Coulees Cottonwoods - City of Lethbridge

Checklist of Mammals
For this checklist, the following categories have been used to determine the
abundance of each species:
• C - Common— species seen over a wide area and at various times throughout
the year
• O - Occasional—few records (seen once or twice)
• R - Rare—only seen in very specific areas or at certain times of the year
• ? - Insufficient information
• Urb - In urban residential areas only
Common Shrew ................................ C
Prairie Shrew ........................................ ?
Dusky Shrew ........................................ ?
Masked Shrew ..................................... ?
Pygmy Shrew ........................................ ?
Wandering Shrew ................................ ?
Little Brown Bat .................................. C
Long-eared Bat .................................... ?
Long-legged Bat ................................... ?
Small-footed Bat .................................. ?
Silver-haired Bat ................................. O
Big Brown Bat ..................................... C
Hoary Bat ............................................. O
Red Bat ................................................ R
Nuttall’s Cottontail .............................. C
White-tailed Jackrabbit ...................... C
Yellow-bellied Marmot ........................ C
Richardson’s Ground Squirrel ........... C
Gray Squirrel .................................... Urb
Northern Pocket Gopher .................... O
Beaver .................................................. C
Muskrat ............................................... C
Deer Mouse ......................................... C
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White-footed Mouse ........................... R
Western Jumping Mouse ................... O
Long-tailed Vole ................................... ?
Red-backed Vole .................................. ?
Meadow Vole ....................................... C
House Mouse ................................... Urb
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ....................... O
Porcupine ............................................ C
Coyote .................................................. C
Red Fox ................................................ R
Raccoon ............................................... R
Least Weasel ....................................... R
Long-tailed Weasel ............................. R
Mink ..................................................... R
River Otter ........................................... O
Striped Skunk ..................................... C
Cougar ................................................. R
Canada Lynx ........................................ O
Bobcat ................................................. R
Black Bear ........................................... O
Mule Deer ............................................ C
White-tailed Deer ................................ C
Moose .................................................. O
Elk .........................................................O