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California Vertebrates

Available at the Members’ Loan Service

Species in italics are introduced.

*Species Threatened or Endangered (entire species or sub-populations)

†Introduced locally

Mammals

American Badger

American Black Bear†

Bobcat

Botta’s Pocket Gopher

Broad Footed Mole

California Mouse

Chisel-Toothed Kangaroo Rat

Coyote (2)

Desert Pallid Bat

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Heermann's Kangaroo Rat

Island Fox*

Long-Tailed Weasel

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Muskrat

North American Porcupine

Nutria

Opossum (2)

Raccoon (2)

Sea Otter*

Striped Skunk

Western Gray Squirrel

White-Tailed Jackrabbit

Birds

Acorn Woodpecker (2)

American Bittern

American Dipper

American Kestrel

American Pipit

American Redstart

Belted Kingfisher

Black-bellied Plover

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Black Phoebe

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Black Turnstone

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher

Bohemian Waxwing

Brandt’s Cormorant

Brewer’s Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bushtit

Cactus Wren

California Quail

California Towhee

Canada Goose

Cedar Waxwing (2)

Cinnamon Teal (2)

Cassin’s Finch

Clapper Rail*

Clark’s Nutcracker

Cliff Swallow

Common Poorwill (2)

Common Raven

Common Tern

Dunlin

European Starling

Fox Sparrow (riker)

Great Egret

Great Horned Owl

Greater Roadrunner

Golden Eagle

Hooded Oriole

Horned Lark

House Finch Life History

House Sparrow

Loggerhead Shrike*

Mallard (2)

Mountain Plover

Mountain Quail

Northern Flicker*

Northern Mockingbird (2)

Northern Shoveler (3)

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Peregrine Falcon*

Phainopepla

Red-brested Nuthatch

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-winged Blackbird

Ring-necked Duck

Sage Sparrow*

Sanderling (2)

Short-eared Owl

Snow Goose

Snowy Plover*

Spotted Towhee

Spotted Towhee Life History

Steller’s Jay

Western Bluebird (pair)

Western Gull

Western Meadowlark

Western Scrub-Jay

Western Tanager

White-headed Woodpecker

Yellow-headed Parrot

Reptiles and Amphibians

Bull Frog Life History

Cal. Mountain Kingsnake (2)

California Newt

Cal. Whip Snake

Chuckwalla

Desert Tortoise*

Hawksbill Turtle (young)

Horned Lizards

Leopard Frog

Sea Turtle Life History

Western Fence Lizard

Western Rattlesnake (2)

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