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Class

The following groups of mammals are represented in California:

Order Marsupialia (marsupials)
    Family Didelphidae (New World opossums)
Order Insectivora (insectivores)
    Family Soricidae (shrews)
    Family Talpidae (moles)
Order Chiroptera (bats)
    Family Phyllostomatidae (leaf-nosed bats)
    Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)
    Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
Order Carnivora (carnivores)
    Family Canidae (dogs, foxes, etc.)
    Family Ursidae (bears)
    Family Procyonidae (racoons, ringtailed cats, etc.)
    Family Mustelidae (weasels, otters, etc.)
    Family Felidae (cats)
Order Pinnipedia (seals and sealions, etc.)
    Family Otariidae (eared seals and sealions)
    Family Phocidae (seals)
Order Cetacea (whales and dolphins)
    Family Delphinidae (dolphins)
    Family Phocoenidae (porpoises)
    Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
    Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
    Family Eschrichtidae (gray whale)
    Family Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
    Family Balaenidae (right whales)
Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
    Family Equidae (horses)
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
    Family Suidae (pigs and peccaries)
    Family Cervidae (deer)
    Family Bovidae (sheep, goats, and cattle)
Order Rodentia (rodents)
    Family Aplodontidae (mountain beaver)
    Family Sciuridae (squirrels and chipmunks)
    Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers)
    Family Heteromyidae (kangaroo rats, pocket mice, etc.)
    Family Castoridae (beavers)
    Family Cricetidae (deer mice, wood rats, etc.)
    Family Arvicolidae (voles)
    Family Muridae (old world mice and rats)
    Family Zapodidae (jumping mice)
    Family Erethizontidae (porcupines)
Order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares, etc.)
    Family Ochotonidae (pikas)
    Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares)