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Mammals Tracking List and Status Reports

Approximately 107 mammal species are known to occur in Alaska (Checklist to the Mammals of Alaska, University of Alaska Museum, 2006). The AKNHP Mammal tracking list is provided below. Subspecies that are not ranked are not included. Populations are not included with the exception of the sea lion, the beluga whale, and the northern sea otter. This list includes order, family, scientific name, common name, NatureServe G and S Ranks and listing status by agency. Within the list are links to individual species status reports (underlined), NatureServe species accounts, range maps and metadata.

The mammals tracking list is also available as a pdf (18 KB).

NatureServe Conservation Status Definitions

USFWS, NMFS, State of Alaska, BLM, USFS Status Definitions (12 KB pdf)
INSECTIVORA
(shrews)

ORDER SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Nature
Serve

GLOBAL 
RANK

STATE  
RANK
USFWS

NMFS
ADFG BLM Maps Metadata
     FAMILY                    
INSECTIVORA  
     SORICIDAE Sorex alaskanus Glacier Bay Water Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo GHQ SH          
Sorex cinereus Cinereus Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Sorex hoyi American Pygmy Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Sorex pribilofensis Pribilof Island Shrew butterfly G3 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Sorex jacksoni St. Lawrence Island Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Sorex monticolus Dusky Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Sorex monticolus malitiosus Warren Island Dusky Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3Q S3Q          
Sorex palustris American Water Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Sorex tundrensis Tundra Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Sorex ugyunak Barren Ground Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Sorex yukonicus Alaska Tiny Shrew NatureServe butterfly logo GU S3          
CHIROPTERA
     VESPERTILIONIDAE Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNA          
Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired Bat butterfly G5 S2       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Myotis californicus Californian Myotis butterfly G3G4 S2       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Myotis keenii Keen's Myotis butterfly G2G3 S2       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis butterfly G5 S4       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Myotis volans Long-legged Myotis butterfly G5 S2       Alaska map logo metadata logo
CARNIVORA
     CANIDAE Vulpes lagopus Arctic Fox NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis Pribilof Island Arctic Fox NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3T4 S3S4          
Canis latrans Coyote NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Canis lupus Gray Wolf NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4          
Canis lupus ligoni Alexander Archipelago Wolf NatureServe butterfly logo G4T2T3Q S3          
Vulpes vulpes Red Fox NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
     FELIDAE Lynx canadensis Canadian Lynx NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4     S    
Puma concolor Cougar NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNA          
     MUSTELIDAE Enhydra lutris Sea Otter NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4   SSOC      
Enhydra lutris kenyoni Northern Sea Otter, SW Alaska population butterfly G4T4T3 S2S3 LT     Alaska map logo metadata logo
Lontra canadensis North American River Otter NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis Kodiak River Otter NatureServe butterfly logo G5T4 S4          
Lontra canadensis mira Prince Of Wales River Otter NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3T4 S3S4          
Gulo gulo Wolverine NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S5          
Gulo gulo katschemakensis Kenai Wolverine NatureServe butterfly logo G4T3? S3?          
Martes americana caurina American Marten NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S2          
Martes pennanti Fisher NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNA          
Mustela erminea Ermine NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Mustela erminea seclusa Suemez Island Ermine NatureServe butterfly logo G5T2T3Q S3          
Mustela erminea celenda Prince Of Wales Island Ermine NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3Q S3          
Mustela nivalis Least Weasel butterfly G5 S4S5          
Neovision vison American Mink butterfly G5 S5          
     ODOBENIDAE Odobenus rosmarus Walrus butterfly G4 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
     OTARIIDAE Callorhinus ursinus Northern Fur Seal butterfly G3 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Eumetopias jubatus Steller Sea Lion NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S3          
Eumetopias jubatus Steller Sea Lion, Western Alaska population NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S2 LE SSOC      
Eumetopias jubatus Steller Sea Lion, Eastern Alaska population NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S3 LT SSOC      
Zalophus californianus California Sea Lion NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S3          
     PHOCIDAE Cystophora cristata Hooded Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 SNA          
Erignathus barbatus Bearded Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 S4          
Mirounga angustirostris Northern Elephant Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Histriophoca fasciata Ribbon Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Pusa hispida Ringed Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Phoca largha Spotted Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 S3S4          
Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4S5          
Phoca vitulina richardsi Pacific Harbor Seal NatureServe butterfly logo G5T5Q S4S5   SSOC S    
     PROCYONIDAE Procyon lotor Raccoon NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNR - Introduced          
     URSIDAE Ursus americanus American Black Bear NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Ursus americanus emmonsii Glacier Bear NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3? S3?          
Ursus americanus perniger Kenai Black Bear NatureServe butterfly logo G5T4 S4          
Ursus arctos Grizzly or Brown Bear NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4          
Ursus maritimus Polar Bear butterfly G3G4 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Alaska map logo
CETACEA
     BALAENIDAE Balaena mysticetus pop. 2 Bowhead Whale -  Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Population butterfly G4 S3 LE SSOC   Alaska map logo metadata logo
Eubalaena japonica North Pacific Right Whale butterfly GNR S1 LE E   Alaska map logo metadata logo
     BALAENOPTERIDAE Balaenoptera acutorostratam Minke Whale, Northern NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Balaenoptera borealis, pop. 2 Sei Whale, North Pacific NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S2 LE        
Balaenoptera musculus, pop. 2 Blue Whale, North Pacific NatureServe butterfly logo G3G4 S2 LE E      
Balaenoptera physalus, pop. 2 Fin Whale, Northeast Pacific NatureServe butterfly logo G3G4 S2 LE        
Megaptera novaeangliae, pop. 2 Humpback Whale, Western and Central North Pacific NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S2 LE E      
     ESCHRICHTIIDAE Eschrichtius robustus Gray Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G3G4 S3S4 DL        
     DELPHINIDAE Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned Pilot Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNA          
Grampus griseus Risso's Dolphin NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNA          
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific White-sided Dolphin NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Lissodelphis borealis Northern Right Whale Dolphin NatureServe butterfly logo G4 SNA          
Orcinus orca Killer Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 S3S4          
     MONODONTIDAE Delphinapterus leucas Beluga NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4 C        
Delphinapterus leucas pop. 4 Beluga -Cook Inlet population butterfly G4T1 S1   SSOC   Alaska map logo metadata logo
Monodon monoceros Narwhal NatureServe butterfly logo G4 SNA          
     PHOCOENIDAE Phocoena phocoena Harbor Porpoise NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 S3          
Phocoenoides dalli Dall's Porpoise NatureServe butterfly logo G4G5 S4S5          
     PHYSETERIDAE Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale butterfly G3G4 S3S4 LE     Alaska map logo metadata logo
     ZIPHIIDAE Berardius bairdii Baird's Beaked Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4          
Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger's Beaked Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G3 S3          
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's Beaked Whale NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S3          
ARTIODACTYLA
     CERVIDAE Cervus canadensis Elk NatureServe butterfly logo G5 SNR - Introduced          
Alces americanus Moose NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Odocoileus hemionus Mule Deer NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Rangifer tarandus Caribou NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
     BOVIDAE Bos bison American Bison NatureServe butterfly logo G4 SNR - Introduced          
Oreamnos americanus Mountain Goat NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Ovibos moschatus Muskox NatureServe butterfly logo G4 S4S5          
Ovis dalli Dall's Sheep NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Ovis dalli kenaiensis Kenai Dall Sheep NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3T4 S3S4          
RODENTIA
     SCIURIDAE Marmota broweri Alaska Marmot butterfly G4 S4       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Marmota caligata Hoary Marmot NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Marmota caligata sheldoni Montague Island Hoary Marmot NatureServe butterfly logo G5T2T3 S2Q          
Marmota caligata vigilis Glacier Bay Hoary Marmot NatureServe butterfly logo G5TUQ S2S3Q          
Marmota monax Woodchuck NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S2S3          
Spermophilus parryii Arctic Ground Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Spermophilus parryii lyratus St. Lawrence Island Ground Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3 S3          
Spermophilus parryii kodiacensis Kodiak Island Arctic Ground Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3 S3          
Spermophilus parryii nebulicola Shumagin Islands Arctic Ground Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3 S3          
Spermophilus parryii osgoodi Odgood's Arctic Ground Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3? S3          
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus picatus Kupreanof Red Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3T4 S3          
Glaucomys sabrinus Northern Flying Squirrel NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Glaucomys sabrinus griseifrons Prince of Wales Flying Squirrel butterfly G5T2?Q S2       Alaska map logo metadata logo
     CASTORIDAE Castor canadensis American Beaver NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Castor canadensis phaeus Admiralty Beaver NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3 S3          
     DIPODIDAE Zapus hudsonius Meadow Jumping Mouse NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S5          
Zapus princeps Western Jumping Mouse NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S3          
     MURIDAE
Myodes gapperi
Southern Red-backed Vole NatureServe butterfly logo G5 S4          
Myodes gapperi solus Revillagigedo Island Red-backed Vole NatureServe butterfly logo G5T3 S3          
Myodes gapperi wrangeli Wrangell Island Red-backed Vole butterfly G5T2T3 S3       Alaska map logo metadata logo
Myodes rutilus Northern Red-backed Vole