| Road Trip USA. List of Mammals |
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| Written by Jos | |
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A total of 62 mammals were recorded on the trip from southern California to northern Alaska, this including 40 species in California and 27 in Alaska. Of these, three were only seen as road kills (North American Porcupine, American Marten and Striped Skunk) and one only recorded through the presence of signs (American Beaver).
SYSTEMATIC LIST
1. North American Beaver Alaska: signs of Beaver (lodges, dams, etc) noted at several locations in the south of Alaska, animal not seen.
Alaska: one dead on road west of Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula.
California: five on tracks in Cima area of the Mohave Desert at night.
California: one near Bodie.
California: three at Yosemite.
Alaska: one in Juneau, three in and one at the beginning of the Dalton Highway.
California: three along Glacier Road, Yosemite.
California: six in the Mohave Desert.
California: four at Saddlebag Lake, Yosemite.
Alaska: two on hills above Eielson in Denali National Park.
California: three at Mono Lake, moderately common at Yosemite at suitable localities and common in the hills around Pinnacles and along the Californian coast.
California: about ten at Bodie and four at Yosemite.
Alaska: common on uplands at Denali and on the drier tundra at Toolik Lake and Deadhorse.
California: a colony of about 20 animals located at the south of the Salton Sea.
California: one at Yosemite.
California: about five in Mono Lake area, at least 40 on Bodie Road.
California: one at Yosemite.
California: several at Yosemite.
California: several at Yosemite.
Washington: two in the mountains of the North Cascades.
California: six at Saddlebag Lake, Yosemite.
Alaska: one at Teklanika and one near Toklat River, both in Denali National Park.
Alaska: one at Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula.
California: one crossing between two channels in the south of the Salton Sea. Alaska: one at Winchester Lagoon, Anchorage.
California: one at night on the edge of the Pinnacles campsite.
California: three at night at Yosemite.
California: one at night in the Pinnacles campsite.
California: one at Moss Landing, four at Pinnacles.
California: one at Mono Lake.
California: a minimum of 15 at various locations around Salton Sea, three at East Pinnacles and ten at West Pinnacles.
California: one in the Mohave, one at San Luis Refuge, one at East Pinnacles and two at West Pinnacles.
California: two at Saddlebag Lake and one Tioga Road, both in the Yosemite area.
Alaska: five on scree in the Polychrome area of Denali Natioanl Park.
California: one late afternoon on the Marsh Trail at Big Morongo and one at East Pinnacles.
California: two at dawn at the south of the Salton Sea. Alaska: one near Sable Pass in Denali National Park.
Alaska: one distant individual at Deadhorse, also fresh tracks found at Deadhorse and along the river at Teklanika in Denali Natioanl Park.
Alaska: two individuals at Deadhorse.
Alaska: Denali National Park: Day One - one in Igloo Canyon; Day Two – nine in total (female and 2 yearlings at Sable Pass, two adolescents play fighting at Sable Pass, two further separate individuals also at Sable Pass, two probable siblings near Polychrome Pass). Also, fresh tracks at Deadhorse and fresh scats aside the river west of Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula.
California: one near Bodie and three within Yosemite National Park (Tioga Road, Chevron Meadow, Glacier Point). Alaska: one at the beginning of the Dalton Highway.
California: one in the campsite at night at West Pinnacles.
Washington: one dead on the road in the North Cascades.
California: one dead on the road near East Pinnacles.
California: a group of about 70 at Moss Landing, one at Ano Nueva. Alaska: Six on route through the Inside Passage, two in Yakutat Bay, one in Seward, six off Anchor Point and a raft of about 60 at Homer.
Alaska: in the Deadhorse area, a single was seen about 30 miles south, a herd of 22 about 10 miles south and a pair near the Sag River adjacent to Deadhorse itself.
Alaska: four at Denali (two Toklat River, two Igloo Canyon), one at Sag River on the Dalton Highway and 22 on mountains above the highway west of Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula.
California: 24 at the San Luis refuge.
Alaska: about a dozen seen on the tundra at Denali and several in the Deadhorse area.
Alaska: only five seen, all at Denali - two at Igloo Creek, two at Sable Pass and one from Polychrome Overlook.
California: fairly common at Yosemite, appearing in meadows at dusk, plus through campsite at night. Also, one at San Luis Refuge, one at West Pinnacles and ten in the campsite at East Pinnacles.
California: three crossing the road at night near East Pinnacles.
California: common in Monterey Bay.
California: abundant at the (distant) colony on an offshore island at Ano Nueva. Alaska: All within the Inside Passage, eight at Dixon Entrance and about 20 in Icy Strait.
California: numerous at the colonies, both at San Simean and Ano Nueva.
California: three in Monterey Bay and about 50 at Moss Landing. Alaska: a total of about 40 noted on route through the Inside Passage, singles off Anchor Point and Homer.
Alaska: a pod of six at the Dixon Entrance (Inside Passage).
Alaska: two pods (five and three animals) on route through the Inside Passage.
California: three in Monterey Bay. Alaska: seven just outside Bellingham, two in Yakutat Bay.
Alaska: a pod of five at the Dixon Entrance, at least 55 on the crossing of the Gulf of Alaska.
Alaska: three at the entrance of Icy Strait, two pods (five and three animals) on the crossing of the Gulf of Alaska.
California: a pod of twelve feeding animals in Monterey Bay.
California: two in Monterey Bay. Alaska: at least 30 on route through the Inside Passage.
Alaska: Identification issues, but at least three in the Inside Passage, two in the Gulf of Alaska
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