Roadkill Survey

Habitat Preferences of Midlothian Roadkill Species

 

Species Killed		Adjacent land-use
	residential	commercial	forest	crop
Raccoon	7	0	1	0
Deer	1	6	0	1
Chipmunk	0	1	0	0
Squirrel	71	2	27	0
Opossum	9	0	5	0
Red fox	0	0	2	0
Turtle	1	0	3	0
Snake	1	0	1	0
Frogs/Toads	6	0	0	0
Birds	3	0	1	0
Cat	4	1	2	1
Raccoon	88	0	12	0
Deer	12	75	0	12
Squirrel	71	2	27	0
Opossum	64	0	36	0
Frogs/Toads	100	0	0	0
Cat	50	12	25	12
Look at the first chart. Which species have five or more roadkills?
1. What were the four types of habitats or adjacent land-uses used by roadkill species?
2. If each species used each habitat equally, what percentage of roadkills would you expect for each habitat?
3. Which species were found dead adjacent to a specific habitat greater than 50% of the time?
4. Based on this survey, list the habitat preference for each species:
Raccoon
Deer
Squirrel
Opossum
Frogs/Toads
Cat
5. Why do you think most deer were found adjacent to a commercial land-use?
6. Do you think deer prefer a commercial land-use?