California Mammalia

species list sorted by common name

Order Family Species Common Name
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias senexAllen's Chipmunk
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias alpinusAlpine Chipmunk
CarnivoraMustelidaeTaxidea taxusAmerican Badger
RodentiaCastoridaeCastor canadensisAmerican Beaver
CarnivoraMustelidaeMartes americanaAmerican Marten
CarnivoraMustelidaeMustela vison American Mink
LagomorphaOchotonidaeOchotona princepsAmerican Pika
RodentiaCricetidaeSigmodon arizonaeArizona Cotton Rat
LagomorphaLeporidaeSylvilagus auduboniiAudubon's Cottontail
ArtiodactylaCervidaeCervus axisAxis Deer
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus baileyiBailey's Pocket Mouse
ArtiodactylaBovidaeAmmotragus lerviaBarbary Sheep
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus beldingiBelding's Ground Squirrel
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeEptesicus fuscusBig Brown Bat
ChiropteraMolossidaeNyctinomops macrotisBig Free-tailed Bat
ArtiodactylaBovidaeOvis canadensisBighorn Sheep
CarnivoraUrsidaeUrsus americanusBlack Bear
RodentiaMuridaeRattus rattusBlack Rat
LagomorphaLeporidaeLepus californicusBlack-tailed Jackrabbit
CarnivoraFelidaeLynx rufusBobcat
RodentiaGeomyidaeThomomys bottaeBotta's Pocket Gopher
ChiropteraMolossidaeTadarida brasiliensisBrazilian Free-tailed Bat
InsectivoraTalpidaeScapanus latimanusBroad-footed Mole
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus boyliiBrush Mouse
LagomorphaLeporidaeSylvilagus bachmaniBrush Rabbit
RodentiaCricetidaeNeotoma cinereaBushy-tailed Woodrat
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus eremicusCactus Mouse
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias obscurusCalifornia Chipmunk
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus beecheyiCalifornia Ground Squirrel
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys californicusCalifornia Kangaroo Rat
ChiropteraPhyllostomidaeMacrotus californicusCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus californicusCalifornia Mouse
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis californicusCalifornia Myotis
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus californicusCalifornia Pocket Mouse
RodentiaCricetidaeArborimus pomoCalifornia Red Tree Vole
CarnivoraOtariidaeZalophus californianusCalifornia Sea Lion
RodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus californicusCalifornia Vole
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus crinitusCanyon Mouse
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis veliferCave Myotis
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys micropsChisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat
InsectivoraTalpidaeScapanus orariusCoast Mole
CarnivoraCanidaeUrocyon cinereoargenteusCommon Gray Fox
RodentiaCricetidaeOndatra zibethicusCommon Muskrat
RodentiaErethizontidaeErethizon dorsatumCommon Porcupine
CarnivoraCanidaeCanis latransCoyote
RodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus oregoniCreeping Vole
RodentiaHeteromyidaeMicrodipodops megacephalusDark Kangaroo Mouse
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys desertiDesert Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus penicillatusDesert Pocket Mouse
InsectivoraSoricidaeNotiosorex crawfordiDesert Shrew
RodentiaCricetidaeNeotoma lepidaDesert Woodrat
RodentiaSciuridaeTamiasciurus douglasiiDouglas Squirrel
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex monticolusDusky Shrew
RodentiaCricetidaeNeotoma fuscipesDusky-footed Woodrat
RodentiaSciuridaeSciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel
RodentiaSciuridaeSciurus carolinensisEastern Gray Squirrel
ArtiodactylaCervidaeCervus elaphusElk
CarnivoraMustelidaeMustela ermineaErmine
ArtiodactylaCervidaeCervus damaFallow Deer
PerissodactylaEquidaeEquus asinusFeral Burro
ArtiodactylaBovidaeCapra hircusFeral Goat
PerissodactylaEquidaeEquus caballusFeral Horse
CarnivoraMustelidaeMartes pennantiFisher
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex sonomaeFog Shrew
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis thysanodesFringed Myotis
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys ingensGiant Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus lateralisGolden-mantled Ground Squirrel
RodentiaHeteromyidaePerognathus parvusGreat Basin Pocket Mouse
CarnivoraOtariidaeArctocephalus townsendiGuadalupe Fur Seal
CarnivoraPhocidaePhoca vitulinaHarbor Seal
RodentiaCricetidaePhenacomys intermediusHeather Vole
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys heermanniHeermann's Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaCricetidaeSigmodon hispidusHispid Cotton Rat
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeLasiurus cinereusHoary Bat
RodentiaMuridaeMus musculusHouse Mouse
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex tenellusInyo Shrew
CarnivoraCanidaeUrocyon littoralisIsland Gray Fox
CarnivoraCanidaeVulpes macrotisKit Fox
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias minimusLeast Chipmunk
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis lucifugusLittle Brown Myotis
RodentiaHeteromyidaePerognathus longimembrisLittle Pocket Mouse
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias speciosusLodgepole Chipmunk
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias quadrimaculatusLong-eared Chipmunk
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis evotisLong-eared Myotis
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis volansLong-legged Myotis
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus formosusLong-tailed Pocket Mouse
RodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus longicaudusLong-tailed Vole
CarnivoraMustelidaeMustela frenataLong-tailed Weasel
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex bendiriiMarsh Shrew
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias merriamiMerriam's Chipmunk
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys merriamiMerriam's Kangaroo Rat
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex merriamiMerriam's Shrew
ChiropteraPhyllostomidaeChoeronycteris mexicanaMexican Long-tongued Bat
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus mohavensisMohave Ground Squirrel
RodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus montanusMontane Vole
RodentiaAplodontidaeAplodontia rufaMountain Beaver
CarnivoraFelidaeFelis concolorMountain Lion
RodentiaGeomyidaeThomomys monticolaMountain Pocket Gopher
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex lyelliMt. Lyell Shrew
ArtiodactylaCervidaeOdocoileus hemionusMule Deer
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys venustusNarrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaSciuridaeAmmospermophilus nelsoniNelson's Antelope Squirrel
CarnivoraPhocidaeMirounga angustirostrisNorthern Elephant Seal
RodentiaSciuridaeGlaucomys sabrinusNorthern Flying Squirrel
CarnivoraOtariidaeCallorhinus ursinusNorthern Fur Seal
RodentiaCricetidaeOnychomys leucogasterNorthern Grasshopper Mouse
RodentiaGeomyidaeThomomys talpoidesNorthern Pocket Gopher
CarnivoraOtariidaeEumetopias jubatusNorthern Sea Lion
RodentiaMuridaeRattus norvegicusNorway Rat
LagomorphaLeporidaeSylvilagus nuttalliiNuttall's Cottontail
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys ordiiOrd's Kangaroo Rat
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex ornatusOrnate Shrew
RodentiaZapodidaeZapus trinotatusPacific Jumping Mouse
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys agilisPacific Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaHeteromyidaeMicrodipodops pallidusPale Kangaroo Mouse
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeAntrozous pallidusPallid Bat
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias panamintinusPanamint Chipmunk
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys panamintinusPanamint Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus trueiPinon Mouse
ChiropteraMolossidaeNyctinomops femorosaccusPocketed Free-tailed Bat
ArtiodactylaAntilocapridaeAntilocapra americanaPronghorn
LagomorphaLeporidaeBrachylagus idahoensisPygmy Rabbit
CarnivoraProcyonidaeProcyon lotorRaccoon
CarnivoraCanidaeVulpes vulpesRed Fox
CarnivoraProcyonidaeBassariscus astutusRingtail
CarnivoraMustelidaeLutra canadensisRiver Otter
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus variegatusRock Squirrel
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus tereticaudusRound-tailed Ground Squirrel
RodentiaCricetidaeLemmiscus curtatusSagebrush Vole
RodentiaCricetidaeReithrodontomys raviventrisSalt-marsh Harvest Mouse
ArtiodactylaCervidaeCervus unicolorSambar Deer
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus fallaxSan Diego Pocket Mouse
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys nitratoidesSan Joaquin Kangaroo Rat
RodentiaHeteromyidaePerognathus inornatusSan Joaquin Pocket Mouse
CarnivoraMustelidaeEnhydra lutrisSea Otter
InsectivoraTalpidaeNeurotrichus gibbsiiShrew-mole
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeLasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired Bat
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias siskiyouSiskiyou Chipmunk
LagomorphaLeporidaeLepus americanusSnowshoe Hare
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias sonomaeSonoma Chipmunk
RodentiaCricetidaeOnychomys torridusSouthern Grasshopper Mouse
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeLasiurus xanthinusSouthwestern Yellow Bat
RodentiaHeteromyidaeChaetodipus spinatusSpiny Pocket Mouse
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeEuderma maculatumSpotted Bat
RodentiaHeteromyidaeDipodomys stephensiStephens' Kangaroo Rat
CarnivoraMephitidaeMephitis mephitisStriped Skunk
ArtiodactylaBovidaeHemitragus jemlahicusTahr
ChiropteraVespertilionidaePlecotus townsendiiTownsend's Big-eared Bat
RodentiaSciuridaeSpermophilus townsendiiTownsend's Ground Squirrel
InsectivoraTalpidaeScapanus townsendiiTownsend's Mole
RodentiaGeomyidaeThomomys townsendiiTownsend's Pocket Gopher
RodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus townsendiiTownsend's Vole
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex trowbridgiiTrowbridge's Shrew
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias umbrinusUinta Chipmunk
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex vagransVagrant Shrew
DidelphimorphiaDidelphidaeDidelphis virginianaVirginia Opossum
InsectivoraSoricidaeSorex palustrisWater Shrew
RodentiaSciuridaeSciurus griseusWestern Gray Squirrel
RodentiaCricetidaeReithrodontomys megalotisWestern Harvest Mouse
RodentiaZapodidaeZapus princepsWestern Jumping Mouse
ChiropteraMolossidaeEumops perotisWestern Mastiff Bat
ChiropteraVespertilionidaePipistrellus hesperusWestern Pipistrelle
RodentiaGeomyidaeThomomys mazamaWestern Pocket Gopher
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeLasiurus blossevilliiWestern Red Bat
RodentiaCricetidaeClethrionomys californicusWestern Red-backed Vole
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis ciliolabrumWestern Small-footed Myotis
CarnivoraMephitidaeSpilogale gracilisWestern Spotted Skunk
RodentiaHeteromyidaePerognathus alticolaWhite-eared Pocket Mouse
RodentiaCricetidaeArborimus albipesWhite-footed Vole
RodentiaSciuridaeAmmospermophilus leucurusWhite-tailed Antelope Squirrel
LagomorphaLeporidaeLepus townsendiiWhite-tailed Jackrabbit
RodentiaCricetidaeNeotoma albigulaWhite-throated Woodrat
ArtiodactylaSuidaeSus scrofaWild Pig
CarnivoraMustelidaeGulo gulo Wolverine
RodentiaSciuridaeMarmota flaviventrisYellow-bellied Marmot
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias ochrogenysYellow-cheeked Chipmunk
RodentiaSciuridaeTamias amoenusYellow-pine Chipmunk
ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotis yumanensisYuma Myotis


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