Mammals (land & marine) 
found during our 

 West Coast USA Tours
in Washington State
& central California

1991 thru 2005

(during the month of September)


these tours included British Columbia, Canada
1991-2001

List compiled by Armas Hill 

Codes:

W: in Washington State
C: in California
B: in British Colombia

  1. Montane (formerly Dusky) Shrew ______ W 1
    Sorex monticolus 
  2. Virginia Opossum ______ C 2
    Didelphis virginiana 
  3. California Myotis ______ C 2
    Myotis californicus
  4. Big Brown Bat ______ W C 3
    Eptesicus fuscus
  5. Northern Raccoon ______ W 2
    Procyon lotor
  6. Northern River Otter ______ W C 2
    Lontra canadensis
  7. Sea Otter ______ C 12
    Enhydra lutris
  8. Coyote ______ W C 8
    Canis latrans
  9. Gray Fox ______ W C 2
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  10. Red Fox _____ W 2
    Vulpes fulva      (the North American animal considered by some as conspecific with the Old World Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes)
  11. Bobcat ______ C 2
    Lynx rufus
  12. California Sea Lion ______ C 12  (the Galapagos Sea Lion is a race of this species, there is another rare subspecies in Japan)
    Zalophus californiannus   
  13. Steller's (or Northern) Sea Lion ______ W 2
    Eumetopias jubatus 
  14. Northern Fur Seal ______ W C 5
    Callorbinnus ursinus
  15. Harbor Seal ______ W C  13
    Phoca vitulina
  16. Northern Elephant Seal ______ C 2
    Mirounga angustirostris
  17. Hoary Marmot ______ W 1
    Marmota caligata
  18. California Ground Squirrel ______ C 11
    Spermophilus beecheyi
  19. Washington Ground Squirrel ______ W 2
    Spermophilus washingtoni
  20. Belding's Ground Squirrel ______ W 1  (seen in eastern Wash State, slightly north of boundary in range maps)
    Spermophilus beldingi 
  21. Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ______ W 7  (a recent "split" from the Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis)
    Spermophilus saturatus
  22. Townsend's Ground Squirrel ______ W 1
    Spermophilus townsendii 
  23. Townsend's Chipmunk ______ W 10
    Tamias townsendii
  24. Yellow-pine Chipmunk ______ W 10
    Tamias amoenus
  25. Merriam's Chipmunk ______ C 6
    Tamias merriami
  26. Least Chipmunk ______ W 2
    Tamias minimus
  27. Panamint Chipmunk ______ C 1
    Tamias panamintinus
  28. Eastern Gray Squirrel (i/wNA) ______ W B 3
    Sciurus carolinensis
  29. Western Gray Squirrel ______ W C 6
    Sciurus griseus
  30. Red (or Spruce) Squirrel ______ W 4
    Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  31. Douglas Squirrel ______ W 9 (also called "Chickaree") (Note, however, that the Red Squirrel is also referred to as "Chickaree" in the Rocky Mtns)
    Tamiasciurus douglasii
  32. North American Porcupine ______ W 1
    Erethizon dorsatum
  33. Muskrat ______ W 1
    Ondatra zibethicus
  34. Nutria (i) ______ W 1  (native to South America)
    Myocastor coypus
  35. North American Deermouse ______ W 2
    Peromyscus maniculatus
  36. Northwestern Deermouse ______ W 1
    Peromyscus keeni
  37. European Rabbit (i) ______ W 6
    Oryctolagus cuniculus
  38. Mountain Cottontail ______ W 7 (has also been called Nuttall's Cottontail)
    Sylvilagus nuttallii
  39. Desert Cottontail ______ C 2
    Sylvilagus audubonii
  40. Eastern Cottontail (western population) ______ W 1
    Sylvilagus floridanus 
  41. Brush Rabbit ______ C 3
    Sylvilagus bachmani
  42. Black-tailed Jackrabbit ______ C 1
    Lepus californicus
  43. (Desert) Bighorn Sheep ______ W 1
    Ovis canadensis
  44. Elk (or Wapiti) ______ W 1
    Cervus elaphus canadensis      (another, slightly smaller, subspecies in Europe is called there the Red Deer) 
    Tule Elk ______ C !
    Cervus elaphus nannodes  (a subspecies of the Elk native to California)
  45. Mule Deer ______ C W 12 (called Blacktail Deer west of the Cascades) 
    Odocoileus hemionus
  46. (Columbian) White-tailed Deer ______ W 3
    Odocoileus virginianus
  47. (Common) Fallow Deer (i) ______ C 1  (feral population in California; native to the Mediterranean region of the Old World) 
    Dama dama
  48. (Short-beaked) Common Dolphin ______ C 7
    Delphinus delphis
  49. Northern Right Whale Dolphin ______ C 4
    Lissodelphis borealis
  50. Pacific White-sided Dolphin ______ C 9
    Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
  51. Risso's Dolphin ______ C 5  (also called Gray Grampus) 
    Grampus griseus
  52. Orca ______ W C 3  (also called Killer Whale) (seen nicely in Puget Sound, Washington during 2004 tour) 
    Orcinus orca
  53. Dall's Porpoise ______ W 7
    Phocoenoides dalli
  54. Short-finned Pilot Whale ______ C 1
    Globicephala macrorhynchus
  55. Baird's Beaked Whale ______ C 3  (8 seen nicely during 2005 tour)
    Berardius bairdii
  56. Gray Whale ______ C 1
    Eschrichtius robustus
  57. Northern Minke Whale ______ W 1
    Balacnoptera acutorostrata
  58. Humpback Whale ______ C 8
    Megaptera novaeanliae
  59. Blue Whale ______ C 3
    Balaenoptera musculus

Reference for this mammal list is the new book: "Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson, published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002. 

 Other Wildlife:

 Leatherback Sea Turtle 1
 Blue Shark 3
 Thresher Shark 1
 Ocean Sunfish 3