Small Mammals
of the Muskwa-Kechika
Management Area
Table of Contents
Appendix 1. Small Mammals in the Muskwa-Kechika
Management Area
This list includes only species actually
recorded (museum specimens and observational records from published
and unpublished sources) in the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area.
Small mammals that probably occur in the MKMA but have not been
verified from actual documented records are listed in Appendix 2.
Scientific names, English common names, and species codes are based
on the RIC standards (Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks 2000).
| ORDER INSECTIVORA:
Insectivores |
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FAMILY SORICIDAE:
Shrews |
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr |
Common Shrew (M-SOCI) |
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Sorex hoyi
Baird |
Pygmy Shrew (M-SOHO) |
| |
Sorex monticolus
Merriam |
Dusky Shrew (M-SOMO) |
| |
Sorex palustris
Richardson |
Common Water Shrew
(M-SOPA) |
| ORDER CHIROPTERA:
Bats |
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FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE:
Vespertilionid Bats |
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Myotis lucifugus
(Le Conte) |
Little Brown Myotis
(M-MYLU) |
| ORDER LAGOMORPHA:
Lagomorphs |
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FAMILY LEPORIDAE:
Hares and Rabbits |
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Lepus americanus
Erxleben |
Snowshoe Hare (M-LEAM) |
| ORDER RODENTIA:
Rodents |
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FAMILY SCIURIDAE:
Squirrels |
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Glaucomys sabrinus
(Shaw) |
Northern Flying Squirrel
(M-GLSA) |
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Marmota caligata
(Eschscholtz) |
Hoary Marmot (M-MACA) |
| |
Marmota monax
(Linnaeus) |
Woodchuck (M-MAMO) |
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Spermophilus parryii
(Richardson) |
Arctic Ground Squirrel
(M-SPPA) |
| |
Tamias minimus
Bachman |
Least Chipmunk (M-TAMI) |
| |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben) |
Red Squirrel (M-TAHU) |
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FAMILY CASTORIDAE:
Beavers |
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl |
Beaver (M-CACA) |
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FAMILY MURIDAE:
Murids |
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SUBFAMILY ARVICOLINAE:
Voles and Lemmings |
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors) |
Southern Red-backed
Vole (M-CLGA) |
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Clethrionomys rutilus
(Pallas) |
Northern red-backed
Vole (M-CLRU) |
| |
Lemmus trimucronatus
(Richardson) |
Brown Lemming (M-LETR) |
| |
Microtus longicaudus
(Merriam) |
Long-tailed Vole (M-MILO) |
| |
Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord) |
Meadow Vole (M-MIPE) |
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus) |
Muskrat (M-ONZI) |
| |
Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam |
Heather Vole (M-PHIN) |
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SUBFAMILY SIGMODONTINAE:
New World Rats and Mice |
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Neotoma cinerea
(Ord) |
Bushy-tailed Woodrat
(M-NECI) |
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Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner) |
Deer Mouse (M-PEMA) |
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FAMILY DIPODIDAE:
Jumping Mice and Jerboas |
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann) |
Meadow Jumping Mouse
(M-ZAHU) |
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Zapus princeps
J.A. Allen |
Western Jumping Mouse
(M-ZAPR) |
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FAMILY ERETHIZONTIDAE:
New World Porcupines |
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus) |
Porcupine (M-ERDO) |
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