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APPENDIX A
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE FILE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Appendix A. Common and scientific names of plants and animals mentioned in the Environmental Baseline File for Biological Resources and their status as designated under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), by the Nevada Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and by the State of Nevada (NV)

Plants | Invertebrates |Fishes |Amphibians |Reptiles |Birds |Mammals


Common Name Scientific Name ESA1 BLM1 NV1

MAMMALS        
badger Taxidea taxus      
bat, Allen's big-eared Euderma (=Idionycterus) phyllote   S  
bat, big-eared Corynorhinus sp.      
bat, hoary Lasiurus cinereus      
bat, Mexican free-tail Tadarida brasiliensis      
bat, pallid Antrozous pallidus      
bat, spotted Euderma maculata   S PT
bat, Townsend's big-eared Corynorhinus townsendii   S  
bat, western pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus      
bobcat Lynx rufus     FB
burro, wild (feral) Equus asinus      
cottontail, desert Sylvilagus auduboni      
cottontail, mountain Sylvilagus nuttalli      
coyote Canis latrans     U
deer, mule Odocoileus hemionus     G
elk Cervus elaphus      
fox, gray Urocyon cinereoargenteus     FB
fox, kit Vulpes velox     FB
grasshopper mouse, southern Onychomys torridus      
horse, feral Equus caballas      
jackrabbit, black-tailed Lepus californicus     U
kangaroo rat, chisel-toothed Dipodomys microps      
kangaroo rat, desert Dipodomys deserti      
kangaroo rat, Merriam's Dipodomys merriami      
lion, mountain Puma (Felis) concolor     G
mouse, cactus Peromyscus eremicus      
mouse, canyon Peromyscus crinitus      
mouse, deer Peromyscus maniculatus      
mouse, house Mus musculus      
mouse, pinyon Peromyscus truei      
mouse, western harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis      
myotis, California Myotis californicus

myotis, fringed Myotis thysanodes   S  
myotis, long-legged Myotis volans   S  
myotis, western small-footed Myotis ciliolabrum   S  
myotis, Yuma Myotis yumanensis   S  
pocket gopher, San Antonio Thomomys umbrinus curtatus   S  
pocket gopher, valley Thomomys bottae      
pocket mouse, Great Basin Perognathus parvus      
pocket mouse, little Perognathus longimembris      
pocket mouse, long-tailed Chaetodipus formosus      
pronghorn Antilocapra americana     G
rabbit, pygmy Brachylagus idahoensis   S G
ringtail Bassariscus astutus      
sheep, bighorn Ovis canadensis     G
skunk, western spotted Spilogale gracilis     U
sqirrel, round-tailed ground Spermophilus tereticaudus      
squirrel, white-tailed antelope Ammospermophilus leucurus      
vole, Ash Meadows montane Microtus montanus nevadensis   S  
vole, Pahranagat Valley Microtus montanus fucosus   S  
weasel, long-tailed Mustela frenata     U
woodrat, desert Neotoma lepida      

1 Ca = Cactus; C = Candidate; CE = Critically endangered (plants); Ch = Christmas tree; E = Endangered; FB = Furbearing; G = Game; P = Protected; PE = Protected, further classified as endangered; PT = Protected, further classified as threatened; S = Sensitive; T = Threatened; U = Unprotected; Y = Yucca

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