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Mammals of the Elfin Forest
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Photo | Comments | ||
| Opossum ● | Didelphis virginiana | 📷 |
a.k.a. Virginia Opossum; imported as game | ||
| Ornate Shrew | Sorex ornatus | 📷 |
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| 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 | 📷 |
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| Myotis bats | Myotis... | 📷 |
Several species | ||
| Brush Rabbit | Sylvilagus bachmani | 📷 |
a.k.a. “Cotton Tail”, rarely burrows | ||
| Black-tailed Jackrabbit | Lepus californicus | 📷 |
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| 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 | 📷 |
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| 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 | 📷 |
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| Coyote | Canis latrans | 📷 |
Breeds in Elfin Forest | ||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | 📷 |
Many live in Elfin Forest | ||
| Striped Skunk | Mephitis mephitis | 📷 |
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| Long-tailed Weasel | Mustela frenata | 📷 |
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| Cougar | Puma concolor | 📷 |
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| Bobcat | Lynx rufus | 📷 |
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| Domestic Cat ● | Felis catus | Occasionally feral | |||
| Black-tailed Deer | Odocoileus hemionus columbianus |
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| Feral Pig ●● | Sus scrofa | 📷 |
Key ● = non-native species ●● = non-native species which is or has the potential to negatively impact the natives species of the Elfin Forest. |