Wildlife of the Audubon Kern River Preserve
NOTE: There is no collecting, fishing, or hunting on the preserve. If you see any animal or plant on the preserve, please take only pictures and memories. Do not disturb nesting birds. Do not go off trail.
DRAGONFLIES
Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
Common Green Darner Anax junius
White-belted Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus
Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax
Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis
Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata
Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa
Common Whitetail Libellula lydia
Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum
Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum
Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum
Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
DAMSELFLIES
American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana
Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener
California Spreadwing Lestes californica
Western Red Damsel Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Desert Firetail Telebasis salva
Emma’s Dancer Argia emma
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile
Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum
Western Forktail Ischnura perparva
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula
Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis
GRASSHOPPERS
white-whiskered grasshopper Ageneotettix deorum
obscure grasshopper Opeia obscura
cream grasshopper Cibolacris parviceps
snakeweed grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis
western sagebrush grasshopper Melanoplus complanatipes
dapper hopper Melanoplus yarrowii
groove-headed grasshopper Conozoa sulcifrons
strenuous grasshopper Trimerotropis californica
pallid-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis
alkali grasshopper Trimerotropis salina
uniform shieldback Idiostatus aequalis
western meadow katydid Conocephalus vicinus
angle-wing katydid Microcentrum sp.
BUTTERFLIES
Anise Swallowtail
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Becker's White
Checkered White
Cabbage White
Sara Orange-tip
Orange Sulphur
Tailed Copper
Great Copper
Purplish Copper
Great Purple Hairstreak
California Hairstreak
Sylvan Hairstreak
Hedgerow Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Marine Blue
Western Pygmy-Blue
Inyo Mountains Blue
Ceraunus Blue
San Emigdio Blue
Acmon Blue
Field Crescent
Mylitta Crescent
Chalcedon Checkerspot
Satyr Anglewing
California Tortoiseshell
Mourning Cloak
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
American Painted Lady
Painted Lady
West Coast Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Lorquin's Admiral
California Sister
California Ringlet
Monarch
Queen
Hammock Skipper
Propertius Duskywing
Mournful Duskywing
Funereal Duskywing
White Checkered-Skipper
Northern White Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Alkali Skipper
Juba Skipper
Western Branded Skipper
Sachem
Sandhill Skipper
Woodland Skipper
Umber Skipper
Eufala Skipper
FISH
threadfin shad
common carp
hitch
hardhead
golden shiner
Sacramento pike minnow
Sacramento sucker
black bullhead
brown bullhead
channel catfish
rainbow trout
western mosquitofish
green sunfish
pumpkinseed
bluegill
largemouth bass
white crappie
black crappie
AMPHIBIANS
Pacific chorus frog Psuedacris sierrae
western toad Bufo boreas
REPTILES
California legless lizard Anniella pulchra
side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana
southern alligator lizard
long-nosed leopard lizard
western fence lizard
desert spiny lizard
western whiptail
Gilbert's skink
desert banded gecko
coast horned lizard
desert night lizard
desert rosy boa
Mojave glassy snake
ring-necked snake
California night snake
California kingsnake
red racer
Pacific gopher snake
long-nosed snake
Sierra gartersnake
valley gartersnake
northern Pacific rattlesnake
southern Pacific pond turtle
red-eared slider
MAMMALS
Virginia opossum
ornate shrew
long-eared myotis
fringed myotis
western small-footed myotis
California myotis
Yuma myotis
western pipistrelle
big brown bat
hoary bat
western red bat
pale big-eared bat
pallid bat
Mexican free-tailed bat
gray fox
coyote
black bear
raccoon
long-tailed weasel
badger
western spotted skunk
striped skunk
bobcat
mountain lion
mule deer
cattle
Merriam’s chipmunk
white-tailed antelope squirrel
California ground squirrel
western gray squirrel
beaver
Botta’s pocket gopher
little pocket mouse
California pocket mouse
Panamint kangaroo rat
Pacific kangaroo rat
Merriam’s kangaroo rat
desert woodrat
southern grasshopper mouse
canyon mouse
deer mouse
brush mouse
pinyon mouse
western harvest mouse
California vole
house mouse
brush rabbit
desert cottontail
black-tailed jackrabbit
Didelphis virginiana
Sorex ornatus
Myotis evotis
Myotis thysanodes
Myotis ciliolabrum (subulatus)
Myotis californicus
Myotis yumanensis
Pipistrellus hesperus
Eptesicus fuscus
Lasiurus cinereus
Lasiurus blossevillii
Corynrhinus townsendii
Antrozous pallidus
Tadarida brasiliensis
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Canis latrans
Ursus americanus
Procyon lotor
Mustela frenata
Taxidea taxus
Spilogale gracilis
Mephitis mephitis
Lynx rufus
Puma concolor
Odocoileus hemionus
Bos taurus
Tamias merriami
Ammospermophilus leucurus
Spermophilus beecheyi
Sciurus griseus
Castor canadensis
Perognathus inornatus
ornate shrew
long-eared myotis
fringed myotis
western small-footed myotis
California myotis
Yuma myotis
western pipistrelle
big brown bat
western red bat
pale big-eared bat
pallid bat
Mexican free-tailed bat
gray fox
coyote
black bear
raccoon
long-tailed weasel
badger
western spotted skunk
striped skunk
bobcat
mountain lion
mule deer
cattle
Merriam’s chipmunk
white-tailed antelope squirrel
California ground squirrel
beaver
Botta’s pocket gopher Thomomys bottae
little pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris
California pocket mouse Chaetodipus californicus
Panamint kangaroo rat Dipodomys panamintinus
Pacific kangaroo rat Dipodomys agilis
Merriam’s kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami
desert woodrat Neotoma lepida
big-eared (dusky-footed) woodrat Neotoma macrotis (fuscipes)
southern grasshopper mouse Onychomys torridus
canyon mouse Peromyscus crinitus
deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
brush mouse Peromyscus boylii
pinyon mouse Peromyscus truei
western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
California vole Microtus californicus
house mouse (I) Mus musculus
brush rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani
desert cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
black-tailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus
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