The Natural History of Foster City, California
by James K. Sayre
a draft manuscript
12 May 2005
Chapter 11 - Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians
Mammals possibly found in Foster City:
*common in Baylands, [Conradson].
#seen in Belmont Slough Wildlife Refuge, [White].
@reported as "nuisance" wildlife by Foster City residents [City of Foster City].
%abundant in urban areas in S. F. Estuary [Fish & Wildlife Service]
&common in urban areas in S. F. Estuary [Fish & Wildlife Service]
$listed in Final EIR for 3rd Ave Interchange [City of Foster City and Mundie & Associates]
+listed at the Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education
Common name(s) Scientific name
Black-tailed jack rabbit, Lepus californicus*#$+
Black-tailed hare
Brush rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani*
Desert cottontail Sylvilagus auduboni
Salt-marsh harvest mouse Reithrodontomys reviventris*#$+
California meadow mouse, Microtus californicus*$+
California meadow vole,
California vole,
Meadow mouse
Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis*$
Pinon mouse Peromyscus truei
California mouse Peromyscus californicus
White-footed deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus%$
Deer mouse
Heermann kangaroo rat Dipodomys heermanni
California pocket mouse Perognathus californicus&
Dusky-footed wood rat, Neotoma fuscipus
Pack rat (N. fuscipes)
Vagrant shrew Sorex vagrans*
Salt marsh wandering shrew Sorex vangrans halicoetes$
Trowbridge shrew Sorex trowbridgii
Adorned shrew Sorex ornatus
Broad-handed mole, Scapanus latimanus
Broad-footed mole
Botta pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae&
Pocket gopher
Norway rat Rattus norvegicus*#%$+
Black rat, Rattus rattus*#@%
Roof rat
House mouse Mus musculus*@%
Raccoon Procyon lotor*@&+
Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis*@&
Opossum
Striped skunk Meohitis mephitis*@&+
Western spotted skunk Spilogale putorius
Squirrels Sciurus spp@
Western Gray squirrel Sciurus griseus&
(in Los Angeles)
Eastern gray squirrel S. carolinensis&
Fox squirrel S. niger&
Eastern Red Fox Squirrel (in Los Angeles)
Beechey ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi*%
California ground squirrel (Citellus b.)
Douglas squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii
Bats Spp.@
California myotis Myotis californicus
Red bat Lasiurus borealis
Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus*
Harbor seal +
Feral cat Felis domesticus$
(descended from African Wild Cat, Feiis libyca).
End.
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