- Black bears in Massachusetts
The statewide population of bears is estimated to be over 4,500 animals and is growing and expanding eastward. Black bears live and breed in Worcester County, northern Middlesex County, and west to the Berkshires.
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- Eastern cougar
“The Eastern cougar was once a big predator in the Blue Ridge,” Cantrell says. “But like any big predator in this region, their story is one of demise and loss since the first settlers came. Now, it is genetically and geographically extinct.”That doesn’t mean that cougars cannot, and will not, make their rare appearances in the Blue Ridge.
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- Eastern coyote
he eastern coyote is a wild North American canine hybrid with both coyote and wolf parentage. The hybridization likely first occurred in the Great Lakes region, as western coyotes moved east. It was first noticed during the early 1930s to the late 1940s, and likely originated in the aftermath of the extirpation of the gray wolf in southeastern Ontario, Labrador and Quebec, thus allowing coyotes to colonize the former wolf ranges, and mix with the remnant wolf populations. This hybrid is smaller than the eastern wolf and holds smaller territories, but is larger and holds more extensive home ranges than the typical western coyote.
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- Great white sharks Cape Cod
The great whites are mainly focused on the part of Cape Cod facing the Atlantic Ocean, according to Grek Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. This is due to that area's seal population, which the sharks prey on.
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