Beaver Yearling Grooming Alhambra Creek 2008

This list of mammals of Oregon includes all wild

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species living in or recently extirpated from the U.S. state of

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or its coastal shores. This list includes all species from the lists published by the

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or found in the comprehensive text ''Land Mammals of Oregon'' published in 1998. Rare instances where these lists disagree are noted. Species are grouped by order and then listed in sortable tables by family. Subspecies present in the region are discussed in the notes. The

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status for each species is presented. Images presented are from Oregon or adjacent states, as possible. Species found only in captivity are not listed.

Oregon mammals by order

Table has not been updated for threatened species, thus all are listed "n/a".

Conservation statuses

Species are classified in nine groups, set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, degree of population and distribution fragmentation. The tables below reclassified results before 1994 to reflect the current rating system.

Terrestrial mammals

Carnivora

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( or ; from

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''carō'' (stem ''carn-'') "flesh", + ''vorāre'' "to devour") is one of the most diverse of the mammalian orders. The

gray wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly ...

has recolonized Oregon especially in the northeast and is included in the list below. The

grizzly bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...

was extirpated from the state in approximately 1940. Since it is included in ''Land Mammals of Oregon'', it is included in the list below.

Chiroptera

Rodentia

The North Oregon Coast population of

red tree vole The red tree vole (''Arborimus longicaudus'') is a rodent of the Pacific Northwest, found in the US states of Oregon and California. They were formerly known as ''Phenacomys longicaudus'' and have also been called the red tree mouse. Descriptio ...

s (''Arborimus longicaudus'') are candidates for protection under the

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Artiodactyla

Eulipotyphla

Lagomorpha

The order Lagomorpha consists of two living

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: the Leporidae (

hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...

s and

rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...

s) and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Greek ''lagos'' (λαγός, "hare") and ''morphē'' (μορφή, "form"). There are eight species in Oregon.

Didelphimorphia

There is only one species from the order Didelphimorphia in the state.

Marine mammals

Cetacea

Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) NOAA

References

*Species range maps using extent points to develop: **Hall, E. Raymond & Kelson, Keith R. (1959). ''The Mammals of North America''. Ronald Press Co., New York. 2 vols., xxx + 1162 pp. **Hall, E. R. (1981). ''The Mammals of North America''. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York *Species range maps that support current ranges developed were done by Thomas A. O'Neil and Margaret M. Shaughnessy by reviewing over 150,000 museum records and developing them in a GIS tied to wildlife-habitat types and elevation. **Csuti, B.; Kimmerling, J.; Shaughnessy, M. & Huso, M. (1997). ''Atlas of Oregon Wildlife''. Oregon State Press. Corvallis, OR. 492 pp. **Csuti, B.; O'Neil, T. A. & Shaughnessy, M. M. (2001). ''Atlas of Oregon Wildlife'' (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded). Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR. 525 pp.

Bibliography

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External links

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