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California Spotted Skunk, Spilogale phenax phenax .' 90 



Striped Skunk, Mephitis occidentalis 91 



California Badger, Taxidea taxus neglecta 92 



Northwestern Mountain Lion, FeHs oregonensis oregonensis 95 



CaUfornia Wildcat, Lynx eremicus californicus 99 



House Mouse, Mus musculus 101 



Alexandrine Rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus 103 



Common White-footed Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus 104 



Gambel White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli 



Sonora White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis 



Boyle White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus boyhi boylii 110 



Big-eared White-footed Mice, Peromyscus truei Ill 



Gilbert White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus truei gilberti 



True White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus truei truei 



Parasitic White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus californicus californicus 112 



Short-tailed Grasshopper Mouse, Onychomys leucogaster brevicaudus 113 



Long-tailed Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis longicauda 114 



Streator Wood Rat, Neotoma fuscipes streatori 116 



Gray Bushy-tailed Wood Rat, Neotoma cinerea cinerea 120 



Yosemite Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus yosemite 122 



California Meadow Mice, Microtus californicus 126 



Tule Meadow Mouse, Microtus californicus aestuarinus 



Mariposa Meadow Mouse, Microtus caUfornicus mariposae 



Sierra Cantankerous Meadow Mouse, Microtus mordax sierrae 129 



Short-tailed Meadow Mouse, Lagurus curtatus 133 



Mountain Lemming Mouse, Phenacomys orophilus 133 



Pocket Gophers, Genus Thomomys 134 



Fresno Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae pascalis 



Digger Pine Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae mewa 



Yosemite Pocket Gopher, Thomomys alpinus awahnee 



Sierra Nevada Pocket Gopher, Thomomys monticola monticola 



Fisher Pocket Gopher, Thomomys quadratus fisheri 

 Pocket Mice, Genus Perognathus 144 



California Pocket Mouse, Perognathus californicus californicus 



San Joaquin Pocket Mouse, Perognathus inornatus inornatus 



Great Basin Pocket Mouse, Perognathus parvus olivaceus 

 Kangaroo Rats, Genus Dipodomys 146 



Heermann Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys heermanni heermanni 



Merced Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys heermanni dixoni 



Pale-faced Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys leucogenys 



Mono Kangaroo Mouse, Microdipodops polionotus 149 



Allen Jumping Mouse, Zapus pacificus alleni 149 



Yellow-haired Porcupine, Erethizon epixanthum epixanthum 151 



Sierra Mountain Beaver, Aplodontia rufa caUfornica. 155 



Southern Sierra Marmot, Marmota flaviventer sierrae 158 



California Ground Squirrel, Citellus beecheyi beecheyi 162 



Belding Ground Squirrel, Citellus beldingi 168 



Stephens Soft-haired Ground Squirrel, Citellus mollis stephensi 173 



Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Callospermophilus chrysodeirus 



chrysodeirus 173 



Tahoe Chipmunk, Eutamias speciosus frater 176 



Allen Chipmunk, Eutamias senex 183 



Mariposa Chipmunk, Eutamias merriami mariposae ;... 185 



Long-eared Chipmunk, Eutamias quadrimaculatus 187 



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