ieri Baird Badger

Several reports, but no specimens, of the badger have been obtained. In
1935, C.W. Quaintance wrote that in School Section Canyon tracks of
cougar, bobcat, coyote, and deer were found, and that pocket gophers,
badgers, and cottontail rabbits were present. Later in 1935, H.P. Pratt
wrote that he had found evidence of badgers "at the lower well in Prater
Canyon, where on September 23, there were extensive badger diggings and
fresh tracks in the vicinity of the prairie dog colony there." Badgers
are common in the lowlands around the Mesa and they are common enough on
the Mesa to be regarded as nuisances by archeologists on account of
badgers digging in ruins. Badgers have been seen from three to six times
each year from 1950 to this date, most of them in the vicinity of the
North Rim.

Felis concolor hippolestes Merriam Mountain Lion

Mountain lions range throughout the Park. There are reliable sight
records of lions and lion tracks, but no specimen has been preserved.
Early records of observations include the report of tracks seen in
Navajo Canyon by Cary (1911:165), and a lion seen in 1917. Since 1930
the more adequate records include reports of from one to eight
observations each year for 26 of the 30 years. Young animals (recorded
as "half-grown") or cubs have been reported in four of these years. The
tabulation of dated reports by month beginning with January is: 2, 0, 3,
2, 8, 4, 6, 7, 4, 9, 5, 7. Mountain lions range more widely than bears
in their daily and seasonal activities, but like bears probably breed,
bear young, and feed in the Park. Although at any one time lions may or
may not be within the Park, it is part of their normal range and the
species should be regarded as resident and is not uncommon.

Lynx rufus baileyi Merriam Bobcat

_Specimens examined._--Total, 2: A specimen (now mounted in Park
Museum) from the Knife Edge Road; and ad. [Female], 76302,
Prater Canyon, 7500 ft., November 12, 1957, obtained by J.R.
Alcorn.

Bobcats are present throughout the Park. Approximately 80 observations
of bobcats are on file, from all parts of the Park and in all months.
Probably the bobcat and the gray fox are the most abundant carnivores in
the Park. In addition to known predation by mountain lions and coyotes
on porcupines, the bobcat kills porcupines. A dead porcupine and a dead
bobcat with its face, mouth, and one foot full of quills were found
together on Januar