No mammals are known to be restricted to "limestone" habitats, although many inhabit such sreas.
On the "limestone barrens" of our Great Northern Peninsula, it is often
startling to see Moose (Alces alces), which sometimes wander out onto the most barren areas of "limestone pavement"!
Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) also frequent the barrens, feeding primarily on meadow voles
(Microtus pennsylvanicus)
and the eggs and chicks of ground-nesting birds.
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Two moose on the open "limestone barrens" at Cape Norman - Photo: John E. Maunder. [CLICK image to enlarge]
Young fox on the shrubby "limestone barrens" near the Cape Norman Lighthouse Road - Photo: John E. Maunder. [CLICK image to enlarge]
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