Mammals of Kings County, California

A guide to mammals found in Kings County, California.

Yuma Myotis 1
Myotis yumanensis
California Myotis 2
Myotis californicus
Long-legged Myotis
Myotis volans
Fringed Myotis
Myotis thysanodes
Miller's Myotis 3
Myotis evotis
Western Pipistrelle 4
Pipistrellus hesperus
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Western Red Bat
Lasiurus blossevillii
Hoary Bat
Lasiurus cinereus
Pallid Bat 5
Antrozous pallidus
Western Bonneted Bat
Eumops perotis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Common Raccoon 6
Procyon lotor
American Badger 7
Taxidea taxus
Long-tailed Weasel 8
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 9
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 10
Puma concolor
Coyote 4
Canis latrans
Red Fox 9
Vulpes vulpes
Kit Fox 11
Vulpes macrotis
Common Gray Fox 12
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Mule Deer 13
Odocoileus hemionus
Virginia Opossum 14
Didelphis virginiana
Brush Rabbit 15
Sylvilagus bachmani
Desert Cottontail 16
Sylvilagus audubonii
Black-tailed Jack Rabbit 17
Lepus californicus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
American Beaver 18
Castor canadensis
Western Jumping Mouse 19
Zapus princeps
Botta's Pocket Gopher 20
Thomomys bottae
California Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus californicus
Fresno Kangaroo Rat 21
Dipodomys nitratoides
Heermann's Kangaroo Rat 15
Dipodomys heermanni
Giant Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys ingens
San Joaquin Pocket Mouse
Perognathus inornatus
Little Pocket Mouse
Perognathus longimembris
Long-tailed Vole
Microtus longicaudus
California Vole 22
Microtus californicus
California Mouse 23
Peromyscus californicus
Brush Mouse
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 24
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 25
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 1
Reithrodontomys megalotis
House Mouse 26
Mus musculus
Desert Woodrat
Neotoma lepida
Dusky-footed Woodrat 23
Neotoma fuscipes
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat
Neotoma cinerea
Southern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys torridus
Muskrat 27
Ondatra zibethicus
Western Grey Squirrel 28
Sciurus griseus
Merriam's Chipmunk 15
Tamias merriami
Nelson's Antelope Squirrel 29
Ammospermophilus nelsoni
American Water Shrew 30
Sorex palustris
Ornate Shrew 31
Sorex ornatus
Crawford's Gray Shrew 32
Notiosorex crawfordi
Broad-footed Mole 20
Scapanus latimanus
Western Spotted Skunk
Spilogale gracilis
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
Dark-nosed Small-footed Myotis
Myotis melanorhinus
California Ground Squirrel 16
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 1
Callospermophilus lateralis

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