Mammals of Kings County, California

A guide to mammals found in Kings County, California.

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

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