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Wild Mammals of Washington State

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bear

~ Means that this animal is listed as endangered
* Means that this animal is listed as threatened
Many other species are being monitored
and there is concern about the continued existence of the species and their habitats.

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Order
          Family

Common Name

Scientific Name

Didelphimorphia (Marsupialia)
          Didelphidae

           opossum


Common Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Insectivora
        Soricidae
        

 

 

 


Talpidae   


Dusky Shrew
Masked Shrew
Merriam's Shrew
Northern Water Shrew
Pacific Water Shrew
Preble's Shrew
Pygmy Shrew
Trowbridge's Shrew
Vagrant Shrew


Pacific Mole
Shrew-mole
Townsend's Mole


Sorex monticolus
Sorex cinereus
Sorex merriami
Sorex palustris
Sorex bendirii
Sorex preblei
Sorex hoyi
Sorex trowbridgii
Sorex vagrans


Scapanus oraius
Neurotrichus gibbsii
Scapanus townsendii

Chiroptera
          Vespertilionidae

bat

         


Big Brown Bat
California Myotis
Fringed Myotis
Hoary Bat
Keens Myotis
Little Brown Myotis
Long-eared Myotis
Long-legged Myotis
Pallid Bat
Silver-haired Bat
Small-footed Myotis
Spotted Bat
Western Big-eared Bat
Western Pipistrelle
Western Red Bat
Yuma Myotis


Estesicus fuscus
Myotis californicus
Myotis thysanodes
Lasiurus cinereus
Myotis keenii
Myotis lucifugus
Myotis evotis
Myotis volans
Antrozous pallidus
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Myotis leibii
Euderma maculatum
Plecotus townsendii
Pipistrellus hesperus
Lasiurus cinereus
Myotis yumanensis

Rodentia
Aplodontidae

          Castoridae

 

          Geomyidae

 

        Sciuridae

      squirrel

 


 

          Hetermyidae

 


Dipodidae

 

          Sigmodontinae
       

 

          Muridae

 


 

 

 

 

        Erethizontidae


Myocastoridae


Mountain Beaver
Beaver

Mazama Pocket Gopher *
Northern Pocket Gopher

Least Chipmunk
Red-tailed Chipmunk
Townsend's Chipmunk
Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Beechy Ground Squirrel
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Douglas Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Fox Squirrel
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Northern Flying Squirrel
Paiute Ground Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Townsend's Ground Squirrel
Washington Ground Squirrel
Western Gray Squirrel *

Hoary Marmot
Olympic Marmot
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Woodchuck

Great Basin Pocket Mouse
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Pacific Jumping Mouse
Western Jumping Mouse

Bushy-tailed Woodrat
Deer Mouse
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Western Harvest Mouse

Creeping Vole
Gray-tailed Vole
Heather Vole
Long-tailed Vole
Meadow Vole
Montane Vole
Muskrat
Northern Bog Lemming
Red-backed Vole
Richardson's Vole
Sagebrush Vole
Townsend's Vole

Black Rat
House Mouse
Norway Rat

Porcupine
Nutria


Aplodontia rufa
Castor canadensis

Thomomys mazama
Thomomys talpoides

Tamias minimus
Tamias ruficaudus
Tamias townsendii
Tamias amoenus


Spermophilus beecheyi
Spermphilus columbianus
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus niger
Spermophilus lateralis
Glaucomys sabrinus
Spermophilus mollis
Tamisciurus hudsonicus
Spermophilus townsendii
Spermophilus washingtoni
Sciurus griseus

Marmota caligata
Marmota Olympus
Marmota flaviventris
Marmota monax

Perognathus parvus
Dipodomys ordi
Zapus trinotatus
Zapus princes

Neotoma cinerea
Peromyscus maniculatus
Onychomys leucogaster
Reithrodontomys megalotis


Microtus oregoni
Microtus canicaudus
Phenacomys intermedius
Microtus longicaudus
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Microtus montanus
Ondrata zibethicus
Synaptomys borealis
Clethrionomys gapperi
Microtus richardsoni
Lemmiscus curtatus
Microtus townsendii

Rattus rattus
Mus musculus
Rattus norvegicus

Erethizon dorsatum
Myocastor coypus

Lagomorpha
         Ochotonidae
         Leporidae

     rabbit


Pika
Black-tailed Rabbit
Eastern Cottontail
European Rabbit
Nutall's Cottontail
Pygmy Rabbit ~
Snowshoe Hare
White-tailed Jackrabbit

 


Ochotona princes
Lepus americanus
Sylvilagus floridanus
Oryctolagus caniculus
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Brachylagus idahoensis
Lepus americanus
Lepus townsendi

Artiodactyla
          Bovidae

  elk


Elk
Moose
Black-tailed Deer/Mule Deer
White-tailed Deer ~
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goat


Cervus elaphus
Alces alces
Odocoileus hemionus
Odocoileus verginianus
Ovis canadensis
Oreamnos americanus

Carnivora
          Mephitidae


          Procyonidae

          Felidae


 
         Canidae



         Ursidae
  bear

          Mustelidae









          Otariidae


          Phocidae


Striped Skunk
Western Spottted Skunk

Raccoon

Bobcat
Lynx *
Mountain Lion

Coyote
Gray Wolf ~
Red Fox

Black Bear
Grizzly Bear ~






Badger
Fisher ~
Long-tailed Weasel
Marten
Mink
River Otter
Sea Otter ~
Short-tailed Weasel/Ermine
Wolverine

California Sea Lion
Northern Fur Seal
Stellar Sea Lion *

Harbor Seal
Elephant Seal


Mephitis mephitis
Spilogale gracilis

Procyon lotor

Lynx rufus
Lynx canadensis
Puma concolor

Canis latrans
Canis lupus
Vuples vulpes

Ursus americanus
Ursus arctos






Taxidea taxus
Martes pennanti
Mustela erminea
Martes americana
Mustela vison
Lontra canadensis
Enhydra lutris
Mustela erminea
Gulo gulo

Zalophus californianus
Callorhinus ursinus
Eumetopias jubatus

Phoca vitulina
Mirounga angustirostris

Cetacea
    Suborder Odontoceti
                  Delphinidae
  orca whale

           Phocoenidae


             Kogiidae

Physeteridae

            Ziphiidae



    Suborder Mysticeti
          Balaenidae
          Balaenopteridae




Eschrichtidae


Bottle-nosed Dolphin
False Killer Whale
Garmpus
Killer Whale ~
Northern Right-whale Dolphin
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Rough-toothed Dolphin
Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Striped Dolphin

Dall's Porpoise
Harbor Porpoise

Dwarf Sperm Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale ~

Baird's Beaked Whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Hubbs Beaked Whale
Pacific Beaked Whale

Black Right Whale ~
Blue Whale ~
Fin Whale ~
Humpback Whale ~
Minke Whale
Sei Whale ~

Gray Whale


Tursiops truncatus
Pseudorca cassidens
Grampus griseus
Orcinius orca
Lissodelphis borealis
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Steno bredanesis
Delphinus delphis
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Stenella coeruleoalba



Phocoenoides dalli
Phocoena phocoena

Kogia sima
Kogia breviceps
Physeter macrophalus

Berardius bairdii
Ziphius cavirostris
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Eubalaena glacialis
Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera plysalus
Megaptera noveangliae
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Balaenoptera borealis

Eschrichtius robustus

 

 

humpback whale

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