Mammals
A collection of all the species I have seen…
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Updated 4.1.25
Marsupials
1/330+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
*** Not pictured is the Virginia Opossum // Didelphis virginiana
Whales
11/~89 Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
*** Not pictured is the Gray Whale // Eschrichtius robustus, the Harbour Porpoise // Phocoena phocoena, the False Killer Whale // Pseudorca crassidens, the Spinner Dolphin // Stenella longirostris, the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin // Stenella attenuata and the Common Bottlenose Dolphin // Tursiops truncatus
Blue Whale // Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale // Balaenoptera physalus
Common Dolphin // Delphinus delphis
Risso's Dolphin // Grampus griseus
Humpback Whale // Megaptera novaeangliae
Ruminants
3/~200 Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
*** Not pictured is the Pronghorn // Antilocapra americana
Roosevelt Elk // Cervus canadensis roosevelti
Mule Deer // Odocoileus hemionus
Pinnipeds
3/~33 Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Superfamily: Phocoidea
*** Not pictured is the Northern Elephant Seal // Mirounga angustirostris
Harbor Seal // Phoca vitulina
California Sea Lion // Zalophus californianus
Canids
2/35+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Coyote // Canis latrans
Island Fox // Urocyon littoralis
Skunks
1/~12 Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
*** Not pictured is the Striped Skunk // Mephitis mephitis
Mustelids
1/60+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Sea Otter // Enhydra lutris
Bears
1/8 Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
*** Not pictured is the Black Bear // Ursus americanus
Bats
1/1,400+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
*** Not pictured is the Mexican Free-tailed Bat // Tadarida brasiliensis
Hares, rabbits & pikas
2/80+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Lagomorpha
*** Not pictured is the Brush Rabbit // Sylvilagus bachmani
Desert Cottontail // Sylvilagus audubonii
Rodents
8/2000+ Species
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
*** Not pictured is the Gunnison Prairie Dog // Cynomys gunnisoni, the Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel // Callospermophilus lateralis, the Western Gray Squirrel // Sciurus griseus, the Eastern Fox Squirrel // Sciurus niger, the Abert’s Squirrel // Sciurus aberti and the Botta’s Pocket Gopher // Thomomys bottae
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel // Ammospermophilus leucurus
California Ground Squirrel // Otospermophilus beecheyi