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

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

• Bat Research in California (WERC)

BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS

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

FERAL PIGS

• Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawaii's Native Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (756 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (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

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

GENERAL MAMMAL RESEARCH

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

• West Nile Virus (NWHC) (also related to Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Invertebrates, Mammals: Large Species, Wildlife Health)