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Mammals Found at Opal Creek

Mountain Beaver

Aplodontia rufa

Coyote

Canis latrans

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Elk

Cervus elaphus

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion

Puma concolor

Brush Rabbit

Sylvilagus bachmani

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

Western Spotted Skunk

Spilogale gracilis

Bushy-tailed Woodrat

Neotoma cinerea

Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Dusky-footed Woodrat

Neotoma fuscipes

Red Tree Vole

Arvorimus longicaudus

Western Red-backed Vole

Clethrionomys californicus

Short-tailed Weasel

Mustela erminea

American Marten

Martes americana

American Pika

Ochotona princeps

Northern Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Douglas Squirrel

Tamiasciurus douglasii

Northern Flying squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

Townsend's Chipmunk

Tamias townsendii

Vagrant Shrew

Sorex vagrans

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Marmota flaviventris

Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Tamias amoenus

Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Long-eared Bat

Myotis evotis

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii