Welcome to a wild place: this block in 1609! Through the tabs below, discover the wildlife, Native American use, and landscape factors of this block's original ecology, as reconstructed by the Mannahatta Project. You can also explore the block today and sponsor the Mannahatta Project into the future.

Find out what plants and animals might have lived in this block in September 1609. Click on the common name to see that species in the center of the Muir web; click on the scientific name to learn more about the ecology of the species.

• Mammals
• Birds
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
• Fish
• Plants

 

Common Name		Scientific Name		Probability
Meadow Vole		Microtus pennsylvanicus
White-footed Mouse		Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse		Peromyscus maniculatus
Southern Flying Squirrel		Glaucomys volans
Eastern Gray Squirrel		Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Cottontail		Sylvilagus floridanus
Masked Shrew		Sorex cinereus
Raccoon		Procyon lotor
Eastern Chipmunk		Tamias striatus
Striped Skunk		Mephitis mephitis
Big Brown Bat		Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat		Lasiurus cinereus
Eastern Mole		Scalopus aquaticus
White-tailed Deer		Odocoileus virginianus
Red Bat		Lasiurus borealis
Gray Wolf		Canis lupus
Bobcat		Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion		Puma concolor
Gray Fox		Urocyon cinereoargenteus
American Black Bear		Ursus americanus
Dog		Canis lupus familiaris