Appendix 5
Reference Document 5-3
Table 16. Broad risk measures (e.g., state or federal listing status, NatureServe conservation status ranks for North Carolina) and climate vulnerability measures (e.g., ecological niche model outputs).
Species
Broad Risk Measures
Climate Vulnerability Measures
Nature Serve Status
State Status
ESA Status
Niche Models Output
NC CC Threat Analysis
Common name
Scientific name
RSGCN
CCVIs
Southern Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis
Y
S3
Moderately Vulnerable
Large Decrease (Lawler) Large Decrease (Lawler)
Medium Threat
Gray Bat
Myotis grisescens
Y
E
E
S1
Moderately Vulnerable
Medium Threat
Eastern Small-footed Bat
Myotis leibii
Y
SC
S2
Moderately Vulnerable
Stable
Medium Threat
Little Brown Bat
Myotis lucifugus
Y
E
At- Risk
S2
Moderately Vulnerable
Stable
Low Threat
Northern Long-eared Bat
Myotis septentrionalis
Y
E
E
S2
Presumed Stable
Stable
Medium Threat
Indiana Bat
Myotis sodalis
Y
E
E
S1
Moderately Vulnerable
Decrease- Stable(Lyon – check for pubs
Low Threat
Long-tailed/Rock Shrew
Sorex dispar blitchi
Y
S3
NA
Large Decrease (Lawler)
High Threat
Tri-colored Bat
Perimyotis subflavus
Y
E
SC
S3
NA
Stable (Lyon
Low Threat
Mussels
Appalachian Elktoe
Alasmidonta raveneliana Alasmidonta varicosa
Y
E
E
S1
NA
High Threat
Brook Floater
Y
E
S3
Extremely Vulnerable
Median lethal temp evaluated (Fogel)
Medium Threat
Slippershell Mussel
Alasmidonta viridis
Y
E
S1
Extremely Vulnerable
Very High Threat
Rainbow
Cambarunio iris
N
T
S2
NA
Stable
Medium Threat
Purple Wartyback
Cyclonaias tuberculata
N
E
S1
NA
Stable
Medium Threat
Spike
Eurynia dilatata
N
SC
S2
NA
Decrease
Medium Threat
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
17 of 26
Made with FlippingBook Ebook Creator