Table 1 Review of mean litter sizes from studies in the northern hardwood ecotone, listed in order of sample size. Litter sizes are split into all litter sizes, and those for first litters and later litters.

⁴⁶

Virginia

n/a

n/a

1–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

⁴⁷

Maine

259

2.4

1–4

69

2.0

1–4

190

2.5

1–4

¹⁹

Minnesota

101

2.5

1–5

29

2.0

n/a

72

2.7

n/a

⁴⁸

Massachusetts

86

2.3

1–4

20

1.6

1–3

66

2.6

1–4

¹⁷

Minnesota^a

52

2.4

1–3

17

2.1

1–3

35

2.5

1–3

⁴⁰

Tennessee

45

2.6

1–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

⁴⁹

Massachusetts

27

2.4

1–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

⁵⁰

Virginia

26

2.3

1–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

⁴¹

Ontario

18

2.5

1–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

¹⁷

Minnesota^b

18

3.0

1–4

8

2.5

1–3

10

3.4

3–4

⁴²

all litter sizes, and those for first litters and later

15

2.5

2–4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

⁵¹

Virginia and North Carolina

7

2.3

1–3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a