Mammals of Konza Prairie
(modified from: McMillan, B.R., D.W. Kaufman, G.A. Kaufman, and R.S. Matlack. 1997. Mammals of Konza Prairie: new observations and an updated species list. The Prairie Naturalist, 29:263-271.)
| Order | Species | Status | ||
| Order Didelphimorphia | ||||
| Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) | Common2 | |||
| Order Insectivora | ||||
| Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) | Common3,4,5 | |||
| Least shrew (Cryptotis parva) | Present3,5 | |||
| Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) | Present3 | |||
| Order Chiroptera | ||||
| Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) | Present2 | |||
| Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) | Present2 | |||
| Order Primates | ||||
| Human (Homo sapiens) | Present2 | |||
| Order Carnivora | ||||
| Coyote (Canis latrans) | Common2,6 | |||
| Domestic dog (Canis lupus) | Present2 | |||
| Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | Present3 | |||
| Domestic cat (Felis silvestris) | Present2 | |||
| Bobcat (Lynx rufus) | Common3,7 | |||
| Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | Common3,7 | |||
| Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) | Present2 | |||
| Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) | Present2,3 | |||
| Mink (Mustela vison) | Present2 | |||
| American badger (Taxidea taxus) | Common3,7 | |||
| Raccoon (Procyon lotor) | Common2,7 | |||
| Order Artiodactyla | ||||
| Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) | Occasional2 | |||
| White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | Common2,3 | |||
| American bison (Bos bison) | Captive2 | |||
| Cattle (Bos taurus) | Captive2 | |||
| Order Rodentia | ||||
| Woodchuck (Marmota monax) | Occasional3,7 | |||
| Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) | Common3,4,8 | |||
| Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) | Common3,7 | |||
| American beaver (Castor canadensis) | Occasional3,7 | |||
| Plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) | Common2 | |||
| Hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) | Uncommon3 | |||
| Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) | Present3 | |||
| House mouse (Mus musculus; introduced) | Rare3,9 | |||
| Prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) | Common3,4,10 | |||
| Woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) | Rare3 | |||
| Southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi) | Local3,4,7,10 | |||
| Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) | Common3,11 | |||
| Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) | Common3,4 | |||
| White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) | Common3,4,11 | |||
| Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) | Common3,4 | |||
| Plains harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus) | Rare3,7 | |||
| Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) | Local3,4,12 | |||
| Order Lagomorpha | ||||
| Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) | Common3,7 | |||
1Definitions for status are: common = usually abundant for the species in appropriate habitat(s) in most years; local = abundant for species in local sites within appropriate habitat(s) in most years; uncommon = low abundance for species in most years even in best habitats on the site; rare = very low abundance across the site but present in most years; occasional = very low abundance for species in best years and absent from site in many years; present = recorded for site but only information available makes it difficult to assign other status; and captive = maintained in captive herds.
2This study.
3Finck et al. 1986.
4Kaufman et al. 1990.
5Clark et al. 1995.
6Brillhart and Kaufman 1994.
7Personal observations by authors
8Clark et al. 1990.
9Kaufman and Kaufman 1990.
10Bixler and Kaufman 1995.
11McMillan and Kaufman 1994.
12Brillhart et al. 1995.
Literature Cited
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Brillhart, D. E., D. W. Kaufman, and G. A. Kaufman. 1995. Small-mammal use of experimental patches of tallgrass prairie: influence of topographic position and fire history. Pp. 59-65 in Proceedings of the 14th North American Prairie Conference: prairie biodiversity (D. C. Hartnett, ed.). Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Clark, B. K., D. W. Kaufman, G. A. Kaufman, and S. K. Gurtz. 1990. Population ecology of thirteen-lined ground squirrels in ungrazed tallgrass prairie manipulated by fire. Pp. 51-54 in Proceedings of the 12th North American Prairie Conference: recapturing a vanishing heritage (D. D. Smith and C. A. Jacobs, eds.). University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
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