Only bucks have antlers and they only have antlers during the breeding season - fall/winter. It is difficult to differentiate between bucks and does during the remainder of the year, but fawns will be with does, generally making does easy to identify. Spotted fawns can be seen starting in July.

Coyote (Canis latrans) Common.

Dog-like in appearance with a long, bushy tail. 

Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Rarely seen.

Gray with rusty under parts, and a bushy tail. Inhabits wooded areas.

Gray foxes are the only canines that can climb trees. When viewing tracks, each print is actually a hind print on top of a front one.

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Common, but secretive.

A medium sized, short tailed cat with upper parts brown, streaked with some black. Found in timbered and swampy habitats. 

Mountain lion (Felis concolor) Rare.

A large, long tailed, unspotted cat. No confirmed sighting on the refuge. Has been seen just off the refuge.

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Common.

A carnivore with a distinctive black and white facial mask and a ringed tail. Their tracks are common around water areas.

Badger (Taxidea taxus) Uncommon.

Identified by a broad and squat body with a distinguished white stripe from the nose to the shoulder area.

Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Common. Found in all portions of the refuge.

Striped skunks are nocturnal, sleeping during the day in underground burrows and emerging around dusk to search for food. They prefer to use burrows made by other animals of equal size or natural burrows under tree stumps or buildings. They use their long front claws to build their own den if necessary.

Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Common.

Nocturnal in its habits. A scaly tailed marsupial the size of a small dog. An omnivore that eats mostly insects and small mammals.

Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) Common.

A small armored den dweller, about the size of a house cat. The body, tail, and top of head are covered with horny material. They roll into a ball for protection. Prefers brushy areas.

Beaver (Castor canadensis) Common in ponds and streams.

Populations have built up to a point they are becoming a problem in water management.

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Common.

Prefers to remain in weed patches, brush, and timber, never venturing very far out in the open. Shows great adaptability as it easily lives in urban areas. When threatened, they will hop/run in a zig-zag line, trying to confuse the pursuer.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) Uncommon.

A large, long eared hare preferring open grassland. Once common in open grasslands, numbers have declined due to habitat loss.

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Present, but not occurring in large numbers as the ideal habitat suggests.

Large rodent, but considerably smaller than a beaver. Looks similar to a beaver but has a rope-like tail.

Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)

Occasionally seen in the wooded areas of the refuge.