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Cape Cod National Seashore
Mammals
A red fox
A red fox on a Cape Cod beach.
 

Mammals play an important ecological role within the foodwebs of the Seashore. Small mammals, such as voles and mice, eat plant material and invertebrates.  In turn, they serve as food items for carnivorous mammals (e.g. foxes, coyotes, and weasels), snakes and birds of prey. The Seashore also serves as important resting and foraging habitat for a number of marine mammals.  Learn more about mammals found at CCNS below.   

Reports and Publications

Mammals of Cape Cod National Seashore

Small Mammals, Big Role by Dr. Robert P. Cook, Wildlife Ecologist

Report on Small Mammal Monitoring at Cape Cod National Seashore

Inventory of Small Mammals at Cape Cod National Seashore with Recommendations for Long-Term Monitoring - Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2006/047

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kettle pond

Did You Know?
Kettle pond surface water levels are controlled by local groundwater levels. Around Cape Cod National Seashore ponds, these levels range from six to nine feet above average sea level. The bottoms of all the kettle ponds are below sea level.
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Last Updated: June 05, 2011 at 13:47 MST