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
Beaver		Castor canadensis
Southern Flying Squirrel		Glaucomys volans
Eastern Gray Squirrel		Sciurus carolinensis
Masked Shrew		Sorex cinereus
Eastern Cottontail		Sylvilagus floridanus
Raccoon		Procyon lotor
Eastern Chipmunk		Tamias striatus
Muskrat		Ondatra zibethicus
Big Brown Bat		Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat		Lasionycteris noctivagans
Red Bat		Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat		Lasiurus cinereus
Striped Skunk		Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Mole		Scalopus aquaticus
White-tailed Deer		Odocoileus virginianus
Gray Wolf		Canis lupus
North American River Otter		Lontra canadensis
Bobcat		Lynx rufus
Mink		Neovison vison
Mountain Lion		Puma concolor
Gray Fox		Urocyon cinereoargenteus
American Black Bear		Ursus americanus
Dog		Canis lupus familiaris