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Some of the mammals now common in our area were introduced from elsewhere, such as the black rat, brown rat, Eastern gray squirrel, feral cat, house mouse, Virginia opossum, and wild boar. However, the mammal species listed below are native to the Yuba-Sutter area, having lived here long before the arrival of Europeans.
Bats
Vesper Bat Family
Townsend's big-eared bat big brown bat spotted bat silver-haired bat Western red bat hoary bat California myotis Western small-footed myotis long-eared myotis little brown bat fringed myotis long-legged myotis Yuma myotis Western pipistrelle
Other Families
pallid bat Western mastiff bat (also called greater bonneted bat) Mexican free-tailed bat
Rodents
Mouse Family
San Joaquin pocket mouse brush deermouse North American deermouse piñon deermouse Western harvest mouse Western jumping mouse
Squirrel Family
Golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis) are found in Yuba County above approximately 2,000 feet in elevation—in other words, from approximately Brownsville upward. Photo by queerbychoice.
Northern flying squirrel long-eared chipmunk shadow chipmunk Western gray squirrel California ground squirrel Belding's ground squirrel golden-mantled ground squirrel Douglas' squirrel
Other Families
Botta's pocket gophers (Thomomys bottae) are found in all parts of the Yuba and Sutter Counties. Photo by queerbychoice.
mountain beaver (also called sewellel) American beaver California kangaroo rat North American porcupine California vole long-tailed vole dusky-footed woodrat common muskrat Botta's pocket gopher mountain pocket gopher
Other Mammals
Rabbit Family
Desert cottontails (Sylvilagus audubonii) are common at Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area, where this photograph of them was taken. They are found in all parts of Sutter County and below approximately 2,500 feet in Yuba County—in other words, almost everywhere below Challenge. Photo by queerbychoice.
snowshoe hare black-tailed jackrabbit desert cottontail brush rabbit
Weasel Family
North American river otter American pine marten fisher marten ermine (also called stoat or short-tailed weasel) long-tailed weasel American mink American badger
Other Families
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are found in most parts of Yuba and Sutter Counties. These mule deer are accompanied by a flock of wild turkeys in the 
American River Parkway. Photo by queerbychoice.
ring-tailed cat coyote bobcat striped skunk mule deer raccoon mountain lion broad-footed mole ornate shrew American water shrew Trowbridge's shrew Western spotted skunk gray fox American black bear red fox
Links
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California Department of Fish and Game: California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System: Life History Accounts and Range Maps
