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… Brackish and freshwater marshes, edges of lakes and mangroves and other wet areas. … Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal …
… (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. … Any … Robust Cottontail … Chisos, Davis and … Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and New Mexico, and Sierra de la Madera of adjacent Coahuila, Mexico. Perhaps also in the Sierra del Carmen. … Sylvilagus … Leporidae … robustus … New Mexico …
… … Burt, W. H. and R.P. Grossenheider, A Field Guide to the Mammals, (1976) (Peterson's Field Guide Series) R.M. … New York, mostly east of the Hudson River. … Sylvilagus … Becomes active at dusk but seldom ventures far from cover. Males compete for females with chases, vertical jumps and face-offs. …
… Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … and northwestern Canada … Ochotona … Ochotonidae … collaris … Alaska … common … Collared Pika …
… Pika … Rocky Mountains from central British Columbia to nothern New Mexico, central Nevada, Utah, and eastcentral California. … Ochotona … Generalist herbivore … Any … Ochotonidae … princeps … … … New Mexico … Oregon … Utah … Washington … Wyoming … common … American Pika …
… Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). …
… University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. … Any … Mountain Beaver … Forest areas W of Cascades exc interior valleys … Aplodontia … … rufa … California … Nevada … Oregon … Washington … common … Mountain Beaver …
… aquatic vegetation, roots, and buds. … Distribution spreads from northern Mexico, across the USA (except parts of the SW … … Historically, extensive hunting nearly eliminated beaver from the USA. Pollution and habitat loss have also had an … … West Virginia … Wyoming … Data Deficient as C. c. phaeus (from Admiralty Island in Alaska's Alexander Archipelago); …
… D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins … W Oregon to extreme NW California … Arborimus … Apparently nocturnal and semi-arboreal, can climb to canopy height. … and insects. Habitat is forests; favors riparian woodland with high densities of alder and h … Any … Cricetidae … …
… Baltimore, Maryland. … Any … Red Tree Vole … Coastal area and Western Cascade Mountains, W Oregon … Arborimus … … very large, low nests on high branches. Lives in coniferous forest; favors old-growth Dougl … Any … Cricetidae … longicaudus … California … Oregon … Lower Risk … Red Tree Vole …
… Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … Maryland. … Any … Sonoma Tree Vole … Coastal coniferous forests of NW California, South of Klamath Mountains as far … as Sonoma Co. … Arborimus … Similar to Red Tree Vole. When disturbed in the nest, may plummet to the ground from heights …
… but sometimes active by day. Constructs ball shaped nests with 1-2 openings under logs or fallen vegetation or in small burrows. Lives in grassy areas with thick ground cover - roadsides, fields, prairies, …