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Species List Species List M001 Opossum M025 Brazilian Free-tailed Bat M049 Mountain Pocket Gopher Didelphis virginiana Tadarida brasiliensis Thomomys monticola M002 Mount Lyell Shrew M026 Pika M050 Little Pocket Mouse Sorex lyelli Ochotona princeps Perognathus longimembris M003 Vagrant Shrew M027 Brush Rabbit M051 Great Basin Pocket Mouse Sorex vagrans Sylvilagus bachmani Perognathus parvus M004 Dusky Shrew M028 Desert Cottontail M052 Yellow-eared Pocket Mouse Sorex monticolus Sylvilagus audubonii Perognathus xanthonotus M005 Ornate Shrew M029 Snowshoe Hare M053 California Pocket Mouse Sorex ornatus Lepus americanus Perognathus californicus M006 Water Shrew M030 White-tailed Jackrabbit M054 Heermann's Kangaroo Rat Sorex palustris Lepus townsendii Dipodomys heermanni M007 Trowbridge's Shrew M031 Black-tailed Jackrabbit M055 California Kangaroo Rat Sorex trowbridgii Lepus californicus Dipodomys californicus M008 Shrew-mole M032 Mountain Beaver M056 Beaver Neurotrichus gibbsii Aplodontia rufa Castor canadensis M009 Broad-footed Mole M033 Alpine Chipmunk M057 Western Harvest Mouse Scapanus latimanus Eutamias alpinus Reithrodontomys megalotis M010 Little Brown Myotis M034 Least Chipmunk M058 California Mouse Myotis lucifugus Eutamias minimus Peromyscus californicus M011 Yuma Myotis M035 Yellow Pine Chipmunk M059 Deer Mouse Myotis yumanensis Eutamias amoenus Peromyscus maniculatus M012 Long-eared Myotis M036 Allen's Chipmunk M060 Brush Mouse Myotis evotis Eutamias senex Peromyscus boylii M013 Fringed Myotis M037 Sonoma Chipmunk M061 Piñon Mouse Myotis thysanodes Eutamias sonomae Peromyscus truei M014 Long-legged Myotis M038 Merriam's Chipmunk M062 Dusky-footed Woodrat Myotis volans Eutamias merriami Neotoma fuscipes M015 California Myotis M039 Long-eared Chipmunk M063 Bushy-tailed Woodrat Myotis californicus Eutamias quadrimaculatus Neotoma cinerea M016 Small-footed Myotis M040 Lodgepole Chipmunk M064 Western Red-backed Vole Myotis leibii Eutamias speciosus Clethrionomys occidentalis M017 Silver-haired Bat M041 Yellow-bellied Marmot M065 Heather Vole Lasionycteris noctivagans Marmota flaviventris Phenacomys intermedius M018 Western Pipistrelle M042 Belding's Ground Squirrel M066 Montane Vole Pipistrellus hesperus Spermophilus beldingi Microtus montanus M019 Big Brown Bat M043 California Ground Squirrel M067 California Vole Eptesicus fuscus Spermophilus beecheyi Microtus californicus M020 Red Bat M044 Golden-mantled Ground M068 Long-tailed Vole Lasiurus borealis Squirrel Microtus longicaudus M021 Hoary Bat Spermophilus lateralis M069 Muskrat Lasiurus cinereus M045 Western Gray Squirrel Ondatra zibethicus M022 Spotted Bat Sciurus griseus M070 Western Jumping Mouse Euderma maculatum M046 Douglas' Squirrel Zapus princeps M023 Townsend's Big-eared Bat Tamiasciurus douglasii M071 Porcupine Plecotus townsendii M047 Northern Flying Squirrel Erethizon dorsatum M024 Pallid Bat Glaucomys sabrinus M072 Coyote Antrozous pallidus M048 Botta's Pocket Gopher Canis latrans Thomomys bottae 322 M073 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes M074 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus M075 Black Bear Ursus americanus M076 Ringtail Bassariscus astutus M077 Raccoon Procyon lotor M078 Marten Martes americana M079 Fisher Martes pennanti M080 Ermine Mustela erminea M081 Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata M082 Mink Mustela vison M083 Wolverine Gulo gulo M084 Badger Taxidea taxus M085 Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis M086 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis M087 River Otter Lutra canadensis M088 Mountain Lion Felis concolor M089 Bobcat Felis rufus M090 Wild Horse Equus caballus M091 Wild Pig Sus scrofa M092 Wapiti Cervus elaphus M093 Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus M094 Mountain Sheep Ovis canadensis 323 .
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