Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California-Mammals
Mammals of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California
California Myotis
The California myotis (Myotis californicus) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in British Columbia in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, and in the western United States, including California.
Miller's Myotis
The long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in western Canada, the western United States, and Baja California in Mexico.
Big Brown Bat
The big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is native to North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and extreme northern South America.
Hoary Bat
The hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands. The Hawaiian hoary bat (ssp. semotus), an endangered subspecies, is endemic to Hawaii.
Pallid Bat
The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is a species of bat that ranges from western Canada to central Mexico. It is the sole species of its genus and is closely related to Van Gelder's bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus), which is sometimes included in Antrozous. Although it has in the past been placed in its own subfamily (Antrozoinae) or even family (Antrozoidae), it ...more ↓
Silver-haired Bat
The silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), also known as the Brazilian free-tailed bat, is a medium-sized bat that is native to the Americas and is widely regarded as one of the most abundant mammals in North America.
Island Fox
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies of the fox, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. Other names for the island fox include coast fox, short-tailed fox, island gray fox, Channel Islands fox, Channel ...more ↓
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) is a species of vesper bat.
Spotted Skunks
The genus Spilogale includes all skunks commonly known as spotted skunks and is composed of four different species: S. gracilis, S. putorius, S. pygmaea, S. angustifrons. Mammalogists consider S. gracilis and S. putorius different species because of differences in reproductive patterns, reproductive morphology, and chromosomal variation. However, ...more ↓
