| Mammals of Boundary Bay area A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay |
| Annex Site for A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay by Anne Murray with photographs by David Blevins |
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North American Opossum Didelphis virginiana introduced
Pacific Water Shrew Sorex bendirii bendirii
Common Shrew Sorex cinereus
Trowbridge’s Shrew Sorex trowbridgii
Dusky Shrew Sorex monticolus
Shrew species Sorex rohweri
Vagrant Shrew Sorex vagrans
Shrew-mole Neurotrichus gibbsii
Coast Mole Scapanus orarius
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus bernadinus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
California Myotis Myotis californicus caurinus
Western Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus alascensis
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus introduced
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus washingtonii
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus introduced
Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi occidentalis
Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus
Creeping Vole Microtus oregoni serpens
Townsend’s Vole Microtus townsendii
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa
Beaver Castor canadensis
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse Mus musculus introduced
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus introduced
Black Rat Rattus rattus introduced
Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis introduced
Townsend’s Chipmunk Tamias townsendii
Douglas’ Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii
Pacific Jumping Mouse Zapus trinotatus
Coyote Canis latrans
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Bobcat Lynx rufus
River Otter Lontra canadensis
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Ermine Mustela erminea fallenda
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata altifrontalis
Mink Mustela vison
Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius
Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus
Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus
California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina richardsi
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Killer Whale Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata nearby Gulf Islands
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae historic; Saturna Is. 2004
Harbour Porpoise Phocaena phocaena
Dall’s Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
Mule Deer
ssp. Columbian Black-tailed Deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Moose Alces alces Accidental: one incident
Mammal species presumed extirpated
Townsend’s Mole Scapanus townsendii
Thought to have occurred at Tynehead and Blackie Spit
Keen’s Long-eared Myotis Myotis keenii
Thought to have occurred in oldgrowth forest, e.g. Sunnyside Acres
Marten Martes americana
Historically in old growth forest, remains in middens; extirpated by 1890s or earlier.
Wolverine Gulo gulo
Historically in old growth forest, remains in middens; extirpated by 1890s or earlier.
Cougar Felis concolor
Historically common in forests but generally gone by the 1890s. Occasional sightings into the 1980s.
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Extirpated by 1900.
Elk ssp. Roosevelt Elk Cervus elaphus roosevelti
Extirpated by 1900.
Pacific Water Shrew Sorex bendirii bendirii
Common Shrew Sorex cinereus
Trowbridge’s Shrew Sorex trowbridgii
Dusky Shrew Sorex monticolus
Shrew species Sorex rohweri
Vagrant Shrew Sorex vagrans
Shrew-mole Neurotrichus gibbsii
Coast Mole Scapanus orarius
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus bernadinus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
California Myotis Myotis californicus caurinus
Western Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus alascensis
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus introduced
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus washingtonii
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus introduced
Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi occidentalis
Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus
Creeping Vole Microtus oregoni serpens
Townsend’s Vole Microtus townsendii
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa
Beaver Castor canadensis
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse Mus musculus introduced
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus introduced
Black Rat Rattus rattus introduced
Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis introduced
Townsend’s Chipmunk Tamias townsendii
Douglas’ Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii
Pacific Jumping Mouse Zapus trinotatus
Coyote Canis latrans
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Bobcat Lynx rufus
River Otter Lontra canadensis
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Ermine Mustela erminea fallenda
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata altifrontalis
Mink Mustela vison
Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius
Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus
Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus
California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina richardsi
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Killer Whale Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata nearby Gulf Islands
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae historic; Saturna Is. 2004
Harbour Porpoise Phocaena phocaena
Dall’s Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
Mule Deer
ssp. Columbian Black-tailed Deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Moose Alces alces Accidental: one incident
Mammal species presumed extirpated
Townsend’s Mole Scapanus townsendii
Thought to have occurred at Tynehead and Blackie Spit
Keen’s Long-eared Myotis Myotis keenii
Thought to have occurred in oldgrowth forest, e.g. Sunnyside Acres
Marten Martes americana
Historically in old growth forest, remains in middens; extirpated by 1890s or earlier.
Wolverine Gulo gulo
Historically in old growth forest, remains in middens; extirpated by 1890s or earlier.
Cougar Felis concolor
Historically common in forests but generally gone by the 1890s. Occasional sightings into the 1980s.
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Extirpated by 1900.
Elk ssp. Roosevelt Elk Cervus elaphus roosevelti
Extirpated by 1900.
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| New shrew species for Burns Bog: Sorex rohweri, similar to the Masked Shrew , Sorex cinereus, was recently identified by R.L Rausch, J.E. Feagin and V.R. Rausch, of University of Washington. Details in Mammalian Biology 73(@):93-105 |
