A SYSTEMATIC LIST 

 OF THE MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 



By JOSEPH GRINNELL 

 (Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California) 



It is believed that an impetus will be given to the study of the 

 mammals of California by the issuance at this time of a summary of 

 the species and subspecies known to inhabit the state, even though 

 this summary take the form of a merely nominal list. The last 

 published enumeration was made in 1913 ;* since then there have 

 been many additions to the known mammal fauna of California, some 

 eliminations of names, and numerous changes in nomenclature. In 

 1913 a total of 337 species and subspecies was known ; the present 

 list includes 417 species and subspecies. Discarding the third term 

 of all trinomials, the number of 'full species' is found to be 225; 

 there are 88 genera, 31 families, and 9 orders. 



Class MAMMALIA Mammals 



Order MAESUPIALIA Pouched Mammals 



Family DIDELPHIDAE Opossums 



1. Didelphis virginiana virginiana Kerr. Virginia Opossum. 



Order INSECTIVORA Insectivorous Mammals 

 Family TALPIDAE Moles 



2. Scapanus townsendii (Bachman). Townsend Mole. 



3. Scapanus orarius orarius True. Northwestern Mole. 



4. Scapanus latimanus latimanus (Bachman). Central California Mole. 



5. Scapanus latimanus occultus Grinnell and Swarth. Southern California 



Mole. 

 G. Scapanus latimanus grinnelli .Jackson. Grinnell Mole. 



7. Scapanus latimanus monoensis Grinnell. Mono Mole. 



8. Scapanus latimanus carapi Grinnell and Storer. San Joaquin Mole. 



9. Scapanus latimanus sericatus Jackson. Yosemite Mole. 



10. Scapanus latimanus minusculus Bangs. Central Sierra Mole. 



11. Scapanus latimanus dilatus True. Klamath Mole. 



12. Neiirotrichus gibbsii gibbsii (Baird). Gibbs Shrew-mole. 



13. Neiirotrichus gibbsii hyacinthinus Bangs. California Shrew-mole. 



* Grinnell, J. A distributional list of the mammals of California. Proc. 

 Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 3, 265-390, pis. 15, 16 (August 28, 1913). 



