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The Hub Conservation Area - Montanans 4 Safe Wildlife Passage

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Appendix 2 (cont.).Table 2Home Ranges for Mammals of the Northern Rocky Mountains (excluding bats)Group Common Name Scientific NameHomeRange (ha)Home Range(square km)Mice, cont'dRatsNorthern red-backed mouse/voleBushy-tailed woodrat or packratClethrionomys gapperiNeotoma cinerea0.25 0.0025Sagebrush mouse/voleBrown or Norway ratLemmiscus curtatusRattus norvegicusBeaver Beaver Castor candensisMuskrat Muskrat Ondata zibethicaPorcupine Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum 11.29 0.1129Raccoon Raccoon (exotic) Procyon lotor 113.73 1.1373Coyote Canis latrans 7597.57 75.9757CanidsGray wolf C. lupus 78000 780Swift foxVulpes veloxRed fox Vulpes vulpes 387.34 3.8734BearsBlack bear Ursus americanus 2413.09 24.1309Grizzly bear U. arctos 10000-70000 100-700Fisher Martes pennanti 1000-10000 10-100Marten M. americana 209.31 2.0931Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata 111.29 1.1129Weasels Short-tailed weasel M. erminea 20.64 0.2064Mink M. vison 14.1 0.141Wolverine Gulo gulo 10000-50000 100-500Badger Taxidea taxus 849.87 8.4987Spotted skunkSpilogale gracilisStriped skunk Mephitis mephitis 294.67 2.9467Weasels,Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes 40.47 0.4047cont'dLeast weaselMustela nivalisRiver otterLontra canadensisCanada lynx Lynx candensis 1852.4 18.524FelidsBobcat Lynx rufus 5860/8330 58.6(f)/83.3(m)Cougar or mountain lion, puma, panther Puma concolor 29733.33 297.3333Elk or wapiti Cervus canadensis 1292.54 12.9254Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus 285.27 2.8527White-tailed deer O. virginianus or leucuris 196.06 1.9606Moose Alces alces 1609.53 16.0953Ungulates Pronghorn Antilocapra americana 1060.47 10.6047BisonBos bisonMountain goatOreamnos americanusBighorn sheep Ovis canadensis 1433.4 14.334Woodland CaribouRangifer tarandus caribou(Adapted from Baker et al, 1961; Mathews 2003; Elias 2002; Harestad and Bunnell, 1979; Montana's Official State Website)200

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