Threatened Mammals of Bonner County

Friday is for Mammals

Here is a list of the most endangered Mammals in Bonner County. You probably won’t see any of these, but that’s important to know, too: not only which species are present, but which ones we are in danger of losing from the ecosystem.

Caribou
http://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/17769
State Rank S1: Critically imperiled because of extreme rarity or because some factor of its biology makes it especially vulnerable to extinction (typically 5 or fewer occurrences).
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Artiodactyla -> Family: Cervidae -> Species: Rangifer tarandus
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/328653
NatureServe Profile: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103369/Rangifer_tarandus
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180701#null

Animal Diversity Web: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rangifer_tarandus/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Hoofed/woca/caribou.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=42199

Montana Field Guide: http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=AMALC04011

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Wolverine
https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/17557
State Rank S1: Critically imperiled because of extreme rarity or because some factor of its biology makes it especially vulnerable to extinction (typically 5 or fewer occurrences).
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Carnivora -> Family: Mustelidae -> Species: Gulo gulo
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/328585
NatureServe Profile: https://explorer.natureserve.org/.../ELEMENT.../Gulo_gulo

Animal Diversity Web: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gulo_gulo/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Carn/muste/wolv/wolvfrm.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=41852

Montana Field Guide: http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=AMAJF03010

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Grizzly Bear
State Rank S2: Imperiled because of rarity or because other factors demonstrably make it very vulnerable to extinction (typically 6 to 20 occurrences.
https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/16900
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Carnivora -> Family: Ursidae -> Species: Ursus arctos
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/1241477
NatureServe Profile: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102187/Ursus_arctos
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180543#null

Animal Diversity Web: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ursus_arctos/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Carn/bears/grbe/grbe.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=125461

Montana Field Guide: http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=AMAJB01020

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Canada Lynx
https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/16860
State Rank SNA
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Carnivora -> Family: Felidae -> Species: Lynx canadensis
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/328604
NatureServe Profile: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102126/Lynx_canadensis
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180585#null

Animal Diversity Web: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lynx_canadensis/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Carn/cats/lynx/lynx.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=41974

Montana Field Guide: https://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=AMAJH03010

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Fisher
https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/18029
State Rank S2: Imperiled because of rarity or because other factors demonstrably make it very vulnerable to extinction (typically 6 to 20 occurrences.
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Carnivora -> Family: Mustelidae -> Species: Pekania pennanti
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/328592

NatureServe Profile: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103714/Pekania_pennanti

Integrated Taxonomic Information System: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180560#null

Animal Diversity Web*: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Martes_pennanti/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Carn/muste/fish/fisher.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=453109

Montana Field Guide: http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=AMAJF01020

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Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel
https://idfg.idaho.gov/species/taxa/80252
State Rank S2: Imperiled because of rarity or because other factors demonstrably make it very vulnerable to extinction (typically 6 to 20 occurrences.
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Craniata -> Class: Mammalia -> Order: Rodentia -> Family: Sciuridae -> Species: Urocitellus brunneus
Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org/pages/4465869
NatureServe Profile: --
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=931245#null

Animal Diversity Web*: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Spermophilus_brunneus/

Digital Atlas Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Rod/squir/squdex.htm

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=238953

Montana Field Guide: --

Posted on April 30, 2021 01:15 PM by geogehrig