Tag: Mammal

Chipmunk

Chipmunk
Name: Chipmunk
Classification:
Place first seen: Shell Beach, Pt. Reyes, Marin, CA
Date spotted: 29 May 2016
Description:

Typically live 3 years in the wild. In captivity they can live up to 15.
Said to sleep for an average of about 15 hours a day.
Only found in North America and Siberia.

Photo: Mila

Rhino, White

Rhino, White
Name: Rhino, White
Classification:
Place first seen: Khama, Botswana
Date spotted: March 2016
Description:

Wide flat lip. Largest rhino. Estimated 20,000 remaining.

Fox, Vulpes (red)

Fox, Vulpes (red)
Name: Fox, Vulpes (red)
Classification:
Place first seen: Western Finchleys, London
Date spotted: 27 Dec. 2014
Description:

There are 10,000 red foxes cruising the streets of London.
Britain has some of the highest-density fox populations in the world – 33,000 urban foxes and a further 250,000 in rural areas.
Life span 2-4 years.

Ground squirrel, white-tailed antelope

Ground squirrel, white-tailed antelope
Name: Ground squirrel, white-tailed antelope
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 29 Dec. 2014
Description:

Confusing name: The white-tailed antelope ground squirrel.
On the road in El Sargento.

Jackrabbit, Black-tailed

Jackrabbit, Black-tailed
Name: Jackrabbit, Black-tailed
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 29 Dec. 2014
Description:

In the garden at Casita Sarita – not particularly shy.

Coyote

Coyote
Name: Coyote
Classification:
Place first seen: Pt. Reyes Headlands, California, USA
Date spotted: September 2014
Description:

Similar in size to a jackal. Some bigger.
Good at pooing.

Elk, Tule

Elk, Tule
Name: Elk, Tule
Classification:
Place first seen: Pt. Reyes Headlands, California, USA
Date spotted: April 2012
Description:

The tule elk herds had virtually disappeared by 1860, 13 years before the state awarded them complete protection. In the spring of 1978, two bulls and eight cows were brought in from the San Luis Island Wildlife Refuge near Los Banos. The elk were contained within a temporary, three acre enclosure to allow for adjustment to their new surroundings. That summer, 6 of the cows bore calves. In the fall, 17 elk were released from the enclosure on Tomales Point to 1,050 hectares (2,600 acres) of open grassland and coastal scrub. By the summer of 1988, the population was at 93 animals. The population census taken in 2000 counted over 400 elk. In 2009, over 440 were counted at Tomales Point, making the the Point Reyes herds one of the largest populations in California.

Whale, Gray

Whale, Gray
Name: Whale, Gray
Classification:
Place first seen: Limantour Beach, Pt. Reyes, California, USA
Date spotted: April 2014
Description:

Jan, Feb: Heading South
March, Apr: Heading north

One of the longest annual migrations of any mammal, traveling a total of 15,000 to 21,000 kms every year. They migrate south in the fall from their Arctic feeding grounds in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas west and north of Alaska down the Pacific coast as far as Baja California, Mexico, to spend the winter in their breeding and calving grounds in warm water lagoons and in the Southern California Bight.

Seal, Elephant

Seal, Elephant
Name: Seal, Elephant
Classification:
Place first seen: Drake's Beach, Pt. Reyes, California, USA
Date spotted: February 2014
Description:

Not the handsomest creature on the planet.

Leopard, Indian

Leopard, Indian
Name: Leopard, Indian
Classification:
Place first seen: Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Date spotted: July 2014
Description:

Look exactly like an African leopard. Widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent and classified as Near Threatened.