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baby mammal                                   mammal                                                             
baby badger  Family Mustelidae                    humans           badger        blaireau d'Amérique            Taxidea taxussouthern prairies        open prairies, farmlands, parklands      Order Carnivora  large burrow as long as 30 ft and as deep as 10 ft                   
baby black-footed ferret  Family Mustelidae                                black-footed ferret     in 1937 in the wild in Canada probably extinct in Canadaputois d'Amérique            Mustela nigripes         arid, short-grass prairie      Order Carnivora  enlarged rodent den                   
baby coyote  Family Canidae                  yelping and howling cry, bark, growl, wail, and squeal             coyote    brush wolf          carnivorous  1 month  Canis latrans                Order Carnivora                 wolf, black bear, cougar, eagle    
baby ermine  Family Mustelidaemice       5 weeks fur, feathers, grass, leaves         coyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans     white at birth     ermine    stoat   hermine            Mustella ermineaall of Canada        boreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores  fur by humans   Order Carnivora     in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher sealed eyes at birth             
baby fisher  Family Mustelidae        7 weeks           humans           fisher  at birth     pékan            Martes pennanti         climax coniferous forest near water at birth    Order Carnivora  den in hollow tree or log, rock crevice, brush pile                its mother for almost 1 year  
baby least weasel  Family Mustelidae  24 days     30 days                       least weasel        belette pygmée      the smallest carnivore in Canada     Mustela nivalismuch of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra        stubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forests      Order Carnivora  mouse, pocket gopher or mole burrow              long-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats    
baby little brown bat  Family Vespertilionidai       echolocation to find prey                    18 days   little brown batJune     insects  buildings    upside down      Myotis lucifugus     8 g                       22 cm         
baby long-tailed weasel  Family Mustelidae        36-37 days                 pink, with sparse white hairs at birth     long-tailed weasel        belette à longue queue         3 and a half weeks  Mustela frenatasouthern Canada    3.1 g at one day old   open grassland, aspen parklands, river bottom lands      Order Carnivora                      
baby marten  Family Mustelidae  6 weeks46 days    39 days                    fur industry  marten  at birthat birth   threatened in Newfoundlandmartre d'Amérique            Martes americana     28 g at birth   old growth coniferous or mixed woods forest at birth    Order Carnivora              26 days       
baby mink  Family Mustelidae  5-6 weeks     5 weeks        3 - 8.5 mink per square km of good habitat        pink at birth     mink  at birthat birth    vison d'Amérique            Mustela visonmost of Canada south of the treeline except Newfoundland, Anticosti Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands               Order Carnivora  den under the roots of trees, along stream banks, occasionally in beaver or muskrat lodges fur            great horned owls, bobcats, red foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bearsfall  
baby raccoon  Family Procyonidae        3 weeks     severe winter weather in northern areas  4 raccoons per square km              raccoon        raton laveur            Procyon lotormuch of southern Canada except Newfoundland        forested areas near water      Order Carnivora  den in hollow tree, cave, hollow log, stump, burrow, culvert, drain pipe, barrel          Prince Edward Island   bobcat, red fox, coyote, great horned owl its mother during its first winter 
baby river otter  Family Mustelidae        35 days  275 mm          out of nest at 10-12 weeks         river otter 5-6 weeks      loutre de rivière            Lontra canadensisall of Canada except the high arctic    132 g   shores of deep, clear lakes, rivers, marshes and ocean bays      Order Carnivora  hollow logs, stumps, roots, beaver lodges   fur    up to 16 years in captivity     coyotes, wolves    
baby sea otter  Family Mustelidae       flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them at birth 500-635 mm at birth                    sea otter        loutre de mer         2 months  Enhydra lutriswest coast of Canada    1.5-2 kg at birthat birththe shore and immediately carried to the sea by its mother the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts     at birthOrder Carnivora       teeth at birth   about 8 years     killer whale7-8 months after it has learned to swim and dive for food  
baby striped skunk  Family Mustelidae  6-7 weeks     3 weeks        5.2 per square km of agricultural land              striped skunk  at birthat birth    mouffette rayée    up to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young       Mephitis mephitismost of southern Canada        agricultural land, forest, along river valleys      Order Carnivora  burrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbit     3 weeks       its mothergreat horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisher   
baby western spotted skunk  Family Mustelidae        32 days  100 mm at birth     5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land             around the nest at 3 weekswestern spotted skunk  at birthat birth    mouffette tachetée 3.5 months      in winter with other skunks  6 weeksSpilogale gracilissouth-western British Columbia    22.5 g at birth   scrubland, canyons and farmland      Order Carnivora  groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree    black skin with white stripes         domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl    
baby wolverine  Family Mustelidae      fallen tree, upturned root, rocky crevice, low tree bough             wolves, porcupines, humans     creamy white with darker paws and face mask at birth     wolverine        carcajou         8-9 weeks  Gulo gulonorthern Canada as far north as Ellesmere Island        boreal forests, tundra, alpine tundra      Order Carnivora                   its mother for its first winter 
barren-ground caribou calf        the same calving grounds                  its cud       barren-ground cariboua 10-day period in late May or early June     lichen, flowers, grasses, leaves of shrubs              Rangifer tarandus granti     145 kg (bulls) and 90 kg (cows)          Order Artiodactylalate October and early November a herd       about 2 million      wolf, human,   
bear cub                                   baby mammal                                                             
bobcat kitten  Family Felidae  2 months    well-traveled paths9 days                       bobcat               a good pet if raised from kittenhood     Lynx rufus     283-368 g at birth   swamps, woodlots, second-growth forests, deserts, rocky hillsides, agricultural land, outskirts of cities      Order Carnivora  a den of dry moss or leaves in a hollow log, rock crevice or thicket, or under a stump        15 years in captivity     cougar, coyote, wolf its mother until January its claws on trees
cougar kitten  Family Felidae        10 days  300 mm at birthin the ecological pyramid    1 cougar per 93 square km              cougar    mountain lion meat after 6 weeks couguar         3 months  Felis concolorsouthern western Canada, the Maritimescatnip any month of the year, more likely in late winter or midsummerlarge herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply400 g at birth   mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests    hounds Order Carnivora  cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket6 months   woolly, spotted coat at birth           its mother for a year  
fox cub                                   baby mammal                                                             
lynx kitten2 months Family Felidae        12 days  163-185 mm at birth        humans, cougars, wolves           lynxMay or June       loup-cervier   8 to 10 months        Lynx lynx     197-211 g at birth   dense boreal forest, tundra      Order Carnivora                      
moose calf                           its cud dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings     moose      twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer              alces alces  up to 5.5 m under water  6-16 kg at birth     at birth ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms  Order Artiodactyla          between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada      wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human its mother until she calves the following spring 
white-tailed deer fawn                   northern white-tailed deer, Dakota white-tailed deer, tawny northwestern white-tailed deermore than three deer per square kilometer     1 m at the shoulderits cud summer: red on the back and sides and white below, winter: grey above     white-tailed deer      leaves, herbs, grass, fiddleheads, mushrooms, blueberries, acorns, twigs, buds              Odocoileus virginianus     more than 110 kg          Order Artiodactyla               as far north as Great Slave Lake and from Cape Breton Island westward to south-central British Columbia     
wolf cub  Family Canidae  6-8 weeks     5-9 days        1 wolf to 26-207 square km   late August or early September          wolf  at birth   disgorged meat fed by adults after it is weaned loup      carnivorous3-4 weeks to play     all of Canada except the south where it has been exterminated        arctic tundra, mountains, plains, forests      Order Carnivora  pack made up of 4-7 relatives and pups    woolly coat at birth   up to 18 years in captivity          

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