Checklist of Marine and Terrestrial Mammals of the Kachemak Bay

This checklist was created as part of the Checklist Research Reserve’s Kachemak Bay Ecological Characterization CD-ROM project. of Marine and Terrestrial The Kachemak Bay Ecological Characterization, published in 2001 and currently available online Mammals at www.kbayrr.org, is a digital source of infor- of the mation and data important to the understanding and management of Kachemak Bay ecosystems. Kachemak Bay Please be aware that this may not be a compre- Watershed hensive document and is a work in progress. It will be updated periodically by the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve staff with new infor- mation, as it becomes available.

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Marine Mammals Terrestrial Mammals

Common name Scientific name Common name Scientific name Common name Scientific name __ Coyote Canis latrans __ Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus __ Sea Otter Enhydra lutris __ Wolf Canis lupus __ Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata __ Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus __ Red Fox Vulpes vulpes __ Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus __ California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus __ Lynx Lynx canadensis __ Beaver Castor canadensis __ Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus __ River or Canadian Otter Lontra canadensis __ Northern Red-backed Vole Clenthrionomys rutilus __ Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi __ Wolverine Gulo gulo __ Singing Vole Microtus miurus __ Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina __ Short-tail Weasel or Ermine Mustela erminea __ Tundra Vole Microtus oeconomus __ Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata __ Least Weasel Mustela nivalis __ Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus __ Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus __ Mink Mustela vison __ Northern Bog Lemming Synaptomys borealis __ Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae __ Black Bear Ursus americanus __ House Mouse Mus musculus __ Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus __ Brown Bear Ursus arctos __ Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus __ Bering Sea / Stejneger’s __ Moose Alces alces __ Dusky or Montane Shrew Sorex monticolus Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri __ Caribou Rangifer tarandus __ Common or Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus __ Killer Whale Orcinus orca __ Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus __ Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum __ Beluga or White Whale Delphinapterus leucas __ Dall Sheep Ovis dalli __ Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus __ Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena

__ Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli