Small Mammals
of the Muskwa-Kechika
Management Area
Table of Contents
Appendix 2. Hypothetical Small Mammals in
the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area
This list includes 11 small mammals
that potentially occur in the MKMA but have not been verified from
actual documented records. 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 arcticus
Kerr |
Black-backed Shrew
(M-SOAR) |
| ORDER CHIROPTERA:
Bats |
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FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE:
Vespertilionid Bats |
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Palisot de Beauvois) |
Big Brown Bat (M-EPFU) |
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Lasiurus cinereus
(Palisot de Beauvois) |
Hoary Bat (M-LACI) |
| |
Lasionycteris noctivagans
(Le Conte) |
Silver-haired Bat
(M-LANO) |
| |
Myotis californicus
(Audubon & Bachman) |
California Myotis
(M-MYCA) |
| |
Myotis evotis
(H. Allen) |
Western Long-eared
Myotis (M-MYEV) |
| |
Myotis septentrionalis
(Trouessart) |
Northern Long-eared
Myotis (M-MYSE) |
| |
Myotis volans
(H. Allen) |
Long-legged Myotis
(M-MYVO) |
| ORDER LAGOMORPHA:
Lagomorphs |
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FAMILY OCHOTONIDAE:
Pikas |
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Ochtona collaris
(Nelson) |
Collared Pika (M-OCCO) |
| ORDER RODENTIA:
Rodents |
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FAMILY MURIDAE:
Murids |
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SUBFAMILY ARVICOLINAE:
Voles and Lemmings |
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Microtus oeconomus
(Pallas) |
Tundra Vole (M-MIOE) |
| |
Synaptomys borealis
(Richardson) |
Northern Bog Lemming
(M-SYBO) |
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