Mammals of Whiskeytown

Ring-tailed cat. NPS Photo

Whiskeytown is home to a wide variety of mammal species. Rare mammals in the park include the Pacific fisher (a federal candidate species), four federal species of concern (long-eared, fringed, yuma myotis; and western big-eared bat), and one California species of concern, the pallid bat.

Black bears, coyotes, mountain lions, and fox can all be found in the park along with numerous rodents, rabbits, and insectivores. Bats are perhaps the park's most diverse group of mammals with 13 species documented here.

Whiskeytown Mammals

Hooved Animals

• Black-tailed deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Carnivores

• Coyote Canis latrans
• Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Red fox Vulpes vulpes
• Mountain lion Puma concolor
• Bobcat Lynx rufus
• Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
• Spotted skunk Spilogale putorius
• River otter Lutra canadensis
• Marten Martes americana
• Pacific fisher Martes pennanti
• Ermine Mustela erminea
• Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata
• Mink Mustela vison
• Badger Taxidea taxus
• Ringtail Bassariscus astutus
• Raccoon Procyon lotor
• Black bear Ursus americanus

Insectivores

• Northern water shrew Sorex palustris
• Trowbridge's shrew Sorex trowbridgii
• Vagrant shrew Sorex vagrans
• Shrew-mole Neurotrichus gibbsii
• Broad-footed mole Scapanus latimanus

Bats

• Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis
• Pallid bat Antrozous pallidus
• Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
• Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
• Red bat Lasiurus blossevillii
• Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
• California myotis Myotis californicus
• Long-eared myotis Myotis evotis
• Little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus
• Fringed myotis Myotis thysanodes
• Long-legged myotis Myotis volans
• Yuma myotis Myotis yumanensis
• Pacific western big-eared bat Plecotus corynorhinus

Marsupials

• Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

Rabbits and Hares

• Black-tailed jack rabbit Lepus californicus
• Brush rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

Rodents
Squirrels, Gophers, and Beavers

• Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
• Western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus
• California ground squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi
• Yellow-pine chipmunk Tamias amoenus
• Allen's chipmunk Tamias senex
• Sonoma chipmunk Tamias sonomae
• Douglas' squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii
• Botta's pocket gopher Thomomys bottae
• California kangaroo rat Dipodomys californicus
• Beaver Castor canadensis

Mice

• House mouse Mus musculus
• Bushy-tailed woodrat Neotoma cinerea
• Dusky-footed woodrat Neotoma fuscipes
• Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
• Brush mouse Peromyscus boylii
• Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
• Pinyon mouse Peromyscus truei
• Black rat Rattus rattus
• Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
• Western red-backed vole Clethrionomys californicus
• California vole Microtus californicus
• Long-tailed vole Microtus longicaudus

Porcupines

• Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum