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TABLE 3.9. Number of vertebrate species known to occur or potentially occurring on FLMR
based on data in Appendix B. Recently confirmed = species reported since 1995; Total
confirmed = includes records prior to 1995; and All categories = includes species of possible,
probable, and confirmed occurrence on FLMR.
Class Recently confirmed Total confirmed All categories
Mammals 40 44 52
Birds 205 218 258
Reptiles 20 30 39
Amphibians 7 11 12
Fishes 20 20 67
Total 292 323 428
protected bird species on FLMR than was reported in Freeman et al. (1997). The federally
endangered pallid sturgeon, was documented in the Missouri Kansas River at FLMR in 2003.
Two other federally endangered species, Indiana bat and American burying beetle, were not
found during this study.
No state-listed threatened and endangered species were documented during this study. The
white-faced ibis, a state-threatened bird, may make infrequent, brief stops at FLMR during
migration. Five Kansas SINCs were documented in 2003. Two SINC mammals, eastern
chipmunk and southern flying squirrel, are resident on FLMR. Three SINC neotropical migrant
birds breed on the installation: cerulean warbler, yellow-throated warbler, and whip-poor-will. A
fourth SINC bird, the red-shouldered hawk, probably breeds on or near FLMR. One additional
Kansas SINC bird, the black tern, infrequently may use habitat on the installation.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not designated any habitat on FLMR as critical for any of
the species it is charged with protecting. However, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
has designated the mainstem of the Missouri River as critical habitat for the bald eagle and seven
fish species: chestnut lamprey, Ichthyomyzon castaneus (Girard); pallid sturgeon,
Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson); flathead chub, Platygobio gracilis (Richardson);
sicklefin chub, Macrhybopsis meeki (Jordan & Evermann); sturgeon chub, Macrhybopsis gelida
(Girard); silverband shiner, Notropis shumardi (Girard); and western silvery minnow,
Hybognathus argyritis (Girard).
Several state-threatened and state-endangered species not found during this study still may occur
on FLMR because there is suitable habitat, including eastern spotted skunk, redbelly snake, and
smooth earth snake. All suitable woodland habitats in Leavenworth County are designated as
critical habitat for the redbelly snake and the smooth earth snake.
Four state-rare animals with no protective status that were documented on FLMR during this
study. They were the broad-winged hawk, Cooper’s hawk, great egret, and ovenbird.
Of 428 species of vertebrates considered potentially to occur on the installation, 292 species
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