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Santa Barbara News Press--June 1998
"
God's own back yard"

 

Mammals of Sedgwick Reserve

Santa Barbara County, California

Prepared by Paul W. Collins

November 30, 2000

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Pouched Mammals (Marsupialia)  

Status at Sedgwick

Opossums  (Family Didelphidae)

 

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)       Expected to occur
Insect Eaters (Insectivoria)                  

Status at Sedgwick 

Shrews (Family Soricidae)

 

Ornate Shrew (Sorex ornatus)   

Observed

Trowbridge’s Shrew (Sorex trowbridgii

Expected to occur

Moles (Family Talpidae)

 

Broad-footed Mole (Scapanus latimanus)     

 Expected to occur

Bats (Chiroptera)                                  

Status at Sedgwick

Plainnose Bats  (Family Vespertilionidae)

 

California Myotis (Myotis californicus) 

Expected year-round resident

Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes)              

Expected summer visitor

Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis

Expected summer visitor

Western Red Bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)   

Expected spring and fall migrant

Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)   Expected spring and fall migrant
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans

Expected spring and fall migrant

Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus)    

Expected summer visitor

Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)   

Expected summer visitor

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Plecotus townsendii

 Expected year-round resident

Free-tail Bats (Family Molossidae)  
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis

Expected year-round resident

Western Mastiff Bat (Eumops perotis)

Expected summer visitor

Flesh-eaters (Carnivora)    

Status at Sedgwick

Bears (Family Ursidae)

 

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)                     

Expected to occur

Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)                          

Extirpated 

Raccoons and Coatis (Family Procyonidae)

                 

Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus

Expected to occur

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Observed

Weasels, Mink, etc. (Family Mustelidae)  
Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)            

 Observed

American Badger (Taxidea taxus)                 

 Observed

Skunks (Family Mephitidae)

 

Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis)    

 Observed

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)                 

Observed

Dogs, Wolves, and Foxes (Family Canidae)

 

Domestic Dog (Canus familiaris)                   

Introduced

Coyote (Canis latrans)                                 Observed
Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)             Observed

Cats (Family Felidae)

 
Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)                     

Observed

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)                                    

Observed

Feral Cat (Felis catus)                                 

Introduced

Gnawing Mammals (Rodentia)   

            Status at Sedgwick

Squirrels (Family Sciuridae)

 
Merriam’s Chipmunk (Tamias merriami)         

Observed

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi

 Observed

Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus)         

Observed

Pocket Gophers (Family Geomyidae)

 

Botta’s Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)     

Observed

Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Mice, and Kangaroo Rats (Family Heteromyidae)

 
California Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus californicus

 Observed

Agile Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys agilis)          

Observed

Mice, Rats, Lemmings, and Voles (Family Muridae)

 

Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)  

    Expected

Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii)  

                 Expected

California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus)    

Observed

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)          

Observed

Pinon Mouse (Peromyscus truei)                   

Expected

Dusky-footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes)    

Observed

Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida)                

Observed

California Vole (Microtus californicus)            

Observed

Pikas, Hares, and Rabbits (Lagomorpha)     

 Status at Sedgwick

Hares and Rabbits (Family Leporidae)

 

Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii

        Expected

Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)  

             Observed

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)    

Observed

Even-toed Hoofed Mammals (Artiodactyla)  

Status at Sedgwick

Feral Horse, Feral Ass (Family Equidae)

 

Domestic Horse (Equus caballus)                  

Introduced

Old World Swine (Family Suidae)

 

Feral Pig (Sus scrofa)                                  

Observed

Deer (Family Cervidae)

 

Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)                 

Observed

Elk (Cervus elapus)                                     

Extirpated

Pronghorn (Family Antilocapridae)

 

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)               

Extirpated

Bison, Goats, Muskox, and Sheep (Family Bovidae)

 
Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)                       

Introduced

 

Burt, William Henry. 1980. A Field Guide to the Mammals, Third Edition. New York. 271 p.