Mammals (land & marine) 
found during our 

West Coast USA Tours

in Washington State
& central California

1991 thru 2009

(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 1
    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
Dermochelys coricea

Blue Shark ______  3
Prionace glauca

Thresher Shark ______  1
Alopias vulpinus

Ocean Sunfish ______  3
Mola mola