List of mammals in California

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Following is a list of all mammals found in California.

Total Number of species listed: 229, including 189 terrestrial and 40 marine mammals.

Contents 1 Order Marsupialia 2 Order Insectivora 3 Order Chiroptera 4 Order Lagomorpha 5 Order Rodentia 6 Order Cetacea 7 Order Carnivora 8 Order Perissodactyla 9 Order Artiodactyla 10 Reference

[edit] Order Marsupialia

• Family Didelphidae

1. Virginia opossum - Didelphis virginiana (Introduced)

[edit] Order Insectivora

• Family Soricidae

1. Mt. Lyell shrew - Sorex lyelli (Endemic)
2. Vagrant shrew - Sorex vagrans
3. Montane shrew - Sorex monticolus
4. Pacific shrew - Sorex pacificus
5. Ornate shrew - Sorex ornatus
6. Fog shrew - Sorex sonomae
7. Inyo shrew - Sorex tenellus
8. Water shrew - Sorex palustris
9. Preble's shrew - Sorex preblei
10. Marsh shrew - Sorex bendirii
11. Trowbridge's shrew - Sorex trowbridgii
12. Merriam's shrew - Sorex merriami
13. Desert shrew - Notiosorex crawfordi

• Family Talpidae

1. Shrew-mole - Neurotrichus gibbsii
2. Townsend's mole - Scapanus townsendii
3. Coast mole - Scapanus orarius
4. Broad-footed mole - Scapanus latimanus

[edit] Order Chiroptera

• Family Phyllostomidae

1. California Leaf-nosed bat - Macrotus californicus
2. Hog-nosed bat - Choeronycteris mexicana

• Family Vespertilionidae

1. California bat - Myotis californicus
2. Western small-footed bat - Myotis ciliolabrus
3. Yuma bat - Myotis yumanensis
4. Little Brown bat - Myotis lucifugus
5. Cave bat - Myotis velifer
6. Long-legged bat - Myotis volans
7. Fringed bat - Myotis thysanodes
8. Long-eared bat - Myotis evotis
9. Silver-haired bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans
10. Western pipistrelle - Pipistrellus hesperus
11. Big Brown bat - Eptesicus fuscus
12. Southwestern Yellow bat - Lasiurus xanthinus
13. Western red bat - Lasiurus blossevilli
14. Hoary bat - Lasiurus cinereus
15. Spotted bat - Euderma maculatum
16. Allen's Long-eared bat - Idionycteris phyllotis
17. Townsend's Long-eared bat - Corynorhinus townsendii
18. Pallid bat - Antrozous pallidus

• Family Molossidae

1. Pocketed Free-tailed bat - Nyctinomops femerosaccus
2. Big Free-tailed bat - Nyctinomops macrotis
3. Guano bat - Tadarida brasiliensis
4. Western Mastiff bat - Eumops perotis

[edit] Order Lagomorpha

• Family Ochotonidae

1. Pika - Ochotona princeps

• Family Leporidae

1. European rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus (Introduced)
2. Pigmy rabbit - Brachylagus idahoensis
3. Brush rabbit - Sylvilagus bachmani
4. Nuttall's cottontail - Sylvilagus nuttallii
5. Audobon's cottontail - Sylvilagus audobonii
6. Snowshoe hare - Lepus americanus
7. White-tailed jackrabbit - Lepus townsendii
8. Black-tailed jackrabbit - Lepus californicus

[edit] Order Rodentia

• Family Aplodontidae

1. Mountain beaver - Aplodontia rufa

• Family Castoridae

1. Beaver - Castor canadensis

• Family Capromyidae

1. Nutria - Myocastor coypu (Introduced)

• Family Erethizontidae

1. Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum

• Family Geomyidae

1. Northern pocket gopher - Thomomys talpoides
2. Mazama pocket gopher - Thomomys mazama
3. Mountain pocket gopher - Thomomys monticola
4. Botta's pocket gopher - Thomomys bottae
5. Townsend's pocket gopher - Thomomys townsendii

• Family Heteromyidae

1. Great Basin pocket mouse - Perognathus parvus
2. White-eared pocket mouse - Perognathus alticola (Endemic)
3. Yellow-eared pocket mouse - Perognathus xanthontus
4. Little pocket mouse - Perognathus longimembris
5. San Jouquin pocket mouse - Perognathus inornatus (Endemic)
6. Long-tailed pocket mouse - Chaetodipus formosus
7. Bailey's pocket mouse - Chaetodipus baileyi
8. Desert pocket mouse - Chaetodipus penicillatus
9. San Diego pocket mouse - Chaetodipus fallax
10. California pocket mouse - Chaetodipus californicus
11. Spiny pocket mouse - Chaetodipus spinatus
12. Dark kangaroo mouse - Microdipodops megacephalus
13. Pale kangaroo mouse - Microdipodops pallidus
14. Ord's kangaroo rat - Dipodomys ordii
15. Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat - Dipodomys microps
16. Panamint kangaroo rat - Dipodomys panamintinus
17. Big-eared kangaroo rat - Dipodomys elephantinus
18. Narrow-faced kangaroo rat - Dipodomys venustus (Endemic)
19. Pacific kangaroo rat - Dipodomys agilis (Endemic)
20. Heermann's kangaroo rat - Dipodomys heermanni (Endemic)
21. California kangaroo rat - Dipodomys californicus
22. Giant kangaroo rat - Dipodomys ingens (Endemic)
23. Stephens kangaroo rat - Dipodomys stephensi (Endemic)
24. Merriam's kangaroo rat - Dipodomys merriami
25. San Joaquin kangaroo rat - Dipodomys nitratoides (Endemic)
26. Desert kangaroo rat - Dipodomys deserti

• Family Muridae

1. Western Harvest mouse - Reithrodontomys megalotus
2. Salt Marsh Harvest mouse - Reithrodontomys raviventris (Endemic)
3. Cactus mouse - Peromyscus eremicus
4. Parasitic mouse - Peromyscus californicus
5. Deer mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
6. Canyon mouse - Peromyscus crinitus
7. Brush mouse - Peromyscus boylii
8. Pinyon mouse - Peromyscus truei
9. Northern grasshopper mouse - Onychomys leucogaster
10. Southern grasshopper mouse - Onychomys torridus
11. Hispid cotton rat - Sigmodon hispidus
12. Arizona cotton rat - Sigmodon arizonae
13. White-throated woodrat - Neotoma albigula
14. Desert woodrat - Neotoma lepida
15. Dusky-footed woodrat - Neotoma fuscipes
16. Bushy-tailed woodrat - Neotoma cinerea
17. California Red-backed vole - Clethrionomys californicus
18. Heather vole - Phenacomys intermedius
19. White-footed vole - Arborimus albipes
20. California red tree vole - Arborimus pomo (Endemic)
21. Montane vole - Microtus montanus
22. California meadow vole - Microtus californicus
23. Townsend's vole - Microtus townsendii
24. Long-tailed vole - Microtus longicaudus
25. Creeping vole - Microtus oregoni
26. Sagebrush vole - Lemmiscus curtatus
27. Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
28. Black rat - Rattus rattus (Introduced)
29. Norway rat - Rattus norvegicus (Introduced)
30. House mouse - Mus musculus (Introduced)

• Family Sciuridae

1. Alpine chipmunk - Tamias alpinus (Endemic)
2. Least chipmunk - Tamias minimus
3. Yellow-pine chipmunk - Tamias amoenus
4. Redwood chipmunk - Tamias ochrogenys (Endemic)
5. Shadow chipmunk - Tamias senex
6. Siskiyou chipmunk - Tamias siskiyou
7. Sonoma chipmunk - Tamias sonomae (Endemic)
8. Merriam's chipmunk - Tamias merriami
9. Chaparral chipmunk - Tamias obscurus
10. Long-eared chipmunk - Tamias quadrimaculatus
11. Lodgepole chipmunk - Tamias speciosus
12. Panamint chipmunk - Tamias panamintinus
13. Uinta chipmunk - Tamias umbrinus
14. Yellow-bellied marmot - Marmota flaviventris
15. Nelson's Antelope ground squirrel - Ammospermophilus nelsoni (Endemic)
16. White-tailed Antelope ground squirrel - Ammospermophilus leucurus
17. Townsend's ground squirrel - Spermophilus townsendii
18. Belding's ground squirrel - Spermophilus beldingi
19. Rock squirrel - Spermophilus variegatus
20. California ground squirrel - Spermophilus beecheyi
21. Mojave ground squirrel - Spermophilus mohavensis (Endemic)
22. Round-tailed ground squirrel - Spermophilus tereticaudus
23. Golden-mantled ground squirrel - Spermophilus lateralis
24. Eastern gray squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis (Introduced)
25. Fox squirrel - Sciurus niger (Introduced)
26. Western gray squirrel - Sciurus griseus
27. Douglas' squirrel - Tamiasciurus douglasii
28. Northern flying squirrel - Glaucomys sabrinus

• Family Dipodidae

1. Western Jumping mouse - Zapus princeps
2. Pacific Jumping mouse - Zapus trinotatus

[edit] Order Cetacea

• Family Delphinidae

1. Rough-toothed dolphin - Steno bredanensis
2. Blue and White dolphin - Stenella coeruleoalba
3. Pacific Spotted dolphin - Stenella attenuata
4. Common dolphin - Delphinus delphis
5. Northern Right Whale dolphin - Lissodelphis borealis
6. Bottlenosed dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
7. White-sides dolphin - Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
8. False killer whale - Pseudorca crassidens
9. Killer whale - Orcinus orca
10. Risso's dolphin - Grampus griseus
11. Pilot whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus

• Family Phocoenidae

1. Harbor porpoise - Phoceona phocoena
2. Dall's porpoise - Phocoenoides dalli

• Family Physeteridae

1. Pigmy sperm whale - Kogia breviceps
2. Dwarf sperm whale - Kogia simus
3. Sperm whale - Physeter macrocephalus

• Family Ziphiidae

1. Baird's Beaked whale - Berardius bairdii
2. Stejneger's Beaked whale - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
3. Hubbs's beaked whale - Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
4. Blainville's beaked whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
5. Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale - Mesoplodon ginkgodens
6. Hector's beaked whale - Mesoplodon hectori
7. Cuvier's Beaked whale - Ziphius cavirostris

• Family Eschrichtidae

1. Gray whale - Eschrichtius robustus (Migrant)

• Family Balaenopteridae

1. Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutirostris
2. Bryde's whale - Balaenoptera brydei
3. Sie whale - Balaenoptera borealis
4. Fin whale - Balaenoptera physalus
5. Blue whale - Balaenoptera musculus
6. Humpback whale - Megaptera novaeangliae

• Family Balaenidae

1. Northern Right whale - Balaena glacialis

[edit] Order Carnivora

• Family Canidae

1. Coyote - Canis latrans
2. Gray wolf - Canis lupus (Extirpated)
3. Domestic dog - Canis familiaris (Introduced)
4. Red fox - Vulpes vulpes
5. Kit fox - Vulpes macrotis
6. Gray fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
7. Island fox - Urocyon littoralis (Endemic)

• Family Ursidae

1. Black bear - Ursus americanus
2. Grizzly bear - Ursus arctos (Extirpated)

• Family Procyonidae

1. Ringtail cat - Bassariscus astutus
2. Raccoon - Procyon lotor

• Family Mustelidae

1. Marten - Martes americana
2. Fisher - Martes pennanti
3. Short-tailed weasel - Mustela erminea
4. Long-tailed weasel - Mustela frenata
5. Mink - Mustela vison
6. Wolverine - Gulo gulo
7. Badger - Taxidea taxus
8. River otter - Lontra canadensis
9. Sea otter - Enhydra lutris

• Family Mephitidae

1. Spotted skunk - Spilogale putorius
2. Striped skunk - Mephitis mephitis

• Family Felidae

1. Feral cat - Felis silvestris (Introduced)
2. Mountain lion - Puma concolor
3. Jaguar - Panthera onca (Extirpated)
4. Bobcat - Lynx rufus

• Family Otariidae

1. Northern Fur Seal - Callorhinus ursinus
2. Guadalupe fur seal - Arctocephalus townsendi
3. Steller's sea lion - Eumetopius jubatus
4. California sea lion - Zalophus californianus

• Family Phocidae

1. Harbor seal - Phoca vitulina
2. Ringed seal - Phoca hispida (Accidental)
3. Ribbon Seal - Phoca fasciata (Accidental)
4. Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris

[edit] Order Perissodactyla

• Family Equidae

1. Feral burro - Equus asinus (Introduced)
2. Burchell's zebra - Equus burchelli (Introduced)
3. Feral horse - Equus caballus (Introduced)

[edit] Order Artiodactyla

• Family Cervidae

1. Elk - Cervus elaphus
2. Sambar - Cervus unicolor (Introduced)
3. Fallow deer - Dama dama (Introduced)
4. Black-tailed deer - Odocoileus hemionus
5. White-tailed deer - Odocoileus virginianus (Likely extirpated)
6. Axis deer - Axis axis (Introduced)

• Family Antilocapridae

1. Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana

• Family Bovidae

1. Bison - Bison bison (Introduced)
2. Feral goat - Capra hircus (Introduced)
3. Bighorn sheep - Ovis canadensis
4. Barbary sheep - Ammotragus lervia (Introduced)
5. Blackbuck - Antilope cervicapra (Introduced)
6. Feral cattle - Bos taurus (Introduced)
7. Himalayan tahr - Hemitragus jemlahicus (Introduced)

• Family Suidae

1. Feral hog - Sus scrofa (Introduced)

[edit] Reference

• Jameson, E. W., Jr., and H. J. Peeters. 2004. Mammals of California. California Natural History Guides, No. 66, University of California Press, Berkeley, 429 pp. ISBN 0-520-23582-7.