California's wildlife populations range from plentiful to endangered. Placer and Nevada Counties, due to high pecentage of National Forest, has a large area of habitat for wildlife populations. The California State Animal, the Grizzly Bear, is extinct in this state, but not in others. I have provided links to pages to almost all of the species. Highlighted scientific name links to species descriptions. Highlighted common name links to photographs. Most links are to government pages and to universities, and a list is at the end of the page. There are also other link to wildlife pages of interest. The following is a guide to the species of this area. The links provided are to other web pages and to return to this site you must use your back button on your browser.
 
 

Order
Family
Latin Name -Common Name

MARSUPIALIA
Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana -Virginia opossum
 
 
 

INSECTIVORA
Soricidae
Sorex lyelli - Mt. Lyell shrew
Sorex monticolus - Mt. Lyell shrew
Sorex merriami - Merriam's shrew
Sorex monticolus - Dusky shrew
Sorex ornatus - Ornate shrew
Sorex palustris -Northern water shrew
Sorex trowbridgii -Trowbridge's shrew
Sorex vagrans -Vagrant shrew

Talpidae
Scapanus latimanus -Broad-footed mole
 

CHIROPTERA
Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus- Pallid bat
Eptesicus fuscus - Big brown bat
Euderma maculatum- Spotted bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans- Silver-haired bat
Lasiurus cinereus - Hoary bat
Myotis californicus- California myotis
Myotis ciliolabrum - Western small-footed bat
Myotis evotis - Long-eared myotis
Myotis lucifugus - Little brown bat
Lasiurus borealis - Red Bat
Myotis leibii - Small-footed myotis
Myotis thysanodes - Fringed myotis
Myotis volans - Long-legged myotis
Myotis yumanesis -Yuma myotis
Pipistrellus hesperus - Western Pipistrelle
Plecotus townsendii - Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Tadarda brasiliensis - Brazilian Free-tailed Bat
 
 

CARNIVORA
Canidae
Canis latrans - Coyote
Vulpes vulpes -Red fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus -Gray fox
 

Ursidae
Ursus americanus - Black bear
Ursus arctos - Grizzley or Brown Bear - California State mammal (extinct from state)
 
 

Procyonidae
Bassariscus astutus - Ringtail
Procyon lotor- Racoon eating a fish - The World Wide Racoon Page - putting Procyon lotor online
 
 

Mustelidae
Martes americana -Marten -The Pine Martin
Martes pennanti - Fisher
Mustela erminea - Ermine -Lore
Mustela frenata -Long-tailed weasel
Mustela vison - Mink
Gulo gulo - Wolverine
Taxidea taxus -Badger
Mephitis mephitis - Striped skunk
Spilogale putorius - Spotted skunk
Lutra canadenensis - River Otter
 

Felidae
Felis concolor - Mountain lion
Lynx rufus -Bobcat
 

ARTIODACTYLA
Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus -Mule deer
Cervus elaphus - elk - at present the elk populations are being established in other sections of the state
 
 

Bovidae
Antilocapra americana - Pronghorn
 

Suidae
Sus scrofa - Wild Pig
 

RODENTIA
Aplodontiidae
Aplodontia rufa - Mountain beaver
 

Geomyidae
Thomomys monticola - Mountain pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae - Botta's pocket gopher
Thomomys talpoides - Northern pocket gopher
 
 

Heteromyidae
Perognathus californicus - California pocket mouse
Microdipodops megacephalus- Dark Kangaroo Mouse
Dipodomys ordii - Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys californicus - California Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys panamintinus- Panamint Kangaroo Rat

Castoridae

Castor canadensis - Beaver
 

Muridae

Neotoma cinerea -Bushy-tailed woodrat
Peromyscus maniculatus - Deer mouse
 

Microtus californicus - California Vole
Rattus rattus - Black Rat
Rattus norvegicus - Norway Rat
Mus musculus - House Mouse
Phenacomys intermedius - Heather vole
Microtus longicaudus -Long-tailed vole
Microtus montanus -Montane vole
Ondatra zibethicus -Muskrat
 

Dipodidae
Zapus princeps - Western jumping mouse
 

Cricetidae
Reithrodontomys megalotis - Western Harvest mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus - Deer mouse
 

Peromyscus boylii - Brush mouse
Peromyscus truei - Pinyon mouse
Onychomys leucogaster -Northern Grasshopper mouse
Neotoma fuscipes - Dusky-footed Woodrat
Neotoma cinerea - Bushy-tailed Woodrat

Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum -Porcupine
 

LAGOMORPHA
Ochotonidae
Ochotona princeps - Pika
 

Leporidae
Lepus americanus - Snowshoe hare
Lepus townsendii - White-tailed Hare
Lepus californicus - Black-tailed jack rabbit
Sylvilagus audubonii - Desert Cottontail
Sylvilagus bachmani - Brush Rabbit
Sylvilagus nuttallii -Nuttall's cottontail
 
 

Bats - California Dept. of Fish and Game

University of New Mexico Ball Call

The Boomer Wolf -

California Mountain Lion Page - California Wildlife Protection Coalition

California Department of Fish and Game - Home page for the Bay Delta and contains many links including a Photographic Gallery of many wildlife and bird species.

Website on Biodiversity

Guide to Colorado Mammals

The Cub Den - Bears

The Scarry Squirrel World

Desert Moon's Wolves on the Web -

Nebraska Wildlife

Mammals of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge - Great links- University of New Mexico

The Marmot Burrow- links to marmots all over the world

National Wild Horse and Burro Program -

Skunk and Opossum Page - It is not legal to keep these as pets in California (Rabies) - but is a very interesting site

The Squirrel Page - links to everything Squirrel

Whitetailes on the Web -

Carnivores - Searchable data base through U. C Berkeley

Rodents - Searchable data base through U. C. Berkeley

Wild About Cats - Big cat rescue group located in Auburn

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