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Show TABLE 5 PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS NORTH FORK DUCHESNE Species Sorex vagrans monticola Vagrant shrew Sorex obscurus obscurus Dusky shrew Sorex polustris navegator Water shrew Ochotona princeps cinnamonea Pika or Cony Lepus townsendii townsendii White- tailed jackrabbit Lepus americana bairdii Snowshoe rabbit Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti Red squirrel or chickadee Marmota flarirentor nosophora Yellow- bellied marmot Citellus armatus Uinta ground squirrel Citellus lateralis lateralis Golden- mantled ground squirrel Eutemias minimus consobrinus Least chipmunk OCCURRING IN THE ROCK CREEK AND RIVER DRAINAGES72 Habitat and Land Type Wet sedge meadows in bottom lands. •>.. Wet sedge meadows, riparian communities - bottom land. Riparian vegetation of meandering streams - bottom lands. Talus rock slides of upper and lower canyon slopes. Open pinyon- juniper and sagebrush slopes of lower canyon. Coniferous tree and mixed aspen conifers - large alluvial and col- luvial slopes - canyon slopes and lateral canyons. Lodgepole pine- ponderosa pine, spruce- Douglas- fir of canyon bottom, terraces, bushes and canyon slopes. Boulder fields near grass- forb flats of lower canyons. Pinyon- juniper, sagebrush areas near grass- forb communities of lower canyon bottom and slopes. Open woods of pinyon- juniper or pond- erosa pine and interspersed sagebrush shrubs. Dryer areas of canyon bottom and lower canyon slopes. Coniferous timber, brush fields and dry rocky sites of canyon bottom and side slopes including lateral canyons, alluvial fans and bench- lands. A- 110 |
