THE YORKSHIRE MAMMAL GROUP

      Mammal Recording Information

Notes on completing the recording form overleaf.

Sheet Number/Record Number:  Sheet numbers should be sequential for each recorder and, 
together with the record number, will provide a unique combination for each mammal recorded.
Species Code:  Two (or three) letter codes should be entered according to the table 
below (for species not in the table, write the full name on the form).
Grid ref:  Six figure map reference if possible.  100km squares should be quoted either 
as letters (e.g. SE) or numbers (e.g. 44)
Locality:  Name of the nearest village/town.
Altitude:  in metres.
Nature of record:  Examples might be: dead on road, skull from a milk bottle, sett, hair, scat, scent (fox) 
etc.  If possible include the number of animals seen (or a rough estimate).

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SPECIES CODES

Insectivora
Ee	Erinaceus europaeus (hedgehog)
Te	Talpa europaea (mole)
Sa	Sorex araneus (common shrew)
Sm	Sorex minutus (pygmy shrew)
Nf	Neomys fodiens (water shrew)

Chiroptera (bats)
Mmy	Myotis mystacinus (whiskered)
Mb	Myotis brandti (Brandt’s)
Mna	Myotis nattereri (Natterer’s)
Md	Myotis daubentoni (Daubenton’s)
Mal	Myotis alcathoe (Alcathoe’s)
Nl	Nyctalus leisleri (Leisler’s)
Nn	Nyctalus noctula (noctule)
Pn	Pipistrellus nathusii (Nathusius’s pipistrelle)
Pp	Pipistrellus pipistrellus (common pipistrelle, 45kHz)
Ppy	Pipistrellus pygmaeus (soprano pipistrelle, 55kHz)
Pa	Plecotus auritus (brown long-eared)

Lagomorpha
Oc	Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)
Le	Lepus europaeus (brown hare)

Rodentia
Sc	Sciurus carolinensis (grey squirrel)
Sv	Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel)
Mg	Myodes glareolus (bank vole)

Ma	Microtus agrestis (field vole)
Aa	Arvicola amphibius (water vole)
As	Apodemus sylvaticus (field mouse)
Mmi	Micromys minutus (harvest mouse)
Mmu	Mus musculus (house mouse)
Rn	Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
Rr	Rattus rattus (black rat)
Mav	Muscardinus avellanarius (dormouse)

Carnivora
Vv	Vulpes vulpes (fox)
Mma	Martes martes (pine marten)
Me	Mustela erminea (stoat)
Mni	Mustela nivalis (weasel)
Mp	Mustela putorius (polecat)
Nv	Neovison vison (mink)
Mme	Meles meles (badger)
Ll	Lutra lutra (otter)

Pinnipedia (seals)
Pv	Phoca vitulina (common)
Hg	Halichoerus grypus (grey)

Artiodactyla (deer)
Ce	Cervus elephus (red)
Cn	Cervus nippon (sika)
Dd	Dama dama (fallow)
Cc	Capreolus capreolus (roe)
Mr	Muntiacus reevesi (muntjac)