds Common Common

35 to 66 pounds 35 to 66 pounds
Tracks: 5X7 Tracks: 5X7

Tracks: 4X5 Tracks: 4X5

Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Steve Hillebrand, Menke, Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Steve Hillebrand, DaveDave Menke, Ronald Laubenstein, M. Stolz and and Kramer Ronald Laubenstein, Gary Gary M. StolzGary Gary Kramer

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Gray Wolf

Gray Wolf

Furbearing Animals Furbearing Animals Furbearing Animals

Cougar