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Table B.2. (continued)<br />

Common name<br />

House mouse<br />

Coyote<br />

Red fox<br />

Gray fox<br />

Raccoon<br />

Mink<br />

Striped skunk<br />

Whitetailed deer<br />

Elk<br />

Scientific name<br />

Mus musculus<br />

Canis latrans<br />

Vulpes vulpes<br />

Urocyon cinereoargenteus<br />

Procyon lotor<br />

Mustela vison<br />

Mephitis mephitis<br />

Odocoileus virginianus<br />

Cervus canadensis<br />

a Deemed by state as in need of management.<br />

b Federally endangered.<br />

Table B.3. Birds on the Oak Ridge Reservation<br />

Common name Scientific name Presence Status<br />

Loons<br />

Common loon Gavia immer Winter<br />

Grebes<br />

Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps Casual visitor<br />

Horned grebe Podiceps auritus Winter<br />

Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis Transient<br />

Cormorants<br />

Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Casual visitor<br />

Darters<br />

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Transient NM<br />

Bitterns <strong>and</strong> herons<br />

Great blue heron Ardea herodias Breeder<br />

Great egret Ardea alba Casual visitor NM<br />

Snowy egret Egretta thula Migrant NM<br />

Little blue heron Egretta caerulea Casual visitor NM<br />

Green heron Butorides virescens Breeder<br />

Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Breeder<br />

Swans, geese, <strong>and</strong> ducks<br />

Mute swan Cygnus olor Casual visitor<br />

Canada goose Anser canadensis Breeder<br />

Ross’ goose Chen rossii Migrant<br />

Snow goose Chen caerulescens Migrant<br />

Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons Migrant<br />

Wood duck Aix sponsa Breeder<br />

Green-winged teal Anas crecca Winter<br />

American black duck Anas rubripes Winter<br />

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Breeder<br />

B-8

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