Mammals of Sligo Creek Park
| LIKELIHOOD: | C = Confirmed direct sighting of one or more individuals, or evidence of that species’ presence through prints, burrows, tunnels, scat, gnawed vegetation, etc.) E = Expected P = Possible U = Unlikely but not impossible |
| RECORDED SIGHTING: | All indicate sighting of one or more live animals, except when followed by: S (sign or track) or X (carcass)Note that sightings were only tabulated from 1990 to 2007. |
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| Name | Likelihood in Sligo | Recorded Sightings in Sligo Watershed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo Section Map of Sections |
Years (1990-2007) |
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| MARSUPIALS | |||
| Opossum Didelphis virginianus |
C | 6 10 9 |
multiple 2006 2004 |
| INSECTIVORES | |||
| Masked Shrew Sorex cinerus |
E | ||
| Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina bervicauda |
C | 8 | 1992 |
| Least Shrew Cryptotis parva |
E | ||
| Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus |
C | 6 8 |
multiple 2006 (S), 1992 (S) |
| Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata |
P | ||
| BATS | |||
| Unspecified bats | 6 1 10 |
multiple 2005 2005 |
|
| Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus |
E | ||
| Northern Long-eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis |
P | ||
| Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans |
P | ||
| Tricolored Bat Perimyotis subflavus aka Eastern Pipistrelle(Pipistrellus subflavus) |
E | ||
| Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus |
E | ||
| Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis |
C | 4 | 2007 |
| Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinerusi> |
E | ||
| Evening Bat Nyctecius humeralis |
P | ||
| RABBITS | |||
Sylvilagus floridanus |
C | 6 7 5 8 |
multiple 2007 (S) 2006 2006 |
| RODENTS | |||
| Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus |
C | 6 7 8 |
multiple 2007 (S), 1992 2006 |
| Groundhog (Woodchuck) Marmota monax |
C | 2 9 |
2004 1990s |
| Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis |
C | probably all | frequent |
| Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans |
E | ||
| Beaver Castor canadensis |
C | 7 6 8 5 4 3 |
2007 (S) 2006 2005 (S), 2004 (S) 2004 2004 2003 (S) |
| White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus |
C | 8 6 |
2006, 1992 1992 |
| Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus |
C | 6 7 8 |
1992 1992 (S) 1992 (S) |
| Pine or Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum |
E | ||
| Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius |
U | ||
| Black Rat Rattus rattus |
E | ||
| Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus |
C | 8 | 2006 |
| House Mouse Mus musculus |
E | ||
| Muskrat Ondatra zibethica |
C | 9 3 |
2007 2007, 2006 |
| CARNIVORES | |||
| Coyote Canis latrans |
C | 7 | 2007 |
| Red Fox Vulpes vulpes |
C | 6 8 1 3 5 |
2006, 2005 (C), 2004, 2003 2006 2006, 2005 2004 2003 |
| Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
C | 9 | 2007, 2006 (C) |
| Raccoon Procyon lotor |
C | 6 10 1 8 |
frequent, 2005 (C) 2007 (S) 2007 (S) 2006 (S |
| Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata |
P | ||
| Mink Mustela vison |
P | ||
| Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis |
P | ||
| DEER | |||
| White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus |
C | probably all | frequent |
Initial inventory posted June 2007 and developed from Audubon Naturalist Society class projects by Michael Wilpers (“Mammals,” taught by Rob Gibbs, 2007) and Laura Mol (“Wildlife Ecology,” Rob Gibbs, 2006); augmented by Rob Gibbs, “Checklist of Land Mammals Occuring in the Middle Atlantic Region” (photocopy, 1996); Wm. Crum et al., Flora and Fauna of Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park, prepared for MNCPPC by U. of Md. students in natural resources management (1992); the Sightings page of the Friends of Sligo Creek web site for 2003-2007; and additional sightings solicited through the FOSC listserv in 2007.
Bat inventory revised October 2015 by Laura Mol to reflect findings in Rock Creek Park (2003-2004) and at Audubon Naturalist Society’s Woodend (Chevy Chase, 2014-2015).