- About the Ecosystems along the way
- Plants and Fungi (Mosses, Ferns, Conifers, Angiosperms and more)
- Animals (Mammals, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates)
Mammals
Mammals are a diverse assemblage of animals that are now found all over the earth. They arose first in the fossil record about 200 million years ago but didn’t become abundant until after the age of the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago.
Mammals are distinguished by their hair, milk-making
ability and warm-blooded nature. Because mammals have many layers of hair
they are, compared to reptiles and amphibians, more abundant in the northern
habitats such as Canada and Alaska, than in Tropical regions to the south.
Along the Western edge of Canada, Vancouver and Alaska there are approximately
63 mammals that reside terrestrially somewhere in the region of our trip.
Obviously it will be impossible to see all the species, but for those
that we find, we’ll document them on video and still image.
Carnivores (order Carnivora)
Dogs (family Canidae)
Coyote
Canis latrans
Wolf
Canis lupus
Red
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Cats (family Felidae)
Mountain
Lion Felis concolor
Lynx
Lynx lynx
Weasels and their Allies (family Mustelidae)
Sea
Otter Enhydra lutes
Wolverine
Gulo gulo
River
Otter Lontra Canadensis
American
Marten Martes Americana
Fisher
Martes pennanti
Ermine/Stoat
Mustela erminea
Least
Weasel Mustela nivalis
American
Mink Mustela vison
Raccoons (family Procyonidae)
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Bears (family Ursidae)
Black
Bear Ursus americanus
Grizzly/Brown
Bear Ursus arctos
Rodents (Order Rodentia)
Beavers (family Castoridae)
American
Beaver Castor Canadensis
Meadow
Jumping Mouse Zapus hudonius
Western
Jumping Mouse Zapus princeps
New World Porcupines
(family Erethizontidae)
American
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Rats, Mice, and Voles (family Muridae)
Gapper's
Red-Backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi
Northern
Red-Backed Vole Clethrionomys rutilus
Brown
Lemming Lemmus sibiricus
Bushy-Tailed
Wood Rat Neotoma cinerea
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
Deer
Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Heather
Vole Phenacomys intermedius
Northern
Bog Lemming Synaptomys borealis
Long-Tailed
Vole Microtus longicaudus
Singing
Vole Microtus miurus
Tundra
Vole Microtus oeconomus
Meadow
Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Townsend's
Vole Microtus townsendii
House
Mouse Mus musculus
Norway
Rat Rattus norvegicus
Squirrels (family Sciuridae)
Least
Chipmunk Eutamias minimus
Northern
Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
Hoary
Marmot Marmota caligata
Woodchuck
Marmota monax
Vancouver
Island Marmot Marmota vancouverensis
Arctic
Ground Squirrel Spermophilus parryii
American
Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Cloven-Hooved Mammals
Order Artiodactyla
Antelopes, Cattles, Sheep, and Goats (family
Bovidae)
Mountain
Goat Oreamnos americanus
Dall's
Sheep Ovis dalli
Deer (family Cervidae)
Moose
Alces alces
Wapiti
or American Elk Cervus elaphus
Mule
Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Caribou
or Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
Bats Order Chiroptera
Smooth-faced Bats (family Vespertilionidae)
Silver-Haired
Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary
Bat Lasiurus cinereus
California
Bat Myotis californicus
Long-Eared
Bat Myotis evotis
Keen's
Bat Myotis keenii
Little
Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus
Long-Legged
Bat Myotis volans
Yuma
Bat Myotis yumanensis
Insectivores Order Insectivora
Shrews (family Soricidae)
Pigmy
Shrew Microsorex hoyi
Masked
Shrew Sorex cinereus
American
Water Shrew Sorex palustris
Vagrant
Shrew Sorex vagrans
Pikas, Hares, and Rabbits
Order Lagomorpha
Rabbits and Hares (family Leporidae)
Snowshoe
Hare Lepus americanus\
Pikas (family Ochotonidae)
American Pika Ochotona princeps
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Carnivora: Bears, dogs, cats, raccons, weasels |
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Artiodactyla: Cloven-hooved mammals; goats, sheeps, deer |
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Rodentia: Beavers, mice, porcupines, voles |
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Insectivora: Shrews, moles |
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Lagomorpha: Rabbits and Hares |
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Marsupialia: Opossum |
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Chiroptera: Bats |
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Primatia: Humans |
