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Mammals of Hastings
(For Information on each species, copy the scientific name into the NatureServe search page)
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Comments |
| Marsupials | *
Mammals uncommon at Hastings |
|
Didelphis
virginiana |
Opossum |
**
Mammals extinct at Hastings |
Insectivores |
||
Sorex
ornatus |
Ornate
shrew |
|
Sorex
trowbridgii monterensia |
Trowbridge's
shrew |
|
Scapanus
latimanus |
Broad-footed
mole |
Abundant
in damp forests |
| Bats | ||
Myotis
californicus |
California
myotis |
Many Myotis along entry lane |
Myotis
evotis |
Long-eared
myotis |
|
Myotis
volans longicura |
Long-eared
myotis |
|
Myotis
yumanensis saturatus |
Yuma
myotis |
|
Eptesicus
fuscus bernardinus |
Big
brown bat |
|
Lasionycteris
noctivagans |
Silver-haired
bat |
|
Pipistrellus
hesperus |
Western
pipistrelle |
|
Lasiurus
blossevillii |
Red
bat |
|
Lasiurus
cinereus |
Hoary
bat |
Trapped
over vernal pools |
Plecotus
townsendii |
Townsend's
big-eared bat |
One
found in workshop windows... |
Tadarida
brasilinensis |
Brazilian
free-tailed bat |
|
Antrozous
pallidus |
Pallid
bat |
|
| Lagomorphs | ||
Sylvilagus
audubonii vallicola |
Desert
cottontail |
|
Sylvilagus
bachmani |
*Brush
rabbit |
|
Lepus
californicus |
*Black-tailed
jack rabbit |
Occasional
at Robertson annex |
| Rodents | ||
Tamias
merriami |
*Merriam's
chipmunk |
Gone,
then scattered >1999 |
Spermophilus
beecheyi |
California
ground squirrel |
Greatly
reduced by 1995/98 floods |
Sciurus
griseus nigripes |
*Western
gray squirrel |
Disease
reduce #s, more >2000 |
Thomomys
bottae |
Pocket
gopher |
|
Chaetodipus
californicus |
California
pocket mouse |
Open,
white rocky ridges |
Dipodomys
heermanni |
Heermann's
kangaroo rat |
|
Dipodomys
venustus |
Narrow-faced
kangaroo rat |
|
Reithrodontomys
megalotis longicaudus |
Western
harvest mouse |
|
Peromyscus
californicus |
California
mouse |
Poison
oak good indicator |
Peromyscus
maniculatus |
Deer
mouse |
|
Peromyscus
boyllii |
Brush
mouse |
Similar
habitat as
P. califoricus |
Peromyscus
truei dyselius |
Pinyon
mouse |
|
Neotoma
macrotis (formerly N. fuscipes) |
Dusky-footed
wood rat |
Nests
used continuously >1947 |
Microtus
californicus |
California
vole |
Lettuce
leaves work as bait, patchy in dense Elymus triticoides stands. |
Mus
musculus |
*House
mouse |
|
| Carnivores | ||
Canis
latrans ochropus |
*Coyote |
|
Urocyon
cinereoargenteus townsendi |
Gray
fox |
|
Ursus
arctos |
**California
grizzly bear |
|
Bassariscus astutus |
Ringtail |
One
seen on Robertson Creek |
Procyon
lotor psora |
Raccoon |
|
Mustela
frenata nigriauris |
Long-tailed
weasel |
|
Taxidea
taxus |
Badger |
"Rare"
in Monterey County |
Spilogale
gracilis |
*Western
spotted skunk |
Live
in road culverts |
Mephitis
mephitis holzeri |
Striped
skunk |
|
Felis
concolor |
*Mountain
lion |
|
Lynx
rufus californicus |
Bobcat |
Common |
| Artiodactyls | ||
Sus
scrofa |
European
wild boar |
Rare<
1998, abundant now |
Odocoileus
hemionus californica |
Mule
deer/Black-tailed deer |
Herd
of 15-25, much reduced >1950 |