DICE — MAMMALS OF SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON 
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diall, Ranger in the Wenaha National Forest, on the larger mammals 
of the Blue Mountains have been included. The illustrations are from 
original photographs by the author. 
ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 
Scapanus orarius schefferi. Scheffer Mole. — Occurs at Walla Walla (Jackson, 
1915, 63-64). 
Sorex vagrans dobsoni. Dobson Shrew. — One was trapped June 15, 1914, in 
willows along the Walla Walla River three miles east of Wallula. In the Touchet 
Valley near Prescott numbers have been trapped in brushy places and in mead- 
ows. One was seen June 3, 1914, inside a building in Prescott. In the Blue 
Mountains one was trapped July 26, 1914, under a log in heavy lowland fir forest 
near Hompeg Falls. Between March 17 and May 27, 1909, several were trapped 
at Pullman in Microtus runways on top of the prairie hills and in swampy 
ground near Silver Lake, and one was taken in open brushy timber beside the 
South Palouse River. 
Neosorex navigator navigator. Navigator Shrew. — One was trapped July 23, 
1914, beside the Touchet River near Hompeg Falls. Another was taken August 
8 in a small swamp beside Butte Creek. 
Myotis longicrus. Long-legged Bat. — Small bats were numerous in flight 
during the evenings of early August, 1914, in the canyon of Butte Creek. One, 
which was shot, proves to be of this species. Larger bats, probably of a different 
species, were also seen. 
Myotis yumanensis subsp. Bat. — Two specimens were taken in a building in 
the Touchet Valley two miles east of Prescott on August 20, 1915. 
Myotis californicus californicus. Little California Bat. — One specimen is 
reported from Blue Creek in the Blue Mountains by Miller (l897, p. 7l). On 
May 8, 1913, one was found under the window-sill of a house in the Touchet Val- 
ley two miles east of Prescott. This specimen is seemingly somewhat large for 
the subspecies. Bats are quite often seen flying in the evenings in openings in 
the trees in the Touchet Valley near Prescott. In late June, 1914, bats of sev- 
eral sizes were numerous flying over Snake River in the evenings at Lyon’s 
Ferry, but none were secured. 
Lasionycteris noctivagans. Silver-haired Bat. — A specimen taken at Walla 
Walla is in the collection of Whitman College. 
Nycteris cinerea. Hoary Bat. — Miller (l897, p. 114) reports one specimen 
from Walla Walla. On the morning of September 14, 1915, another was found 
on the ground in a cornfield in the Touchet Valley two miles east of Prescott. 
Ursus americanus altifrontalis. Black or Cinnamon Bear. — Reported to occur 
rather commonly throughout the Blue Mountains. Tracks were seen in early 
August, 1914, in Douglas spruce forest on the ridge near Twin Buttes Ranger 
Station, and in one place a freshly turned over log in western larch forest gave 
evidence of a bear’s presence. 
Canis latrans lestes. Mountain Coyote. — June 9, 1914, fresh signs were seen 
in the bunchgrass hills southeast of Wallula. June 13, one took a jack rabbit from 
a trap set in sagebrush east of Wallula. He ate the fore parts and buried the 
