UC Santa Cruz Mammals

HABITAT: AG = agricultural, ALL = all habitats, CH = chaparral, DI = disturbed, GR = grassland, ME = mixed evergreen forest, RI = riparian or streamside, RO = rocky outcroppings, RW = redwood forest, WET = puddles, pools, wet areas

Species Common Name Habitat Marsupials Didelphis marsupialis Virginia opossum DI, RW, ME

Rabbits (Lagomorpha) Sylvilagus bachmani Brush rabbit CH, AG

Rodents (Rodentia) SQUIRRELS Tamias merriami Merriam's chipmunk CH Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel DI, RW, ME Sciurus griseus Western gray squirrel ME, RW Sciurus niger Eastern fox squirrel AG, DI Otospermophilus beecheyi California ground squirrel GR, AG GOPHERS Thomomys bottae MICE AND RATS Chaetodipus californicus California pocket mouse CH Microtus californicus California vole GR, AG Mus musculus House mouse DI, RW, ME Neotoma fuscipes annectens Dusky-footed woodrat CH, ME, RW Peromyscus boylii Brush deermouse CH, RO, ME Peromyscus californicus California deermouse CH, ME, RW Peromyscus maniculatus North American deermouse All Peromyscus truei Pinyon mouse CH, RO Species Common Name Habitat Rattus norvegicus Norway rat DI, AG Rattus rattus Black rat DI, AG Reithrodontomys megalotis Western harvest mouse GR

Carnivores (Carnivora) FELIDS Lynx rufus Bobcat ME, GR, AG, RW Puma concolor Mountain Lion ME, RW CANIDS Canis latrans Coyote All Urocyon cinereoargenteus Gray fox ME, GR Vulpes vulpes Red fox ME, GR PROCYONIDS Bassariscus astutus Ringtail RO, ME Procyon lotor Northern raccoon DI, RI, WET, ME MUSTELIDS Mephitis mephitis Striped skunk All Mustela frenata Long-tailed weasel GR, ME Spilogale gracilis Spotted skunk ME, CH, RI Taxidea taxus Badger GR

Bats (Chiroptera) Antrozous pallidus Pallid bat RW, ME, GR Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's big-eared bat RW, ME, GR Eptesicus fuscus Big brown bat RW, ME, GR Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired bat RW, ME, RI Lasiurus blossevillii Western rat bat RW, ME, CH, RI Lasiurus cinereus Hoary bat RW, ME, GR, RI Species Common Name Habitat Myotis californicus California Myotis RW, ME, GR Myotis evotis Long-eared Myotis RW, ME, GR, RI Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis RI Myotis thysanodes Fringed Myotis RW, ME, GR, RI Myotis volans Long-legged Myotis RW, ME, GR, RI Myotis yumanensis Yuma Myotis RI Tadarida brasiliensis Mexican free-tailed bat RW, ME, GR

Insectivores (Insectivora) MOLES Neurotrichus gibbsii Shrew-mole RW, ME Scapanus latimanus Broad-handed mole RW, ME, GR, AG SHREWS Sorex ornatus Ornate shrew RI, ME Sorex trowbridgii Trowbridge shrew RW, ME, GR Sorex vagrans Vagrant shrew RI, WET

Even-toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) Odocoileus hemionus ssp. Black-Tailed Deer All Columbianus Sus scrofa Wild Boar ME, GR