2004 RARE VERTEBRATE SPECIES

Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center

5/16/2005 - Arborimus longicaudus longicaudus and A. l. silvicola are now being treated together as A. longicaudus with a rank of G3G4, S3S4.

A list of rare, threatened or endangered vertebrates of Oregon which includes for each taxon: scientific name, common name, Heritage Global Rank, Heritage State Rank, Federal Status, State Status, Heritage List number, Oregon county distribution, Oregon ecoregion distribution, and other states or provinces in which it has been reported to occur.

Global and Stank Heritage Ranks follow the Heritage ranking protocol of NatureServe and outlined on their web site (http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ranking.htm).

Notations in ranks: B = breeding, G = global, H = historic record, N = non-breeding, NR = unknown, Q = questionable taxon, S = state, T = subspecific rank, X = extirpated from Oregon

Federal Status is from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). State Status is from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Counties listed in the Oregon County Distribution column have been culled from known occurrences, literature or reputable sighting reports or personal communications. If ORNHIC found the information unclear then a question mark was denoted after the county name.

Ecoregion distribution information is based on the map developed by: Thorson, T.D., Bryce, S.A., Lammers, D.A., Woods, A.J., Omernik, J.M., Kagan, J.S., Pater, D.E. and Comstock, J.A., 2003. Ecoregions of Oregon. More information and a digital copy is available at http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions/or_eco.htm

NatureServe Explorer (http://www.natureserve.org/explorer) was used to gather information for State and Province distribution listed in the Other States column.

People who contributed directly or indirectly to the 2004 list include the following:

FISH

Bob Buckman

Mike Gray

Stephanie Gunckel

Doug Markle

Stewart Reid

Paul Scheerer

David Simon

Roger Smith

HERPS

John Applegarth - BLM (retired)

Evelyn Bull - USFS

Bruce Bury - USGS-BRD

Char Corkran - independent

Marc Hayes - WDFW

Richard Hoyer - independent

Deanna Olson - USFS

Chris Pearl - USGS-BRD

Chris Rombough - OSU

Alan St. John - independent

Robert Storm - OSU (retired)

Cynthia Tait - BLM

Dave Vesely - independent

Wendy Wente - USGS-BRD

BIRDS

Paul Adamus - independent

Bob Altman - American Bird Conservancy

Brad Bales - ODFW

Dave Budeau - ODFW

Evelyn Bull - USFS

Char Corkran - independent

Mike Denny - USFS

Steve Dowlan - BLM

Matt Hunter - independent

Gary Ivey - independent

Roy Lowe - USFWS

Dave Marshall - USFWS (retired)

Russ Morgan - ODFW

Simon Wray - ODOT

MAMMALS

Ed Arnett (bats) - OSU

Burr Betts (bats) - EOU

Steve Cross (bats) - SOU (retired)

Eric Forsman (red tree vole) - USFS

John Hayes (bats) - OSU

Tony Kerwin (bats) - BLM

Steve Langenstein (bats) - BLM

Pat Ormsbee (bats) - USFS

Tom Rodhouse (bats) - Univ. of Idaho

Marylou Schnoes (bats) - BLM

David Waldien (bats) - OSU

Oregon Carnivore Working Group

Additional information may have been used from other biologists from federal and state agencies who are not individually mentioned above.