3.13.7 Mammals
The Mammal Taxa Team reevaluated 15 species for consideration of conservation need, knowledge gap, and management need/concern priorities. Calculation errors from the 2015 NCWAP comprehensive revision that were not caught during the review process have been revised for conservation threat assessment metrics 9.1 through 9.11. The reevaluation and metric score corrections resulted in the addition of two species to the SGCN list. All Taxa Team reevaluation results are provided in a table in Appendix GA1-1. Minor revisions have also been made to incorporate state or federal listing status changes. In 2018, the USFWS published a 5-year status review for the Red Wolf under the Endangered Species (USFWS 2018b). The species is listed for federal protection as an endangered species wherever found except where listed as an experimental population. Through agreement with the NCWRC, red wolves found in North Carolina outside of captivity are protected as a threatened species. Captive red wolf populations known to occur at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, and Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington counties) in North Carolina are considered experimental, non-essential populations by the USFWS. Table 3A1-6 lists changes to SGCN status included in this minor update to the 2015 NCWAP. The list provides federal/state listing status as well as Regional SGCN status designated by SEAFWA. Red text is used to indicate the changes made in this update. A complete updated list of all SGCN is provided in Appendix PA1.
Table 3A1-6 Changes to Mammal SGCN. MAMMALS
SGCN Status* (2020 update) X (add*) X (add*)
Federal/ State Status*
SEAFWA Regional SGCN
Scientific Name
Common Name
-- / SC -- / --
-- --
Sorex palustris punctulatus
Southern Water Shrew
Lasiurus seminolus Lasiurus intermedius (incl L.i. floridanus)
Seminole Bat
Northern Yellow Bat (incl Florida Yellow Bat)
X
-- / SC
X
* Federal/State Status Abbreviations
Federal Listings E = Endangered
T = Threatened
T (S/A) = Threatened due to Similar Appearance C = Candidate
PE = Proposed Endangered
PT = Proposed Threatened
3A1- 14
2020 Addendum NC Wildlife Action Plan
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