Species on this list have been documented within or very near the Granite Mountains Desert Research Center. To learn more about the species, click on the scientific name, you will be taken to the Animal Diversity Web or to the NatureServe Explorer. We have some photos available of the species found here, these can be viewed on the Granite Mountains Animal Photo Gallery. Additional mammal photos may be viewed at the CalPhotos web site.
Currently, there are 45 mammal species confirmed to occur in the Granite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. Download a copy of Mammals of the Granite Mountains checklist or contact Center staff to have one sent to you.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Shrews | Soricidae |
| Desert Shrew | Notiosorex crawfordi |
| Bats | Vespertilionidae |
| Fringed Myotis | Myotis thysanodes |
| Long-legged Myotis | Myotis volans interior |
| California Myotis | Myotis californicus stephensi |
| Western Small-footed Myotis | Myotis ciliolabrum |
| Western Long-eared Myotis | Myotis evotis |
| Western Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus hesperus hesperus |
| Big Brown Bat | Eptesicus fuscus pallidus |
| Hoary Bat | Lasiurus cinereus |
| Townsend Big-eared Bat | Plecotus townsendii |
| Pallid Bat | Antrozous pallidus pallidus |
| Free-tailed Bats | Molossidae |
| Pocketed Free-tailed Bat | Nyctinomops femorosaccus |
| Brazilian Free-tailed Bat | Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana |
| Hares and Rabbits | Leporidae |
| Desert Cottontail | Sylvilagus audubonii arizonae |
| Black-tailed Jackrabbit | Lepus californicus deserticola |
| Squirrels | Sciuridae |
| Panamint Chipmunk | Tamias panamintinus panamintinus |
| White-tailed Antelope Squirrel | Ammospermophilus leucurus leucurus |
| Rock Squirrel | Otospermophilus variegatus |
| Round-tailed Ground Squirrel | Xerospermophilus tereticaudus |
| Pocket Gophers | Geomyidae |
| Botta Pocket Gopher | Thomomys bottae providentialis |
| Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice | Heteromyidae |
| Little Pocket Mouse | Perognathus longimembris longimembris |
| Long-tailed Pocket Mouse | Chaetodipus formosus mojavensis |
| Spiny Pocket Mouse | Chaetodipus spinatus spinatus |
| Panamint Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys panamintinus caudatus |
| Desert Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys deserti deserti |
| Merriam Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys merriami merriami |
| New World Rats & Mice | Cricetidae |
| Cactus Mouse | Peromyscus eremicus eremicus |
| Deer Mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis |
| Canyon Mouse | Peromyscus crinitus stephensi |
| Brush Mouse | Peromyscus boylii rowleyi |
| Pinyon Mouse | Peromyscus truei truei |
| Southern Grasshopper Mouse | Onychomys torridus plucher |
| Desert Woodrat | Neotoma lepida lepida |
| Dusky-footed Woodrat | Neotoma fuscipes |
| Dogs | Canidae |
| Coyote | Canis latrans mearnsi |
| Kit Fox | Vulpes macrotis arsipus |
| Gray Fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus scotti |
| Raccoons | Procyonidae |
| Ringtail | Bassariscus astutus nevadensis |
| Weasels | Mustelidae |
| American Badger | Taxidea taxus berlandieri |
| Western Spotted Skunk | Spilogale gracilis |
| Cats | Felidae |
| Mountain Lion | Puma concolor |
| Bobcat | Lynx rufus baileyi |
| Horses | Equidae |
| Feral Burro | Equus asinus |
| Deer | Cervidae |
| Mule Deer | Odocoileus hemionus californica |
| Sheep | Bovidae |
| Desert Bighorn Sheep | Ovis canadensis nelsoni |