Mammals of the San Marcos Foothills
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Twenty two species of native mammals (not including at least 15 bat species) have been documented to occur on the San Marcos Foothills. Click on a link below (or scroll down) to view photos of these species.
California Black Bear
Ursus americanus ssp. californiensis
Bear print at the San Marcos Foothills. Photo: Mark Holmgren
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Photo © Ken Owen (photo from the SMFP)
Botta's pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae
Photo © Stevie Kennedy-Gold. Used under license
Broad-footed mole
Scapanus latimanus
Photo © James Bailey. Used under license
Brush rabbit
Sylvilagus bachmani
Photo © Gena Bentall. Used under license
California ground squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Photo © Jesse Rorabaugh. Used under license
California mouse
Peromyscus californicus
Photo © R.J. Adams. Used with permission
California pocket mouse
Chaetodipus californicus
Photo © Alyssa Semerdjian. Used with permission
California vole
Microtus californicus
Photo © J. Maughn Used under license
Coyote
Canis latrans
Photo © Ken Owen (photo from the SMFP)
Deer mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Photo © Mike Leveille Used under license
Dusky-footed woodrat
Neotoma fuscipes
Photo © Liam O'Brien Used under license
Gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Photo © Bill Lupardus Used under license
Long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
Photo © Skyler Palatnick, @skyswildart
Photo © Ignacio Vargas Used under license
Merriam's chipmunk
Tamias merriami
Photo © James Bailey Used under license
Mountain lion
Puma concolor
Photo © Jon Nelson Used under license
Mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus subsp. californicus
Photo © Ken Owen.
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Photo © Donna Pomeroy Used under license
Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Photo © Damon Tighe. Used with permission
Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Photo © Greg Pauly Used under license
Western gray squirrel
Sciurus griseus
Photo © Jon Sullivan Used under license
Western_harvest_mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Photo © J. Maughn. Used under license
Native Mammalian Species Seen at the
San Marcos Foothills (not including bat species)
Black bear
Dusky-footed woodrat
Bobcat
Gray fox
Botta's pocket gopher
Long-tailed weasel
Broad-footed mole
Merriam's chipmunk
Brush rabbit
Mountain lion
California ground squirrel
Mule Deer
California deermouse
Raccoon
California mouse
Striped Skunk
California vole
Virginia opossum
Coyote
Western gray squirrel
Deer mouse
Western harvest mouse
Bat species documented to occur on the San Marcos Foothills Preserve by CIR
| Big brown bat | Mexican free tail |
| Big free-tailed bat | Pocket free tail |
| Canyon bat | Western red bat |
| Hoary bat | Yuma Myotis bat |