Mammals of Los Angeles County, California |
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ANGELES COUNTY COAST Angeles County Museum BROAD-FOOTED MOLE buffy CALIFORNIA MYOTIS California Sea Lion Chester Stock CHIPMUNK coastal slope color black Color brown Color dark COUNTY MUSEUM SCIENCE dark stripe darker desert slope dorsal fin Foothills George Willett grayish-brown grizzled-gray GROUND SQUIRREL head and body hind foot illust inch in length inhabits the Pacific interfemoral membrane KANGAROO RAT Dipodomys length about 5.5 Los Angeles County mammals merriami MICE Family mixed with black MOUSE Peromyscus MUSEUM SCIENCE SERIES MYOTIS Myotis nose ORNATE SHREW Pacific slope PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN Paleontology publ pocket mice POCKET MOUSE Perognathus races are found races occur Rattus restricted to Santa San Gabriel Mountains Santa Catalina Island sea level SEAL side of tail silky-haired type species is represented tail bushy tail relatively short toes on hind total length tuft upper side upper surface Vagrant Shrew VIRGINIA OPOSSUM WESTERN WESTERN SPOTTED SKUNK whitish WOODRAT Zoology publ