NPS
Bat Box
A mammal inventory in 2002 documented the following seven species through photography or capture and release stations throughout the park:
Blarina brevicauda, Northern short-tailed shrew; Glaucomys volans, Southern flying squirrel; Peromyscus leucopus, White-footed mouse; Sciurus carolinensis, Eastern gray squirrel; Vulpes vulpes, Red fox; Procyon lotor, Raccoon and Odocoileus virginianus, White-Tailed Deer.
Numerous mammals have also been observed in the park at different times, including beaver, muskrat, opossum, and chipmunk.
Bats are Mammals Too!
In the Spring of 2003, two bat boxes were built and placed at Wolf Trap by a local Eagle Scout. One was placed between the East Parking Lot and Wolf Trap Run and the other box was placed near the creek by the Maintenance Yard.
National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring personnel have inventoried the following mammals in Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts:
Common Name Scientific Name
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Virginia Opposum
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Didelphis virginiana
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Southeastern Shrew
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Sorex longirostris
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Pygmy Shrew
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Sorex hoyi
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Northern Short-tailed Shrew
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Blarina brevicauda
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Least Shrew
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Cryptotis parva
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Eastern Mole
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Scalopus aquaticus
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Star-nosed Mole
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Condylura cristata
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Little Brown Bat
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Myotis lucifugus
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Northern Long-eared Myotis
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Myotis septentrionalis
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Silver-haired Bat
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Lasionycteris noctivagans
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Eastern Pipistrelle
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Pipestrellus subflavus
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Big Brown Bat
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Eptesicus fuscus
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Red Bat
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Lasiurus borealis
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Hoary Bat
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Lasiurus cinereus
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Evening Bat
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Nycticeius humeralis
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Eastern Cottontail
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Sylvilagus floridanus
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Eastern Chipmunk
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Tamias striatus
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Woodchuck
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Marmota monax
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
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Sciurus carolinensis
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Red Squirrel
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
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Southern Flying Squirrel
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Glaucomys volans
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American Beaver
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Castor canadensis
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Eastern Harvest Mouse
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Reithrodontomys humulis
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White-footed Mouse
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Peromyscus leucopus
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Meadow Vole
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
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Woodland Vole
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Microtus pinetorum
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Muskrat
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Ondatra zibethicus
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Southern Bog Lemming
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Synaptomys cooperi
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Norway Rat
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Rattus norvegicus
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House Mouse
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Mus musculus
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Meadow Jumping Mouse
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Zapus hudsonius
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Red Fox
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Vulpes vulpes
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Gray Fox
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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Northern Raccoon
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Procyon lotor
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Long-tailed Weasel
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Mustela frenata
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Mink
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Mustela vison
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Striped Skunk
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Mephites mephites
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Northern River Otter
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Lontra canadensis
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White-tailed Deer
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Odocoileus virginianus
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Feral Mammals:
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Domestic Dog
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Canis familiaris
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Domestic Cat
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Felis sylvestris
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Total Species
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41
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