Mammals: Small Species

Bats, sea otters and black-footed ferrets are examples of small mammalian species that USGS researchers study. Listed below are USGS research efforts that involve small mammalian species.

Bats | Black-Footed Ferrets | Feral Pigs | Otters | Prairie Dogs | General Mammal Research | Wildlife Health/Mammal Diseases

Bats

• Autumn migration and selection of rock crevices as hibernacula by big brown bats in Colorado (FORT)

• Bat Mortality and Wind Power: a Problem of Migration? (FORT)

• Bat Population Database (FORT)

• Bat Rabies and Other Lyssavirus Infections (NWHC)

• Bat Research in California (WERC)
  
  
• Bat Species of Concern: An Ecological Synthesis for Resource Managers (FORT)
  
  
• The bats of Jewel Cave (FORT)
  
  
• Causes and Consequences of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines (FORT)
  
  
• Conservation Studies of Long-Nosed Bats in New Mexico (FORT)
  
  
• Ecological Investigations of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (FORT)
  
  
• Ecology of Virus Transmission in Commensal Bats (FORT)
  
  
• Flying by night: USGS scientists put technology to work on bats (FORT)
  
  
• Monitoring trends in bat populations of the United States and territories: problems and prospects  (FORT)
  
  
• Overview of issues related to bats and wind energy  (FORT)
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics (FORT)
  
  
• Seasonal distribution of hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) [WMV format: 1.8 MB] (FORT)
  
  
•  Seasonal distribution of migratory tree bats (Lasiurus and Lasionycteris) in North America
  
  
• Seasonal distribution of silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) [WMV format: 1.7 KB]  (FORT)
  
  
• Seasonal distribution of red bats (Lasiurus borealis and L. blossevillii) [WMV format: 1.9 KB]  (FORT)
  
  
• Stable hydrogen isotope analysis of bat hair as evidence for seasonal molt and long-distance migration  (FORT)
  
  
• USGS Bat Population Database for the United States and Trust Territories (BPD) (FORT)
  
  
•  The use of stable isotopes to trace the migration of United States tree bats (FORT)
  
  
• Using Genetics Tools to Obtain Information about the Biology of Summer Roosting Bats (FORT)

For resources on White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), please visit the WTER Program's White-Nose Syndrome Page >>

Black-Footed Ferret

• Ecology of Plague (FORT)

• Researchers at Fort Collins Science Center Meet the Challenges of Re-establishing the Endangered Black-footed Ferret (FORT) (also related to Imperiled Species )

• Vaccination and Flea Control to Assess Invasion of Plague into the Conata Basin, South Dakota (FORT)

Feral Pigs

• Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawaii's Native Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (756 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Birds, Imperiled Species, Invertebrates, Wildlife Health)

Otters

• Effects of River Otter Reintroduction on Muskrat and Mussel Populations at Mammoth Cave National Park (LSC) (also related to Invertebrates)

• Sea Otter Research at the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) (also related to Mammals: Marine Species)

• Sea Otter Research in Alaska (ASC) (also related to Mammals: Marine Species)

Prairie Dogs

• Ecology of Plague (FORT)

  Survey of Citizen Knowledge and Perception of Black-tailed Prairie Dog Management (FORT) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Translocation of Utah Prairie Dogs (FORT)
  
  
• Vaccination and Flea Control to Assess Invasion of Plague into the Conata Basin, South Dakota (FORT)

General Mammal Research

• Influence of Alternative Silviculture on Small Mammals. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (536 KB, PDF) (FRESC)

• Mammal Research at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) (also related to Mammals: Large Species)

• Mammals of Central Ecosystems: Accounts, Descriptions, Software Products, and Other Resources From the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) (also related to Mammals: Large Species)

• Secret Lives of Wildlife Exposed: Mammals Caught on Video (WERC) (also related to Mammals: Large Species)

Wildlife Health/Mammal Diseases

• Ecological Investigations of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (FORT)
  
  
• Ecology of Plague (FORT)
  
  
• Vaccination and Flea Control to Assess Invasion of Plague into the Conata Basin, South Dakota (FORT)
  
  
• West Nile Virus (NWHC) (also related to Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Invertebrates, Mammals: Large Species, Wildlife Health)
  
  
• White-Nose Syndrome Threatens the Survival of Hibernating Bats in North America (FORT)

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