Mammals at Starr Ranch
- ORDER NAME
- Family Name
- Species - Common namesSpecies - Scientific name
- MARSUPIALIA
- Didelphidae
- Virginia opossum ÝDidelphis marsupialis
- INSECTIVORA
- Soricidae
- Ornate shrewSorex ornatus
- Desert shrewNotiosorex crawfordi
- Talpidae
- Broad-footed moleScapanus latimanus
- CHIROPTERA
- Vespertilionidae
- Yuma myotisMyotis yumanensis
- California myotisM. californicus
- Hoary batLasiurus cinereus
- Big brown batEptesicus fuscus
- Pallid batAntrozous pallidus
- CARNIVORA
- Canidae
- CoyoteCanis latrans
- Red fox ** ÝVulpes vulpes
- Gray foxUrocyon cinereoargenteus
- Procyonidae
- Ringtail cat **Bassariscus astutus
- RaccoonProcyon lotor
- Mustelidae
- Badger **Taxidea taxus
- Striped skunkMephitis mephitis
- Long-tailed weaselMustela frenata
- Felidae
- Mountain lionFelis concolor
- BobcatLynx rufus
- ARTIODACTYLA
- Cervidae
- Mule deerOdocoileus hemionus
- RODENTIA
- Sciuridae
- California ground squirrelSpermophilus beecheyi
- Western gray squirrelSciurus griseus
- Geomyidae
- Botta's pocket gopherThomomys bottae
- Heteromyidae
- San Diego pocket mousePerognathus fallax
- Little pocket mouseP. longimembris
- California pocket mouseP. californicus
- Pacific kangaroo ratDipodomys agilis
- Cricetidae
- Western harvest mouseReithrodontomys megalotis
- Cactus mousePeromyscus eremicus
- Parasitic mouseP. californicus
- Deer mouseP. maniculatus
- Brush mouseP. boylii
- Desert wood ratNeotoma lepida
- Dusky-footed wood ratN. fuscipes
- Arvicolidae
- California voleMicrotus californicus
- Muridae
- House mouse ÝMus musculus
- LAGOMORPHA
- Leporidae
- Brush rabbitSylvilagus bachmani
- Audubon's cottontailS. audubonii
** not seen in ten years
*** possible
Ý Non-native species
Major Sources
- Bontrager, D.R., 1975. Unpublished Report: An Ecological Survey of the Mammals of the Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary, Orange County, California, 69 pp.
- Starr Ranch Staff
