Mammal Checklists of the United States

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge

Calipatria, California

MAMMALS

Enjoying the Refuge's Wildlife

The study of wild animals in their natural habitat has become increasingly popular. Viewing of wildlife can be greatly enhanced by a pair of binoculars or spotting scope and a good wildlife or birding guide.

Wildlife species in this brochure have been grouped into four categories: Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, and Fish.

Mammals

All mammals listed are considered resident species with the exception of the bats which migrate on a seasonal basis like many of the birds. Families follow that of A Field Guide to the Mammals by Burt and Grossenheider.

SHREWS

___ Desert Shrew
CATS

___ Bobcat
DOGS

___ Coyote                                ___ Gray Fox
___ Desert Kit Fox
LEAFNOSE BATS

___ California Leafnose Bat               ___ Long-tongued Bat
PLAINNOSE BATS

___ California Myotis                     ___ Hoary Bat         
___ Western Pipistrel                     ___ Western Yellow Bat
___ Big Brown Bat                         ___ Pallid Bat        
___ Spotted Bat
FREETAIL BATS

___ Mexican Freetail Bat                  ___ Big Freetail Bat
___ Pocketed Freetail Bat
RABBITS/HARES

___ Desert Cottontail                     ___ Blacktail Jackrabbit
RACCOONS

___ Raccoon
SQUIRRELS/CHIPMUNKS

___ Round-tailed Ground Squirrel          ___ Antelope Ground Squirrel
WEASELS, SKUNKS, BADGERS

___ Striped Skunk                         ___ Badger
___ Spotted Skunk
POCKET GOPHERS

___ Valley Pocket Gopher
WHITE FOOTED MICE

___ Cactus Mouse                          ___ Deer Mouse
POCKET/KANGAROO MICE AND KANGAROO RATS

___ Desert Pocket Mouse                   ___ Spiny Pocket Mouse      
___ Little Pocket Mouse                   ___ Merriam Kangaroo Rat    
___ Desert Kangaroo Rat                   ___ Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
COTTON RATS

___ Hispid Cotton Rat
WOODRAT

___ Desert Woodrat                        ___ White-throated Woodrat
VOLES AND MUSKRATS

___ Muskrat
OLD WORLD RATS AND MICE

___ House Mouse                              ___ Norway Rat
___ Black Rat

For additional information contact:

                      Refuge Manager
                      Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
                      P.O. Box 120 
                      Calipatria, California 92233
                      Telephone: 619/348-5278

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principle agency through which the Federal Government carries out its responsibilities to conserve, protect, and enhance the nation's fish and wildlife, and their habitats, for the continuing benefit of people.

No person shall, on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental restrictions, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the Department of the Interior.

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