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Can you tell a marten from a fisher? The challenges of crowdsourced wildlife identification in Michigan

Most people can correctly identify photographs of common animals such as deer, raccoons, skunks and squirrels.
A mink at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw County, in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Minks are members of the mustelid family of fur-bearing carnivores. In the University of Michigan wildlife study, volunteers had trouble telling apart various mustelids, which also include the fisher, the American marten and weasels. Image credit: University of Michigan Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab.
But can you distinguish a gray wolf from a coyote or correctly identify members of the mustelid family, which includes the American marten, the long-tailed weasel, the fisher and the mink? ....

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Citizen Science Up To 97% Accurate When It Comes To Identifying Wildlife: Study

Citizen Science Up To 97% Accurate When It Comes To Identifying Wildlife: Study
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