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Mammals
& Other Wildlife
(land & marine)
during Focus On Nature Tours
in North America
1991 thru 2010
A List of North American Mammals
compiled by Armas Hill
Noting those during FONT tours
with an (*)
Photo at right:
SILVER-HAIRED BAT,
70 miles off the coast of New Jersey,
during a FONT pelagic trip in September 2004.
Codes:
Seen during FONT tours & pelagic trips in the following:
AK:
in Alaska
AZ: in Arizona
BC: in British Colombia, Canada
CA: in California (inc. offshore)
CO: in Colorado
DE: in Delaware (inc. offshore, some in MD waters)
FL: in Florida
KS: in Kansas
MX: in Mexico
NC: in North Carolina
NE: in Nebraska
NJ: in New Jersey (inc. offshore, some in NY waters)
NF; in Newfoundland, Canada
NM: in New Mexico
TX: in Texas
WA: in Washington State (inc. offshore)
WI: in the West Indies
WY: in Wyoming
(p): seen pelagically

The widespread Red Fox
(photo by Doris Potter)
Links:
North American Marine Wildlife, other than Whales & Dolphins
A Complete List of North
American Birds, in 3 parts:
List #1: Grouse to Shorebirds
List #2: Jaegers to Flycatchers
List #3: Shrikes to Buntings
Upcoming
FONT Birding & Nature Tours in North America
Directory
of Photos in this Website, in this list & others

AMERICAN OPOSSUMS
(in the Order
Didelphimorphia (formerly Marsupialia), Family Didelphidae)
- Virginia Opossum (*) ______ CA,DE
Didelphis virginiana

Virginia Opossum
(photo by Karl Frafjord, during a FONT tour in Texas)
ARMADILLOS (in the Order Xenarthra (formerly Edentata)
("Edentates" means "those without teeth". However, this term is more
appropriate for the xenarthrans that truly are toothless, the Old World pangolins.)
(Family Dasypodidae)
Nine-banded (Long-nosed) Armadillo
(*) ______ FL,TX
Dasypus novemcinctus
(of the 20 New World armadillos, this is the only one in the
United States)
Nine-banded Armadillo
PIKAS, RABBITS & HARES (Order Lagomorpha)
PIKA (Family Ochotonidae)
American Pika (or Cony)
(*) ______ AK,CO
Ochotona princeps
Collared Pika
______
Ochotona collaris
RABBITS & HARES (Family Leporidae)
European Rabbit (i) (*) ______ WA
Oryctolagus cuniculus (the single member of its genus)
Mountain Cottontail (*) ______ CO,WA,WY
(has also been
called
Nuttall's Cottontail)
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Desert Cottontail (*) ______
AZ,CA,CO,NM,TX
Sylvilagus audubonii

A Desert Cottontail,
photographed during a FONT tour
Eastern Cottontail (*) ______ AZ,CO,DE,FL,KS,NC,NE,OK,TX,WA
Sylvilagus floridanus
(a western population in central-east Washington State)
New England Cottontail ______
Sylvilagus transitionalis
Appalachian Cottontail ______
Sylvilagus obscurus
Marsh Rabbit (*) ______ FL,NC
Sylvilagus
(formerly Tapeti) palistris
Swamp Rabbit ______
Sylvilagus
(formerly Tapeti) aquaticus
Brush Rabbit (*) ______ CA
Sylvilagus
(formerly Microlagus) bachmani
Pygmy Rabbit ______
Brachylagus idahoensis (the single member of its genus)
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (*) ______ AZ,CA,CO,KS,NM,OK,TX
Lepus californicus

Black-tailed Jackrabbits, photographed during a
FONT tour
White-tailed Jackrabbit (*) ______ CO,KS
Lepus townsendii
Antelope Jackrabbit (*) ______ AZ
Lepus alleni
White-sided Jackrabbit ______
Lepus callotis
Snowshoe Hare (*) ______ AK,CO,NF,WY
(another name is Varying Hare)
Lepus americanus
Alaskan Hare (*)
______ AK
Lepus othus
Arctic Hare ______
Lepus arcticus
RODENTS: gnawing mammals (Order Rodentia - the largest order of mammals with nearly 2,000
species worldwide)
Families include:
Sewellel (Aplodontiidae)
Squirrels (Sciuridae)
Pocket Gophers (Geomyidae)
Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice (Heteromyidae)
Mice & Rats (Muridae), New World Mice & Rats (subfamily
Sigmodontinae)
New World Porcupines (Erethizontidae)
Family APLODONTIIDAE
Sewellel
______ (has been called Mountain Beaver)
Aplodontia rufa (the single ember of its genus)
Family SCIURIDAE: Squirrels
Hoary Marmot (*) ______ AK,WA
(has also been called "Whistler")
Marmota caligata
Alaska Marmot ______ (in the
Brooks Range of northern Alaska)
Marmota broweri
Yellow-bellied Marmot (*) ______ CO
(has also been called Rockchuck)
Marmota flaviventris

Yellow-bellied Marmot
Olympic Marmot ______ (on
montane meadows & slopes of the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington
State)
Marmota olympus
Vancouver Island Marmot ______
Marmota vancouverensis
Woodchuck (*) ______ AK,DE,NE
(has also been called "Groundhog")
Marmota monax
(The subspecies in Alaska, M. m. ochracea,
is reddish cinnamon in color.)


Woodchucks (upper photo: an adult; lower photo: two
young)
(photographs by Doris Potter)
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (*) ______ CO,KS,NE
Cynomys ludovicianus
White-tailed Prairie Dog (*) ______ CO
Cynomys leucurus
Gunnison Prairie Dog (*) ______ CO
Cynomys gunnisoni

Gunnison's Prairie Dog
(photo by Doris Potter)
Utah Prairie Dog ______
Cynomys parvidens
Harris's Antelope Squirrel (*) ______ AZ
(has
also been called Yuma Antelope Squirrel)
Ammospermophilus harrisii

Harris's Antelope Squirrel, photographed during
a FONT tour
Texas Antelope Squirrel (*) ______ TX
Ammospermophilus interpres
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel ______
Ammospermophilus leucurus

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
(photo by Doris Potter)
Nelson's Antelope Squirrel (t2)
______ (in the San Joaquin valley of southern California)
Ammospermophilus nelsoni
California Ground Squirrel (*) ______ CA
Spermophilus
(formerly Otospermophilus) beecheyi
Arctic Ground Squirrel (*) ______ AK
Spermophilus
(formerly Urocitellus) parryii
Columbian Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus
(formerly Urocitellus) columbianus
Spotted Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus
(formerly Ictidomys) spilosoma
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (*) ______
CO,NE,WY
Spermophilus
(formerly Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus
Mexican Ground Squirrel (*) ______ NM,TX
Spermophilus
(formerly Ictidomys) mexicanus
Richardson's Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus richardsonii
Wyoming Ground Squirrel (*) ______ CO,WY
(was conspecific with the Richardson's Ground Squirrel, Spermphilus
richardsonii)
Spermophilus elegans
Washington Ground Squirrel (*) ______ WA
Spermophilus washingtoni
Belding's Ground Squirrel (*) ______ WA
(seen in eastern Washington State,
slightly north of boundary in range maps)
Spermophilus beldingi
Uinta Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus armatus
Idaho Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus brunneus
Merriam's Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus canus
Piute Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus mollis
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (*) ______ CO
Spermophilus
(formerly Callospermophilus or Citellus) lateralis
Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
(*) ______ WA (a
recent "split" from the Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel)
Spermophilus
(formerly Callospermophilus) saturatus
Townsend's Ground Squirrel (*) ______ WA
Spermophilus townsendii
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (*) ______ AZ
Spermophilus
(formerly Xerospermophilus) tereticaudus

Round-tailed Ground Squirrel, photographed
during a FONT tour
Mojave Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus
(formerly Xerospermophilus) mohavensis
Variegated Ground Squirrel (or Rock Squirrel)
(*) ______ AZ,CO,NM,TX
Spermophilus
(formerly Otospermophilus) variegatus
Franklin's Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus
(formerly Poliocitellus) franklinii
Townsend's Chipmunk (*) ______ WA
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) townsendii
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (*) ______ WA
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) amoenus
Merriam's Chipmunk (*) ______ CA
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) merriami
Least Chipmunk (*) ______ CO,WA,WY
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) minimus
Panamint Chipmunk (*) ______ CA
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) panamintinus
Colorado Chipmunk (*) ______ CO
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) quadrivittatus
Cliff Chipmunk (*) ______ AZ
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) dorsalis

Cliff Chipmunk, photographed during a FONT
tour
Alpine Chipmunk ______ (in high
altitude rocky alpine meadows in the Sierra Nevada range in California)
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) alpinus
Gray-footed Chipmunk ______ (on
rocky, brushy slopes of south-central New Mexico & extreme west Texas)
Tamias
(formerly Neotamias) canipes
California Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) obscurus
Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) ochrogenys
Palmer's Chipmunk ______ (in
the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada)
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) palmeri
Long-eared Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) quadrimaculatus
Red-tailed Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) ruficaudus)
Hopi Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) rufus

Hopi Chipmunk
(photo by Doris Potter)
Shadow Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) senax
Siskiyou Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) siskiyou
Sonoma Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) sonomae
Lodgepole Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) speciosus
Uinta Chipmunk ______
Tamias (formerly Neotamias) umbrinus
Eastern Chipmunk (*) ______ DE
Tamias striatus
Eastern Chipmunk
(photo by Doris Potter)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (i/wNA) (*) ______
BC,DE,NC,NE,WA
Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern Gray Squirrel
(photo by Doris
Potter)
Western Gray Squirrel (*) ______ CA,WA
Sciurus
(formerly Hesperosciurus) griseus
Arizona Gray Squirrel (*) ______ AZ
Sciurus arizonensis
Eastern Fox Squirrel (*) ______ CO,NC,NE,TX
Sciurus niger
(northern form in Colorado & Nebraska; in Nebraska the black morph)
(in North Carolina, a dark southeastern form, but with white nose and
ears)

An Eastern Fox Squirrel photographed during the
FONT birding & nature tour
in North Carolina in May 2009
Mexican Fox Squirrel (*) ______ AZ
(has
been called Apache Fox Squirrel, Sciurus
apache)
Sciurus nayaritensis
Tassel-eared (or Abert's) Squirrel (*)
______
AZ,CO (another name is Abert's Squirrel)
Sciurus
(formerly Otosciurus) aberti
American Red Squirrel (*) ______ AK,CO,NF,WA (another
name has been "Spruce Squirrel")
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Douglas' Squirrel (*) ______ WA
(also
called "Chickaree") (Note, however, that the Red
Squirrel is also referred to as "Chickaree" in
the Rocky Mountains)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Southern Flying
Squirrel ______
Glaucomys volans
Northern Flying
Squirrel ______
Glaucomys sabrinus
AQUATIC RODENTS
American Beaver (*) ______ AK,CO,NE,NF,WY
Castor canadensis

American Beaver
(photo by Doris Potter)
Muskrat (*) ______ AK,CO,DE,NE,WA,WY
Ondatra zibethicus (the single member of its genus)

Muskrat
(photo by Doris Potter)
Nutria (or Coypu) (i) (*) ______ NC,TX,WA
Myocastor coypus (the single member of its genus)
(native to South America)

A Nutria, or Coypu, photographed during a FONT tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Round-tailed
Muskrat ______
Neofiber alleni
(the single member of its genus)
POCKET
GOPHERS (Family Geomyidae)
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (*) ______
TX
Pappogeomys
(formerly Cratogeomys) castanops
MICE & RATS
North American Deermouse (*) ______ AZ,WA
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northwestern Deermouse (*) ______ WA
Peromyscus keeni
Chihuahan Pocket Mouse (*) ______ TX
Chaetodipus eremicus
Olive-backed Pocket
Mouse (*) ______ CO
Perognathus fasciatus
Plains Pocket Mouse (*) ______ KS
Perognathus flavescens
Plains Harvest Mouse (*) ______ CO
Reithrodontomys montanus
White-throated Woodrat (*) ______ AZ
Neotoma albigula
Hispid Cotton Rat (*) ______
NC,TX
Sigmodon hispidus
Meadow Vole (*) ______
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Meadow Vole
(photo by Doris Potter)
Singing (formerly
called Alaska)
Vole (*) ______ AK
Microtus
(formerly
Stenocranius) miurus
Tiaga (formerly called Yellow-cheeked)
Vole (*) ______ AK
Microtus (formerly
Aulacomys) xanthognathus
NEW WORLD PORCUPINES (Family Erethizontidae)
North American Porcupine (*) ______ AK,CO,WA
Erethizon dorsatum

North American Porcupine
(photo by Doris Potter)
CARNIVORES (Order Carnivora)
Families include:
Canines: Dogs & Foxes (Canidae)
Felines: Cats (Felidae)
Bears: (Ursidae)
Procyonids: Raccoons & allies (Procyonidae)
Mustelids: Weasels, Skunks & allies (Mustelidae)
CANINES:
Coyote (*) ______ AZ,CA,CO,KS,NE,TX,WA
Canis latrans
Above: A Coyote
photographed during a FONT tour.
Below: An applicable comment regarding the widespread & adaptable
Coyote.
(the lower photo courtesy of Doris Potter)

Gray Wolf ______
Canis lupus
Red Wolf (t1) (*) ______ NC(i)
Canis rufus (Some contend this to be a "historical hybrid" between
the Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, and the
Coyote, Canis latrans.) (The
"Red
Wolf" was introduced into eastern North Carolina from the Southwest
US.)
Gray Fox (*) ______ AZ,CA,CO,TX,WA
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(would be monotypic were it not for the
Island Gray Fox
of the Channel Is. of California, Urocyon littoralis)
Island Gray Fox ______ (restricted to 6 Channel Islands off the California coast; half to
two-thirds the size of the Gray Fox)
Urocyon littoralis
Red Fox (*) _____ AK,CA,CO,NE,WA
Vulpes vulpes fulva (the North
American animal considered now to be conspecific with the Old World Red Fox, Vulpes
v. vulpes)

Red Fox
(photo by Doris Potter)
Swift Fox (*) ______ CO
Vulpes velox
Kit Fox (*) ______ TX
Vulpes macrotis
Arctic Fox (*) ______ AK
Vulpes (formerly Alopex) lagopus
FELINES:
Bobcat (*) ______ CA,NC,TX
Felis
(formerly Lynx) rufa
Canadian Lynx
______
Felis
(formerly Lynx) canadensis
Puma ______ (also called Mountain Lion
or Cougar)
Felis
(formerly Puma) concolor
Ocelot ______
Felis
(formerly Leopardus) pardalis
Jaguarundi ______
Felis
(formerly Herpailurus) yagouaroundi
Jaguar ______
Panthera
(formerly Jaguarius) onca
BEARS:
American Black Bear (*) ______ AK,AZ,NC
Urus (formerly Euarctos) americanus
(Up to 18 subspecies are recognized.)
(Note: Not all "Black
Bears" are black. Some coastal populations of British Columbia
and Alaska are creamy white, the "Kermode Bear".
Others are bluish gray, the "Glacier Bear". Another
population in the Northwest US is light reddish-brown, the "Cinnamon
Bear". Most in the eastern US are black.)
Brown Bear (*) ______ AK
(also called Grizzly Bear)
Ursus arctos (has also been Ursus horribilis)
(The larger "Big
Brown (or Kodiak) Bear" of Alaska
& northwest Canada has been considered a distinct species, U.
middendorffi, but generally now considered conspecific with U.
arctos)
(The Brown Bear of North America, Europe, and Asia is now by
most considered as a single species.)
Polar Bear ______
Thalarctos maritimus (the single member of its genus)
PROCYONIDS:
Northern Raccoon (*) ______ CO,DE,FL,NC,NE,TX,WA
Procyon lotor|

Northern Raccoon
(photo by Doris
Potter)
Ringtail (*) ______ TX
Bassariscus astutus
White-nosed Coati (*) ______ AZ
Nasua narica

White-nosed Coati
(photo by Marie Gardner)
AQUATIC MUSTELIDS
American Mink (*) ______ DE,NC
Mustela vison
(Note: There formerly was a "Sea Mink", larger and redder,
Mustela
v. macrodon, along the North Atlantic coast. It was trapped to extinction by
the 1860's. Some say it was a full species.)
Other species in the Mustela genus follow in "Other Mustelids".

American Mink
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Northern River Otter (*) ______ CA,NC,WA
Lutra (formerly Lontra) canadensis
(Up to 5 feet in length; up to 22 pounds in weight.)
Sea Otter (*) ______ AK,CA
Enhydra lutris (the single member of its genus)

Sea Otters
OTHER MUSTELIDS:
American Badger (*) ______
CO
Taxidea taxus (the single member of its genus)

An American Badger
photographed during a FONT Colorado tour
Eastern Spotted Skunk ______
Spilogale putorius
Western Spotted Skunk (*) ______ CO
Spilogale gracilis
Hooded Skunk (*) ______ AZ
Mephitis macroura
Striped Skunk (*) ______ AZ,CO,NE,TX
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Hog-nosed
Skunk ______
Conepatus leuconotus
Western Hog-nosed
Skunk ______
Conepatus mesoleucus
American Marten
______
Martes americana
Fisher ______
Martes pennanti
Ermine
______ (also called Stoat)
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel
______
Mustela frenata
Least Weasel
______
Mustela nivalis
Black-footed
Ferret (t1) ______
Mustela nigripes
Wolverine ______
Gulo gulo (the single member of its genus)
SHREWS & MOLES (in the Order Insectivores "insect eaters" - this
group, throughout much of the world, includes shrews, moles, hedgehogs,
moonrats, and tenrecs. (Family Soricidae)
Cinereous Shrew ______
Sorex cinereus
Southeastern Shrew ______
Sorex longirostris
American Pygmy Shrew ______ (the
smallest mammal in North America)
Nicrosorex
(formerly Sorex) hoyi
Alaska Tiny Shrew ______
Sorex yukonicus
American Long-tailed Shrew ______
Sorex dispar
Smoky Shrew ______
Sorex fumeus
Gaspe Shrew ______ (rocky areas
of Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec & Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia)
Sorex gaspensis
American Water Shrew ______
Sorex palustris
Marsh Shrew ______
Sorex bendirii
Arctic Shrew ______
Sorex arcticus
Maritime Shrew ______ (split
from Arctic Shrew
in 2002)
Sorex maritimensis
Tundra Shrew ______
Sorex tundrensis
Prairie Shrew ______
Sorex haydeni
American Dwarf Shrew ______
Sorex nauus
Merriam's Shrew ______
Sorex merriami
Arizona Shrew ______
Sorex arizonae
Preble's Shrew ______
Sorex preblei
Mount Lyell Shrew ______
Sorex lyelli
Inyo Shrew ______
Sorex tenellus
Ornate Shrew ______
Sorex ornatus
Baird's Shrew ______
Sorex bairdii
Fog Shrew ______
Sorex sonomae
Vagrant Shrew ______
Sorex vagrans
Pacific Shrew ______
Sorex pacificus
Trowbridge's Shrew ______
Sorex trowbridgii
Montane (formerly Dusky)
Shrew (*) ______ WA
Sorex monticolus
Barren Ground Shrew ______
Sorex ugyunak
Pribilof Island Shrew (*) ______
AK
(endangered)
Sorex pribilofensis
Least Shrew ______
Cryptotis parva
Northern Short-tailed
Shrew ______
Blarina brevicauda
Southern Short-tailed
Shrew ______
Blarina carolinensis
Eliot's Short-tailed
Shrew ______
Blarina hylophaga
Desert Shrew
______
Notiosorex crawfordi
Cockrum's Desert
Shrew ______
Notiosorex cockrumi
American Shrew
Mole ______
Neurotrichus gibbsii (the single member of its genus)
Townsend's Mole
______
Scapanus townsendii
Broad-footed Mole
______
Scapanus latimanus
Coast Mole ______
Scapanus orarius
Eastern Mole
______
Scalopus aquaticus (the single member of its genus)
Hairy-tailed Mole
______
Parascalops breweri (the single member of its genus)
Star-nosed Mole
______
Condylura cristata (the single member of its genus)
BATS (Order Chiroptera - with about 950 species worldwide, the
diversity of bats is second only to that of rodents)
LEAF-CHINNED BAT (Family MORMOOPIDAE) (8 species in the New
World)
(Peter's) Ghost-faced Bat ______
Mormoops megalophylla
AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS (Family PHYLLOSTOMIDAE) (155 species in
the New World)
California Leaf-nosed
Bat ______
Macrotus californicus
North American Long-nosed Bat
(*) ______ AZ
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (formerly conspecific with
what's now the Mexican Long-nosed Bat, L.
nivalis)
(population in Arizona was formerly considered by some a distinct
species, the Sanborn's Long-nosed Bat, L.
sanborni)

A North American Long-nosed Bat at a hummingbird
feeder after dark
Mexican Long-nosed Bat ______
(endangered) (summer migrant from Mexico into Texas)
Leptonycteris nivalis
Mexican Long-tongued Bat (*) ______ AZ
Choeronycteris mexicana (the single member of its genus)

A Mexican Long-tongued Bat at a hummingbird
feeder after dark
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat ______
Diphylla ecaudata
FREE-TAILED BATS (Family MOLOSSIDAE) (94 species worldwide)
Mexican (or Brazilian) Free-tailed Bat
(*) ______ NM,TX
Tadarida brasiliensis
(many at Carlsbad Caverns)

ABOVE & BELOW:
Mexican Free-tailed Bats

Big Free-tailed Bat (*) ______ NM
Nyctinomops macrotis
Pocketed Free-tailed
Bat ______
Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Greater Bonneted
Bat ______
Eumops perotis
Underwood's Bonneted
Bat ______
Eumops underwoodi
Wagner's Bonneted
Bat ______
Eumops glaucinus
Pallas's Mastiff
Bat ______
Molossus molossus
VESPER BATS (Family VESPERTILIONIDAE) (364 species wordldwide)
Silver-haired Bat (*) ______ NJ (p)
Lasionycteris noctivagans (the single member of its genus)
(came onboard a FONT pelagic trip, 70 miles offshore from
New Jersey, September 12, 2004)

Silver-haired Bat
Eastern Red Bat (*) ______ NJ (p)
Lasiurus borealis (Eastern Red Bat & Western Red Bat
have recently been "split")
Western Red Bat ______
Lasiurus blossevillii
Seminole Bat (*) ______ NC
Lasiurus seminolus
Northern Yellow Bat ______
Lasiurus intermedius
Southern Yellow Bat ______
Lasiurus egaq
Western Yellow Bat ______ (was
part of the Southern Yellow Bat)
Lasiurus xanthinus
Hoary Bat ______
Lasiurus cinereus
Spotted Bat ______
Euderma maculatum
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat ______
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Townsend's Big-eared Bat ______
Corynorhinus townsendii
Allen's Big-eared Bat ______
Idionycteris phyllotis
Pallid Bat ______
Antrozous pallidus
Southwestern Myotis ______
Myotis auriculus
Fringed Myotis ______
Myotis thysanodes
Long-eared Myotis ______
Myotis evotis
Keen's Myotis ______
Myotis keenii
Northern Myotis ______
Myotis septentrionalis
California Myotis (*) ______ CA
Myotis californicus
Western Small-footed Myotis ______
Myotis ciliolabrum
Eastern Small-footed Myotis ______
Myotis leibii
Long-legged Myotis ______
Myotis volans
Cave Myotis ______
Myotis velifer
Yuma Myotis (*) ______ TX
Myotis
(formerly Leuconoe) yumanensis
Little Brown Myotis (*) ______ CO,NC
Myotis
(formerly Leuconoe) lucifugus
Gray Myotis ______
Myotis grisescens
Southeastern Myotis ______
Myotis austroriparius
Indiana Myotis ______
Myotis sodalis
Big Brown Bat (*) ______ CA,WA
Eptesicus fuscus
Evening Bat ______
Nycticeius humeralis
Eastern Pipistrelle (*) ______ NC
Pipistrellus (formerly Perimyotis) subflavus
Western Pipistrelle (*) ______ AZ,TX
Pipistrellus
(formerly
Hypsugo) hesperus
MARINE MAMMALS I - SEALS & SEA LIONS (Order Pinnidedia,
"fin-footed")
EARED SEALS, including SEA LIONS & FUR SEALS (Family Otariidae)
California Sea Lion (*) ______ CA
(the Galapagos Sea Lion is a race of this species, there is
another rare subspecies in Japan)
Zalophus californiannus (the single member of its genus)
(Males are about 6.5 feet in length, and
weigh up to almost 600 pounds; females about 5.9 feet in length, and
weighing up to 198 pounds.)
Northern
Sea Lion (*) ______ AK,WA
(has also been called Steller's Sea
Lion)
Eumetopias jubatus (the single member of its genus)
(Males are nearly 10 feet long, and can weigh up to 2,200 pounds; females
up 6.6 feet in length, and weighing up to 660 pounds.)
(The smallest adult Steller's Sea Lion
is larger than the largest California Sea Lion)
Northern Fur Seal (*) ______ AK,CA,WA
Callorbinnus ursinus (the single member of its genus)

A Northern Fur Seal,
photographed during a FONT Tour in Alaska
HAIR, including PHOCID, SEALS (Family Phocidae)
Harbor Seal (*) ______ AK,CA,WA
Phoca vitulina
(range from 3.9 to 5.9 feet in length, weigh
from 99 to 230 pounds)

Harbor Seal, during a FONT tour
(photo by James Scheib)
Ringed Seal (*) ______ AK
Phoca hispida
Ribbon Seal ______
Phoca fasciata
Spotted Seal ______
Phoca largha
Harp Seal ______
Phoca groenlandica
Hooded Seal ______
Cystophora cristata
Gray Seal ______
Halichoerus grypus
Bearded Seal (*) ______
AK
Erignathus barbatus (the single member of its
genus)
Northern Elephant Seal (*) ______ CA
Mirounga angustirostris
(Males can be over 16 feet in length,
and weigh up to 4,400 pounds; females weigh up to 1,760 pounds.)
WALRUS (Family Odobenidae)
Walrus (*) ______ AK
Odobenus rosmarus
(the single member of its genus)
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES (Order Artiodactyla)
(This order worldwide is diverse, including: pigs, hippopotamuses, camels,
deer, antelope, and cattle.)
SHEEP, GOATS, BISON, & MUSKOX (Family Bovidae)
Bighorn Sheep (*) ______ CO,WA
Ovis canadensis
("Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep" in Colorado, O. c. canadensis)
("Desert Bighorn Sheep" in Washington)

A
Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis, in the Rocky Mountains of
Colorado.
(photo by Rick Greenspun,
during a FONT tour in Colorado)
Dall's Sheep (*) ______ AK
Orvis dalli
Mountain Goat (*) ______ AK
Ocramnos americanus (the single member of
its genus)
(Plains) American Bison (or Buffalo)
(*) ______
CO (today domesticated)
Bison b. bison
Muskox (*) ______ AK
Ovibus moschatus (the single member of
its genus)
(nearly extinct at the end of the 19th Century, now
reestablished in parts of Alaska)
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (Family Antilocapridae)
(There is only one living species in this exclusively American family.)
Pronghorn (*) ______ AZ,CO,KS,NE,OK,TX,WY
Antilocapra americana (the single member of its genus)
(the fastest North American mammal; has been clocked at 60 mph)

Pronghorn
NEW WORLD PIGS OR PECCARIES - 2 species, 1 of which
north of Mexico (Family Tayassuidae)
(Note: the Old World Swine (Boars, introduced various places in North
America) are in the Family Suidae)
Collared Peccary (*) ______ AZ,TX
(also
called Javelina)
Dicotyles
(formerly Pecari) tajacu
(formerly Pecari) tajacu
(was at one time Pecari angulatus)

Collared Peccaries
DEER (Family Cervidae: hoofed animals with antlers shed each year)
"American" Elk (or Wapiti) (*)
______
CO,WA,WY
Cervus elaphus canadensis
(another, slightly smaller, subspecies in Europe is called there the
Red Deer)

Elk (or Wapiti)
(photo by Doris Potter)
"Tule" Elk (*) ______ CA
Cervus elaphus nannodes (a subspecies of the
Elk
in
California)
Moose (*) ______ AK,CO
(in Europe called
Elk)
Alces alces (the single member of its genus)

Moose, photographed during a FONT tour
Mule Deer (*) ______ AZ,CA,CO,KS,NE,NM,OK,TX,WA,WY
(a subspecies west of the Cascades
called
Blacktail Deer,
O. h. columbianus)
Odocoileus hemionus

Mule Deer
White-tailed Deer (*) ______
AZ,CO,DE,FL,KS,NC,NE,TX,WA
Odocoileus virginianus
(including "Columbian White-tailed Deer" in the Pacific Northwest)
(including "Coue's White-tailed Deer" in Arizona)
(including "Sierra del Carmen White-tailed Deer" in the Chisos
Mtns of west Texas)
(including "Key White-tailed Deer" in the Florida
Keys)
(This mammal occurs in all 48 states of the lower mainland US.)

White-tailed Deer
(photo by Howard Eskin)
(Common) Fallow Deer (i) (*) ______ CA
(feral at Point Reyes, CA; originally in the Mediterranean region of the Old
World)
Dama dama

Fallow Deer
(photo by James Scheib)
(Barren Ground) Caribou (*) ______ AK
Rangifer tarandus (the single member of
its genus)
"Reindeer" (i) (*) ______ AK
(either from domesticated stock or from European Caribou)
Rangifer
tarandus
SIRENIANS (Order Sirenia)
MANATEES (Family Trichechidae) (There are 3 species of manatees in the world.)
West Indian Manatee (*) ______ FL
(has also been called "Sea Cow")
Trichechus manatus
MARINE MAMMALS II - PORPOISES, DOLPHINS, & WHALES (Order Cetacea)
TOOTHED WHALES (Suborder Odontoceti) include:
Dolphins & Porpoises, the Beaked Whales, Sperm Whales, the Beluga and
Narwhal.
OCEAN DOLPHINS (Family Delphinidae)
Short-beaked Common Dolphin (*)
______ CA,DE,NJ
(p) (also called "Saddleback Dolphin")
Delphinus delphis

Short-beaked Common Dolphin, during a FONT tour
(photo by Andy Smith)
Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin
inshore population (*) ______ DE,NC,
offshore population (*) ______ DE,NJ (p)
Tursiops truncatus
(in the Atlantic, called "Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin")

An offshore Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin during a
FONT pelagic trip
off the East Coast of North America
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (*) ______ NC (p)
Stenella frontalis
Clymene (or Short-snouted
Spinner) Dolphin (*) ______ NC (p)
Stenella clymene

Clymene Dolphins (or Short-snouted Spinner
Dolphins) jumping out of the water,
during a FONT pelagic trip in the Gulf Stream off the coast of North
Carolina
Striped Dolphin ______
Stenella coeruleoalba
Northern Right Whale Dolphin
(*) ______ CA,WA
(p)
Lissodelphis borealis
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
(*) ______ NJ (p)
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (*)
______ CA
(p)
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
(Up to just over 7 feet in length; up to
about 200 pounds in weight.)
White-beaked Dolphin ______
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Risso's Dolphin (*) ______ CA,DE,NC,NJ
(p) (also
called Gray Grampus)
Grampus griseus (the single member of its genus)
(Up to nearly 12 feet in length; up to 900
pounds in weight.)
Risso's Dolphins photographed during a FONT pelagic trip
Orca (*) ______ AK,CA,WA (p)
(has also been called Killer Whale or "Sea Wolf")
Orcinus orca (the single member of its genus)
(Males up to 30 feet in length, females up to
27 feet; males weigh up to 5 tons, females up to 3 tons. The male's dorsal
fin can be 6 feet high; that of the female about 2 feet in height)
(One of the fastest swimming whales, with a maximum recorded speed of 30
knots maintained for 20 minutes.)
An Orca, or Killer Whale
This marine mammal has been seen nicely during FONT Pacific Coast Tours
in Washington State.
False Killer Whale (*) ______ NC (p)
Pseudorca crassidens (the single member of its genus)
Long-finned Pilot Whale (*) ______ NJ (p)
(has also been called "Blackfish")
Globicephala melas

A Long-finned Pilot Whale photographed during a
FONT pelagic trip
off the East Coast of North America
Short-finned Pilot Whale (*) ______
CA,NC (p) (has also been
called "Blackfish")
Globicephala macrorhynchus
(Males up to over 22 feet in length; females
up to over 16 feet long. Males weigh to to 2,640 pounds; females up to 1,760
pounds.)
PORPOISES (Family PHOCOENIDAE) (6 species worldwide)
Harbor Porpoise
______
Phocoena phocoena
Dall's Porpoise (*) ______ AK,CA,WA
(p)
Phocoenoides dalli (the single member of its genus)
(the single member of its genus)
(Up to 6.6 feet in length; up to 330 pounds
in weight.)
BEAKED WHALES (Family Ziphiidae)
(Pelagic in habitat, most are poorly known)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale (*) ______ NC (p)
(has also been called Goosebeak Whale)
Ziphius cavirostris (the single member of its genus)

A Cuvier's Beaked Whale photographed during
a FONT pelagic trip,
showing the beak
Blainville's Beaked Whale (*) ______ NC (p)
Mesoplodon densirostris
True's Beaked Whale (*) ______ NC (p)
Mesoplodon mirus
Baird's Beaked Whale (*) ______ CA
(p)
Berardius bairdii

Baird's Beaked Whale, during a FONT tour off California
SPERM WHALES (Family Physeteridae)
(2 smaller species, the Pygmy Sperm Whale and the Dwarf Sperm Whale, are
sometimes placed in a different family, Kogiidae; they appear to be
distantly related to the Great Sperm Whale.)
(Note: Both the Great Sperm Whale and the Dwarf Sperm Whale has been seen
during FONT pelagic trips in the Caribbean.)
Great Sperm Whale (*) ______ NC (p)
(has also been called Cachalot)
Physeter catodon

Two photos of Great Sperm Whales during FONT
North Carolina pelagic trips.
In the upper photo, note the characteristic angled spout.
In the lower photo, showing 2 whales, not one with the distinctive log-like
appearance.
This species has also been seen during FONT tours in the Caribbean (off
Dominica)
and off the coast of southern Spain.
SINGLE-TOOTHED WHALES (Family MONODONTIDAE)
(3 species worldwide)
Beluga ______
Delphinapterus leucas (the single member of its genus)
Narwhal ______
Monodon monoceros
(the single member of its genus)
BALEEN WHALES - whales without teeth (Suborder
Mysticeti)
GRAY WHALE (Family Eschrichtiidae)
(California) Gray Whale (*) ______
AK,CA,WA (p) (Other names:
"Mussel-digger", "Scrag Whale")
Eschrichtius robustus (the single member of its genus)
(Females are larger than males: females up to over 46 feet long, males up
to over 42 feet long; the animal's weight can be up to 33 tons)
(During a FONT tour near Nome, AK, seen from shore)
(Has a 12,000 mile round-trip migration between its southern breeding
grounds in Baja California and its northern feeding grounds in the Bering,
Chukchi, and western Beaufort seas)
(Gray Whales
formerly occurred in the North Atlantic, where they were hunted to
extinction by the 17th or 18th Century. In the western Pacific, a population
off Korea, may now be extinct. The eastern Pacific population was reduced to
only a few hundred or thousand in the early 1900's.Protection came in 1946,
and that population has now recovered.)
RIGHT & BOWHEAD WHALES (Family BALAENIDAE)
North Atlantic Right Whale (*)
______ NJ (p)
Balaena (formerly Eubalaena) glacialis

Two photographs of the
rare & endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
off the East Coast of North America.
The counterpart in the Southern Atlantic, the Southern Right Whale,
has been seen during FONT tours in Argentina.
Bowhead Whale
______ (in the Arctic Ocean)
Balaena mysticetus
RORQUAL (or FINBACK) WHALES (Family Balaenopteridae)
Humpback Whale (*) ______ AK,CA,NF,NJ,WA (p)
Megaptera novaeanliae (the single member of its genus)
(up to over 52 feet in length, weighing up to 44 tons)

Humpback Whale
Northern Minke Whale (*) ______ NC,NJ,WA
(p) (has also been called Piked Whale or
Lesser Rorqual)
Balacnoptera acutorostrata
(formerly, until 1998, considered conspecific with southern population,
now Antarctic Minke Whale, B.
bonaerensis)
(up to about 30 feet in length,
weighing up to nearly 10 tons)

Northern Minke Whale
Bryde's Whale ______
Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale ______
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale (*) ______ DE,NJ (p)
(has also been called Common Rorqual) (endangered)
Balaenoptera physalus
A Fin Whale during a FONT pelagic trip, off the
East Coast of North America
Blue Whale (*) ______ CA (p)
(has also been called "Sulphurbottom") (endangered)
Balaenoptera musculus
(the largest of all mammals)

Blue Whale
(photo by Armas Hill)
References for the above mammal-list include:
the new book:
"Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson,
published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002.
also new, "Mammals of the World - A Checklist", by Andrew Duff &
Ann Lawson, 2004
"A Field Guide to the Mammals (of North America north of Mexico), by
William H. Burt & Richard P. Grossenheider
"Mammals of the Pacific Northwest", by James R. Christensen & Earl
J. Larrison, 1982
"Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound", by Tony Angell &
Kenneth C. Balcomb, 1982
"Eyewitness Handbook: Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises - a Visual Guide to
the World's Cetaceans", by Mark Carwardine, illustrated by Martin Camm,
1995
"World Guide to Mammals" by Nicole Duplaix
& Noel Simon, 1976
"The Encyclopedia of Mammals", edited by Dr. David Macdonald, 1984
"A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America & Southeast
Mexico", by Fiona A. Reid, 1997