mole salmanders

 California Tiger-Salamander and

Long-toed Salamander

lungless salamanders

breathe throught skin, NO LUNGS

lay eggs in damp place on land

Desert Slender Salamander

Mustelids (weasel family)

includes: Am. Marten, Fisher, Ermine, Long-tailed Weasel, Black-footed Ferret, Am. Mink, Wolverine, Am. Badger, and Otters

Walrus

**monotypic**

eared seals (N. Fur Seal and CA Sea Lion)

-can stand up on legs and walk

-form large breeding colonies

-external ears

-move flipper UP/DOWN

true seals (N. Elephant Seal and Harbor Seal)

-must wriggle to move on land (can't walk)

-no pinnae (external ears)

-move flippers SIDE to SIDE when swimming

Peccaries

-3 toes on hind foot

-upper tusks point DOWNWARD

-2-3 chambered stomach, non-ruminating

Pigs

-simple, non-ruminating stomach

-upper tusks point UPWARD

Pronghorn

**monotypic**

(not actually an antelope)

Mountain Beaver

**monotypic**

most primitive living rodent

Nutria

**monotypic**

native to S. America