Mammals
Herps
Birds
Native or Invasive
100
This Ohio native is one of only two Canid species capable of climbing trees.
What is Gray Fox?
100
This species of amphibian completely freezes through in the winter.
What is Wood Frog?
100
This Ohio native is a well-known yapper that has the famous call "who cooks for you, who cooks for you all"
What is the Barred Owl?
100
This prolific species is found all over Oxford, blooms earlier than other native plant species, and their berries are considered "skittles" for birds.
What is Amur Honeysuckle?
200
This Ohio native is the world's smallest carnivore.
What is Least Weasel?
200
This Ohio native species can be identified by the L-shaped cranial crests behind the eyes.
What is American Toad?
200
This Ohio native is one of the few species known to effectively hunt skunks.
What is the Great Horned Owl?
200
This invasive species was introduced to the America's by the American Acclimation Society and now outcompetes other birds.
What is the European Starling?
300
This taxonomic family is known for their intimidating "war dance," which is a strategy used to confuse their prey.
What is Mustelidae?
300
This native species of snake is the longest snake found in Ohio.
What is Gray Ratsnake?
300
This Ohio native is commonly nicknamed as a "Rain Crow" due to its unique vocalizations.
What is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo?
300
This invasive species is targets Hemlock trees, which are common in gorge microclimates.
What is the hemlock woolly adelgid?
400
The Allegheny woodrat is an extirpated rodent of Ohio who belongs to a group of rats named due to their tendency to collect non-food items such as bottle caps, snail shells, coins, gun cartridges, feathers, and bones. What is this group of rats called?
What is pack rat?
400
This amphibian nests under flat rocks in clear streams.
What is the Eastern Hellbender?
400
This is the only species of hummingbird within the state.
What is the Ruby throated hummingbird?
400
This invasive species is commonly described to smell like fish.
What is the Callery Pear?
500
This member of the Sciuridae family is native to Ohio, can be recognized by its countershading, and can produce calls in the ultrasonic range outside of human hearing.
What is the Southern Flying Squirrel?
500
This Ohio native species is commonly found (often illegally) in the pet trade and can live up to 100 years.
What is the Woodland Box Turtle?
500
These cavity nesters are almost entirely reliant on human made nest boxes, they also migrate every year all the way down to the Amazon.
What is the Purple Martin?
500
Is this beetle native or invasive?
False Potato Beetle
Native!! Yay!!