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APPENDIX III:
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ANIMALS
Common NameScientific Name

Mammals
Big Brown BatEptesicus fuscus
Black BearUrsus americanus
Botta Pocket GopherThomomys bottae
Broad-Handed MoleScapanus latimanus
California Ground SqulrrelOtospermophilus beecheyi
California MyotisMyotis californicus
ChickareeTamiasciurus douglasii
CoyoteCanis latrans
Deer MousePeromyscus maniculatus
Douglas SquirrelSee Chickaree
Fringed MyotisMyotis thysanodes
Golden-Mantled Ground SquirrelCallospermophilus lateralis
Hoary BatLasiurus cinereus
Little Brown MyotisMyotis lucifugus
Lodgepole ChipmunkEutamias speciosus
Long-Eared ChipmunkEutamias quadrimaculatus
Long-Eared MyotisMyotis evotis
Long-Tailed Meadow MouseMicrotus longicaudus
Long-Tailed WeaselMustela frenata
MartenMartes americana
Mountain Lion (Cougar)Felis concolor
Mountain Meadow MouseMicrotus montanus
Mule DeerOdocoileus hemionus
RaccoonProcyon lotor
Red BatLasiurus borealis
Red SquirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus
Townsend ChipmunkEutamias townsendii
Trowbridge ShrewSorex trowbridgii
Vagrant ShrewSorex vagrans
Water ShrewSorex palustris
Western Gray SquirrelSciurus griseus
Yellow-Pine ChipmunkEutamias amoenus
Yuma MyotisMyotis yumanensis

Birds
Band-tailed PigeonColumba fasciata
Black-Headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Brown CreeperCerthia familiaris
Cassin's FinchCarpodacus cassinii
Common FlickerCaloptes auratus
Dark-Eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Golden-Crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Hairy WoodpeckerDendrocopos villosus
Hermit ThrushHylocichla guttata
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Mountain ChickadeeParus gambeli
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapilla
Olive-Sided FlycatcherNuttallornis borealis
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
Red-Breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Red-Tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
RobinTurdus migratorius
Rufous-Sided TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Solitary VireoVireo solitarius
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Western Wood PeeweeContopus sordidulus
White-Headed WoodpeckerDendrocopos albolarvatus
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Yellow-Bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Yellow-Rumped WarblerDendroica coronata

Amphibians and Reptiles
California Mountain King SnakeLampropeltis zonata
Eshscholtz's SalamanderEnsatina eshscholtzi
Gilbert SkinkEumeces gilberti
Mountain Yellow-Legged FrogRana mucosa
Northern Alligator LizardGerrhonotus coeruleus
Ring-Neck SnakeDiadophis amabilis
Rubber BoaCharina bottae
Sagebrush LizardSceloperus graciosus
Western Aquatic Garter SnakeThamnophis couchi
Western Fence LizardScheloperus occidentalis
Western RattlesnakeCrotalus viridus
Western Terrestrial Garter SnakeThamnophis elegans
Western ToadBufo boreas


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