What is the best group of animals in the Southern Ontario area? If you are not from the area, you can still vote for your preferred group! I did this because I was curious to see what animal is the most beloved in my local community! Please note this is for mammals only.
Why only stray cats in the felines section? You have lynx (Lynx Canadensis), bobcats (Lynx rufus), and cougars (Puma concolor), rarely for the latter, there too.
None of them are common in southern Ontario, but they are occasionally spotted.
Personally, I’m a big fan of Mustelids, but you can’t really pick just one group.
No question, my vote goes to the Fisher. I lived in Southern Ontario for many years, and I only managed to spot a Fisher there once. It was a heart-stopping moment: I nearly tripped over the critter as it bolted across a remote trail in the Ottawa Valley. The animal was an explosion of teeth and claws. Unforgettable.
Welcome to the Forum! I missed that the first time around. Perhaps ‘small brown annoying things’.
I voted for bats - fascinating things. I used to get them in my house when I lived in Penetanguishene. Always put them back outside.
In deep southern Ontario, there are no cougars and bobcats. Even in the northern parts of southern Ontario, they are extremely rare, and only a bobcat or two makes an appearance every few years by chance. There have not been any confirmed cougar sightings though.
There are reported observations of bobcats outside of Kingston, Sudbury, and all the way down by Sarnia (just about as far south as you can get in Ontario).
