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City Wildlife

Start your search with these sites:

Enchanted learning Animal Printout pages

World Book Encyclopedia (available only at Longfellow School)

Ranger Rick's Field Guides from Yahooligans - click on the type of animal that you are researching (mammal, reptile, etc.) and look for the animal in the list.

Wildlife in the City - Information on coyotes, skunks, raccoons, foxes, and squirrels from the city of Toronto in Canada

eNature.com Online Field Guides - Click on the type of animal that you are researching. You can then either find it in the list if you know the subtype, or you can enter your animal's name in the search box at the top of the page.

Animaland from the ASPCA - Includes information on a few animals found in urban areas, such as the raccoon, the skunk, the pigeon, and the white-tailed deer.

Animal Diversity Web from the University of Michigan - type in the name of your animal in the search box and click "Search." The reading level on this site is harder than average.

Fifty Birds of Town and City - Short reports on birds that live in urban areas.

Nocturnal animals - from Thinkquest

Animal Tracks Den - Includes information on animals and the tracks they leave behind. Animals are sorted by group.