Habitat Occurrence Carnivores - ORDER Carnivora The Carrizo Plain National Monument is Dogs, Foxes, and Allies - Family Canidae cooperatively managed by: Coyote JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Canis latrans Checklist San Joaquin Kit Fox # MSC/ASC/AGS C Bureau of Land Management Vulpes macrotis mutica Red Fox** MSC/ASC/AGS C Vulpes macrotis mutica The Nature Conservancy of
Bears - Family Ursidae California Department of Fish and Game Black Bear JUN/MSC/AGS R Ursus americanus Mammals
Raccoon and Ringtails - Family Procyonidae Racoon JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U Procyon Iotor
Weasels, Badgers, Skunks, and Allies - Family Mustelld Long-tailed Weasel JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Mustela frenata American Badger JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U Taxidea taxus Western Spotted Skunk JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R Spirogale gracilis Striped Skunk JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R Mephitis mephitis
Cats - Family Felidae
For more information contact: Mountain Lion JUN/MSC/AGS U
Felis concolor Goodwin Education Center JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U Bobcat 805-475-2131 Felis rufus
Seasonally Open December - May
Even-Toed Ungulates - ORDER Artiodactyla Thursday – Sunday Pigs - Family Suidae 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wild Pig** MSC/ASC/AGS C Sus scrofa Bureau of Land Management Deer and Elk – Family Cervidae Bakersfield Field Office Tule Elk JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U San Joaquin kit fox Cervus elaphus nannodes 3801 Pegasus Drive Bakersfield, CA Black-tailed Deer JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U 93308 661-391-6000 Monday – Friday Odocoileus hemionus columbianus 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Pronghorn - Family Antilocapridae http://www.blm.gov/ca/bakersfield/carrizoplain.html
Pronghorn ASC/AGS U http://www.nature.org Antilocapra americana http://www.dfg.ca.gov Carrizo Plain National Monument
Literature Cited Cover art provided by Miriam Morril
Holland, R.F. 1988. Preliminary descriptions of terrestrial natural communities of California, State of California.
The Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Game. San Luis Obispo County, California
Baker, R.J., J.C. Bradley, R.D. Bradley, J.W. Dragoo, M.D. Engstron, R.S. Hoffman, C.A. Jones, F. Reid, D.W.
Rice and C. Jones, 2003. Revised checklist of North American mannals north of Mexico. Occas. Mus. Tech
Univ. 229:1-22. August 2008 Edition Mayer, K.E. and W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., editors. 1988. A guide to wildlife habitats of California, State of California, The Resources Agency, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 166 pages. Habitat Occurrence Habitat Occurrence Mammals of the Carrizo Plain Marsupials - ORDER Marsupiala Rodents - ORDER Rodentia Opossums - Family Didelphidae Squirrels and Chipmunks - Family Scluridae National Monument Virginina Opossum** MSC/AGS R Merriam's Chipmunk JUN/MSC C This checklist includes 55 species, which currently occur within Didelphus virginiana Tamias merriami the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Also included are six San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel# MSC/ASC/AGS C species (indicated with a “?”) which may occur in the Monument, Shrews and Moles - ORDER insectivore Ammospermophilus nelson but have not yet been verified. Shrews - Family Soricidae California Ground Squirrel JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Adorned Shrew MSC/AGS R Spermophilus beecheyi This checklist can best be used with a field guide to mammals Sorex ornatus Pocket Gophers - Family Geomyidae that provides identification and natural history information. Moles - Family Talpidae AGS ? Botta's Pocket Gopher JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Species common and scientific names generally follow Revised Broad-footed Mole Thomomys bottae Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico (Baker et Scapanus latimanus al. 2003). Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats - Family Heteromyidae Bats - ORDER Chiroptera San Joaquin Pocket Mouse MSC C The Carrizo Plain National Monument encompasses a variety of Vesper Bats - Family Vespertilionidae Perognathus Inornatus habitat types. The major habitat types include Juniper, Mixed California Myotis JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R Little Pocket Mouse MSC/ASC U Scrubland, Alkali Desert Scrub, and Annual Grassland. The Myotis californicus Perognathus longimembris habitat classification used in this checklist is based on A Guide to Western Small-footed Myotis JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U California Pocket Mouse MSC/ASC/AGS Wildlife Habitats of California (Mayer and Laudenslayer 1988) Myotis Ciliolabrum Chaetodipus californicus ASC/AGS and Preliminary Descriptions of the Terrestrial Natural Long-eared Myotis JUN/MSC/ASC ? Agile/Pacific Kangaroo Rat ? Dipodomys agilis Communities of California (Holland 1988). Myotis evotis Fringed Myotis JUN/MSC/AGS U Heermann's Kangaroo Rat MSC/ASC/AGS C Dipodomys heermanni Habitat Types of the Carrizo Plain National Monument Myotis thysanodes Giant Kangaroo Rat# ASC/AGS C Yuma Myotis JUN ? Myotis yumanensis Dipodomys Ingens Juniper (JUN) - Includes Juniper Oak Cismontane Woodland Western Pipistrelle JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Short-nosed Kangaroo Rat ASC/AGS C and Cismontane Juniper Woodland and Scrub. Pipistrellus Hesperus Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus
A dense to open woodland characterized by scattered junipers, Big Brown Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R oaks, low shrubs, and non-native annual grasses. Found in Eptesicus fuscus Mice, Rats and Voles - Family Muridae higher elevations of the Temblor and Caliente Ranges. Western Harvest Mouse JUN/MSC/AGS Townsend's Big-eared Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS ? U
Corynorhinus townsendii Reithrodontomys megalotis
Mixed Scrubland (MSC) - Includes Upper Sonoran Subshrub Brush Mouse JUN/MSC U Pallid Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U Scrub. Antrozous pallidus Peromyscus boylii
A low drought tolerant shrub land which includes ephedra, golden California Mouse MSC C bush, and others along with native and non-native annuals. Found Free-tailed Bats - Family Moloss idae Peromyscus californicus Deer Mouse MSC/ASC/AGS on the Elkhorn Plain and lower elevations of the Caliente Range. Brazilian Free-tailed Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U C Tadarida brasiliensis Peromyscus maniculatus Pinon Mouse JUN/MSC C Alkali Desert Scrub (ASC) - Includes Valley Sink Scrub, Big Free-tailed Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R Peromyscus truei
Valley Saltbush Scrub, and Interior Coast Range Saltbush Scrub. Nyctinomops macrotis Southern Grasshopper Mouse MSC/ACS/AGS/ C
A low shrub land dominated by iodine bush or saltbush and native Western Mastiff Bat JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U Onychomys torridus tularensis
Eumops perotis and non-native annuals. Found from the margins of Soda Lake to Tulare Grasshopper Mouse MSC/ACS/AGS/ R
the foothills of the Temblor and Caliente Ranges. Onychomys torridus Rabbits and Hares - ORDER Lagomorpha Dusky-footed Woodrat JUN/MSC C Rabbits and Hares - Family Leporidae Annual Grassland (AGS) - Includes Non-native Grassland. Neotoma fuscipes Desert Cottontail JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C Desert Woodrat JUN/MSC C Sylvilagus audubonii KEY TO CODES Neotoma lepida JUN – Juniper MSC - MIxed Scrubland Black-tailed Hare JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C House Mouse** MSC/AGS U ASC - Alkali Desert Scrub AGS - Annual Grassland Lepus californicus C - Common in appropriate habitat. Mus musculus U - Uncommon in appropriate habitat. California Vole MSC/AGS U R - Rare, observed only a few times. Microtus californicus
? - Possibly occurs.
** - Non-native species.
# - State or federally listed species.