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Common Name Latin Name A Common Name Latin Name A Shrews Carnivores (cont.) Masked shrew Sorex cinereus P Gulo gulo C Kluane National Park and Reserve Vagrant shrew Sorex vagrans ? River Otter Lontra canadensis P Dusky shrew Sorex obscurus P Cougar Felis concolor V Water shrew Sorex palustris E Lynx Lynx lynx C Pygmy shrew Microsorex hoyi E Ungulates Bats Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus R Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus C Moose Alces alces C MammalsMammals Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus U Pikas, Hares Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus C Pika Ochotona princeps C Dall Sheep Ovis dalli dalli C ofof Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus C

Rodents Key KluaneKluane Least chipmunk Eutamias minimus C C Common Easily found in proper habitat. Woodchuck Marmota monax R U Uncommon Usually found in small numbers in Hoary marmot Marmota caligata C the proper habitat. Arctic ground squirrel Spermophilus parryii C R Rare Occurrence unpredictable. Not Red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus C always seen every year. Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus R E Expected Not confirmed in park, but is Beaver Castor canadensis C found in surrounding area. Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus C ? Unknown Uncertain presence. Bushy-tailed wood rat Neotoma cinerea E P Present Present but abundance unknown. Red-backed Clethrionomys rutilus P V Very rare May not be seen at all some years. Phenacomys intermedius R pennsylvanicus C Northern vole Microtus oeconomus C Long-tailed vole Microtus longicaudus C Wildlife viewing is a popular activity in Microtus miurus P Kluane. Please help the wildlife, others and Ondatra zibethicus E yourself by following these guidlines: Siberian Lemmus sibiricus ? • Do not feed bears or other wildlife as they Northern Synaptomys borealis P Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius P learn very quickly to depend on humans Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum C for food. As a result they often become a hazard to people and have to be Carnivores destroyed. Coyote Canis latrans C • View wildlife from a distance with the Wolf Canis lupus C use of binoculars or a zoom lens rather Red fox Vulpes vulpes C than getting close and disturbing them. Black bear Ursus americanus P Grizzly bear Ursus arctos C • Remember that you are visiting these Marten Martes americana P ’ homes. Please be as considerate Ermine Mustela erminea P as you would if you were visiting friends. Least Mustela nivalis P Thank you. Mink Mustela vison P