Spotlight On…
Check out this week’s featured specimen! (Pictured below, really close up!)
Can you guess what it is?
Photo: S. Sumrall
Here are a few hints:
• You can find them in North America, from Canada to Mexico, and in at least 40 US states.
• The average lifespan in the wild is about 10 years.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Naturalist Center on Friday, February 25th at 2:15 PM for Specimen Spotlight in order to find out if you’re right.
Is it a raccoon?
Comment by Daniel — March 3, 2011 @ 6:29 pm
No…
Want to keep guessing?
Comment by nature — March 4, 2011 @ 10:40 am
Sure! Is it a coyote? Sorry I can’t visit the Academy very often, I live in Southern California!
Comment by Daniel — March 4, 2011 @ 9:11 pm
a beaver?
Comment by alexis — March 5, 2011 @ 8:54 am
Great guesses! Neither are right though… think a little bigger …
We will reveal the answer here in the comments on Friday, March 11 if no one has guessed by then.
@Daniel we’re sorry you can’t visit more often too, but thanks for visiting us virtually!
Comment by nature — March 5, 2011 @ 10:45 am
Hmm…Is the specimen part of the canine family? Is it a Gray Wolf?
Comment by Daniel — March 5, 2011 @ 4:06 pm
Those were all great guesses! It is actually a photograph of the fur of a black bear, taken of our own black bear specimen.
Comment by nature — March 12, 2011 @ 3:43 pm