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Endangered Species and Spaces
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Mammals
Because of its diverse climate and
topography, British Columbia contains an extremely rich array of
mammals. There are 105 terrestrial mammals and 238 subspecies currently
recognized. 61% of these are found nowhere else in Canada and 21%
are endemic to the province (Nagorsen, 1990). The provincial red
and blue lists currently contain 54 species of mammals. Within the
Columbia Basin there are 15 species so designated. (See Table
4 below). Brief species accounts are provided for each of these
species following the table. |
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Table 4: Mammals at Risk in the Columbia Basin
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Global (G) Prov.
(S) Rank |
Prov. list |
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Grizzly
Bear |
Ursus arctos horribilis |
G4,S3 |
Blue |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo luscus |
G4T4,S3 |
Blue |
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Fisher |
Martes pennanti |
G5,S3S4 |
Blue |
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Badger |
Taxidea taxus |
G5,S2 |
Red |
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Mountain Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
G5T2T3Q,S2S3 |
Blue |
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Rocky
Mountain Bighorn Sheep |
Ovis canadensis canadensis |
G4G5T4T5, S3 |
Blue |
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California
Bighorn Sheep |
Ovis canadensis californiana |
G4G5T4,S3 |
Blue |
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Least Chipmunk
(oreocetes) |
Tamias minimus oreocetes |
G5T3,S1S3 |
Red |
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Least Chipmunk
(selkirki) |
Tamias minimus selkirki |
G5T1T3,S1S3 |
Red |
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Red-tailed
Chipmunk (ruficaudus) |
Tamias ruficaudus
ruficaudus |
G5T5,S2 |
Red |
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Red-tailed
Chipmunk (simulans) |
Tamias ruficaudus simulans |
G5T4T5,S2 |
Red |
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Southern
Red-backed Vole |
Clethrionomys gapperi galei |
G5T?Q,S3S4 |
Blue |
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Northern
Pocket Gopher |
Thomomys talpoides segregatus |
G5T2Q,S2 |
Red |
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Northern
Long-eared Myotis |
Myotis septentrionalis |
G4,S2S3 |
Blue |
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Townsend’s
Big-eared Bat |
Corynorhinus townsendii |
G4,S2S3 |
Blue |
Source: CDC Provincial Tracking
Lists
All mammal images in this section from The Mammals of Canada,
used courtesy of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. Large
mammals by Allan Brooks and small mammals by C.E. Johnson. |
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