Mammalian Diversity in Nineteen Southeast Coast Network Parks
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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Mammalian Diversity in Nineteen Southeast Coast Network Parks Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR—2010/263 ON THE COVER Northern raccoon (Procyon lotot) Photograph by: James F. Parnell Mammalian Diversity in Nineteen Southeast Coast Network Parks Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR—2010/263 William. David Webster Department of Biology and Marine Biology University of North Carolina – Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403 November 2010 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. 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NPS 910/106015, November 2010 ii Contents Page Figures............................................................................................................................................ ix Tables ............................................................................................................................................. xi Appendices ................................................................................................................................... xiii Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... xv Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................... xvii Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Study Area ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Methods........................................................................................................................................... 5 Park Accounts ................................................................................................................................. 9 Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) .............................................................................. 9 Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (FORA) .................................................................... 14 Wright Brothers National Memorial (WRBR) .................................................................. 18 Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO) ............................................................................ 23 Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (CASA) .......................................................... 27 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CHAT) ..................................................... 30 Congaree National Park (CONG) .......................................................................................... 53 Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS) ...................................................................... 58 Fort Caroline National Memorial (FOCA) ............................................................................ 65 Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR) .......................................................................... 70 Fort Matanzas National Monument (FOMA) ........................................................................ 73 Fort Sumter National Monument (FOSU) ............................................................................. 77 Fort Moultrie Subunit (FOMO) ........................................................................................ 80 Charles Pickney National Historic Site (CHPI) ............................................................... 83 iii Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE) ................................................................. 88 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO) ...................................................... 93 Moores Creek National Battlefield (MOCR) ........................................................................ 98 Ocmulgee National Monument (OCMU) ............................................................................ 103 Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve (TIMU) ....................................................... 108 Species Accounts ........................................................................................................................ 113 Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) ............................................................................ 113 Southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris) .............................................................................. 114 Least shrew (Cryptotis parva) ............................................................................................. 115 Northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) .............................................................. 115 Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) ............................................................. 116 Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) ...................................................................................... 116 Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) ................................................................................. 117 Little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) ............................................................................... 117 Southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) ...................................................................... 118 Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) ..................................................................... 118 Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) .......................................................................... 118 Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) ........................................................................................ 118 Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) ...................................................................................... 119 Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus) ...................................................................................... 119 Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) ............................................................................................. 119 Northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius) ........................................................................ 119 Evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) ..................................................................................... 120 Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) ...................................................... 120 Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) ................................................................. 120 iv Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) ................................................................ 120 Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) .................................................................................. 121 Marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) ...................................................................................... 121 Woodchuck (Marmota monax) ............................................................................................ 122 Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) .................................................................................... 122 Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) ........................................................................ 122 Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) ..................................................................................... 123 Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) .....................................................................