Central Coast

Wild Life Inventory : Mammals Not all of the mammals listed live permanently within our marine areas some are year round residents, some occur during a particular season and some you may see on their migratory path. Many of these mammals are very rare and occur on the far western reaches of our area nearer to the open ocean.

CENTRAL COAST REGIONAL DISTRICT - WILD LIFE INVENTORY
MARINE MAMMALS
Giant Beaked whale	Sperm whale	Pacific pilot whale
Grey whale	Minke whale	Right whale
River otter	Northern fur seal	Stejneger's whale
Pacific white-side dolphin	Harbour porpoise	Fin whale
Blue whale	Weasels	Sea otter
Pacific harbour seal	Goose-beaked whale	Killer whale
Dall's porpoise	Sei whale	Humpback whale
Mink	Northern sea lion	Northern elephant seal

The Central Coast is home to some of the healthiest mammal populations in British Columbia due to its vast isolation, sparse human settlement and diversity of its land base. Good viewing areas occur throughout the region, estuaries and bays offer excellent opportunities to spot wild animals.

CENTRAL COAST REGIONAL DISTRICT - WILD LIFE INVENTORY
LAND BASED MAMMALS
Grizzly bear	Cinereus shrew	Big brown bat
Long-eared myotis	Yuma myotis	Marmot
Chickaree (Douglas squirrel)	Deer mouse	Mountain heather-vole
Muskrat	Porcupine	Red fox
Short-tailed weasel	Wolverine	Bobcat
Mule deer	Mountain goat	Black bear
Dusky shrew	Silver-haired bat	Keen myotis
Rocky mountain pika	Hoary marmot	Northern flying squirrel
Bushy-tailed wood rat	Boreal redback vole	Meadow jumping mouse
Coyote	Marten	Long-tailed weasel
Canadian river otter	Lynx	British Columbia moose
California bighorn sheep	Navigator shrew	California myotis
Little brown myotis	Snowshoe hare	Red squirrel
American beaver	Northern bog-lemming	Meadow vole
Western jumping mouse	Wolf	Fisher
Mink	Cougar	Blacktailed deer
Mountain cariboo

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