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Table 1. Mammal Species of Special Concern grouped according to whether they may currently meet State definitions of Threatened or Endangered (Class I) or Special Concern (Class II).
Scientific Name Common Name Additional Status
Class I
Sorex ornatus relictus Buena Vista Lake shrew FE [2002] Macrotus californicus California leaf-nosed bat AC Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's big-eared bat OC Myotis occultus Arizona myotis Myotis velifer cave myotis Aplodontia rufa nigra Point Arena mountain beaver FE Aplodontia rufa phaea Point Reyes mountain beaver Dipodomys merriami parvus San Bernardino kangaroo rat FE Perognathus longimembris pacificus Pacific pocket mouse FE Neotoma fuscipes riparia Riparian woodrat FE [2000] Martes americana humboldtensis Humboldt marten OC (all subspecies) Martes pennanti pacifica Pacific fisher OC
Class II
Sorex ornatus salicornicus southern California salt-marsh shrew Sorex ornatus sinuosus Suisun shrew Sorex ornatus willetti Santa Catalina Island shrew Sorex vagrans halicoetes salt marsh wandering shrew Choeronycteris mexicana Mexican long-tongued bat AT Antrozous pallidus pallid bat OV Euderma maculatum spotted bat AC Lasiurus blossevillii western red bat AC? Lasiurus xanthinus western yellow bat AC Myotis thysanodes fringed myotis OV Myotis volans long-legged myotis Eumops perotis western mastiff bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus pocketed free-tailed bat Nyctinomops macrotis big free-tailed bat Brachylagus idahonensis pygmy rabbit OV Lepus americanus tahoensis Sierra Nevada snowshoe hare Glaucomys sabrinus californicus San Bernardino flying squirrel Spermophilus tereticaudus chlorus Palm Springs ground squirrel Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus short-nosed kangaroo rat Dipodomys venustus venustus Santa Cruz kangaroo rat Perognathus alticola alticola white-eared pocket mouse Perognathus alticola inexpectatus Tehachapi pocket mouse Perognathus inornatus psammophilus Salinas pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris bangsi Palm Springs pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris brevinasus Los Angeles pocket mouse Arborimus albipes white-footed vole OU Terrestrial Mammal Species of Special Concern in California, Bolster, B.C., Ed., 1998 8
Microtus californicus mohavensis Mohave River vole Onychomys torridus ramona Ramona grasshopper mouse Onychomys torridus tularensis Tulare grasshopper mouse Sigmodon arizonae plenus Colorado River cotton rat Zapus trinotatus orarius Point Reyes jumping mouse Felis concolor browni Yuma mountain lion AE Lutra canadensis sonora southwestern river otter AE Spilogale putorius amphiala Channel Islands spotted skunk
Table 2. Watch List taxa: Terrestrial mammals not included on the Special Concern list, but whose status should be periodically re-evaluated.
Scientific Name Common Name Additional Status
Sorex ornatus salarius Salinas ornate shrew Sorex vagrans paludivagus Monterey vagrant shrew Scapanus latimanus insularis Angel Island mole Scapanus latimanus parvus Alameda Island mole Lasionycteris noctivigans silver-haired bat Lasiurus cinereus hoary bat Myotis evotis long-eared myotis Myotis lucifugus little brown bat - San Bernardino Mountains population Lepus americanus klamathensis Oregon snowshoe hare Lepus townsendii townsendii western white-tailed hare OU Dipodomys californicus eximius Marysville kangaroo rat Dipodomys heermanni berkeleyensis Berkeley kangaroo rat Perognathus inornatus neglectus McKittrick pocket mouse Perognathus xanthonotus yellow-eared pocket mouse Microtus californicus stephensi south coast marsh vole Reithrodontomys megalotis distichlis Monterey Bay harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis longicaudus harvest mouse, Santa Cruz Island population Sigmodon hispidus eremicus Yuma hispid cotton rat Lynx rufus pallescens pallid bobcat Martes americana sierrae Sierra Nevada marten OC (all subspecies) Taxidea taxus badger
Legend for Tables 1, 2: F (Federal): FE, Endangered; FT, Threatened; FC, Candidate for listing; FPE, Proposed Endangered A (Arizona): AE, Endangered; AT, Threatened; AC, Candidate. O (Oregon): OC, Critical; OV, Vulnerable; OU, Undetermined Status