Wetlands of the United States
Their Extent and Their Value To Waterfowl and Other Wildlife
Contributions to Other Wildlife
| Table 7. -- Use of wetland types by game and fur animals |
| Species |
Number of states reporting use in wetland type-- |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
| SMALL GAME: |
| Gallinules |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Grouse, Pinnated |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grouse, Ruffed |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
15 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grouse, Sage |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
| Grouse, Sharp-tailed |
6 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hungarian partridge |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mourning dove |
20 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pheasant |
24 |
29 |
27 |
24 |
10 |
18 |
15 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
| Quail, Bobwhite |
22 |
14 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
16 |
8 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Quail, Gambel's |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quail, Valley |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rails |
8 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
|
|
2 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
|
1 |
| Rabbit, Cottontail |
26 |
21 |
17 |
7 |
4 |
24 |
28 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rabbit, Swamp |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
5 |
9 |
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
| Snowshoe hare |
1 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Snipe |
14 |
17 |
14 |
8 |
5 |
14 |
14 |
8 |
|
|
|
10 |
5 |
|
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
Squirrels (Gray and
Fox) |
16 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
21 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wild Turkey |
10 |
2 |
|
|
|
8 |
12 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Woodcock |
16 |
14 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
27 |
8 |
|
|
|
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| BIG GAME: |
| Antelope |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Black bear |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Black-tailed deer |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
| Elk |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Moose |
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mule deer |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White-tailed deer |
22 |
22 |
23 |
13 |
8 |
27 |
33 |
15 |
|
|
|
6 |
5 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
| FUR ANIMALS: |
| Beaver |
22 |
20 |
19 |
24 |
30 |
25 |
28 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
| Bobcat |
8 |
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
7 |
5 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fox (Red and Gray) |
16 |
17 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
22 |
11 |
|
|
|
10 |
5 |
|
1 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
|
| Mink |
27 |
31 |
36 |
36 |
37 |
30 |
32 |
20 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
16 |
13 |
9 |
|
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
|
| Muskrat |
18 |
22 |
32 |
36 |
42 |
27 |
27 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
16 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
|
| Nutria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Opossum |
15 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
12 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Otter |
9 |
6 |
13 |
12 |
16 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
|
|
|
13 |
12 |
10 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
| Raccoon |
23 |
26 |
27 |
20 |
25 |
26 |
32 |
16 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
17 |
12 |
11 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
|
| Skunk |
14 |
12 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
14 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Weasel |
5 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ALLIGATOR |
| Alligator |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
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