RANCHO LA BREA MAMMALS

† = extinct

¶ = Holocene record only,

‡ = represented by artifactual material

              Order Insectivora

Family Soricidae

        Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895

        Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues, 1877)

Family Talpidae

        Scapanus latimanus (Bachman, 1842)

              Order Primates

Family Hominidae

        Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 ¶

              Order Chiroptera

Family Vespertilionidae

        Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Deauvois, 1796)

        Antrozous pallidus (Le Conte, 1856)

              Order Edentata

Family Megalonychidae

        Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest, 1822) †

Family Megatheridae

        Nothrotheriops shastensis (Sinclair, 1905) †

Family Mylodontidae

        Glossotherium harlani (Owen, 1840) †

              Order Lagomorpha

Family Leporidae

        Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858)

        S. bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839)

        Lepus californicus Gray, 1837

              Order Rodentia

Family Sciuridae

        Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) beecheyi (Richardson, 1823)

        Tamias cf. T. merriami (Allen, 1889)

Family Geomyidae

        Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836)

Family Heteromyidae

        Dipodomys agilis Gambel, 1848

        Perognathus californicus Merriam, 1889

Family Cricetidae

        Reithrodontomys megalotus (Baird, 1858)

        Peromyscus imperfectus Dice, 1925 †

        Onychomys torridus (Coues, 1874)

        Neotoma fuscipes Baird, 1858

        Microtus californicus (Peale, 1848)

              Order Carnivora

Family Mustelidae

        Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831

        Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1778)

        Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758 )

        Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)

Family Canidae

        Canis latrans Say, 1823

        C. lupus Linnaeus, 1758

        C. familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

        C. dirus Leidy, 1858 †

        Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)

Family Procyonidae

        Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

        Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830)

Family Ursidae

        Arctodus simus (Cope, 1879 ) †

        Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

        U. arctos horribilis (Ord, 1815) ¶

Family Felidae

        Smilodon fatalis (Leidy, 1868) †

        S. fatalis brevipes (Merriam and Stock, 1932) †

        Homotherium serum (Cope, 1893) †

        Panthera atrox (Leidy, 1835) †

        P. onca agusta (Simpson, 1941) †

        Felis concolor Linnaeus, 1758 †

        Felis sp. (small)

        Lynx rufus (Shreber, 1777)

              Order Proboscidea

Family Mammutidae

        Mammut americanum (Kerr, 1791) †

Family Elephantidae

        Mammuthus columbi (Falconer, 1857) †

              Order Perissodactyla

Family Equidae

        Equus cf. E.  occidentalis Leidy, 1865 †

        E. conversidens Owen, 1869 †

Family Tapiridae

        Tapirus californicus Merriam, 1913 †

              Order Artiodactyla

Family Tayassuidae

        Platygonus cf. P. compressus LeConte, 1848 †

Family Camelidae

        Camelops hesternus (Leidy, 1854) †

        Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope, 1893) †

Family Cervidae

        Odocoileus cf. O. hemionus (Rafinesque, 1817)

        Cervus cf. C. elaphus (Linnaeus, 1758) ¶ ‡

Family Antilocapridae

        Capromeryx minor Taylor, 1911 †

        Antilocapra americana (Ord, 1815)

Family Bovidae

        Euceratherium sp. cf.  E. collinum Furlong and Sinclair, 1904 †

        Bison latifrons (Harlan, 1825) †

        B. antiquus Leidy, 1852 †

        Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 ¶

Taxonomy and identifications follow Simpson, 1945, Stock, 1956, Kurten and Anderson, 1980,

and Savage and Russell, 1983.