| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Photo |
Comments |
| Opossum ● |
Didelphis virginiana |
📷 |
a.k.a. Virginia Opossum; imported as game |
| Ornate Shrew |
Sorex ornatus |
|
|
| Broad-footed Mole |
Scapanus latimanus |
|
a.k.a. California Mole |
| Brazilian Free-tailed Bat |
Tadarida brasiliensis |
📷 |
a.k.a. Mexican Free-tailed Bat |
| Hoary Bat |
Lasiurus cinereus |
📷 |
|
| Myotis bats |
Myotis... |
|
Several species |
| Brush Rabbit |
Sylvilagus bachmani |
📷 |
a.k.a. “Cotton Tail”, rarely burrows |
| Black-tailed Jackrabbit |
Lepus californicus |
📷 |
|
| Western Grey Squirrel |
Sciurus griseus |
📷 |
Arboreal but often on ground |
| California Ground Squirrel |
Spermophilus beecheyi |
📷 |
Uses bushes in Forest for lookout |
| Valley Pocket Gopher |
Thomomys bottae |
📷 |
Often under large shrubs |
| California Pocket Mouse |
Chaetodipus californicus |
|
|
| Western Harvest Mouse |
Reithrodontomys megalotis |
📷 |
Nests above ground |
| California Mouse |
Peromyscus californicus |
|
Often shares Woodrat’s nest |
| Deer Mouse |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
📷 |
|
| Brush Mouse |
Peromyscus boylii |
|
Nests above ground |
|
| Big-eared Woodrat |
Neotoma macrotis |
|
Builds large nests in groves |
| California Vole |
Microtus californicus |
📷 |
Likes marshy ground |
| Western Grey Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
📷 |
Can climb trees if needs to escape |
| Red Fox ● |
Vulpes vulpes |
📷 |
|
| Coyote |
Canis latrans |
📷 |
Breeds in Elfin Forest |
| Domestic Dog ●●
* |
Canis lupus familiaris |
|
* when off leash |
| Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
📷 |
Many live in Elfin Forest |
| Striped Skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
📷 |
|
| Long-tailed Weasel |
Mustela frenata |
📷 |
|
| Cougar |
Puma concolor |
📷 |
|
| Bobcat |
Lynx rufus |
📷 |
|
| Domestic Cat ●● |
Felis catus |
|
Occasionally feral |
| Black-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus hemionus
columbianus |
📷 |
|
| Feral Pig ●● |
Sus scrofa |
📷 |
