Mammals of San Franscisco Bay Area
Mountain Lion - Felis concolor
You can see quite a few mammals in the Bay Area, if you know what you are
looking for. Many are found in protected areas like State Parks but some, like raccoons and skunks, are
even found in suburban environments. Several marine mammals can be seen in the nearby coastal waters and the Harbor Seal can actually be seen in San Francisco Bay.
A special whale-watching page has been compiled for more information on marine mammals ...more .
Bay Area Land Mammals
- Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana
- Ornate Shrew - Sorex ornatus
- Vagrant Shrew - Sorex vagrans
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat - Pelcotus townsendii
- Hoary Bat - Lasiurus cinereus
- California Myotis - Myotis californicus
- Fringed Myotis - Myotis thysanodes
- Yuma Myotis - Myotis yumanensis
- Long-eared Myotis - Myotis evotis
- Pallid Bat - Antrozous pallidus
- Brazilian Free-tailed Bat - Tadarida brasiliensis
- Desert Cottontail - Sylvilagus audubonii
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus californicus
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- Brush Rabbit - Sylvilagus bachmani
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- Western Gray Squirrel - Sciurus griseus
- California Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus beecheyi
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - Sciurus niger
- Sonoma Chipmunk - Neotamias sonomae
- Merriam's Chipmunk - Neotamias merriami
- Botta's Pocket Gopher - Thomomys bottae
- Heermann's Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys heermanni
- California Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus californicus
- House Mouse - Mus musculus
- California Vole - Microtus californicus
- Common Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
- Norway Rat - Rattus norvegicus
- Deer Mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
- Black Rat - Rattus rattus
- California Mouse - Peromyscus californicus
- Pinyon Mouse - Peromyscus true
- Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse - Reithrodontomys raviventris
- Western Harvest Mouse - Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Dusky-footed Woodrat - Neotoma fuscipes
- Gray Fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Kit Fox - Vulpes macrotis
- Coyote - Canis latrans
- Raccoon - Procyon lotor
- Northern River Otter - Lontra canadensis
- Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata
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- Western Spotted Skunk - Spilogale gracilis
- Striped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis
- Cougar (Mountain Lion) - Puma concolor
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- Bobcat - Lynx rufus
- Wild Pig - Sus scrofa (Introduced)
- Elk - Cervus elaphus
- Black-tailed (Mule) Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Bay Area Marine Mammals
Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
- Northern Sea-lion - Eumetopias jubatus
- California Sea-lion - Zalophus californianus
- Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
- Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina
- Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris
- Gray Whale - Eschrichtius robustus
- Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
- Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus
- Pacific White-sided Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Dall's Porpoise - Phocoenoides dalli
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