USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Federally endangered Morro bay kangaroo rat, last documented in the wild in 1986.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Trainer Lauralea Oliver with Vector, the wildlife detection dog during a break from the search.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Vector, a wildlife scent detection dog, searches for the scent of the Morro bay kangaroo rat at Montana de Oro State Park in San Luis Obispo County.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Vector stuck his nose in what appears to be a small mammal burrow which could be occupied the Morro bay kangaroo rat.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Vector, a wildlife detection dog, searches for scent of the Morro Bay kangaroo rat in San Luis Obispo County. A biologist sifts through the soil looking for scat of the Morro Bay kangaroo rat.
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Dr. Chris Kofron, senior fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service