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Family Mustelidae 
Martes americana (Turton) (American marten) 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: *cave in Marble Mountains Wilderness. 
Comment: Marten tracks were seen to follow snowshoe rabbit tracks in the snow into a cave entrance. 
Bibliography: Suggett (1982). 
Family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) 
Zalophus califomianus (Lesson) (California sea lion) (marine trogloxene) 
Records: San Diego Co.: *Seal Sleep Cave; *Sunny Jim Cave. Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Barbara Island: *Sea Lion 
Cave. Santa Cruz Island: *Blue Grotto; *Could Go Cave; *Hidden Room Cave; *Painted Cave, *Painted Grotto; *Sea 
Lion’s Tunnel; *Sponge Cave; *Swiss Surprise Cave. Santa Rosa Island: *San Augustine Caves. Ventura Co.: Anacapa 
Island: *Sea Lion Cave; *Seal Cave; *Three Fingers Cave. 
Comment: This species was also reported from sea caves on Middle Coronado Island, off the coast of Baja California del 
Norte, Mexico, near San Diego (Rowley, 1929). 
Bibliography: Bunnell (1982, 1984, 1988a, 1988b, 1988c, 1993a, 1993b, 1999a, 2003); Bunnell and Vesely (1983a); Hal- 
liday (1962), Heald (1956); Orr, PC. (1951b, 1952b); Richards (1984, 1994); Rogers (2010e); Rowley (1929); Vesely 
(1990, 2000). 
Family Phocidae (seals) 
Undetermined 
Records: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Hidden Amphitheater; *Kiwi Cave; *Potato Rock West Cave; *Sea 
Lion’s Tunnel; *Seal Canyon Cave; *Seal’s Secret Cave; *Swiss Surprise Cave. Ventura Co Anacapa Island: *Dead Seal 
Cave (carcass). 
Bibliography: Bunnell (1988a, 1988c, 1993b, 2003); Bunnell and Vesely (1986). 
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus (harbor seal) 
Records: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: Leftover Cave; * Little Scorpion Bay Cave No. 1; *Natural Bridge Cave; 
*West Cavern Point Cave. Ventura Co.: Anacapa Island: *Catacombs Arch. 
Bibliography: Bunnell (1988c, 1989a, 1993a, 1993b, 2003). 
Family Procyonidae (raccoons, ringtails, and allies) 
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein) (ringtail) (trogloxene) 
Records: Kern Co.: *Bodfish Cave. San Bernardino Co.: Mitchell Caverns. Shasta Co.: *Ancient Palace Cave (scat); 
Bat Mummy Cave; Lantern Glass Cave. Tulare Co.: *Crystal Sequoia Cave; *Harry’s Bend Cave. 
Bibliography: California State Parks (2010); Graening (2010); Halliday (1962); Krejca (2006); National Park Service 
(2004). 
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus) (raccoon) 
Records: Calaveras Co.: *Crystal Stanislaus Cave; Gleibe’s Cave (remains); Sink Cave. Shasta Co.: *Sleepy Coon Cave. 
Siskiyou Co.: Bigfoot Cave. Tulare Co.: Clough Cave. Tuolumne Co.: *Indian Dwelling Cave. 
Bibliography: Broeckel, B. (2001c); Damon (1962b); Jackson, M. (1999); McEachem (1968); McEachem and Grady 
(1978); Rogers (1994a, 1999d). 
Family Ursidae (bears) 
Ursus americanus Pallas (American black bear) (trogloxene) 
Records: Fresno Co.: *Bear Cave. Shasta Co.: *Bat Cave; *Bear Den Cave (nest); *Comfy Bear Cave; Hole-of-the-Bear. 
Siskiyou Co.: *Apogee Cave; *Bear’s Bed Cave (bed); *Chimney Cave (den); *Echoplex Cave; *Harris Mountain Cave; 
*Merrill Ice Cave; *Red Tape Cave (scat); *Skull Ice Cave; *Upper Heppe Cave. Tulare Co.: *Bear Den Cave (den); 
*Crystal Sequoia Cave. 
Comment: A bear cub was seen exiting Bear Cave, Fresno County, after it was intersected by a road crew in 1937. 
Bibliography: Broeckel, B. (201 Id, 2012a, 2014); Despain (1992, 1994); Halliday and Hedlund (1960); Larson and Lar¬ 
son (1990); Oberhansley (1946); Sundquist (2011); Wolff, L. (2013a). 
